JP2869699B2 - Sweet chestnut peeler - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tool for peeling a sweet chestnut, which peels the peel of the sweet chestnut and peels the peel easily.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Roasted chestnut, which is generally referred to as sweet chestnut, is baked and provided without peeling a relatively hard peel, so that it is necessary to peel the peel when eating this fruit.

[0003] However, in the peeling, the skin must first be cut. However, the cutting requires a relatively large force, and a nail or the like is pushed against the skin to press a part of the skin to press the cut. Was not always easy.

In order to facilitate the tearing of the peel of the sweet chestnut, teeth or projections are provided on one of a pair of free ends of a curved piece formed in a generally U-shape, and between the pair of free ends. There is disclosed a technique in which a sweet chestnut is sandwiched and the teeth or projections are used to make a crack in the peel of the sweet chestnut or to cut the sweet chestnut. (Jpn.

[0005] The use of these conventional sweet chestnut splitters does not hurt the nails and the like when cracking the peel of the sweet chestnut, and also strongly grips the curved piece to form a pair of curved pieces. By bringing the free end portion close to, the teeth provided on one of the free end portions can be strongly pushed against the peel of the sweet chestnut, and the cracks and the like can be effectively attached to the peel.

[0006]

However, since conventional sweet chestnut splitters only cut or tear a part of the peel of sweet chestnut, it is necessary to completely peel the peel of sweet chestnut. , After making these cracks
It was necessary to crush the sweet chestnut from both sides in the extension direction of the crack so as to push the crack and the like even further. This crushing also required relatively great force.

[0007] In addition, the conventional splitter and the like, while the sweet chestnut is sandwiched between the pair of free ends of the curved piece, so that the sweet chestnut does not fall out between the pair of free ends. , It is necessary to press the sweet chestnut sandwiched between the curved pieces from the side with a finger or the like. In addition, the crushing of the peel of the sweet chestnut after the splitting is usually performed by directly touching the peel of the sweet chestnut. However, since the sticky brown scum and the like are attached to the peel of the sweet chestnut in the process of baking the sweet chestnut, when the skin of the sweet chestnut is touched as described above, such burnt scum arrives at the fingertips and the like, which is troublesome. there were.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a tool for peeling a sweet chestnut that can easily and reliably peel the peel of the sweet chestnut without directly touching the peel.

[0009]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a first method of connecting a peeling tool for sweet chestnuts so that free ends thereof can be separated from each other. The first arm 1 includes an arm 11 and a second arm 12.
The first free end portion 11b is provided with a holding portion 21 for sweet chestnut M, and the holding portion 21 is provided with a cutting blade 31 that is in contact with the sweet chestnut M to be held. The end portion 12b has a structure in which a holding portion 40 for holding the sweet chestnut M held by the holding portion 21 of the first arm 11 is rotatably or rotatably provided.

[0010] In the invention according to claim 2, claim 1 is provided.
The holding portion 40 of the chestnut peeling tool according to
The structure has a structure provided on the free end portion 12b of the second arm 12 so as to be able to approach and separate toward the first holding portion 21.

Further, in the invention according to claim 3, according to claim 1,
The gripper 40 of the chestnut peeler according to the second arm 1
The second arm 12 has a structure provided on the free end portion 12b so as to be tiltable with respect to the second free end portion 12b.

In the invention according to claim 4, claim 1 is provided.
The gripper 40 of the chestnut peeler according to the first arm 1
The second arm 1 can be moved toward and away from the first holding portion 21 and
A structure provided on the free end 12b of the second arm 12 so as to be tiltable with respect to the second free end 12b is provided.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the cutting blade 32 in contact with the sweet chestnut M is provided on the grip 40 of the sweet chestnut peeling tool according to the first, second, third or fourth aspect. Structure.

[0014]

In the chestnut peeling tool according to the present invention, the holding portion 21 of the first arm 11 and the free end portion 12b of the second arm 12 can be brought close to each other.
Is provided with a cutting blade 31 in contact with the sweet chestnut M, and the free end portion 12b is provided with a gripper 40 for the sweet chestnut M in a rotatable or rotatable manner. The sweet chestnut M can be sandwiched between the holding portion 21 and the grip portion 40 by bringing the holding portion 21 and the free end portion 12b close to each other.

When the gripper 40 is rotated or rotated in a state where the sweet chestnut M is sandwiched between the holder 21 and the gripper 40, the cutting blade 31 provided on the holder 21 is used. The peel of the sweet chestnut can be torn along the rotation or rotation direction.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A typical embodiment of a sweet chestnut peeler according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a cutaway view of the holder 22 and the operation knob 70 provided on the free end 12b of the second arm 12 of the chestnut peeler according to the embodiment. 1 shows the entire configuration of a peeling tool.

FIG. 2 shows the peeling tool by cutting a part of the holding parts 21 and 22 from the holding parts 21 and 22 of the first arm 11 and the second arm 12. I have.

FIG. 3 shows that the first arm 11 is free to cover the sweet chestnut M accommodated in the holding portion 21 of the first arm 11 with the holding portion 22 of the second arm 12 from above. This shows a state in which the end 11b and the free end 12b of the second arm are close to each other.

FIG. 4 shows the holding portion 2 of the first arm 11.
The state where the cutting blade 31 provided in 1 and the cutting blade 32 provided in the holding portion 40 provided in the holding portion 22 of the second arm 12 and the sweet chestnut M are in contact with each other, Only the cutting blades 31, 32 and the sweet chestnut M are shown.

FIGS. 5 and 6 show the operation of the cutting blade 31 and the cutting blade 32 with respect to the sweet chestnut M.
1, only the cutting blade 32 and the sweet chestnut M are shown.

As shown in FIG. 1, the peeling tool according to this embodiment includes a first arm 11 and a second arm 12.
The main component is a substantially U-shaped plate-shaped body 10 having

The arms 11 and 12 are formed of a material having elastic deformation characteristics, such as a plastic material or a metal material, and are elastically connected via a connecting portion 13. With 13 as a fulcrum, the free ends 11b and 12b can be moved toward and away from each other.

The free ends 11 of the arms 11, 12
The b and 12b are provided with bowl-shaped holding parts 21 and 22 whose openings face each other.

A cutting blade 31 is provided in a bowl-shaped recess of the holding portion 21 provided on the first arm 11. In this embodiment, the cutting blade 31 is formed as four serrated teeth extending radially from the substantially central portion of the inner bottom of the holding portion 21 toward the opening edge of the holding portion 21.

On the other hand, in the holding portion 22 provided on the second arm 12, the holding portion 21 of the first arm 11 is provided.
A grip portion 40 of the sweet chestnut M protruding toward is provided.

The grip portion 40 is provided at an end of a push rod 50 inserted through a shaft hole 22a formed substantially at the center of the inner bottom of the holding portion 22 with the end of the push rod 50 as a center. It is configured by projecting four serrated cutting blades 32 radially.

A disc-shaped operation knob 70 is provided at the end of the push rod 50 on the side where the grip portion 40 is not provided and outside the holding portion 22.

Accordingly, by rotating or rotating the operation knob 70 by gripping the operation knob 70 or the like, the grip portion 40 located inside the holding portion 22 is rotated via the push rod 50. Or it can be rotated.

In this embodiment, the push rod 50 is formed longer than the shaft hole 22a formed in the holding portion 22. Therefore, the operation knob 70 is pushed in by gripping the operation knob 70 or the like. As a result, the holding portion 40 located inside the holding portion 22 via the push rod 50
Can be appropriately protruded toward the holding portion 21 side of the first arm 11.

As further shown in FIGS. 2 and 3,
In this embodiment, the holding portion 22 is larger than the diameter of the push rod 50.
The diameter of the shaft hole 22a is slightly larger than that of the push rod 50.
Can be tilted with respect to the hole axis of the shaft hole 22a,
Thereby, the grip portion 40 located inside the holding portion 22 can be appropriately tilted with respect to the free end portion 12b of the second arm 12.

In this embodiment, the second arm 12
A compression coil spring 60 is interposed between the hole edge of the shaft hole 22a and the lower surface of the operation knob 70 on the outside of the holding portion 22. 22 is urged outward and upward.

In this embodiment, the operation knob 70
A pair of elastic plate pieces 8 extending from the outside of the holding portion 22 of the second arm 12 to the opening edge of the holding portion 22
0, and the elastic plate 80 is
Bent at the side facing the opening edge of
Are projected into the holding portion 22. The opening edge of the holding portion 22 of the second arm 12 where the tip portion 80a of the elastic plate piece 80 is located, and a part of the opening edge of the holding portion 21 of the first arm 12 A notch recess 22b for accommodating the distal end portion 80a of the elastic plate piece 80,
22b, 21a and 21a are formed.

The outer surfaces of the first arm 11 and the second arm 12 on the side of the free ends 11b, 12b are:
The protrusions 11 are provided so that the arms 11 and 12 can be easily gripped.
a and 12a are formed.

In the skin peeling tool according to this embodiment, since the bowl-shaped holding portion 21 is provided at the free end portion 11b of the first arm 11, the inside of the holding portion 21 is as shown in FIG. With the sweet chestnut M held as shown, as shown in FIG. 3, the free end 12b of the second arm 12 is connected to the free end 1 of the first arm 11 with the connecting portion 13 as a fulcrum.
1b, the grip 40 of the second arm 12 is brought into contact with the sweet chestnut M from above the held sweet chestnut M, and the sweet chestnut M can be sandwiched.

In this state, the operation knob 70 is gripped or the like and the operation knob 70 is rotated or rotated as shown in FIG. The sweet chestnut M can be rotated or rotated within the holding portion 21 of the eleventh embodiment. Since a plurality of cutting blades 31... 31 are provided in the holding portion 21 as described above, the sweet chestnut M rotated or rotated in this manner is converted into a sawtooth-shaped tip 31 a of the cutting blade 31. Thereby, the pericarp is cut at a plurality of locations along the rotation or rotation direction. In this embodiment, the grip portion 40 is formed by a plurality of cutting blades 32... 32, and the cutting blades 32 are also formed in a curved shape along the peripheral surface of the sweet chestnut M so as to be in contact with the sweet chestnut M. , The gripping portion 40 securely grips the sweet chestnut M,
Further, the rotation or rotation of the operation knob 70 causes the upper skin of the sweet chestnut M held in the holding portion 21 to be appropriately cut at a plurality of positions by the tip 32 a of the cutting blade 32.

When the sweet chestnut M for cutting the skin is relatively small, or when the skin of the sweet chestnut M is relatively hard, the operation knob 70 is pressed down by grasping or the like.
The gripper 40 is moved to the first arm 11 via the pressing rod 50.
The cutting blade 31 and the cutting blade 32 can be sufficiently protruded from the pericarp of the sweet chestnut M by causing the rotation or rotation while protruding toward the holding portion 21 of the same. Can be properly torn.

Further, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the gripper 40 can be tilted, and the rotation or rotation is performed by appropriately tilting the gripper 40 as described above. Further, by appropriately protruding the gripping portion 40 toward the holding portion 21 of the first arm 11, the peel of the sweet chestnut M can be uniformly cut, and the peel can be peeled off and easily peeled off. .

In this embodiment, in particular, the second arm is provided with a pair of elastic plate pieces 80, 80 for projecting the pointed tip portion 80a into the holding portion 22, so that the pericarp is torn. When the sweet chestnut M is relatively small, the distal end portion 80a is appropriately protruded into the holding portion 22 by gripping the outside of the elastic plate pieces 80, 80, and the like.
By pushing Oa against the skin of the sweet chestnut M, the relatively small sweet chestnut M can be reliably held. Even in this case, the peel of the sweet chestnut M can be appropriately torn by the rotation or rotation.

In the embodiment described above, the free end portion 12b of the second arm 12 is also provided with the bowl-shaped holding portion 22, but this configuration is omitted and the second arm 12 is omitted. The free end portion 12b may be provided with a grip portion 40 so as to be directly rotatable or rotatable. Further, the gripping portion 40 may have a configuration in which the sweet chestnut M stored in the holding portion 21 of the first arm 11 is pressed from above, and unlike the present embodiment, a cutting means such as a cutting blade 32 is used. A configuration without the provision may be employed.

Further, in the embodiment described above, the holding portion 40 provided on the holding portion 22 of the second arm 12 is provided.
Is capable of protruding toward the holding portion 21 side of the second arm 11 and being tiltable, but is rotatable or rotatable while gripping the sweet chestnut M contained in the holding portion 21. As long as it has a configuration, it may be configured so that it does not have one of the protruding and tilting operations or both functions.

