An Improved Instrument for Peeling or Paring Fruit and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Instrument for Peeling or Paring Fruit and the like.
I, CHARLES CLAUDE WALLACE, of St. Ermins Mansions, in the City of Westminster,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved instrument for peeling or paring fruit and
the like though it is especially adapted for paring or removing the rind of lemons
oranges or the like for the purpose of obtaining thin shavings of same suitable for
flavouring purposes and I propose to describe it in this connection.
In carrying out my invention I preferably provide the instrument or tool with a
handle on which is carried a knife edge or cutter set or arranged with a space beneath
same as in the case of a plane cutter but not set at an angle as with the latter although
it may be set at a slightly reversed angle if desired to conform to the outline of the
fruit. In front of the knife is a suitably lowered surface which is curved to correspond
somewhat to the outline of the fruit. The space beneath the knife or cutter is open
and thus by drawing the tool or instrument with a scraping action over the surface of
the fruit a thin shaving may be readily obtained such shaving passing beneath the
cutter and falling out from the open end.
To regulate the depth of the cut the knife or cutter may be so arranged that a
little pressure thereon or upon a suitable thumb piece will lower it, the natural spring
of the material raising it again when the pressure is removed, or the knife may be
pivoted and controlled by a spring. In a simple form of the instrument the knife or
cutter may be formed in one piece of metal with a socket piece to receive the handle
the parts being cut and stamped or bent to the desired shape. The instrument may
carry a sharpened ear piece or blade for cutting the rind or skin when desired and a
punch or sharpened point for penetrating the fruit.
It may also be combined with other tools such as would be suitable with an
instrument of this class.
D
31
3
72
1000
I, CHARLES CLAUDE WALLACE, of St. Ermins Mansions, in the City of Westminster,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
[Price 8d.]

page_text: same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
My invention relates to an improved instrument for peeling or paring all sorts of
fruit and the like although it is specially adapted for paring or removing the rind of
lemons, oranges and like aromatic fruits for the purpose of obtaining thin shavings
of same suitable for flavouring purposes, the object of my invention being to provide
an instrument by which the work may be both more effectively and more rapidly done
than heretofore.
"
:...
+1:
In the accompanying drawings is: illustrated a form of my invention shewing the
instrument adapted for paring lemons, oranges, and like fruit.
In these drawings-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation.
.
Fig. 2 is a section on linea a Fig. 4..
Fig. 3 is a face or front elvation, and
Fig. 4 is a plan.
ご
13417
..
The instruments of this class at present in use are formed more or less in the
fashion of knives or of planes, the manner of operating thein in the first form requiring
a considerable amount of guidance from the hand and even then when great care is
exercised a thick or an irregular strip of peel is the result. In the case of the plane
form of instrument it is practically only adapted for slicing fruit or vegetables and
will not satisfactorily peel them, one reason for this being that the fruit is usually
drawn over the plane cutter so that little control is had over same. In neither, kind
however is it possible to obtain a fine thin even shaving which is a desideratum in the
case of an aromatic skinned fruit as the oil cells on the outer skin are thereby
exposed and are not as in the case with a thick paring left covered or sealed by a
portion of the inner skin.
According to my invention I provide the instrument with a handle a such as is
used for tools, the upper end having affixed to it by screws or rivets the side plates b b
of the cutter c. This cutter is preferably formed in one with the side plates and is at
right angles thereto, the shape being produced by stamping or bending a plate of
metal. Rearward of the cutter and forming part of the side b this plate is provided
with ears or lugs one of which d is shaped to form a knife or cutter and is ground or
sharpened for this purpose, while the other e. is bent outwardly as shewn in Figs. 3
and 4 and is dished and preferably sharpened around its entire edge so as to form a
scoop cutter having a sharpened edge. The lower edge of the cutter c is also sharpened
as shewn in Fig. 2. Between the side plates b b on the front face of the tool I secure
to the handle preferably by screws though it may be rivets a curved plate or face f
which extends upward to the edge of the cutter c and terminates just beneath same
and at the point where the end of the handle « also terminates a clear space or
opening being thus left at the rear of the cutter. I have found the position of these parts
important as a greater projection of the platef behind the cutter will cause the shaving
to stick by reason of the friction between the parts as the shaving has not sufficient
stiffness to be forced through against same. The tool at the back may be completed
by a plate which is preferably curved as shewn so as to provide a clear space beneath
the cutter and scoop d and e and allow them room to be used effectively. The plate g
when employed may be screwed or rivetted to the handle. The curving of the plate f
is an important feature as it enables the fruit to lie closely against same so that the
instrument may easily follow its curvatures and at the same time permits the cutter c
to enter the skin only a very short way, the opening produced between the cutter and
the plate being such that the skin of the fruit is not crowded into same but passes
easily and evenly through. The angle at which the cutter is set with regard to the
plate is also of importance for obtaining the desired result.
In use the fruit is preferably held in one hand and the instrument drawn over same
in a downward direction the peeling or paring being obtained mechanically and without
any guiding or care on the part of the person using same.

page_text: The cutting tool d may be used for dividing the fruit, and tool e for removing
imperfections in the skin. Where screws hold the plate f I prefer to slope away the
wood at the back of the upper one h so that it may be used to give a slight adjustment
to the plate.
The instrument may also be combined with other tools such as would be suitable
with an article of this class.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
1
1. In an instrument for peeling or paring fruit and the like the employment with
a cutting edge as described of a curved face leading up to same substantially as and
for the purpose described.
2. In an instrument for peeling or paring fruit and the like a cutter having a space
beneath same, a plate leading up to the cutter and curved in such a manner as to
enable the fruit to lie closely against same when presented to the cutting edge, said
plate terminating beneath the cutting edge and a handle to which the parts are
secured.
3. The improved instrument for peeling or paring fruit and the like substantially
as described and illustrated in the drawings.
Dated the 9th day of June 1899.
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
Chartered Patent Agent, London, for the Applicant.