Patent ID: 8819941
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A nut opening apparatus comprising: a first arm and a second arm, the first arm having a first tip that extends downward and outward from the first arm and terminating in a first tapered edge; the second arm having a second tip that extends upward and outward from the second arm and terminating in a second tapered edge; wherein the first tip and the second tip are aligned with each other in a first plane when no force is applied to the first arm and the second arm, wherein the first tapered edge extends downward and laterally outward from one side of the first plane and the second tapered edge extends upward and laterally outward from an opposite side of the first plane; wherein the first arm and the second arm are joined by a hinge, wherein at least the first arm, the second arm and the hinge are formed as a monolithic member, the first arm and the second arm being compressible about the hinge to move the tips inward along the plane to cause the first tapered edge to engage the second tapered edge and wherein further compression causes the first tapered edge to slide along the second tapered edge to progressively increase a width defined by the overlapping portions of the first tip and the second tip in a direction perpendicular to the first plane; wherein the first arm and the second arm are joined by a hinge, wherein at least the first arm, the second arm and the hinge are formed as a monolithic member, the first arm and the second arm being compressible about the hinge to move the tips inward along the plane to cause the first tapered edge to engage the second tapered edge and wherein further compression causes the first tapered edge to slide along the second tapered edge to progressively increase, in a direction perpendicular to the first plane, a width defined by overlapping portions of the first tip and the second tip.