The Apple Parer Patent Archive

The cast-iron ingenuity of the American kitchen

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Line drawing of a hand-cranked cast-iron apple parer showing a curved toothed sector, gear train, hand crank handle, and a rotating knife mechanism, with a second side-view drawing showing the clamping base and vibratory frame.IMPROVED APPLE-PARERJonathan White · June 3, 1862Patent drawing of a hand-cranked cast-iron apple parer showing a circular gear mechanism, rotating fork, and spring-loaded knife arm mounted on an upright post with a clamp screw at its base.IMPROVED APPLE-PARERFrederick W. Hudson · December 2, 1862Line drawing of a hand-cranked cylindrical machine with a wooden frame, showing a punctured metal cylinder, an internal rotating disk on a vertical shaft, and a crank handle connected via bevel gears, depicted in front, sectional, and top views.MACHINE FOR SKINNING VEGETABLESOscar Hase · July 11, 1865Patent drawing of a cylindrical fruit-paring machine with a crank handle, showing an outer perforated shell, internal grating cylinder, and a sliding discharge door at the base.IMPROVED MACHINE FOR PARING FRUITW. H. Williams · March 1, 1870Patent drawing of a hand-cranked cast-metal vegetable parer with a clamp base, geared crank mechanism, leading screw, and pivoted V-shaped paring knife assembly, shown in front elevation (Fig. 1) and internal cross-section (Fig. 2).Vegetable-ParerHenry Ehmann · April 1, 1879Patent drawing of a hand-cranked fruit-paring machine showing a geared drive-wheel, twin feed-screws, a fork-shaft with spring prongs, and an oscillating paring knife mounted on a sliding frame.FRUIT-PARING MACHINEWilliam A. C. Oaks · April 7, 1885Patent drawing of a 19th-century cast-iron apple paring and slicing machine mounted on wooden standards, showing a hand crank, gear train, sliding table with knife-stock, rotating fork, and a wire cup device for loading apples.APPLE PARING AND SLICING MACHINEWilliam Taylor Elliott · April 14, 1885