US16993A - Paring - Google Patents

Description

J. J. PARKER, on MARIETTA, oHIo.

MACHINE FOR PARING APPLES.

Specicaton of Letters Patent No. 16,993, dated .April 7, 1857.

To all wiz-0m it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. J. PARKER, of Marietta, in the county of lVashington and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Device for Baring Apples and other Fruit, Vegetables, &c.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l., is a side view of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a front View of the Same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding` parts in the two figures.

This invention consists in the combination with the knife shaft, of a spring holder, in the manner and for the purposes hereinafter set forth.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents a clamp which is formed of lips a, a, attached at rightangles to a vert-ical bar Z), t-he lips being a suitable distance apart. Through the lower lip a, a hand screw c passes. The implement is secured to the edge of a table or bench by means of the clamps. To the upper end of the verti cal bar I), an inclined bar 6l, is permanently attached and through the angle of the bar d,

the driving shaft c, passes.

The outer end of the driver shaft e, has a toothed wheel B upon it to which a handle f, is attached. This toothed wheel gears into a pinion g, which is placed upon a shaft l1., said shaft passing through the end of the bar CZ. The inner end of the shaft h, or the end opposite to the end on which the pinion g, is placed, has a fork c', attached to it. The inner end of the driving shaft e, has a bevel pinion j, placed upon it. The pinion y', gears intoa bevel wheel C, which is attached to j the end of a bent arm D, said arm having its bearings in a projection E, which is attached to the bar d, at its angle. The arm cl, is construct-ed of a wire bent as shown clearly in Fig. 1, so as to form two parallel or nearly parallel portions In, Z, connected by a spring m, and a bent or right angular portion n, to the outer end of which the wheel C, is attached. A segmental projection o, is attached to the projection E, and a guide loop p, is attached to the wheel C, the longer portion of the arm D, passing through said guide loop.

F, represents the knife stock in which the knife G, is fitted, said knife being fitted behind lips g, at each side of t-he stock and secured or pressed against them by a wire r, slightly bent so as to act like a cam, see Fig. l. The cutting edge 0f the knife is shown at s. The stock F, is fitted loosely on the end of the arm D, and is secured thereon by a spring holder A, which is formed of a wire attached to the arm. The outer end of the spring holder H being bent at a right angle with the other portion and litt-ing in a hole at the back of the stock F, as shown clearly in Fig. l.

The operation is as follows: The apple or other article to be pared, shown in red, is placed upon the fork c', and the wheel B.y is turned so that the knife G, will be at the outer end of the apple, the arm B, by its elasticity causing the knife to press suiiiciently against the apple so that it will be properly pared. The knife will yield or give so that it may conform to the inequalities of the apple and is also allo-wed, owing to the peculiar connection of the stock F, with the arm D, to turn a requisite distance on the arm so that it will always adjust itself in a proper relative position with the apple. The segmental projection o, keeps the knife free from the fork when the apple is `removed. The knife moves underneath the apple from its outer to its inner end, the apple rotating of course toward the knife. The knife is moved back by reversing the movement of the wheel B.

The above implement is exceedingly simple, may be cheaply constructed and is not liable to get out of repair. The knife has a positive motion, no springs or weights being employed, as in other devices, to throw the knife back to its original position after having performed its work.

In all apple-paring machines,l it is important, in order to prevent corrosion of the knife, that it should always be cleaned after using. For this purpose, the knife should be so arranged as to be readily capable of removal from the machine. The spring holder H permits this removal instantly. By raising the holder H with the finger, the stock F is liberated, and may be slipped olf the end of arm D. The stock F may be restored with equal convenience, it being only necessary to replace it upon the end of the arm D, and set the hook of the holder H, into the hole in the stock. The spring holder H thus serves the double functions of holding the stock F. suitably in place upon the arm D, and also allows the proper elastic revolving movement of the stock upon t-he arm D, to enable the knife perfectly to follow the formation of the apple. The spring holder H also serves another import-ant office. If the knife requires sharpening, thev holder H may be lifted from the stock, and the latter revolved half around and there held by the'pressure of the holder;

v and in this position the knife may be more evenly and better honed than if removed and held in the hand.

I disclaim any special peculiarity in the knife arm. I do not claim, broadly, the employment of a spring for allowing a yielding motion to the knife stock; an example of such use of a spring is seen in the patent of E. L. Pratt, April 29th, 1856. But the combination of the spring holder H with the arm D, is to t-he best of my knowledge and belief a new combination, possessing peculiar virtues and productive of new and useful results.

Therefore what I claim as new, in appleparing machines, and desire to secure by Letters Patent7 is:

The combination of a spring-holder H with the knife arm D, in the manner and for the purposes described.

J'. J. PARKER.

Witnesses:

JNO. C. PAXTON, S. Gr. PAXTON.

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