Abstract: A peeling system and device that eliminates the need for a steam tube and/or air blasts by moving the position of a cutter blade or the use of a pincher wheel.

Abstract: A food preparation device comprising a container, where the container includes an inner portion to receive a food product; a lid to fit atop the container, where the lid includes a plurality of blades arranged radially across the lid; and a press, where the press pushes the food product against the blades and through the lid into the inner portion of the container, where upon passing the plurality of blades an outer layer is removed from the food product. The food preparation device is used to remove the skin from a head or clove of garlic while avoiding excessive touching or handling the garlic itself.

Abstract: An automated casing removal system for removing the casing of encased food products supported on a support frame. An inclined surface on the support frame has a staging area onto which encased food product is loaded. The staging area has a cutting member moveable along a portion of the length of the staging area, and a stop mechanism downstream from the cutting member on the inclined surface. The stop mechanism extends within a plane which intersects the inclined surface to prevent the food product from moving down the inclined surface. The staging area has retaining member upstream of the stop mechanism which retains the casing to unravel the casing from the food product as the food product rolls down the inclined surface when the stop mechanism is removed.

Abstract: The vegetable peeler for separating the peel from fruits and vegetables includes a handle, a tool head or blade mount, and a blade. The handle is configured to be able to receive and store at least one spare cutting blade such that the blade can be removed from the tool head and replaced with a different blade stored in the handle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hand-held melon peeler for peeling the rind from melons such as cantaloupe, and to methods of use thereof.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed which can shape fruits and root and tuberous vegetables. The shaping apparatus is operated in such a manner that: when root and tuberous vegetable or fruit is placed in a cutting blade case and rotated, the object is spirally tracked and the spirally tracked object is removed from the lower side of the cutting blade case, so that the spirally tracked object is picked up by an additional stick and then ornamented into various forms. The shaping apparatus allows fruits and root and tuberous vegetables to be easily treated in a variety of ways, as per the second process, thereby enhancing the product value of processed foodstuffs produced from the first process.

Abstract: A preferred vegetable peeler includes a handle and a tool head, with the tool head being configured to removably hold a blade. The blade may be formed in any of a variety of ways, including a standard straight peeling blade, a serrated or scalloped blade, or other configurations. The tool head or blade holder in accordance with the present invention includes two branches extending away from a proximal end of the handle in order to hold the blade at an angle that is preferably substantially perpendicular to the handle. A cavity in the handle is configured to store one or more replacement blades.

Abstract: The vegetable peeler for separating the peel from fruits and vegetables includes a handle, a tool head or blade mount, and a blade. The handle is configured to be able to receive and store at least one spare cutting blade such that the blade can be removed from the tool head and replaced with a different blade stored in the handle.

Abstract: A handheld peeler with removable multi-blade holder for peeling, or slicing food products. The tool includes a main handle made from steel or any other suitable tough metal or plastic, a button, a blade cartridge, two or more blades, a top blade holder, a bottom blade holder, an axle, a retaining ring, and a knob.

Abstract: The present invention includes a method for processing and trimming products such as fish fillets where the product is form frozen forming a thin frozen shell round the product and the subsequent processing of the product uses that condition to remove the fish skin and bones with more efficiency than any prior art methods whereas the quality of the product is increased due to less loss and less loss in liquid from the product than known by prior art methods.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fruit feeding device, or fruit conveyor, for fruits like melons and pine-apples, which is used to supply peeling machines, coring machines, and peeling-coring machines with such fruits; the feeding device allows to work safely since it prevents the operator's hands from coming near the moving members, though the fruits are manually loaded on the fruit conveyor. In particular, it is suitable in those cases where the fruits have to be manually loaded because their automatic orientation is difficult and expensive to perform.

Abstract: A vegetable peeler having a holder and a peeling knife supported by the holder, which includes a cutting edge extending in a longitudinal direction, a cutting gap and an engagement line. The engagement line formed at a side of the cutting gap opposite the cutting edge and a peeling direction, during peeling, being directed from the cutting edge toward the engagement line. The vegetable peeler may also include a deviation surface which, during the peeling procedure, in peeling direction, is behind the peeling knife at least in part, which extends at least over a middle longitudinal range, of the peeling knife, and an exit area so that pieces of peel cut-off are forward deviated by the deviation surface, when seen in peeling direction, and fall through the exit area out of the vegetable peeler.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improvement effected in the peeling and coring machines used for peeling and coring melons and pineapples, the improvements being that the machine: is able to indifferently peel one or the other type of fruit, after a simple replacement of a kit of sharp blades; is able to remove the peel (skin) of the fruit, by acting on the inside of the fruit; is able to separate the pips and the central part of melons which contains these pips, and to remove the fibrous inner stem of the pineapple.

Abstract: A cactus cleaning tool comprising a handle and a cleaning section at one end of the handle for safely, quickly and easily cleaning a section of cactus. The cleaning section has a body member with a proximal end at the handle and a distal end outwardly disposed from the handle. The handle is angled upward relative to the body member. The tool has a scooping tip with an edge configured to allow the user to scoop out thorns. The tool has a slicing section with a slot defining a pair of longitudinally disposed sharpened cutting edges for removing the cactus skin. The top of the body member is open. The tool has a outwardly disposed tapper near its distal end to allow the user to tap the tool against a hard surface and dislodge cactus debris stuck on the tool. The tool is particularly useful for cleaning mission cactus.

Abstract: The apparatus and method shaves produce such as carrots to a uniform style capable fo being packaged. The apparatus has shavers arrayed about the rotational axis of, yet carried by, a carousel, each having at least one blade rotatable about its associated rotational axis substantially parallel to but spaced outwardly of the rotational axis of the carousel. A magazine or hopper or robotic fed product stuffer is adapted to drive a produce item for shaving into an indexed shaver for shaving of that produce item as the shaver but not the carousel is drivingly rotated. A product ejection arrangement is to act on the shaven and crowned product whilst the shaver still supports the product to remove the product in a direction opposite its stuffing direction.

Abstract: An electrically powered apparatus for peeling vegetables and fruits having a handle housing containing a rotary electric motor with a rotatable output shaft, the output shaft being accessible from a distal end of the housing and a battery power source contained within the handle housing. A manually operable switch is mounted on the housing to operate the motor. A rotatable flexible peeler assembly is detachably connected to the output shaft for rotation by the shaft, with the flexible peeler assembly comprising a plurality of flexible blade members mounted to a cylindrical support base member and a cutting tip mounted to distal end of the support base member. Each flexible blade member is formed with a base portion which is mounted in the support base member and defines a plurality of transverse slits which extend away from the base portion to the outer edge of the blade member to form a plurality of flexible abrasive strips.

Abstract: A double blade peeling device for vegetable and fruit comprises a handle attached to a vegetable and fruit retaining member and a body of screw, the handle can drive internal gears to rotate, so as to make the retaining member and the body of screw to rotate as well. The body of screw, which is provided with two screw threads, drives upper and lower blade carriers to move upward and downward oppositely, such that the blades mounted on the upper and lower blade carriers move downward and upward respectively, contact the rotating food frictionally, and peel vegetable or fruit from upside and underside simultaneously. When two blade carriers move to the intermediate position to complete the peeling action, the two blade carriers open through wedge in blade carrier devices, two blades leave the surface of food, the lower blade carrier devices disengage with the body of screw. The body of screw drives upper blade carrier device to press the lower blade carrier device to move downward unceasingly.

Abstract: An improved peeler or scraper is disclosed with a pivoting head that can be pivoted between a longitudinal position where the cutting or scrapping blade is in general alignment with the handle to a transverse position where the cutting blade is disposed perpendicular to the handle or in a “T” configuration.

Abstract: A fruit seed removing device includes a body, a sleeve, a button, a positioning block, a toggle, a pull rod, a connecting block and a knife. By pulling a hand of a pull rod, the pull rod will drive the knife to move inwards or expand outwards. Then the button is rotate through an angle to drive the positioning block to rotate. Then the pull rod is tightened and positioned. Therefore, the size of a ring for removing seeds is set. The adjustment of the size of the ring can be performed quickly and easily according to the range of the seeds in a fruit. Thereby no pulp will adhere to the user's hand. The operation is retained in clean state and can be performed easily and conveniently.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a food peeler having a removable blade that includes an end received in a bore of the food peeler handle and a resilient member is mounted adjacent to the end of the blade and allows for the blade to be moved between a centered and offset position so that the blade may be removed and replaced. A tool is provided in order to remove and replace the blade.

