GB340718A - An improved method of and means for peeling potatoes, fruit and the like - Google Patents

Abstract

340,718. Peeling fruit or vegetables. SPEIDEL, R., 5, Bl³cherstrasse, Pforzheim, Germany. Nov. 16, 1929, No. 35118. [Class 28 (ii).] In the peeling of fruit and vegetables, the fruit or vegetables are placed in a container and are kept suspended in water, the articles being driven upwards at and around the centre of the container, pass outwards towards an abrasive casing, the n downwards along the casing and are guided inwards over the bottom of the container for the cycle to be repeated. As shown, the abrasive casing h is removable from the container a by eyes i, and the vane K rotates immediately above a bottom plate f which is either stationary or revoluble at the same speed as, or at a different speed than, the vane K. The plate f is preferably mounted so that it is removable with the vane K. The vane k is shaped as shown in Fig. 2, so that the goods are encountered by the inclined leading edges z which raise the articles at the centre of the container. The rotation of the articles is checked as they reach the casing h by a baffle h<1> thereon, so that the articles fall to the plate f and inwards to the centre of the container. The parings pass through the apertures in the casing h and are withdrawn through the overflow pipe b, the apparatus being constantly supplied with water from a tap.