US1448652A - Apple corer - Google Patents

Description

Max. 13, 1923. 1,448,652 A. M. ANDERSON ET AL APPLE CORER Filed Aug. 25, 1919 a 1nost practical and effective manner.

Patented Mer. 13, 1923.

mrasraTaS Mraar ARVID M. ANDERSON AND WALTEB W. ABITZ, on Rocnrom, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS T0 noonroanmnrar. SPECIALTY,COMFNY, or ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, A CORPORA- TION OIE ILLINOIS.

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Application filed August 25, 1919. Ser2il No. 319,812.

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Be it known that e, ARVID M.'ANDERSON and VALTER W. Anrrz, citizens of the United States, residing at Rockford, in the county of VVinnebago and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Iniprovements in Apple Corers, of which the following is a specification..

This invention pertaining in eneral to vegetable cutters and crushers, as more particular reference to devices.used or coring fruits espeially apples. L

The primary object of the invention is to ioVide as a new article bi manufacture, a corer et simple and nojvel construction WlllCl1 shall enablthe coring of fruits, in VVe have also ai1ned to s0 construct the corer that it is capable of production at a comparatively -low cost and so. that it shallem body suchsymmetrical design as to promote its salability.

Another important object is the provision of a corer having a novel coring action. Our invention contemplates coring by two movemonts that is, an initial movement which substantially cores an apple but louves a portion of the coreunsevired, and a final severing movement which causes the core to he forcibly ejected from the device by reason of the action of a spring-pressed ahntment therein. To illustrate concretely the operation of our improvement in its preierred embodiment, the operator presses the coring devine into an apple so that the core is embraced and inclosed within such device and completely severed except for a strip longitndinally of the core. During this action, an abut1nent within the device has been retracted against a spring pressure and upon giving the device a partial r0- tative movement said core strip Will be severed from the apple, whereupon Said abutment vrill :orcihly eject the core from the derice This permits the operator to first perforn1 the major coring operation and then h;y holding the apple over or point ing the devise toward the opening of a pore receptacle, cause the core to be discharged into the receptacle by simply imparting a partial rotative movement to the device. V

Other objects and attendant advantages Will be appreciated as the invention becomes botter understood by reference to the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, in

which Figure 1 1s aplan view of a corer embodymg our .1mprovements;

Fig. 2, a side elevatiori of thecorer, illustraing its use in connection with an apple; anc

Figs. 3 and 4, cr0ss-sectional views taken substantiall on the lines 33 andp4+4 respectively Qf Fig..2.

Our improved corer comprises, generally stated, a handle 5 preferabl ofthe mushroom type, a. tubular coring body designated generally by character 6 and a yield- ,inp; abutment 7 movable lengthwise within the tubular body. This body is preferably tormedin two sem1-c1rcuhrsections 8 and 9 for convenience 1nmanufacturing, these sections being suitably seCured together at the edges 11 by means of a lap joint. The tubular body thus produced is rigidly secured to tlie reduced shanl: 12 of the handle We have designed to s0 shape the corer body that a portion or strip Of the core Will be unsevered by the act of pressing the device through an apple tosuch an extent as would ordinarily completely sever the core. To this ehd We have shaped the tubular body to provide tapered cutting edges 13 which con verge inwaidly and merge into the longitudinally extending edges 14 which dene the sidesof diametrically opposed openings 15 extending longitudinally of the tubular body to asubstantial depth, as clearly shown in the drawing. From this construction, it Will be manifest that when the tubular body is pressed through an apple as indicated in Fig. 2, with the edges 13 encirclingthe core the latter will be completely severed except for the strips occupying the openings 15. These strips may loe severed by the edges 14 by imparting a partial rotative movement t0 having diametrically opposed guides 17 guided in the ways 18, extending longitudinally of the tubular body. An expansion spring 19 interposed betwcen the shank 1 of the handlc and the abutment 7' constanfly urges the latter toward the open or cutting end of the coring bodx to the full lino position indicated in the-drawing limited by the onter ends of the guide slots 18. When the coror is pressed into an apple as indioatod in Fig. 2, the abutment will be rctracted to snbstantially a position indicated by the characzer 21, Fig. 2. At this stage in the o peration it: Will be observed that the core 1s substantially severcd from the apple cxcept for the strips between the edges 14L. Upon partially rotating the coring device, thse strips Will be severed and tne cre Will be instantly discharged or ejected through the open and of the tubular body by the action of thesprin 19 against the ahutment 17. lt Will thus be manifegt that we have prov1ded a selfcleamng corer ci a very simple construction WhiCh causs each core to be instantly discharged at the will of the opcrat0r. That is the operator n1ay per form the major coring operation by holding the apple in any position desired and then causes the core to be discharged directly into a receptable by siniply pointing: the device into the openin of the receptablo and tnrning the handle slightly. ieatnre enables the coring operation w perfor1ned very quickly and conveniently withont scatccring thecores or requiring extra ti1ile of the operat0r to extraet the ocres from the device. The construction shown in exceptionally simple and enables the production of a corer as a neW article of manufacture at a comparatively lOW cost.

It is believed that the foregoing conveys a clear understanding 01: the objects and Principles of our improvement and while we have illustrated but a single working embodiment thereof, it should be understood that varions changes might be made in the construction and arrangement without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as expressed in the appended claims; in which Ve daim:

1. A corer of the character descxibed comprising a tube-like coring body eqnippcd at one end with a handle and at its opposite open end with a cutting edge and havinn L longitudinal slot the sides of Which mergc into said cutting edge, an ejeotor slidahle lengthwie Within said body, and a spring wthin said body constantly urging the ejector toyvard said open end, whereby the corcr when pressed through the fruit Will out the core from end to end and leave an unssvered portion and whercby upon rotation of the corer said portion Will be severed and autOmaticaHy ejeeted from the fruit by the spring-pressed ejeot0r.

2. A corer 0]"? the character describcd comprising a tube-Iike coring body equipped at one end with a hand1e and having diamctrically opposed longitudinal slots mcrging at the opposite end of said body into taperod cutting edges, each half portion 01: the body defined by said slots being shaped to provide a longitudinal ejeetor-guiding slot, an

'ejector slidab1e lengthwise within said body and having diamctrieally opposed projections guided in the second mentioned slots.

and a spring within said body constand urging the eject0r t0ward the open and thereof.

ARVID M. ANDERSON. W ALTER W. ABITZ.

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