Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Aug., 1886.
Complete Left, 22nd Apr., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 24th May, 1887.
I, ERNEST DE PASS, of 68 Fleet Street, in the City of London, Fellow of the
Institute of Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates to an improved machine for peeling potatoes, and is
characterized by the combination of a horizontal brush formning a moveable bottom
with a lateral fixed brush forming the sides of the vessel into which the potatoes to be
peeled are placed.
Rotary movement is imparted to the circular brush by means of a small hand
wheel, which transmits the rotation to the said brush through suitable gearing, such
for instance as pullies and endless straps, cords, or chains.
The vessel is provided with three or more feet and with a cover or lid. The whole
of the vertical cylindrical wall of this vessel is covered or furnished interiorly with
fixed brushes. At bottom is arranged a horizontal circular stock, also furnished with
brushes;
this brush stock is free to revolve on a vertical spindle in a bearing fixed to
the bottom of the vessel. The spindle receives its movement through a bevil wheel, a
pinion, a shaft, and two toothed wheels, one of the latter constituting the hand driving
wheel.
The vessel is charged with water, and the potatoes to be peeled are placed therein,
and the driving hand-wheel is revolved. Almost immediately (after a few revolutions
of the wheel) the potatoes are cleanly peeled without the body or flesh thereof being
attacked, and therefore without producing any appreciable waste.
The water is then run off through a tube at the bottom of the vessel.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Machine for Peeling Potatoes.
I, ERNEST DE PASS, of 68 Fleet Street, in the City of London, Fellow of the
Institute of Patent Agents, 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
This Invention relates to an improved machine for peeling potatoes and consists in
the combination of a rotary horizontal circular flat brush forming a bottom, with a
fixed lateral or wall brush forming the sides of a vessel, into which the potatoes to be
peeled are placed.
Rotary movement is imparted to the circular flat brush forming the bottom by
means of a small hand wheel, which transmits the rotation to the said bottom
through suitable gearing, such for instance as pullies and endless straps, cords or
chains.
The accompanying drawings will readily explain the construction and working of
the machine, which is cylindrical in shape, the figure being a vertical section.
a is the vessel provided with three or more feet b, and with a cover or lid d. The
whole of the vertical cylindrical wall of this vessel is covered or furnished internally
with fixed brushes f, f. At bottom is arranged a horizontal circular stock g, also
furnished with brushes h, h; this brush stock is free to revolve on its central
spindle i, in a bearing j, fixed to the bottom of the vessel a. The spindle i, receives
its movement by the bevil gearing k, the pinion 1, the shaft m, and the toothed
wheels n, o, the latter constituting the hand driving wheel p.
The vessel a is charged with a small quantity of water, the potatoes to be peeled
are placed therein, and the wheel o, is revolved by means of the handle p. Almost
immediately (after a few revolutions of the handle) the potatoes are cleanly peeled
without the body or flesh thereof being attacked, and therefore without producing any
appreciable waste.
The water is then run off through the tube q.
Having now described tho said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, I declare that I claim, as communicated to me by my foreign
correspondent:-
1. The improved machine for peeling potatoes, having its parts arranged and
combined to be operated, substantially as herein described and as illustrated in the
annexed drawings.
2. In a machine for peeling potatoes, the combination of a rotary horizontal flat
circular brush forming a moveable bottom to the vessel containing the potatoes to be
peeled, with a fixed lateral or wall brush lining the whole of the interior of the said
vessel, substantially as and for the purposes described and as shewn in the drawings.
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