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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6854383 | Apple/potato peeler An apple/potato peeler. The peeler includes a base, a main frame mounted to a slightly L-shaped structure on the base, a rotatable and axially movable screw horizontally supported on a screw support member on a vertical frame member disposed at the rear of the main ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6523464 | Automated peeler The invention is an automated peeler for peeling vegetables or fruit. The peeler includes a split axle support for securing and rotating an object to be peeled within a frame, and a peeling blade supported on an articulating peeler blade mount secured thr... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6412177 | Hand crank driven fruit and vegetable peeler A hand crank driven fruit and vegetable peeler for peeling away an outer portion of a fruit or vegetable. An arbor is detachably mounted in the hand crank for rotating a fruit or vegetable against a sharp cutting blade. The cutting blade is mounted in the... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6408520 | Power tool driven fruit and vegetable peeler A fruit and vegetable peeler which is driven by a small rotary power tool. An arbor is detachably mounted in the power tool for rotating a fruit or vegetable against a sharp cutting blade. The cutting blade is positioned relative to the fruit or vegetable... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6347581 | Perfect peeler plus table A folding table having a hole in the table top is combined with a fruit and vegetable peeler. The table may include a plastic bag retained within and under the hole for containing peelings therein, or may include a variety of other containers in alternati... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6327971 | Fruit and vegetable peeler A fruit and vegetable peeler having a blade mounted on a handle and a handle for supporting and traversing the blade along an outer surface of a fruit or a vegetable. The handle has a steady rest for maintaining the position of the blade relative to the f... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6082253 | Fruit and vegetable peeling apparatus A method and apparatus for peeling a variety of fruits and vegetables wherein a sharp blade is traversed and rotated in a continuous or intermittent manner across a rotating fruit or vegetable. In a first aspect of the invention, the fruit or vegetable is... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5957045 | Machine for peeling vegetables and fruits The machine for peeling vegetables and fruits has a hollow base. A vertical pole projects upwardly from the hollow base. A threaded rod extends vertically within the vertical pole and is driven into rotation by a handle. The vegetable or fruit to be peele... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5950528 | Fruit peeling machine A fruit peeling machine comprises a base, a transmission rod, an engagement device, a fruit fastening member, and a peeling tool. The transmission rod is rotatably and slidably mounted on the base and provided with at least two spiral slots different from... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5690022 | Peeling device A peeling device includes a base in which a motor is disposed and two ends portions extend from the base wherein a transmitting device is disposed in one of the end portions and is actuated by the motor, a first lead screw rotatably supported between the ... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5640898 | Machine for automatically peeling elongated fruits, advantageously for peeling kiwis A machine (10) for automatically peeling substantially elongated fruits (15), advantageously for peeling kiwis, comprising a frame (11) supporting a conveyor suitable for translating said fruits (15) from a first feeding station towards a peeling station,... | 06/24/1997 |
| 4920875 | Machine for skinning or slicing bacon or the like A bacon slicing or skinning machine has a housing for a set of conveyors including a traction wheel located beneath an elongated path for the products which are to be skinned or sliced. A blade holder is pivotably mounted at a level above the path adjacen... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4466344 | Machine for skinning bacon or the like A bacon skinning machine wherein the knife is movable with reference to the traction wheel by a support having two arms which carry the knife holder. The arms are movable lengthwise and are pivotable by two eccentrics mounted on a shaft which is rotatable... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4137839 | Vegetable peeling apparatus An improved cutting head for a mechanical vegetable and fruit peeling machine, and a machine incorporating the cutting head. The cutting head has an elongated body with means on the body for pivotably connecting it to means on the peeling machine which mo... | 02/06/1979 |
