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US 4,044,663 AGranted
Nut sheller
OwnerJesse Harold Strawinventor
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A nut sheller which embodies a base having a lower nut holder on which a nut to be shelled may be positioned, a spring operated hammer operable upwardly to strike the nut holder, an opposing inertia anvil operable from a remote nut loading position to a lowered position into engagement with the nut to be shelled, and a lever adapted to be manually moved to bring the inertia anvil down and then automatically cause the hammer to operate, the lever being operably connected to cock the hammer against its spring as the lever is moved back to its remote nut loading position. Shielding means are provided, moved under the control of the operating lever so that the shell fragments fall into a nut bowl arranged below and around the nut holder. Thus the entire nut shelling operation may be accomplished by one hand, merely by moving the lever in one direction and then returning it.
A nut sheller comprising a base, a nut supporting anvil mounted on said base for limited movement, an opposing inertial anvil operably mounted on said base for movement into engagement with a nut to be shelled and for movement to a remote position for loading a nut into shelling position, a hammer for operating against the nut supporting anvil, spring means for operating said hammer and an operataing lever for moving the inertial anvil and also controlling the hammer, a link having an operable connection to said operating lever and an operable connection to said hammer for energizing the spring as the operating lever moves the opposing anvil from its position remote from the nut to be shelled, and upon being operated provides a shelling of said nut with an opposing spring activating a hammer blow.
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