AN IMPROVED VEGETABLE PARER
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I JOHN WALLACE DUNCAN of N° 72 Westbourne Street Enton Square in the
County of Middlesex Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of said invention
for AN IMPROVED VEGETABLE PARER to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is the preparation of potatoes and like roots, for
cooking, with as little wasto as possible.
The instruments consist of a short steel or inetal blade with handle. A thin rim
rises half round the blade on each opposite side projecting at an angle from the
flat part, the top of which rims sharpened constitute the cutting edges. For
operating upon roots having a tough thick skin, the cutting edges are serrated.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
JOHN WALLACE DUNCAN, N° 72 Westbourne Street Eaton Square, in the
County of Middlesex Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for AN IMPROVED VEGETABLE PARER and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
The object of this invention is the preparation of potatoes and like roots for
cooking with as little waste as possible, the instruments consist of a short steel
or metal blade with handle, a thin rim rises half round the blade on each opposito
side projecting at an angle from the flat part the top of which rims sharpened
constitute the cutting edges, for oporating upon roots having a tough thick skin,
the cutting edges are serrated, The rim or flango is constructed on the left hand
of each side of the blado extending about half round the point, and rises about the
sixteenth of an inch (more or less) above the flat part of the blade and the rims
may have cut in them about twenty five or thirty serrations per inch. A con-
venient width of blade is about three quarters of an inch at the bolster or handle,
tapering to about the width of one eighth of an inch at the end or point, the length
of blades may vary from one inch to three inches, and have a suitable tang to fix
into handle.
For the use of left handed people the flange or rims may be made on the right
hand side of the blades. Instead of making a serrated rim on each left hand side
of the blade, one rim only may be constructed and the right hand edge ground flat
and sharp to use for peeling or cutting like a common knife, In scraping or
dressing potatoes or carrots operating with the edge of the serrated rim which
is the hinder part, the flat part of the blade preceeding over the potatoe act partly
as a guide tending to prevent paring too much of the vegetable to waste. The
narrow end of the blade is adapted for clearing out the eyes or any decayed
portions.
In order that my said invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect I proceed to describe the accompanying Drawing.
Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved vegetable parer A, indicates the blade,
b, the raised rim or flange which constitutes the scraping or paring edge and C the
handle.
Figure 2 is a sido view of the saine, b, the paring-edge and, c, the handle.
Figure 3 represents an enlarged transverse section of the blade, A, taken at x x,
bb is the cutting edges.
Figure 4 is an edge view of part of the blade shewing the serrations enlarged.
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
The construction of solid steel or metal blades with handles having a sharp rim
or flange, either plain or serrated rising at an angle from the flat part on one or
both sides of the blade as herobefore described, applicable for paring or dressing
vegetables.
Date : 042
L 100-