Adjustable nutcracker
OwnerZhihai Lianginventor
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Abstract
A plier's nutcracker includes a hand tightening screw mounted through a threaded hole on one handle of a plier type nutcracker at a position adjacent to nutcracker's pivotal connection. The engagement of this hand tighten screw through tightening and untightening regulates the pressure the nut or object to be crushed shall receive in a cracking operation. The pressure shall result in either large broken hull pieces or hand-breakable cracks on the hull or shell effectively eliminating the scattering of shells and hulls in the cracking operation while keeping the kernel in one whole piece or fewer big pieces. Additionally, the engagement of the hand tighten screw creates a safe distance between the nutcracker handles to prevent fingers from being pinched in a cracking operation.
Claims1
An improved nut cracking or shell cracking device comprising
- a first elongated member configured with a first head portion and a first handle portion;
- a second elongated member configured with a second head portion and second handle portion;
- wherein said first head portion and second head portion of said first and second elongated members are pivotally connected;
- said first head portion and second head portion form a crushing opening configured to crush different diameter shells or nuts the improvement comprising a threaded bore near the pivotal connection through the first portion of the first handle and second portion;
- a fastener threaded through said bore wherein rotation of said fastener adjusts the diameter opening of the crushing openings and prevents the first handle from contacting the second handle.
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