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Fruit and vegetable peeler

US7077058B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 19, 2004
Grant dateJul 18, 2006
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Expiry dateMar 17, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47J17/16
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A fruit and vegetable peeler which is suitably used in general homes for peeling a small amount of fruits and vegetables, which is small-sized and light-weight, and which is further convenient in carrying and storage. A pair of clamp members are supported by a housing to lie in opposed relation, and a handle is fixed to a handle shaft extended externally of the housing. The housing accommodates a speed increasing gear mechanism for transmitting rotation of the handle shaft to a cup-shaped rotating blade, a transmission gear mechanism for transmitting the rotation of the handle shaft to the rotary shaft of the clamp member, and a rotating-blade swinging mechanism for converting the rotation of the handle shaft into a swing motion of the rotating blade along the circumference of a fruit/vegetable. The housing, a support frame for supporting the speed increasing gear mechanism, the transmission gear mechanism, and the rotating-blade swinging mechanism, and gears constituting those mechanisms are made of synthetic resin.

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