Class 30/120.2 - Nutcrackers

Subclass of Class 30 - Cutlery
Definition: Device especially adapted to fracture the shell of a nut.
No. of patents: 37
Last issue date: 07/28/2009

Number	Title	Issue Date
7565745	Nut cracker A nut cracker having a cup, a lever and a handle. The cup having a wall and a bottom defining an internal, generally conical space sized to contain a nut placed therein such that when the nut is cracked pieces of the shell are contained within the cup. The lever is ...	07/28/2009
7024979	Cutting template for cutting meat pieces A cutting template for use for cutting of a plurality of substantially equal size meat pieces. The cutting template is to be hand operated by being placed by the user in conjunction with a meat section and then the user takes the knife and severs the meat section th...	04/11/2006
6968987	Quartering pill splitter A quartering pill splitter includes a bed having a recess formed within, the recess having a cross section which substantially conforms to the pill shape. A thin, cruciate cutting blade assembly is disposed below the pill bed, so that the pill, when inserted into th...	11/29/2005
6739056	Nut piercer A device for piercing a nut comprising a first member having a receptacle for receiving the nut and a first handle section. A second member is also provided having a handle section and a cover section for the receptacle. The cover section has an opening formed there...	05/25/2004
6644528	Family of pill splitters and method of manufacture A family of pill splitters is formed from a standard, substantially cylindrical lower body which contains a distinct bed for each one of a number of different complex pill shapes, and an upper body, integrally affixed to the lower body, which contains a p...	11/11/2003
6474525	Pill splitter for complex pill forms A pill splitter for use with pills of complex shapes has a bed which substantially conforms to one-half of the pill. The bed is affixed within the cylindrical lower body of the splitter, into which a blade is affixed. A clearance slot allows the blade to ...	11/05/2002
6378213	Pistachio sheller A pistachio sheller including a base having an upwardly extending shaft with a flat narrow blade adapted to be received in the crack of a pistachio shell. A cylinder is rotatably attached to the base and includes an oval-shaped top opening adjacent the fl...	04/30/2002
6237476	Nutcracker A novelty nutcracker device which comprises a tubular housing having a side wall thereby defining an elongated passageway, and a first end cap removably connected at a first end of the passageway, a reciprocally moveable impact member mounted within the e...	05/29/2001
6163962	Chestnut's friend A tool is used for piercing a chestnut to prevent it from bursting while cooking. The tool includes a base, an inverted U-shaped support, a plunger, a striking knob connected to a top end of the plunger, a bumper on the opposite end of the plunger, and a ...	12/26/2000
6052906	Nutcracker The nutcracker has two handles which can be pivoted toward each other about a pin. The one handle is connected to a basket for receiving a nut. The other handle is designed as a pressing handle, its end region being constructed as the pressing part. An in...	04/25/2000
6041504	Device to progressively break the woody shell, particularly of fruits of the drupe type A device for progressively breaking the woody shell on fruits of the drupe type includes a double handle, of which a first handle is static and second handle is dynamic. The first handle includes a spoon-shaped seat to hold the fruit whose shell is to be ...	03/28/2000
6041697	Apparatus for controlled cracking of nut-like fruits and the like An apparatus for the controlled fracture of the outer hull of a nut-like fruit wherein a reciprocable piston is moved within a frame and is supported and guided by arms that interfit with the piston to guide it or non-rotating movement into and out of eng...	03/28/2000
5842410	Nut cracker A torsion leverage nutcracker which allows for single hand or two hard operation and also provides ergonomically designed end plates which facilitate repetitive use of the nut cracker without repetitive traumatic injuries to the user and further wherein t...	12/01/1998
5634272	Device for a piercing a nut A nut can be pierced with a device employing an upper member having a manually engageable surface. The device also has a base with an underside adapted to stably rest atop a horizontal support surface. The upper member has a free end, a pivotal end, and a...	06/03/1997
5566452	Dual nutcracker A dual nutcracker comprising a first undulating lever and a second straight lever. A structure is for pivoting the first undulating lever to the second straight lever. The shells of different sized nuts can be cracked with a scissor-like action, when the ...	10/22/1996
5533265	Device for piercing a nut A device for piercing a nut has a cup-shaped member with a manually engageable, convex surface and a concave underside. A cutter is mounted on the concave underside of the member and points along a thrust direction. A retractable element is mounted adjace...	07/09/1996
5404809	Nut shelling apparatus A nut shelling apparatus including a back plate having a first roughened surface on one side, a rocker plate rotatably connected to the back plate and having a second roughened surface on a side adjacent the first roughened surface of the back plate, and ...	04/11/1995
5339524	Pistachio nut opener A nut opener comprises a wire formed into a coiled spring with lever arms extending from opposite sides of the spring and terminating in pointed extremities in the form of knife edges which are insertable into the opening between half shells of the nut an...	08/23/1994
