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COCONUT PEELING MACHINE HAVING ROTARY RADIAL
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CUTTER BLADES WITH FAN PORTIONS
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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE

2,456,446
- COCONUT PEELING MACHINE HAVING RO
AERYRAEAL CUTTERBADES WITHEAN
PORTIONS
Otto G. Rieske, Buffalo, N.Y.
Application July 27, 1944, Serial No. 546;867
;:Claim. (Cl. 46-7)
2
This invention relates.generally to the treat -clean-cut; removal fron the coconut consists of
Frient of coconuts, but more particularly... to...an an annular 'toothed or saw-like cutter of 4 fixedly
apparatus Or... machine. for peeling...them. mounted on the left hand end of the motor-shaft,
. It has for:one of...its. Objects; to provide a simple 2, viewing Figure 1. At its opposite sides this
and efficient...machine of this character. Which cutter has outwardly-facing annular or periph
is so, designed and constructed: as to operate'.On eral shoulders : 5. Which are disposed substan
the coconut, to facilitate the renoval of its shell tially at the base of the cutter-teeth for gaging
in a cleanscut...and facile-manner without injury the depth of the cut to be made in the shell.
to thesnutmeat...and to effect the: removal of the When the coconut is brought into operative en
skin therefrom with a minimum. of Waste. 0. gagement with the cutter. 4 by the operator,
'...Another gobject. of the invention is to provide these annular shoulders, limit the depth of the
'a coconut peeling machine having duplex, cutter cut, and thereby prevent the cutter from entering
mechanisms...thereon,...one...for producing...a...SaW the nut-meat. Partially enclosing this cutter is
like cut about the shell from end to end thereof a housing or guard 6 which is open at its front
and at a predetermined depth, and the other for 15 side to expose a sufficient portion of the cutter
paring, or shaving the skin from the nut to any for operation on the coconut, its lower end ter
desired thickness. minating in a depending hollow neck or conduit
A further object is to provide a machine for Which communicates With the intake 8 of
removing the shell and skin from coconuts, an exhaust fan 9 operated by an electric inotor
which is compact, inexpensive and durable in 20 (not shown). The outlet side 2 of this exhaust
construction, which is convenient and simple fan has a receptacle or bag 2 detachably con
to use, and which provides means for disposing nected thereto, so that during the operation of
of the shell-dust and skin-fraginents during the the machine the shell-dust is exhausted through
peeling operations. the housing and fan into this receptacle. Pro
Other features of the invention reside in the 2 55 jecting forwardly from the housing 6 is a sup
construction and arrangement of parts herein port or platform 22 upon which the coconut is
after described and particularly pointed out in supported while making the spiral cut therein.
the appended claim. Mounted on the other or right hand end of
In the accompanying drawings: the motor shaft 2, Viewing Figures 1 and 3, is
Figure 1 is a fragmentary front View of the 30 an axially-disposed or radially-bladed cutter 23
coconut peeling machine embodying my inven whose cutting edges are disposed in substantially
tion. Figure 2 is an enlarged front end view of alined relation radially of the cutter-axis to pare
the skin-peeling mechanism thereof. Figure 3 or shave the inner skin from the coconut. This
is a longitudinal section taken in the plane of axial cutter has its shank 24 removably con
line 3-3, Figure 2. Figure 4 is an end VieW, nected to the motor-shaft in the manner shown
partly in section, of the shell-cutting mecha in Figure 3 and enclosing the same and the cutter
nism. Figure 5 is an enlarged cross-section is a cylindrical or sleeve-like housing 25 having a
taken on line 5-5, Figure 4. Figure 6 is a side neck 26 projecting from the lower side thereof.
