A New or Improved Peeling, Slicing, and Coring Machine for Fruits, Vegetables, and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Jan., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Oct., 1896-Accepted, 24th Dec., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Peeling, Slicing, and Coring Machine for
Fruits, Vegetables, and the like.
I, THOMAS ROSS WATSON 59 Union Grove Aberdeen Scotland, Photographer,.
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a new or improved peeling, slicing and coring machine.
for fruit, vegetables and the like, and the same is carried out as follows:
I provide a rotating spindle upon which the fruit or vegetable is carried.
This spindle is so shaped as to have two or more cutting surfaces. A peeling
knife is provided which is attached to a handle so that the peeling knife may have
the necessary motion to peel the fruit or vegetable; the object to be peeled is
placed upon the rotating spindle by means of a sliding piece and after the object
has been peeled the motion of the object is arrested & the direction of motion of
the cutting spindle is then reversed, & thus cores or cuts out the centre of the
object which is then removed from the spindle & may be placed in the slicer or
cutter which consists of a casing containing a series of cutting edges upon which
the object is pressed by a pressure or cap and is thus cut or sliced.
The rotating spindle may be rotated by any convenient arrangement such as gear
wheels and a handle for operating same.
Dated this 2nd day of January 1896.
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant..
A New or Improved Peeling, Slicing, and Coring Machine for
Fruits, Vegetables, and the like.
I, THOMAS Ross WATSON 59 Union Grove, Aberdeen Scotland Photographer,.
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 :-
This invention relates to a new or improved peeling, slicing and coring machine
for fruit vegetables and the like, and the same is carried out as follows:-
I provide a rotating spindle upon which the fruit or vegetable is carried. This
spindle is so shaped as to have two or more cutting surfaces. A peeling knife is
provided which is attached, to a handle so that the peeling knife may have the
necessary motion to peel the fruit or vegetable; the object to be peeled is placed
upon the rotating spindle by means of a sliding piece and after the object has been
peeled the motion of the object is arrested and the direction of motion of the
cutting spindle is then reversed and thus cores or cuts out the centre of the object
which is then removed from the spindle and may be placed in the slicer or cutter
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page_text: which consists of a casing containing a series of cutting edges upon which the object
is pressed by a presser or cap and is thus cut or sliced.
The rotating spindle may be rotated by any convenient arrangement such as gear
wheels and a handle for operating same.
In order that my invention may be fully understood I will now refer to the
annexed drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section.
Figure 2. plan view of same.
Figure 3 cross section through coring spindle.
a is a rotating spindle which may be operated by the handle 6 and gear wheels c
and d and is so shaped as to have two or more cutting edges e and f.
g is the peeling knife which is movably attached to the block h by means of the
slot i and set screw j or some such convenient and well known means.
The fruit or vegetable to be operated upon is placed upon the spindle a by means
of the disc having the points or projections on same; which disc is carried by
the sliding rod or bar k which slides in suitable bearings at k', and forces the fruit
or vegetable upon the spindle a. The spindle is then caused to rotate in the
direction of the arrow 1, Figure 1, and the peeling knife g is brought into contact
with the fruit or vegetable, by operating the handle 6 thus peeling the fruit or
vegetable. The spindle a is then rotated in the opposite direction and the fruit or
vegetable prevented from rotating which causes the centre or core to be cut out
by the cutting edges e and upon the spindle a. The fruit or vegetable is then
removed from the spindle a & placed into the recess in the top of the slicer n and
is then pressed down upon the knives o contained therein; by means of the presser p.
which is pivotally connected to the lever 9 hinged at u through the medium of the
rod v. The knives o are movably carried in slots or recesses in the slicer n so that
a desired number of knives may be employed according to the sizes into which the
fruit or vegetable is to be cut. The cut parts then fall through the shute or
guide into a suitable receptacle, placed under the stand or support s, i
carries the device.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :
1. The combined construction and arrangement of the various parts substantially
as described and illustrated herein.
2. In peeling, coring and slicing machines in combination a rotating coring
spindle having two or more cutting edges for the purpose of cutting out the core or
centre of the fruit or vegetable as herein described and shown.
Dated this 2nd day of October 1896
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant.