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Class 30/113.1 - CORE-PIT REMOVERS


Subclass of Class 30 - Cutlery
Definition: Device including a cutting implement constructed to disconnect,
No. of patents: 39
Last issue date: 01/29/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7322084Spring extension tool
A spring extension tool comprises a tool body and a tool positioning member. The tool body has two spaced apart fingers at a first end thereof and a lever attachment structure adjacent a second end thereof. The spaced apart fingers define a channel therebetween. A s...
01/29/2008
7159320Tool for forming a candle-receiving opening in a fruit or vegetable
A small hand tool is provided for forming in a fruit or vegetable an exterior surface recess for complementarily receiving a tealight candle. The tool has a hollow cylindrical body centered around an axis and having a sharpened lower end portion, and a handle projec...
01/09/2007
7121180Band saw, band saw processing apparatus and band saw manufacturing method
A band saw includes a continuous saw body and multiple saw teeth provided on an edge portion of said saw body entirely. The edge portion of the saw body and the saw teeth are angled toward an inner side of the saw body by creating a bend near a tooth base line of th...
10/17/2006
7114258Fruit stone remover
A stone removing tool for removing a stone from a fruit having an outer flesh portion surrounding the stone, the tool having a head section configured for being gripped by a user and a stem section extending from the head section and having an end opposite the head ...
10/03/2006
7080454Devices and methods for use in preparing certain fruits for consumption
Devices for removing and/or slicing a meat of fruit are disclosed. In one embodiment, the device has a handle portion and a working portion having an elongated blade and a pair of lateral extensions. The elongated blade has a cross-sectional shape adapted to facilit...
07/25/2006
7020968Fruit and vegetable coring machine
A coring tool is designed to first pierce the skin of a fruit and/or vegetable such as a pepper. A second phase blade of the coring tool preferably has a pair of oval blades, each with a sharpened leading edge to core the inside of the pepper. Thus, the two phase to...
04/04/2006
6968624Carrot scoop
A device for carving into a carrot comprising a handle having a first end and a second end with at least one blade extending from the first end of the handle. The blade is disposed at a right angle to the handle. The blade has at least one sharp cutting edge operati...
11/29/2005
6898857Fruit peeler
A hand utensil for peeling and pitting a fruit, such as a mango, has a spoon-shaped bowl through which a plurality of elongated generally parallel slots laterally extend in a lower region of the concave surface between the proximal end and the distal end of the bowl...
05/31/2005
6860197Food injection device
Food Injection Device has an injection tube member and integral handle, and a piston holding stand. The tube member is rigid and has a thin wall structure capable of piercing and penetrating a variety of food items and retaining the food items for future deposit int...
03/01/2005
6769186Variable-speed coring tool kit
A variable-speed coring tool kit for coring vegetables and fruits is provided which includes a decorative stand for charging and removably storing a decorative handle of a coring tool until needed for use. The tool handle and stand together form a decorative display...
08/03/2004
6199283Implement for holding and/or coring vegetables and/or fruits during preparation of the same
An implement for holding and/or coring vegetables and fruits, during the preparation of the vegetables and fruits, includes a shaft for impaling a vegetable or fruit while the vegetable or fruit is peeled, sliced, etc., and a handle for holding the implem...
03/13/2001
6032368Apple corer
A hand held coring device for removing the core from a piece of fruit such as an apple, pear, or the like is disclosed. The device is constructed of a tube having a wall, a central bore, first and second ends, and at least two slots defined within the wal...
03/07/2000
5937524Tool for cutting melon from rind
A tool for cutting and thereby separating the pulp or edible portion of a melon from the rind portion thereof comprising an elongated flexible material blade capable of being selectively disposed into either a first operative position or a second operativ...
08/17/1999
5852875Battery powered coring device
A new battery powered coring device for coring vegetables and fruits. The inventive device includes a handle portion and a coring implement detachably connected to the handle portion. An electric motor is mounted within the handle portion and is drivingly...
12/29/1998
5794344Strawberry core remover
A device for coring strawberries including a cutting tube having a cutting end over which the strawberry is slid to separate the meat from the core. In one embodiment, an ejector rod is slidably positioned inside the cutting tube and an ejector sleeve is ...
08/18/1998
5581887Conch extractor tool
A conch extraction tool for removing a conch from its shell. The tool is generally comprised of a flat helically shaped spring like material which is inserted near the foot of the conch and gently twisted into the shell and manipulated therein to disconne...
12/10/1996
5497552Green banana/plantain peeler
A device for peeling a green banana and plantain comprising a handle to be grasped by a first hand of a person. A curved peeling tip extends outwardly from an end of the handle to fit under a skin of the green banana and plantain, in which both ends are c...
03/12/1996
5481803Safety feeder
A safety peeler including a short cylindrical shell having a closed exterior portion and an open interior portion with a cylindrical extension extending therefrom including an external threaded portion and an exterior surface therebetween with a top edge ...
01/09/1996
5437225Device for removing pits from cherries cleanly with a single hole
A device for removing pits from cherries cleanly with a single hole comprising a chain having a circular cross section and having a first end and a second end, the chain being formed of stranded wires; the second end being formed with a ring positioned ab...
