US260236A - corer - Google Patents

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A J.F.RAKES. APPLE PARER,V COREE', ANDSLIGER.

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JOHN F. RAKES, OE GEEENUP COUNTY, KENTUCKY.

' APPLE PARER, OORER, AND sLlcER.

SPECIFICTIO1\ll forming part of Letters Patent N o. 260,236, dated June 2'?, 1882. Application amanece-.mbar 29,1881.. (Moda.)

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it'known that I, JOHN F. RAKES, of the county of Greenup, and Stateof 'Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Apple Parers, Slicers, and Gorers, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exa-ct description.

Figure 1 is a rear elevation, partly in section, of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofthe same, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a plan view, partly in section,of the same. Fig. ,4 is an elevation of an arm of the frame, showing the cam for guiding the paring-knife holder. Fig. 5 is a diagram showing the manne-r in which the apples are sliced and cored. Fig. 6

is a diagram showing the shape of the core.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the paring, slicing, and coring of apples.

The invention consists in an apple parer, slicer, and corer constructed with a fork and and rotating the apple, a paring-knife, its holder, pivot, spring, and cam and the driving-gearing for paring the apple, the slicingkuil'e and its holder, the crank and crankwheel and the pawl for slicing and coring the apple, and the bent arm for holding the core while the apple is being sliced and cored, as will be hereinafter fully described.

Arepresents the frame of the machine,which is made with an arm, B, projecting forward and upward, and an arm, C, projecting rearward and upward.

Upon the rear side of the frame A are formed two jaws, D E, to receive between them the edge of a table-top or other support. The upper jaw, D, is slotted to receive-a shaft, hereinafter described, and the lower jaw, E, is provided with a hand-screw, F, for securing the machine to its support.

To the forward side of the frame A is pivoted a large beveled-gear wheel, G, to which is attached a crank, H, for convenience in turning it. At the lower edge of the wheel Gr its teeth mesh into the teeth of a gear-wheel, I, attached to the lower end of the shaft J, the

lower part of which revolves inv bearings in the lower jaw, E, of the clamp. The upper part of the shaft J revolves in bearings -attached to an inwardly-projecting part of the arm C.

To the upper end of the shaft J is attached the fork Kfor holding the apple. The fork K is made with a center prong surrounded by three other prongs. The central prong,which may be the upper end of the shaft J, is made a little longer than the others to facilitate the centering of the apple upon the fork.

Upon the middle part of the inner side of the yO, attached to the lower end-of a shaft, P,

which revolves in bearings attached to the arm B, and has a small beveled-gear wheel, Q, attached to its upper end. The teeth of the beveled-gear wheel Q mesh into the teeth of the larger beveled-gear wheel R, journaled to the upright upper part of the arm B, and which is held steady by a projection, S, formed upon the upper end of the .said arm B to rest against the 'side of the said wheel R, as shown in Fig. l.

T is the paring-knife, which is secured adjustably to the holder U by screws or other suitable'means, so that it can be moved forward as it wears. To the holder U, near its rear end, is attached a pivot, V, onel end of which revolves in a bearing in a lug attached to or formed upon the gear-wheel R, and its other end revolves in a half-bearing in another lug formed upon or attached to the said gearwheel R. The rear end of the holder U passes through a slot in the gear-wheel R, so as to come in contact with a guide or cam shoulder Or flange, W, formed upon the arm B, to guide the knife T as the holder' U is carried around by and with the wheel R. The holder U and the knife T are held forward against the apple by a spring, X, coiled around the pivot V, and attached at one end to the holder vU and at the other end to the wheel R.

