Fruit and vegetable peeling apparatus

An apparatus for peeling fruits and vegetables comprising:

• a handle for pivotally mounting and manually controlling the position of and rotating of a peeling blade to peel a continuous strip of an outer portion of a fruit or a vegetable said handle having a steady rest for positioning a fruit or vegetable with respect to a peeling blade and a means for limiting a pivoting of said peeling blade;
• a generally rectangular shaped peeling blade having a sharp cutting edge pivotally mounted in said handle;
• an arbor for receiving and rotating said fruit or said vegetable against said sharp cutting edge;
• a power operated kitchen appliance for receiving and rotating said arbor;
• and
• an arbor detachably mounted in said power operated kitchen appliance for mounting and rotating said fruit or vegetable against said sharp cutting edge.

In combination, an apparatus for peeling fruits and vegetables and a power operated kitchen appliance for rotating said fruits or vegetables, said apparatus comprising:

• a handle for pivotally mounting and manually rotating a peeling blade to remove a strip of an outer portion of a fruit or vegetable, said handle having a planar steady rest for positioning an article of fruit or vegetable with respect to a sharp cutting edge of a peeling blade mounted in said handle and a means for limiting a pivoting of the peeling blade;
• an arcuate peeling blade having a sharp arcuate cutting edge pivotally mounted in said handle in spaced apart relationship to said planar locating surface;
• and
• an arbor driven by said appliance for mounting and rotating said fruit or said vegetable against said sharp cutting edge when said blade is rotated by said handle.