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.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cost-saving and space-saving combination of a low-waste peeler and an auxiliary tool. The low-waste peeler comprises an elongate grip and a fork-like mounting pivotally and movably connected to the grip. The mounting is provided with two prongs, and a swinging blade is attached between the prongs. The mounting is pivotally and movably connected to the auxiliary tool as one piece, while the grip is a separate part. The mounting and the auxiliary tool are pivotally and movably attached to the grip. In the peeling position, the auxiliary tool is accommodated in the grip of the peeler.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device suited to peel pulpy fruits, like citrus fruits, mango, kiwi, papaya, apples, pears, and particularly oranges and other fruits whose skin has not a uniform thickness. The peeling of fruits whose skin has an uneven thickness is made possible by the fact that the inventive device is equipped with a mechanism capable of varying continuously—according to a program—the amount of projection of the peeling tool relative to the feeler device, in the peeling step. The device is applicable to any kind of peeling machine, or to a machine that foresees a peeling step.

Abstract: A culinary peeler having an elongate blade bent or curved in its lateral dimension having at least one longitudinal opening extending along its length with a sharp cutting region adjacent the opening, wherein the blade is of curved form in its longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing protection in connection with the cutting edge of a blade of a generally Y-shaped conventional kitchen peeler or cutter comprising a guard pivotally attached to the extension arms extending from the handle of the peeler, whereby the guard is pivotal between a guarding position immediately adjacent the cutting edge of the peeler blade and a non-guarding position exposing the cutting edge of the peeler blade for use.

Abstract: A palm food processor includes a casing and a knife seat. The casing is composed of an upper cover and a lower cover detachably joined to each other oppositely with a receiving chamber formed between the two covers, a top side of the upper cover having a hand grip part and a bottom of the lower cover having a cover opening. The knife seat provides a size and a shape thereof corresponding to the cover opening for engaging with the cover opening and a bottom thereof having a cutter. Once a hand holds the handgrip part and the cutter contacts a treated food, the treated food can be cut, sliced, peeled or ground into processed products through repeated motions of the food processor and the processed products can be received in the chamber.

Abstract: In the vegetable cutting utensil constructed in such a way that grooves which are oppositely disposed in a diagonal direction and which are drilled in a horizontal direction on approximately central portions of left and right frame parts in the longitudinal direction of a cutting utensil main body are provided, that a flat blade is inserted into the grooves to be disposed across the left and right frame parts, that a reception plate is fixedly mounted integral with the left and right frame parts in a front side with respect to the flat blade, and that a regulating reception plate which is rotatably attached to the left and right frame parts in a rear side with respect to the flat blade is disposed, respective pivot pins protrude toward an inner side on inside portions near rear ends of the left and right frame parts while respective engaging holes are formed on both side portions near rear ends of the regulating reception plate, and respective opening portions are provided on the engaging holes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a machine used for the industrial peeling of citrus fruits and specifically oranges. The only manual operation to be performed corresponds to the loading, since the orange must be oriented. The machine has a high productivity, and does not lead to production reject, since even the peel is recoverable. The machine can be realized in a form that includes a single production line, or in one which includes several simultaneously operating production lines.

Abstract: A culinary utensil provided with a first cutting means in the form of a series of spaced cutting teeth arranged on a first cutting member spaced in a lateral direction, and a second cutting means arranged close to the first cutting means in the form of an elongate cutting edge which extends in the lateral direction.

Abstract: In food preparation in which a starting salad of ingredients of a purchased size are reduced to bite-size by dicing, rather than slicing, and use is made of a scissors-type device which uses a cutting knife urged in one direction and a food-supporting scoop urged in an opposite direction to make a chopped salad.

Abstract: A culinary peeler having an elongate blade bent or curved in its lateral dimension having at least one longitudinal opening extending along its length with a sharp cutting region adjacent the opening, wherein the blade is of curved form in its longitudinal direction.

Abstract: An omni-bearing peeler includes a knife holder, a handle and a catch device. The knife holder has a wing part at two opposite lateral sides thereof respectively and two frame plates at a lower portion thereof with a frame groove in between. The frame groove at two opposite ends thereof is provided with a cap hole and a cover hole respectively. The handle provides a step hole at an end thereof being received in the frame groove and between the cap hole and the cover hole. The step hole at a circumferential edge thereof provides at least two guide grooves and a step ring groove arranged at lower portions of the guide grooves so as to communicate with the guide grooves. The catch device has a button with an upper cap and a lower stop ring.

Abstract: A peeler is provided having a removable liner, the liner possessing a rough texture for assisting the turning of a food product during a peeling operation. A method of manufacturing the disclosed peeler and liner is also provided.

Abstract: A preferred device for cleaning an ear of corn including at least one of shuck and silk includes a platform having a top surface and a bottom surface. A cob cleaner aperture arranged in the platform is configured to receive the ear of corn therethrough. A cleaning member extends into the cob cleaner aperture and is adapted to engage the ear of corn inserted into the cob cleaner aperture. The cleaning member is adapted to remove at least a portion of at least one of the shuck and silk as the ear of corn is rotated and engages the cleaning member. Methods of operation are also provided.

Abstract: A produce mandrel system has a driven cylinder formed with a point. A driven support receives the driven cylinder for its axial reciprocation and for rotation there within. A driven control assembly has a handle and a collar receiving the driven cylinder whereby movement of the handle will axially shift the driven cylinder. A drive cylinder is formed with needles and a guard with a point coaxial with the driven cylinder. A drive support with bearings receives the drive cylinder for its axial and rotational movement. A drive control assembly includes a motor to rotate the cylinders.

Abstract: A hand-held hand-powered food processor having a pull cord motor for rotating a spindle that carries an arm. The arm can be a cutter blade or an elastomeric flexible peeler arm having a durometer of preferable between Shore 80A and Shore 82A. A food processor having a spindle, an elastomeric arm driven by the spindle, a stop block on a sidewall near the end of the arm, and a drive for rotating the spindle to rub against the skin of food in the processor for peeling the food. The cover of the processor has a flat outer periphery so the cover can be used as a storage unit for the contents of the processor.

Abstract: 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 alternative embodiments. In one such alternative embodiment, the table and peeler are combined with a sink and garbage disposal, whereby the peelings may pass freely through the table and ultimately through the garbage disposal. The table is preferably constructed of materials and components that are easily cleaned, offer stain resistance, and which may be compactly stored.

Abstract: A peeling apparatus includes a set of abrasive rollers, at least one roller drive motor, a feeder for controllably feeding fruit or vegetables adjacent the abrasive rollers, at least one sensor associated with at least one roller drive motor for sensing a load thereon, and a controller for controlling the feeder based upon a sensed load. The controller may increase the feed rate based upon an increase in sensed load, and decrease the feed rate of the auger based upon a decrease in sensed load. The at least one roller drive motor may be a hydraulic or electric motor.

Abstract: By providing fruit processing apparatus comprising rotatable movement control members and a U-shaped cutting blade cooperatively associated therewith, high speed, efficient and automatic removal of skins and seeds from a fruit segment is efficiently achieved. The rotatable movement control members receive the fruit segment with the cutting blade positioned along the junction between the skin and the edible fruit portion. Then, the fruit segment is arcuately pivoted, causing the blade to pass between the juncture surface, completely separating the skin from the fruit. If desired, a seed sack removal member is also employed for removing and separating the seeds from the edible fruit.

Abstract: A garlic surface membrane stripper comprises a first body, a second body, a press rod, and a press structure. The first body is installed with a plurality of membrane stripping claws therewithin. The lower ends of the membrane stripping claws are formed with respective free ends, and each of the membrane stripping claw is installed with a protrusion. The membrane stripping claws encircles around a space as a chamber. The second body is installed with an assembling hole and an inlet, and the second body is connected to an upper end of the first body. The press rod is slidably matched to an assembling hole of the second body. The press structure is installed with a plurality of press pieces, and the press structure is connected to a lower end of the press rod. By aforesaid structure, a garlic surface membrane stripper is formed.

Abstract: A food cutting device for processing leafy vegetables such as collard greens having a groove roller and a cutting roller with discs which engage the grooves of the groove roller to cut the leafy vegetable longitudinally and a cam-actuated blade that cuts the leafy vegetable across the longitudinal cuts.

Abstract: A peeler for fruits and vegetables having a handle for gripping the peeler and having a pair of head portions which diverge from a fore end of the handle and between which a cutting blade is supported. An elongated, generally rectangular plate member such as a thin plastic plate is fixedly secured to one of the head portions, whereby the cutting blade can peel the fruits and vegetables with one face of the plate member being maintained in sliding contact therewith when the peeler is moved relative to the fruits and vegetables in the direction from the fore end to opposite rear end of the handle.