Y is the slicing-knife, the forward end of which is bent to one side at an angle, as shown 2 v v v a 260,236

in Figsfl, 2, and 3, (best seen in the lat-ter,)

' so'that when the body'of the knife Y makes a radial cut the said bentendwill separate'the slice from the core, as illustrated vby the diaslots and screwsv or other suitable means, so

l v that the said knife can be adjusted asthe size vIO vof the cores vin the apples'tobeoperated'upon vmay require,v The'holdervZ vis curved, as

v vshown in Figs and 3, sov that itv can pass v around the apple upon thevfork K.v vThe rear end ofthe vholder Z is attached to the'ax'le ofIv v thecrank-wheel a, which axle worksin a vbea-ringinthe endv of' the arm C.

1 v v 'Io the wheel ais attached v the crank 11,*by

v means of which the said crank-wheel av is op- I erated tovrevolvethe holder Z vand cause the vknife Yto slice and core theapples. y

' To the crank b is pivoted the shank of a v vpawl, c, the vengaging vend of *whichv engages with the teethof'the gear-wheelv G and rotates v thesaid'gearnwheel',therelativesizeoftheeirelev describedv by the .crankv I) and the vcircumfer-v ence nf the ysaid gear-wheel G beingv suchthat v each revolution ofthe said crank vwill turn the v fork-shaft and fork through one-eighth cfa l revolution, y v l vThe machine can be constructed to cut each I apple into more or less pieces than eighnif desired. Thepawl c is kept in place uponthe i v v gear-wheel vGr byi a stoppin, d, attaohed'tothe frame A.v y y v eis av bar, the forward end of which is curved downward so as to be in line with the central prong of the fork K, to rest upon the apple at the upper end of its core, to steady and support the core while the apple is being sliced. rlhe shank of the bar e works upon the axle of the crank-wheel a, between the shank of the knife-holder Z and the end ofthe arm C. The rear end of the shank of the bar e projects, and to it is attached a stop-pin,f,which, when the bar c is thrown back, strikes against the arm C and prevents the said bar efrom being thrown back too far.

In using the machinean apple is placed upon the fork K and the gear-wheel G is turned by means of the crank H, which gives motion to the gear-wheel R. The movement ofthe gearforth.

wheel R carries theholder U over the apple,

Iwhich,in connection with the revolutienof the v shaft J andfork K'brings the paringfknifeT 1 v w in Contactv with all parts ofthe surface of the said apple and vpares itthoroughly. When thev vappleis pared the machine is stopped with the knifeholder U in suche position as to be ont ot' thewa-y'of 'the slicing andeoringknife,

which vis then voperated vby turning the crank i), core is removed from the fork'K, another apple is'plaeed vupon v'thev said fork K, and the voperation is repeated. 1 v v Having thus described my invention, Iclaim 6o When the appleis sliced and coredthev v 6 Ias newand desire to secure by LettersPatent-v v 1.An apple parer, Slicer, and'corer confv its holder vU,vthe vslicing andv caring vknife vY and its holder Z, the holding-harv c and; the pawl e, vand the 32.31511 an apple parer, slicer,'andvcorer, the

combination, with the frame A B C/the gear-v structedv substantially as herein shownanddel scribed, eonsistingo'v the frame Ai BC, vthe fork K and its shaft J, the paring-knifeland *drivingv mechanism,vas slet*v w wheels GI, thev shaft Land the forkK,'of the and cam W, substantially as herein shown rotated upon thet'ork, as set forth.

3. In an apple parer, sleer,and corel', the combination, with the :frame A B G, the` gear? wheels G I, the shaft Land the fork K, of thev slicing and curing knifevY, the holder Z, the v crank b and crank-wheel ai, and the pawl c, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the apple is sliced and cored, as set forth.

4. In an apple parer, slicer, and corer, the combination, with the frame A B C and the fork K, shaft J, and gear-wheels G I, of the bent holding-bar e, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the core is held while the apple is being sliced and cored, as set forth.

JOHN FRANKLIN RAKES.

Witnesses:

W. It. WALKER, It. B. Toors.

Igen-wlmiSLOQ R, the snaar, tneparingv i knifel and its holder U, pivot vV,springvX, v v So vand described,wherebythe apple is paredand

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