Apple parer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11278146-B2
Application number	US-201916256785-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 24, 2019
Priority date	Jan 30, 2018
Publication date	Mar 22, 2022
Grant date	Mar 22, 2022

Abstract

An apple peeler and corer is configured with a main body having a platform which is raised above a lower foundation for the main body. A crank handle drives a threaded rod toward a blade assembly for slicing an apple. A rocker arm carries a peeler blade and may be resiliently biased toward the blade assembly or locked in a position pivoted away from the blade assembly.

First claim

I claim:

1. An apple peeler, comprising: a main body having a lower surface and having a platform with a crank support extending upwardly from a first end of the main body, and a blade support positioned on a second end of the main body;
a stand attached to the first end of the main body and configured to support the main body on a horizontal surface, the stand elevating the crank support and the first end of the platform above the second end of the platform when the main body is resting upon the horizontal surface at its second end;
wherein the stand has a distal end and a proximal end, the proximal end is pivotally mounted about an axis perpendicular to the rotational axis of a threaded axle, the stand has a first pivotal position where the distal end is adjacent to the lower surface of the main body, and a second pivotal position where the distal end is spaced apart from the main body and is configured to support the main body on and spaced from the horizontal surface;
a blade assembly attached to the blade support and extending upwardly away from the blade support; a crank arm mounted to the crank support; the threaded axle having a first end connected to the crank arm and a second end having one or more prongs, the threaded axle extending from the crank support toward the blade assembly, wherein rotation of the crank arm causes rotation of the threaded axle and corresponding movement of the threaded axle in a direction from the crank support toward the blade assembly; and a rocker arm having an upper end and a lower end, the lower end being pivotally attached to the second end of the main body and including a spring biasing the upper end of the rocker arm pivotally toward the threaded axle, the upper end of the rocker arm having a peeler blade.

2. The apple peeler of claim 1 , wherein the platform further comprises a first platform section and a second platform section, the first platform section being separated from the second platform section by a gap, whereby a user may grasp one of the first platform section or the second platform section by placing a hand of the user in the gap.

3. The apple peeler of claim 2 , wherein the first platform section is elevated above the horizontal surface when the apple peeler is supported by the horizontal surface.

4. The apple peeler of claim 2 , wherein the platform defines a platform axis which is non-parallel with respect to the horizontal surface when the apple peeler is supported by the horizontal surface.

5. The apple peeler of claim 4 , wherein the crank support defines an upright axis, the upright axis being substantially perpendicular to the platform axis and further being non-perpendicular with respect to the horizontal surface when the apple peeler is supported by the horizontal surface.

6. The apple peeler of claim 5 , wherein the rocker arm further comprises a peeler blade mount, the peeler blade being attached to the peeler blade mount, the peeler blade mount further being removably attached to the upper end of the rocker arm.

7. The apple peeler of claim 1 , wherein the rocker arm further comprises a peeler blade mount, the peeler blade being attached to the peeler blade mount, the peeler blade mount further being removably attached to the upper end of the rocker arm.

8. The apple peeler of claim 7 , wherein the peeler blade mount further comprises a ramp, the ramp having a face which is inclined upwardly and outwardly in a direction from the lower end of the rocker arm to the upper end of the rocker arm.

9. The apple peeler of claim 8 , wherein the peeler blade mount further comprises a flange extending in a direction away from the peeler blade.

10. The apple peeler of claim 7 , further comprising:
a rocker arm lock carried on the first end of the main body; and
a seating surface positioned on the lower end of the rocker arm, the rocker arm lock being positionable against the seating surface to selectively hold the rocker arm in a position in which the a upper end of the rocker arm is pivoted away from the threaded axle.

11. The apple peeler of claim 10 , wherein the lower end of the rocker arm comprises a knuckle, the seating surface being formed on the knuckle.

12. The apple peeler of claim 10 , further comprising a monument extending upwardly from the platform, the monument having a diagonal slot, the rocker arm lock further comprising an elongated rod trained within the diagonal slot, whereby movement of the elongated rod within the diagonal slot allows the rocker arm to be selectively released or locked.

Assignees

• Progressive Int Corp

Inventors

• Cotter Jennifer

Classifications

• B26D3/28

  Splitting layers from work; Mutually separating layers by cutting (B26D3/30 takes precedence; Recovery of plastics or other constituents of waste material containing plastics B29B17/00) · CPC title

• A47J25/00

  Devices for coring fruit (machines for coring fruit in bulk A23N3/00, A23N4/12) · CPC title

• A47J17/16 Primary

  Peeling machines with rotary fruit-holding spindles and fixed or movable peeler blades · CPC title