US 6,408,520 B1 · Power tool driven fruit and vegetable peeler

Abstract

A fruit and vegetable peeler which is driven by a small rotary power tool. An arbor is detachably mounted in the power tool for rotating a fruit or vegetable against a sharp cutting blade. The cutting blade is positioned relative to the fruit or vegetable by a steady rest on the handle. The blade has a narrow elongated front cutting portion and a spaced apart narrow elongated rear portion which pivotally attached to the handle. During the peeling of the fruit or vegetable, the steady rest maintains the position of the blade relative to the fruit or vegetable. In a first aspect of the invention, the steady rest is an integral portion of the handle and has a fixed spatial relationship to the blade. In a second aspect, the steady rest is attached to the handle and its position on the handle is selectively adjustable to accommodate large differences in the size and shape of fruits or vegetables. In a third aspect, a pair of blades and steady rests are provided on a common handle.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for peeling fruits and vegetables comprising:

a handle for pivotally mounting and manually controlling the motion of a peeling blade across an outer portion of a rotating fruit or vegetable for peeling away said outer portion of said fruit or said vegetable;
a peeling blade having a sharp cutting edge pivotally mounted in said handle, a small hand held rotary power tool for rotating said fruit or vegetable against said sharp cutting edge of said peeling blade;
and an arbor mounted in said power tool for receiving said fruit or said vegetable.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Power tool driven fruit and vegetable peeler

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Power tool driven fruit and vegetable peeler

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