08/01/1995
5157836Tool for separating a core, a rind and flesh of a fruit, in particular a pineapple
A tool is described for separating a core, a rind and flesh of a fruit, in particular a pineapple, including, at least, a cylindrical corer which is provided at one end with a cutting edge and at the other end with a handle or other driving member, such a...
10/27/1992
5092043Strawberry corer/stemmer tool
A strawberry corer/stemmer tool comprises a tubular portion and a handle. The tubular portion has a partial bore connecting an insertion end of the tubular portion to a rear opening. The bore is slightly smaller than the transverse dimensions of a stem en...
03/03/1992
5056223Hand tool for de-coring cabbage heads
A hand tool includes a cutting portion that is attached to a handle by a connecting portion, and is shaped and sized to efficiently separate a core from the leaves of a cabbage head and which will efficiently remove such separated core from the leaves....
10/15/1991
5052108Handleless cutting and paring tool for fruits/vegetables
A handleless cutting and paring tool for fruits and vegetables comprising a handleless oblong plate-like body with a slightly concave cross section configuration, means for slitting and paring member provided at one end of the body, a sectorial portion fo...
10/01/1991
5038479Finger knife
A device for cutting the stems of plants, such as flowers and the like, at an angle so that the stems can be easily forced into a support base such as foam plastic material. The device has an outwardly opening blade holder affixed to a ring member. A moun...
08/13/1991
4979419Apparatus and method for treating baked goods
An apparatus and method for treating baked goods, such as bagels, is disclosed. An outer ring including downwardly projecting pins is secured to the cut surface of a previously sliced bagel half. A cutting disc having an upwardly projecting handle and dow...
12/25/1990
4970786Produce peeling device
A curved knife for manually peeling produce and especially for simultaneously peeling the sides and bottom of produce halves, such as avocados and melons, while keeping the flesh in one intact piece as the device is rotated around the interior wall of the...
11/20/1990
4949459Strawberry stem removal device
A device used to remove the stem and core from a strawberry is described. This device is useful for quickly and nearly removing strawberry stems and cores in one step. It includes one or more tubular members that are attached to a handle member used to gr...
08/21/1990
4905375Tool for extracting finger grip insert from a bowling ball
A hand operated tool for extracting a finger grip insert glued in a bowling ball including a shaft, a T-shaped handle grip, and a tubular extractor affixed to the shaft and having a knife dull edge free end adapted to cut the insert away from the bowling ...
03/06/1990
4903407Device for making vegetable and/or fruit cases for filling
A device for preparing cases for filling (2) comprises at least one tubular cutting element (20) and one means for separating the case from the core (52) cut by the element (20) from a fruit or a vegetable. This separating means is comprised of at least o...
02/27/1990
4873991Biopsy needle
A biopsy needle, for sampling tissue and the like, including a sidewall defining a hollow interior and a sharpened end. The needle has a lanced section which is formed from material of the sidewall itself and defines a rearwardly sloping, rearwardly facin...
10/17/1989
4763414Device and method for coring and cutting of fruits and vegetables for subsequent filling with complementary foods
The present invention comprises a handle having at least one coring assembly extending outwardly and away from one end of the handle. The coring assembly is a continuous ring of thin, stainless steel having a cross-section of a known geometric shape, a ci...
08/16/1988
4596073Apple corer with a core remover
An apple corer having four molded plastic components are fitted together to form the invention. They are a hollow cutting tube, a core remover slidable along the cutting tube, a handle attached at the end of the cutting tube, and a compression plug insert...
06/24/1986
4461305Automated biopsy device
Disclosed herein is an apparatus for automatically extracting a sample of tissue of a predetermined size and shape from a body, e.g. female uterine cervix. The apparatus is generally comprised of a generally cylindrically core-cutter with a rotatably moun...
07/24/1984
4317281Nut opener
A pocket-sized nut opener serves for separating the shell of a pistachio or similar nut that has an obloid shape and is composed of a mating pair of half shells which enclose a nutmeat and define therebetween a narrow slit. The opener is in the form of a ...
03/02/1982
4310969Partial-coring device
In a preferred embodiment, a cylindrically shaped coring device is provided with an axially-slidable side member that alternately ejects and retracts a core-slicing or cutting structure removable of a portion of the core of a fruit, and provided with anot...
01/19/1982
4099518Biopsy apparatus
An improved biopsy apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a hollow outer cannula within which is initially disposed a solid inner puncture trocar. In use, a biopsy sample is obtained from a patient by first inserting the outer cannula - trocar ap...
07/11/1978
4090296Cabbage coring tool
A cabbage coring tool has an elongated semi-triangular shaped blade which is cross sectionally arcuate with both of the longer edges being sharpened. An axially extending shank is joined to the blade midway of its widest section and a cross bar is affixed...
05/23/1978
4010543Hole cutting apparatus
A hole cutting apparatus which can be utilized to make holes in material which is of a tacky nature, including a hollow tube whose bottom edge is both chamfered and also cut at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the tube. A knob is coupled ...
03/08/1977
 
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