Abstract: A hand holdable peeler for fruit and vegetables comprises a housing that has an electric motor mounted in the housing to rotate a peeler attachment. The peeler attachment has a central body and a number of planar plastic blades. Each blade has serrations along its leading surface to cut into the peel or outer surface of the fruit or vegetables. The trailing edges of the serrations and a planar trailing edge of the blade clear and scrape the outer surface.

Abstract: A food processing machine is provided for separating a body of a food item, for example for removing a portion of potato from its outer skin. The machine comprises a plurality of cutting means (4) arranged in an array; a plurality of receptacles (41) for containing a plurality of food items, the receptacles (41) being arranged in an array; and means for moving the cutting means (4) between a cutting position, in which the cutting means are operable to cut a body portion from each of the food items, and the release position, in which thefood items are released from the cutting means.

Abstract: A method for dry peeling potatoes includes punching the periphery of a potato to form a partially peeled potato having a standardized dimension, moving the partially peeled potato under and over other cutting members to remove the remainder of the potato skin. According to a presently preferred method, the potato is punched with an oval-cylindrical punch and the punch is utilized to hold the potato as a workpiece for further cutting operations.

Abstract: A food slicer for slicing a variety of food items, the food slicer having a cutting platform with a housing supporting an adjustable sizing plate, fixed horizontal cutting blade and a receiving plate flush with the cutting blade, the housing having a guide for a food transport sled, the transport sled having a food item guide conduit providing a well for receiving food items to be sliced, and a flange slidably engageable with the housing guide, the food items being sliced when the transport sled is displaced from over the sizing plate, across the cutting blade to the receiving plate, the food slicer having a food container on which the cutting platform is seated to receive the food slices.

Abstract: A peeling device for fruits has a housing (1) with a knife opening (16) in the surface (18) for a peeling knife (15) with a knife-edge (17) that projects above the top side (18) of the lid (4). The peeling knife (15) is connected to an oscillating arm (13) that protrudes through an opening (14) in the container (1) and connects to an electrical drive unit (8) that is located in a housing (5) that is connected to the side of the container (1). The position of the electrical drive unit (8) in the housing (5) and consequently the length by which the knife-edge (17) projects above the surface (18) of the container lid (4) is adjustable via a worm gear (11) with a thumb screw (12). A fruit shown as a circle (19) is peeled by the oscillating movements of the knife (15) while being moved along the surface (18) of the lid (4).

Abstract: An apparatus for paring the skin or rind from fruit and cutting segments of the rind having a defined length, width and thickness. The fruit is mounted upon a rotatable shaft which is longitudinally moveable through the incorporation of a continuous worm drive. The skin or rind of the fruit is brought into communication with a plurality of paring blades which will cut the rind to a defined width and thickness. A cylindrical member is frictionally disposed adjacent the outer skin of the fruit and is rotated about its axis by the frictional engagement between the cylindrical surface and the pared strip of fruit. One or more cutting blades are secured to and rotate about the axis of the cylinder severing the pared rind into defined lengths.

Abstract: A safety peeler including a short cylindrical shell having a closed exterior portion and an open interior portion with a cylindrical extension extending therefrom including an external threaded portion and an exterior surface therebetween with a top edge and a bottom edge; a rectangular tab with an upper edge, a lower edge being in communication with the top portion of the shell and four vertical sides being equally spaced from the top edge of the exterior surface of the shell, the upper edge capable of cutting away the skin of a citrus fruit; a long cylinder being hollow having an interior opening with a top edge, an exterior opening with a bottom edge and an exterior surface and an internal wall therebetween including an internal threaded portion being adjacent to the top edge of the interior opening, the internal threaded portion capable of engaging the external threaded portion of the cylindrical shell; a cylindrical tapered edge having an upper edge in communication with the bottom edge of the exterior o

Abstract: A motorized tool for slicing food having a motor, a cutting tool, a shaft, and a connector connecting the shaft to the motor. The cutting tool mounted to the shaft. Alternatively, the invention can be converted into a motorized tool for tenderizing meats having a motor, a meat tenderizer, and a connector connecting the meat tenderizer to the motor. A method for cutting food using a motorized tool for slicing food described herein. The method comprising actuating the motor, applying the cutting edge to the food, applying sufficient pressure to begin to cut the food, and moving the cutting edge across the food so that the food is cut. Alternatively, when using the meat tenderizer disclosed herein the method may be simply described as comprising the steps of actuating the motor, applying the tenderizing surface to the meat, and moving the tenderizing surface whereby the meat is tenderized.