Hand-operated appliance for shucking black-eyed pea seed coverings from their kernels

A seed-shucking appliance for separating seed coverings from their kernels, comprising:

• a tubular body;
• a chamber inside said tubular body having an open top end configured to receive a quantity of pre-soaked whole black-eyed peas;
• a pair of lateral slots disposed in opposite sides of the chamber and dimensionally configured to permit the expulsion of individual black-eyed pea seed kernels once shucked of their coverings, and dimensionally configured to prevent the loss of individual whole black-eyed peas;
• a shuttle rasp configured to fit through and thread between the pair of lateral slots, and provided with a scraping surface configured to grate against said quantity of pre-soaked whole black-eyed peas;
• a funnel disposed on the open top end of the chamber such that said quantity of pre-soaked whole black-eyed peas can be loaded inside the chamber during a temporary removal of the shuttle rasp from the pair of lateral slots;
• a piston and a spring disposed inside the chamber and arranged to press any quantity of pre-soaked whole black-eyed peas loaded inside the chamber up against said scraping surface of the shuttle rasp;
• a removable cap configured to be secured on a bottom end of the chamber;
• and
• a cocking mechanism able to move said piston and compress said spring in a retracted position such that said quantity of pre-soaked whole black-eyed peas can be loaded inside the chamber through said funnel, said cocking mechanism comprising:
• two longitudinal slots provided in said tubular body and formed as elongated J-channels to allow a locking action to keep said spring compressed;
• a pair of handles threaded out through said longitudinal slots to allow a user to move said piston;
• and
• a hook that provides a locking mechanism with said handles that can keep said spring compressed for loading said chamber above said piston.