US983603A - Corer, parer, and slicer. - Google Patents

Description

'J. M. CARTER.

GORER, PARER, AND SLIGER. APPLIOATION FILED IAPE.9,1910.

Patented Feb. 7, 1911.

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JAMES M. CARTER, OF LABIMOBE, NORTH DAKOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MAURICE A. CARTER, OF LARIMORE, NORTH DAKOTA.

Application filed April 9, 1910.

Specification of Letters Patent.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES M. CARTER, citizen of the United States, residing at Larimore, in the county of Grand Forks and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corers, Parers, and Slicers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements in culinary appliances and relates particularly to an improved construction of article which may be effectively used as a device for cutting the cores out of apples and for paring apples and for paring and slicing potatoes or other vegetables.

The invention also aims to generally improve this class of devices and to provide a simple article of manufacture which may be cheaply constructed and which will be durable, and the invention consists in certain constructions and arrangements of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device constructed in accordance with my invention, a knife being shown connected thereto in dotted lines; Fig. 2 is a plan View of the device, one partbeing broken away; Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of a part of the device; and, Fig. 1 is a similar View on the line l-t of Fig. 2.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawing, the letter A designates the body portion of my improved coring, paring and slicing device, the same being preferably constructed out of sheet metal formed at one end with an elongated and transversely curved portion 1 constituting the corer, an attenuated opposite end portion 2 which is transversely curved and beveled on one edge to form a guard in connection with a knife blade, a connecting portion 3 between the corer 1 and guard 2, said connecting portion having its opposite edges returned upon itself to form guide lugs 4 for a knife blade, and a laterally projecting Patented Feb. '7, 1911.

Serial No. 554,564.

extremity or arm 5, the ends of which are formed with spaced pintle ears (3. The cars 6 are curled over and are designed to hold a pintle or spindle 7, said pintle extending through the apertured laterally extending ends 8 of a bar 9 which forms a guide loop for a knife blade. A cam latch 10 is mounted on the pintle 7 and held between the ends of the bar 9 by means of washers 11 or the like, said latch being formed with a finger piece or handle 12 which is preferably curved, as shown, and which is also preferably formed with an opening or in the form of a ring, so that any desired instrument may be inserted therein to open or close the latch, if found necessary.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanying drawing, the practical use of my device as an apple corer or the like will be apparen In the use of the device as a parer or slicer, the knife blade is inserted through the loop which is formed by the bar 9 and then into engagement with the guide or retaining lug 4, the edge of the knife being located contiguous to the attenuated guard 2. The latch is then turned so that its cam will engage the knife blade and hold the same securely in place for the slicing or paring operations.

It is obvious that the parts of the device may be very cheaply made, the body portion being stamped and shaped out of sheet metal and that the parts may be readily manufactured and not liable to get out of order in service. As the knife which is used in connection with the device is not permanently connected thereto, the knife may be useful for other purposes, which is, of course, an advantage.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. The herein described culinary device, comprising a body portion formed with an attenuated guard, spaced retaining lugs at one end of the guard, a laterally projecting arm at the opposite end of the guard, a loop connected to the arm, and means coacting with the loop for clamping a knife blade therein.

2. A culinary device, comprising a body portion embodying an attenuated blade uard, the body portion being formed at one end of the blade guard with spaced retaining lugs and at the opposite end of said guard with a laterally projecting arm, a loop carried by said arm, and a latch carried by said arm for clamping a knife blade therein.

3. A culinary device, comprising a body 5 portion embodying a blade guard, the body portion being formed at one end of the blade guard with spaced retaining lugs and at its opposite end with a laterally projecting arm, the arm being provided with spaced 1o pintle ears, a pintle held in said ears, a bar formed wit-h angularly disposed ends mounted on said pintle between the ears, and a cam latch mounted on the pintle between the ends of the bar.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature 15 in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES M. CARTER. [L.S.] Witnesses:

O. A. HAZEN, FRANK J. VAN FLEET.

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