A New or Improved Device for Peeling, Paring, or Slicing Roots, Vegetables, and Fruits.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 21st. Nov., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 18th July, 1890-Accepted, 23rd Aug., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Device for Peeling, Paring, or Slicing Roots,
Vegetables, and Fruits.
I, GEORGE HUGHES, of 38 Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agent, which invention
has been communicated to me from abroad by James Eugene, of Paris, France do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a new or improved device for peeling, paring, or slicing,
roots, vegetables, and fruits, one end of which serves as a gouge for extracting eyes
from potatoes and other similar roots. The said device consists of a frame of wire or
other suitable material forming a handle at the top of the shape, the ends of which
are coiled for the insertion between such coils of the two ends of a blade provided
with a cutting edge extending over the appendage or curved piece, which is formed
integrally with the blade and serves as a gouge to extract the eyes from the tuberous
and other roots.
By placing the blade between the various coils formed at the ends of the frame the
space between such blade and the lower transverse part of the frame, several
thicknesses can be obtained when it is required to slice potatoes for instance.
Dated this 21st day of November 1980
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Device for Peeling, Paring, or Slicing Roots,
Vegetables, and Fruits.
I, GEORGE HUGHES, of 38 Chancery Lane London in the County of Middlesex
Patent Agent (which invention has been communicated to me from abroad by
James Eugene of Paris, France) 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 relates to a new or improved device for peeling, paring, or slicing roots,
vegetables and fruits, one end of which serves as a gouge for extracting eyes from
potatoes, and other similar roots. And in order that my invention may be more fully
understood, I have shown the same in the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a
plan and Fig. 2 a side view of my improved device, Fig. 3 is an end view of the
cutting blade. The said device consists of a wire frame F, of any suitable metal
forming a handle H at the top of the shape shown more particularly in Fig. 1 the
ends of which e e¹ are coiled for the insertion between such coils of the two ends of a
blade B provided with a cutting edge C extending over the appendage or curved
piece A which is formed integrally with the blade and serves as a gouge to extract
the eyes from tuberous and other roots. By placing this blade between the various
coils formed at the ends e e¹ of the frame F the space between such blade and the
lower transverse part T of the frame E several thicknesses can be obtained when it is
required to slice potatoes for instance.
For paring the skin from such tubers the blade is placed in its nearest to the said
part T, and the handle H of the frame F being grasped by the hand the edge C of the
blade B is moved with pressure over the surface of the potato which rests against the
part T thus detaching a strip of skin therefrom of uniform thickness depending upon
the distance between the blade B, and the part T. By holding the potato in a vertical
position, increasing the distance between the blade B, and the part T and moving the
tuber to and fro', slices will be cut off the same at a rapid rate.

page_text: 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 :-
The improved paring peeling and slicing device arranged constructed and operating
substantially as and for the purpose described.
Dated this 18th day of July 1890.
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents.