Peeler, Fruit
- Object Name:
- Peeler, Fruit
- Object ID:
- 1958.032
- Date:
- 01/24/1882
- Description:
- Apple Parer, iron, steel, and wood, with table mount. Cast iron frame that supports three gears which rotate an apple against a blade to pare it. Short bulbous handle that tapers to a narrow neck, swells slightly then has a taper. Mounted on a steel shaft that is swaged into a cast-iron arm and gear. This gear has a concave center section with slightly decorative ribs and a toothed perimeter. Drive gear powers a three-tined apple holder and also drives a large gear which holds blade mechanism and a device to force apple off tines once it is pared. On blade gear is a spring that pushes blade and blade holder against apple surface. Also on this blade gear is a spring-loaded cam ribbon arm that appears to push apple off of tines. Cast into blade-holding wheel "MFD BY HUDSON PARER CO." in semi-circular shape. "LEOMINSTER / MASS." "PATD JAN 24 , 82."
- Material:
- Wood
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-9.25 W-5.5 D-8.1 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Elizabeth A. Parker
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