IL95783A - Method and equipment for measuring the solidity of fruits and vegetables - Google Patents

Method and equipment for measuring the solidity of fruits and vegetables

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Publication number: IL95783A
Authority: IL; Israel
Prior art keywords: firmness; sensor; tester; signal; rotary
Prior art date: 1990-04-03

Application number

IL9578390A

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English (en)

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IL95783A0 (en

Original Assignee

Kalman Peleg

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1990-04-03

Filing date

1990-09-25

Publication date

1994-10-07

1990-09-25 Application filed by Kalman Peleg filed Critical Kalman Peleg

1991-06-30 Publication of IL95783A0 publication Critical patent/IL95783A0/xx

1994-10-07 Publication of IL95783A publication Critical patent/IL95783A/en

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IL9578390A 1990-04-03 1990-09-25 Method and equipment for measuring the solidity of fruits and vegetables IL95783A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US50368990A	1990-04-03	1990-04-03

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
IL95783A0 IL95783A0 (en)	1991-06-30
IL95783A true IL95783A (en)	1994-10-07

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
IL9578390A IL95783A (en)	1990-04-03	1990-09-25	Method and equipment for measuring the solidity of fruits and vegetables

Country Status (2)

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EP (1)	EP0450716A3 (de)
IL (1)	IL95783A (de)

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1990
- 1990-09-25 IL IL9578390A patent/IL95783A/en not_active IP Right Cessation
1991
- 1991-03-28 EP EP19910200728 patent/EP0450716A3/en not_active Withdrawn

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EP0450716A3 (en)	1992-04-22
EP0450716A2 (de)	1991-10-09
IL95783A0 (en)	1991-06-30

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
1997-03-18	KB	Patent renewed
2001-06-14	RH	Patent void

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Clark et al.	1978	Dynamic testing of fresh peach texture