Fruit cutting and coring apparatus
OwnerSusan M. Knaselinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus (10) for cutting the skin (S) of a piece of fruit (F) so it can be peeled off, and making a core (C) cut through the middle of the fruit. A base plate (12) has an upper surface (14) for supporting a piece of fruit in a position in which it can be cut and cored. An inner cutting blade (20) and an outer cutting blade (22) are movable from a first portion above the piece of the fruit toward the cutting board. These blades are coaxially aligned with each other. The inner blade is, for example, rectangular in cross-section to produce a generally rectangular cut in the piece of fruit core. The inner blade may have other configurations. The outer blade is a circular blade which cuts through the skin of the fruit so it can be peeled off. A handle mechanism (24) is used to simultaneously move the blades.
Claims14
An apparatus for coring and cutting a fruit, the fruit including a core, a pulp, and a peel, the apparatus including:
- a base plate having an upper surface forming a cutting board for supporting a piece of fruit in a position in which it can be cored and its skin cut;
- a manually operable handle pivotally mounted to said base including a pair of arms;
- a cross member extending between said arms, said cross member being vertically movable by operation of said handle;
- an inner cutting blade for separating the core from the pulp, the inner cutting blade extending downwardly from said cross member;
- an outer cutting blade operatively connected to said cross member for separating the peel from the pulp, said outer cutting blade being coaxial with said inner cutting blade;
- two peel cutting blades extending from said outer cutting blade for cutting the peel of said fruit, said cutting blades being parallel to, but not co-planar with, each other;
- whereby operation of said handle simultaneously moves cutting blades from a position above the cutting board toward the cutting board thereby to simultaneously core and peel the fruit and slice the fruit's peel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.