5333384	Nutcracker A manual nutcracker which includes a spring loaded ram which impacts a plunger with limited travel and strikes the nut shell in an enclosed chamber and shatters the shell without damaging the nut itself....	08/02/1994
5303470	Macadamia nut opening machine Machine for opening shell fruit comprising two counter rotating plates 12 and 13 and having recesses in the peripheries incorporating cutting means 23, the axes of the plates 12 and 13 being parallel and alongside each other so as to allow the cutting mea...	04/19/1994
5239918	Method and devices for husking and cracking macadamia nuts Means for cracking and removing the inner shell of a Macadamia nut after its outer shell has been husked off comprising a vertical open top tubular member having a side wall opening with a nut feeder tube, and disposed upon a hard transverse surface, the ...	08/31/1993
5233747	Nutcracker A manually operated nutcracking device with a threaded member for urging a carrier and a wedge thereon into nut engagement to split the nut. A base includes a pair of guides and a nut supporting surface. The carrier includes plate components coupled to th...	08/10/1993
5174026	Nutcracker with compartmented receptacle A nutcracking apparatus includes a nutcracker and a compartmented receptacle. The receptacle if formed having side walls, end walls and a floor, with a support wall dividing the receptacle into a nut compartment and a smaller shell compartment. A support ...	12/29/1992
5097597	Spiral nutcracker/grinder A tool for the exertion of firm, well-modulated, compressional and shear force, ideally suited to the removal of nutshells by hand. An inclined surface moves alongside another surface, creating a V-shaped gap. Such movement will cause materials to be grip...	03/24/1992
5092231	Nut cracker A nut cracker is designed to accommodate virtually any size nut and provide the same degree of cracking stroke with the same mechanical advantage irrespective of nut size, with only a simple thumb-screw adjustment of a cam....	03/03/1992
5070617	Hand cracker for nuts A hand cracker for nuts, particularly thick shelled macadamia nuts, the cracker having a receptacle with a bottom and a side wall for receiving a nut to be cracked with an off-center cracking shaft with wedge blades arranged circumferentially around the s...	12/10/1991
5052107	Chestnut cutter The present invention, a hand held Chestnut Cutter which is adaptable for all sizes of the chestnuts. This cutter is similar in shape and system to a hand held garlic press or nut cracker. Nut cutter is comprised of a pair of levers which are pivotally jo...	10/01/1991
4993155	Frustumic press A gripping device with a plurality of rods, pivotably engaged to at least two plates. As the plates are rotated in opposite directions, the distance between rods is changed. One specific embodiment of the invention functions as a pecan cracker. A pecan pl...	02/19/1991
4944091	Nut splitting device A manually operated nutcracking device with a threaded member for urging carrier and a wedge thereon into nut engagement to split the nut. A base includes a pair of guides and a nut supporting member. The carrier includes plate components coupled to the w...	07/31/1990
4831733	Solenoid type nutcracker A piston type nutcracker with two movable jaws. A connecting rod which is threaded and atached to piston jaw and is adjustable to adapt to different size nuts. The two movable jaws move in a horizontal position until the jaws and nut enter the chamber, th...	05/23/1989
4819331	Apparatus for cracking the husks of nuts Disclosed is an apparatus for cracking the husks of nuts comprising a cylindrical rotor having a plurality of cracking projections on its circumference, a semicircular suspension stator having a plurality of cracking projections on its inner surface, the ...	04/11/1989
4614033	Nut mill A nut mill for cracking the shells of nuts to permit easy removal of the nut meats from the nuts, including a frame mounting a rotatable, substantially cylindrical, multi-sided breaker, and a cracking plate positioned in relation to the breaker to receive...	09/30/1986
4520719	Nutcracker for cracking hard-shell nuts such as black walnuts and macadamia nuts The present invention relates to an impact nutcracker of the type having an anvil and an impact member aligned but spaced apart wherein the impact member and anvil are adapted to hold a nut therebetween. A striking device is provided to transmit an impact...	06/04/1985
4462156	Pistachio nut opener An opener for pistachio nuts which is adapted to open both nuts either with small apertures or with large longitudinal apertures. The opener device has a pointed end portion for opening the smaller slot nuts and further includes a longer longitudinal shar...	07/31/1984
4317281	Nut 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
4255855	Nutcracker A nutcracker which includes a plunger slidable in a stationary sleeve, so that an adjustable end of the plunger is exerted against a nut abutted against a rigid anvil, so as to break open the nut shell, a pivotable handle providing a leverage force agains...	03/17/1981
4091534	Nut shelling device A plurality of pointed nail-like members extend from a surface of a circular base plate in spaced mutual relation parallel to the axis thereof. A cylindrical side is affixed to the base plate around the circumference thereof. A plurality of pointed nail-l...	05/30/1978

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