view of a coconut showing the spiral saw-cut Mounted on this housing in operative concentric
formed in the shell by the machine preparatory relation with the axial cutter 23 is a ring-like
to its removal. member 2 for gaging the thickness of skin to
Similar characters of reference indicate cor be peeled. This thickness-gaging member is ad
responding parts throughout the several views. justable axially relatively to the cutter and has
My improved machine consists of a central or a rounded seat 28 at its outer edge against which
upright standard f having an electric motor the coconut to be peeled is adapted to be placed.
mounted thereon including a shaft 2 projecting For adjustment purposes, I preferably employ
from opposite sides thereof for operating Cutter a threaded connection 29 between the housing
mechanisms. One of the cutter mechanisms is 25 and the gaging member 28 so that by shifting
designed to produce a saw-like cut about the the latter in Wardly or outwardly relative to the
shell from end to end thereof, as indicated at 3) edges of the cutter 23 the depth of the cut may
3 in Figure 6, while the other cutter mechanism be varied accordingly, to the end that there is
is adapted to pare or shave the inner skin from as little waste as possible during the peeling
the coconut. Operation.
The cutter mechanism for producing the saw As shown in Figure 3, the operating edges of
like cut in the shell to facilitate its ready and 55 the cutters 23 are concavely curved to conform
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substantially to the curved surface of the coconut. ing in its Outer end containing an annular seat
A Set screw 30 is employed for retaining the gag in Correlation to said cutter and against which
ing member 28 in its set position of adjustment. the coconut is engaged for peeling, the cutter
It Will be noted in Figures 2 and 3 that I en blades having their cutter edges concavely curved
ploy two cutter blades on the axial cutter 23 and and thence deflected rearwardly into the housing
that such blades deflect rearwardly and out to Serve as fan blades, and a receptacle detach
Wardly from their cutting edges and serve as fan ably mounted on the housing in communicating
blades to direct the peelings into the neck 26 relation with the discharge opening.
of the housing 25. OTTO. G. RESKE,
Detachably connected to the housing-neck is a O
bag or receptacle 3 into which the peelings are REFERENCES CITED
directed. The provision of this bag and the shell The following references are of record in the
dust bag 2 afford a ready and convenient means file of this patent:
of receiving the shell and peeling fragments and
makes for sanitation in the operation of the 5 UNITED STATES PATENTS
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coconut from end to end thereof, the divided 1,166,867 Takamine ----------- Jan. 4, 1916
shell is then removed by inserting a flexible 1,374,899 Baker ------------- Apr. 19, 1921
knife between the shell and the skin of the 1,414,657 Mertz -------------- May 2, 1922
COConut and by working the knife around the 1,503,390 Tenney ------------ July 29, 1924
coconut from end to end thereof, effectually re 1,511,947 Coder -------------- Oct. 14, 1924
moving the shell. In this connection, a longi 1,600,123 Milici et al. -------- Sept. 14, 1926
tudinal saw may be made in the shell to more i,626,361 Schmitt------------ Apr. 26, 1927
readily facilitate the removal of the spirally-cut 1,720,468 Combest ------------ July 9, 1929
shell from the coconut. Upon removal of the 1,727,967 Eberts et al. -------- Sept. 10, 1929
she'l in this manner, the coconut is then brought 1,860,746 MacDougall -------- May 31, 1932
into operative relation with the axial cutter 23 1987,611 Ewald ------------- Jan. 15, 1935
and the skin peeled therefrom by a turning or 2,123,187 Ewald ------------- July 12, 1938
rotating action of the coconut. 2,156,421 Austria ------------- May 2, 1939
I claim as my invention: 2,208,335 Kurtz ------------- July 16, 1940
A machine for peeling coconuts, comprising a 2,208,787 Brown ------------- July 23, 1940
standard, a power unit including a shaft having 2,255,048 Ewald ------------- Sept. 9, 1941
an axially-disposed, outwardly-facing, blade-like
cutter on the outer end of said shaft, a housing 35 FOREIGN PATENTS
about Said shaft and cutter having a peeling-dis Number Country Date
charge opening in its bottom and an axial open 27,180 Great Britain------ Dec. 11, 1903