The first arm 11 and the second arm 1
The cutting edge 3 may be any as long as the free ends 11b and 12b can be connected to each other so as to be appropriately close to each other.
1, 32 may be any as long as the peel of the sweet chestnut M can be cut off in contact with the sweet chestnut M, and its shape and the like may be appropriately changed.

[0043]

According to the present invention, the chestnut peeling tool of the present invention has the holding portion 21 of the first arm 11 holding the sweet chestnut M, and the holding portion 21 and the free end 12b of the second arm 12 are held.
And the chestnut M between the holding portion 21 and the grip portion 40
Can be cut off and the peel of the sweet chestnut M can be cut by the cutting blade 31 provided on the holding portion 21 along the rotation or the rotation direction of the grip portion 40, so that the peel of the sweet chestnut M does not touch the sweet chestnut M. Can be widely cut along the peripheral surface of the sweet chestnut M. Therefore, by this tearing, the peel of the sweet chestnut M can be easily and reliably peeled off the fruit.

In this stripping, it is not necessary to make the fingertips strongly touch the sweet chestnut M. The sweet chestnut M is not stained by the scorched residue adhered to the peel of the sweet chestnut M.
It has the feature of being able to eat fruit.

In particular, in the invention according to the second aspect, the structure in which the gripping portion 40 is provided on the free end portion 12b of the second arm 12 so as to be able to approach and separate from the holding portion 21 of the first arm 11 is provided. , So that the chestnut M is strongly pressed against the holding part 21 side, and the cutting blade 31 is strongly pushed against the peel of the sweet chestnut M,
The sweet chestnut M can be rotated or rotated, and even if the skin is relatively hard, the skin can be reliably torn.

In particular, in the invention according to claim 3, the holding portion 40 is provided at the free end portion 12b of the second arm 12 so as to be tiltable with respect to the free end portion 12b of the second arm. By rotating or rotating the sweet chestnut M while performing the tilting, the skin of the sweet chestnut M can be cut by the cutting blade 31 in an evenly wide range.

In particular, in the invention according to claim 4, the grip portion 40 can be moved toward and away from the holding portion 21 of the first arm.
And since it is provided in the free end part 12b of the second arm 12 so as to be tiltable with respect to the free end part 12b of the second arm 12, the grip part 40 protrudes toward the holding part 21, and By rotating or rotating the sweet chestnut M while tilting, the skin of the sweet chestnut M can be sufficiently torn by the cutting blade 31 over a wide range.

Furthermore, in the invention according to the fifth aspect, since the cutting blade 32 is also provided on the grip portion 40, the cutting blade 32 is applied to the peel of the sweet chestnut M held by the holding portion 21.
, So that the sweet chestnut M can be securely gripped, and then the sweet chestnut M is rotated or rotated to cooperate with the cutting blade 21 provided on the holding portion 21 to thereby make the sweet chestnut M Can be cut in a wide range.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view of a peeling tool according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway side view of the peeling tool according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a partially broken side view of the peeling tool according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a cutting blade 31 and a cutting blade 32;

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing the operation of the gripping section 40.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing the operation of the gripping section 40.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 1st arm 12 2nd arm 21 holding | maintenance part 22 holding | maintenance part 31 cutting blade 32 cutting blade 40 gripping part 50 push rod 60 spring 70 operation knob 80 elastic plate piece

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] A first arm and a second arm are connected to each other so that their free ends can be moved toward and away from each other, and a free end of the first arm is provided with a holding portion of sweet chestnut. The holding portion is provided with a cutting blade in contact with the sweet chestnut held, and the free end of the second arm grips the sweet chestnut held by the holding portion of the first arm. A chestnut peeling tool, characterized in that the gripping part to be rotated or rotatably provided. 2. The sweet chestnut according to claim 1, wherein the grip portion is provided at a free end of the second arm so as to be able to approach and separate toward a holding portion of the first arm. Peeler. 3. The sweet chestnut according to claim 1, wherein the grip is provided at a free end of the second arm so as to be tiltable with respect to a free end of the second arm. Peeler. 4. The free movement of the second arm so that the gripping part can be moved toward and away from the holding part of the first arm and can be tilted with respect to the free end of the second arm. The peeling tool for sweet chestnuts according to claim 1, wherein the tool is provided at an end. 5. The grip according to claim 1, wherein the grip is provided with a cutting blade in contact with the sweet chestnut.
The peeling tool for the sweet chestnut according to claim 3 or 4.