Fruit pitter
AssigneeCasabella Holdings, LLC
InventorNeil Vincenti
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Abstract
A Fruit Pitter is disclosed where a plunger and shaft are slidably disposed within a generally cylindrical barrel. The shaft contains a pit engaging end that serves to cut and push a pit through a food item and expel the pit into a pit ejection chamber. The plunger is spring actuated for ease of operation. The food item rests in an opening in the barrel and remains there throughout the pit removal operation until a user removes the food item from the Fruit Pitter. The pit ejection chamber keeps the pit retained until it can be disposed of, and further serves to reduce splattering while the Fruit Pitter is in use.
Claims17
A Fruit Pitter for removing a pit from a food item, the Fruit Pitter comprising:
- a generally cylindrical hollow barrel comprising a food receiving aperture and a plunger actuation aperture;
- a plunger comprising a plunger body, a plunger head attached to the plunger body, and a pit removal shaft retention structure;
- the plunger slidably disposed within the generally cylindrical hollow barrel;
- a pit removal shaft comprising a pit engaging end, the pit removal shaft attached to the pit removal shaft retention structure of the plunger;
- a retention plate affixed within the generally cylindrical hollow barrel, the retention plate comprising a pit removal shaft opening and a spring retention tab;
- a spring with the pit removal shaft therethrough where the spring is placed between the plunger and the retention plate to provide return force to the plunger after the plunger has been depressed;
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- a pit ejection chamber attached to the generally cylindrical hollow barrel.
A Fruit Pitter for removing a pit from a food item, the Fruit Pitter comprising:
- a hollow barrel having a food receiving aperture and a plunger slidably disposed within the hollow barrel;
- a pit removal shaft attached to the plunger wherein the pit removal shaft comprises a pit engaging end;
- a spring with the pit removal shaft therethrough to provide return force to the plunger after the plunger has been depressed;
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- a pit ejection chamber cylindrically attached under the food receiving aperture of the hollow barrel to receive a pit that has been removed from a food item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.