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US 5,351,402 AGranted
Hard nut kernel extractor
OwnerLeonard L. Mansfieldinventor
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Abstract
A hand operated, hard nut kernel extractor device comprising: scissor action leverage handles, chipper blade, concave constructed blade seat with a spoon shaped extension to serve as a nut support and blade guard for safety; used to chip the hard shell of nuts away from the kernel to prevent kernel fragmentation.
Claims1
A hard nut kernel extracting tool comprising:
- (a) first and second opposed curved jaw elements pivoted together by a pin at one end to open and close the jaw elements,
- (b) a first handle element extending rigidly from the one end of the first jaw element,
- (c) a second handle element extending rigidly from the one end of the second jaw element,
- (d) the other end of the first jaw element having a wedge-shaped blade,
- (e) the other end of the second jaw element having a concave blade seat aligned with the wedge-shaped blade for receiving the wedge-shaped blade,
- (f) the other end of the second jaw element further having a spoon-shaped extension extending from the concave blade seat such that the spoon-shaped extension extends beyond the wedge-shaped blade when the wedge-shaped blade is closed against the concave blade seat,
- (g) whereas upon squeezing the handles toward one another, the first jaw element and second jaw element are brought together in a plier-type movement, engaging the wedge-shaped blade and concave blade seat on a nut or portion thereof therebetween, thus creating a three point pressure against the nut shell or portion thereof and producing a break-cut action causing separation of the nut shell and kernel.
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