Nut cracker
OwnerMichael I. Kenkelinventor
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Abstract
A nut cracker includes a base that supports an adjustably fixed anvil member and a moveable ram member under the control of a handle, there being a guide interconnecting the ram member with the base which maintains the ram member in an erect position. The confronting faces of the anvil member 17 and the ram member 27 are provided with recesses into which the ends of the nut are received with clearance so that the outer rim of such recesses engage the nut to provide the cracking force to its shell remotely from the ends of the nut. With this construction, a heavy-duty unit is provided which is especially useful for cracking nuts that have hard or strong shells such as black walnuts and butternuts, and the construction further enables the shells to be broken and nut meats recovered in larger pieces without over-cracking.
Claims5
A nut cracker, comprising:
- (a) a base having a lowermost portion adapted to be secured to a support, a vertical intermediate portion, and an uppermost horizontal portion vertically spaced from said lowermost portion by said intermediate portion and extending transversely to said intermediate portion and having a vertical bore;
- (b) a vertically adjustable anvil member secured to said uppermost portion of said base in said bore, and disposed at one side of and horizontally spaced from said vertical intermediate portion;
- (c) an elongated handle having a pivotal connection near but spaced from one of its ends with said vertical intermediate portion of said base at a first fixed axis disposed remotely from said uppermost portion of said base and having a gripping portion disposed at the side of said vertical intermediate portion opposite to said one side where said anvil member is disposed;
- (d) a ram member having a direct pivotal support and drive connection with said one end of said handle for movement about a first displaceable axis, and said ram member being disposed at the side of said vertical intermediate portion which is opposite to the side where said gripping portion is disposed, said ram member being horizontally spaced from said vertical intermediate portion;
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- (e) a guide pivoted at one point about a second fixed axis on said intermediate portion of said base, and pivoted at a second point to said ram member for movement about a second displaceable axis, said movable axes on said ram being vertically spaced the same distance as said fixed axes on said vertical intermediate portion are spaced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.