US84791A

US84791A - Improved

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Publication number: US84791A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1868-12-08
Anticipated expiration: 1885-12-08

Description

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE.

CLARK E. BILLINGS, OF WARREN, VERMONT.

IM PROVED APPLE-QUARTERE'R.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 84,791, dated December 8, 1868.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Beit known that I, CLARK E.'BrLL1NGs, of Warren, in the county of Washington and State of Vermont have invented a new Y and Improved Machine for Quartering Apples 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speciication.

This invention relates to an improved Inachine for quartering apples in the process of preparing them for drying, cooking, or other purposes; and the invention consists in the arrangement of parts, as hereinafter described.

Figure l represents a side elevation of the machine, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a top or plan view of the knives. Fig. 3 is a detailed view of the bottom side of the plunger.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the frame or stand to which the operatin g parts of the machine are attached. B is the plunger. G is the p1ungerrod. D is the lever. E is the spring. F represents the knives.

The knives are placed in nearly a horizontal position, and are properly Asecured to the bed of the machine. The knives are four in number, standing at right angles with each other, as seen in the drawing, and attached to a center-piece, which piece forms a central point, g. The knives may be made in two parts, so as to lock together either with or without a cen* tra-l poinst.

The plunger-rod is secured to the frame in a vertical position by the clips h h. The lever D is connected with the rod by a pin, o', and its fulcrum is at J. The lever has a slot, k. The lever, in its motion up and down, describes an are of a circle, which the slot k provides for, and allows the lever to work on the pin without strain or unnecessary friction.

The plunger B is made somewhat conical, as indicated by the dotted line, for the purpose of inclosing and holding the apple steady.

When the plunger B has been pressed down by the lever the spring E serves, by its recoil, to throw it up to the position seen in the drawlng.

rlhe apple is laid with its center upon the central point g, when the wooden plunger is forced down onto it, driving the quarters of the apple down through an d between the knives.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The arrangement herein described of the fixed knives F, placed at right angles to each other, and having the central point g, the plun ger B, hollowed out upon its under side, the plunger-rod C, guides h, slotted lever D, pin 1'., spring E, and stand A, as herein set forth, for the purpose specified.

. CLARK E. BILLINGS. Wlitnesses:

GEORGE GooDRIcH, M. B. EATON.