Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Oct., 1886
Complete Left, 26th July, 1887
Complete Accepted, 25th Oct., 1887
I ANNIE CAMILLA ADCOCK of Elmshurst Solihull in the County of Warwick do
hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
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My invention has for its object an improved walnut holder and peeler which enables
a walnut to be securely held and peeled with facility without staining the fingers which
has been a want greatly felt.
I accomplish the object by two instruments viz. the holder and the peeler: The
holder is composed of an ivory, pearl, bone, metal or other ornamental handle in which
is set a pair of tongs or lovers ending at the points like hooks or claws and are so
formed that they will always be open as their normal condition so that to hold the
walnut the tongs or claws would be pressed by the left hand or the claws may be
made to close by a spring or by spring sides but I prefer the former method. In
conjunction with these I make suitable nippers composed of two spring tongues which
are normally open the points and edges being sharp the skin of the walnut is quickly
removed by the nippers with the right hand while the left hand holds the nut with the
claws. The two may be connected together by a link or chain or silk or other cord
and may be fitted in a case to carry in the pocket thus forming a suitable Christmas
or other present.

page_text: I ANNIE CAMILLA ADCOCK of Elmshurst, Solihull in the County of Warwickshire, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My invention consists in certain improved appliances for removing the skin from
new walnuts after they have been extracted from their shells without the disagreeable
necessity of soiling or staining the fingers.
My invention consists firstly in the employment of a pair of tongs for holding the
nut (see figure II) These tongs are made in form of spring sugar-tongs with claws (A)
similar in shape to birds claws capable of holding the whole nut or the smallest
portion of a nut. These tongs are held between the finger and thumb and by com-
pressing the finger and thumb the claws are brought together until they hold the nut
or piece of nut firmly fixed.
2nd. My invention consists secondly in the employment of a second pair of tongs or
peelers (see figure I) which are held between the finger and thumb of the right hand
(see figure III) These tongs are shaped in a similar way to the pair of tongs first
mentioned but that instead of the claws the ends of the tongs are shaped in the form of
a birds beak (A in figure I) and by compressing the tongs with the finger and thumb
the points are brought together in such a manner that they will readily hold and peel
from the nut held in the tongs first mentioned the objectionable skin or peel with
which the nuts are covered.
3. My invention thirdly consists in making these tongs before mentioned either
small enough to be carried in the pocket without inconvenience or fixed upon handles
of pearl ivory or wood or of any other material similar in shape to the handles of
dessert or dinner knives.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said Invention,
& in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is:
1st. The use of any instrument for peeling or taking the skin from nuts without
soiling the hands.
2nd. The use of any instrument for holding the nut during the above operation.
Dated this 25th day of July 1887.