ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,337, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Roig Borrell S.L. (Denia, Spain).

"Cracking-shelling mechanism with variable excentric adjustment for shelled fruits" was invented by Jose Vicente Roig Borrell (Denia, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention refers to a cracking-shelling mechanism with variable eccentric adjustment for shelled fruits, that comprises a plurality of longitudinal blocks parallel among them, consisting of a couple of first elongated bars with recesses on its internal sides and, adjacent to said first elongated bars, at least one second elongated bar, which exhibits recesses on its internal side...