| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 030120100 | SHELL OPENERS | 12 |
| 20090139094 | Coconut Splitting Device - A coconut splitting device has a lowering means to lower a coconut onto blades. The blades splitting the coconut. A liquid container to collect liquid from the split coconut. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090277013 | Utensil - A utensil for liberating the contents of an egg from the shell of the egg. The utensil includes an egg support for holding the egg and a shell cracker formation for cracking the shell of the egg held by the egg support, the shell cracker formation being moveable between a rest position and a crack position. The utensil further includes an actuator for connection to the shell cracker formation, the actuator being moveable between a first position and a second position wherein movement of the actuator from its first position to its second position will cause the shell cracker formation to move from its rest position to its crack position. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20130152402 | "E-Z SPLIT" Pistachio nut opener - Our invention is used to Open Pistachio Nut Shells. The device is placed into the split end of the Pistachio nut and when light pressure is applied the nut will split open and the nut kernel is easily removed. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20140237824 | Egg Shell-Piercing Device - An egg shell-piercing device pierces an egg shell and includes a combination skirt-handle construction and a pointed, shell-piercing member. The skirt-handle construction includes a skirt portion and a handle portion. The skirt portion has an inner concave surface for receiving a convex contour of an egg shell. The inner concave surface has an inner surface depth and a threaded female structure. The shell-piercing member has a pointed end and a threaded end. The threaded end is threadably connected to the skirt-handle construction via the threaded female structure and includes a shell-piercing length. The inner surface depth is greater than the shell-piercing length. The inner concave surface receives a select egg shell and the shell-piercing member pierces the select egg shell as it is received. | 08-28-2014 |
| 030120200 | Nutcrackers | 8 |
| 20100205810 | Household Press - A household press for material that is to be pressed, comprising a nut and a screw. The nut has a head part in the shape of a hollow cylinder. One end of the nut part is delimited by a base and an opposite end continues as a coaxially extending half shell having an internal thread provided with an undercut. The screw has a base at one end and a threaded part delimited by the base, with a thread of the threaded part having an undercut. A grip part adjoins the threaded part remote from the screw base. The threaded part can be placed into the thread of the nut to form a receiving chamber between the bases. The receiving chamber is closed down or shortened upon rotation of the nut and screw relative to one another. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20110000090 | DEVICE FOR CRACKING HARD OBJECTS - A device for cracking hard objects is provided, which comprising a base component; an actuating component movable with respect to the base component; a jaw attached to one of the base component and the actuating component in such a manner the jaw is displaceable with respect to said one of the base component and the actuating component, which cracks the hard objects to be cracked with the other one of the base component and the actuating component; a dampening means provided between the jaw and said one of the base component and the actuating component and tending to push the jaw away from said one of the base component and the actuating component. With the device for cracking hard objects according to the present invention, an excessive force applied on the objects could be reduced or absorbed, thus, the force could be applied on the objects in a controllable manner. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110283541 | Pistachio nut opener - A handheld pistachio nut opener that is box-shaped comprising an upper and lower piece, each with one protrusion that are oriented vertically but aligned horizontally and inserted into an open or partially open pistachio nut, and through manual compression of the apparatus between the thumb and forefinger, the protrusions travelling in opposite directions through translational vertical motion while remaining engaged with the pistachio nut shell halves until the shell halves break apart into two disjoined pieces revealing the edible portion inside, the arcs of the protrusions protecting the edible portion from being damaged. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20130097874 | NUT OPENER - A nut opener having a cup-like member that is generally aligned with a tooth member. As a handle portion of the nut opener is squeezed, the tooth member can abut against a nut placed within the cup-like member, and cause shells of the nuts to release from the nut. A base | 04-25-2013 |
| 20140215831 | NUT OPENING DEVICE - A culinary nut opening device can include a mount and a tool. The mount can be sized and shaped to securely and removably receive a finger or a thumb of a human user. The tool can extend from and be coupled to a portion of the mount. In varying examples, the tool can include a pick portion that is sized and shaped to fit at least partially within an opening of a culinary nut and have sufficient stiffness to allow the culinary nut to be pried open. A pick portion can extend ventrally, laterally, or dorsally from a side of the mount, or from a distal end of the mount. A culinary nut opening device can be provided with or packaged in a container of culinary nuts, or with other culinary nut opening devices (e.g., of different sizes), or with instructions for use. | 08-07-2014 |
| 030120300 | Arcuately moved jaws | 3 |
| 20130042484 | NUT OPENING APPARATUS - A monolithic nut opening apparatus includes a hinge portion forming a rearward end. A first elongated arm and a second elongated arm longitudinally extend towards a forward end from opposing ends of the hinge portion. A first tip extends from the first elongated arm and at least one upward extending lateral tapered edge extending from the first tip. A second tip extends from the second elongated arm and at least one downward extending lateral tapered edge extending from the second tip. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20150143701 | Fruit Splitting Device - A fruit splitting device facilitates the process of splitting open a fruit, such as a coconut shell. The device includes a hoop having a first jaw and a second jaw pivotally coupled together for pivoting the hoop between an open position and a closed position. A first handle has a first end coupled to the hoop. A second handle has a first end being coupled to the hoop. A plurality of first teeth is coupled to an inner surface of the first jaw. The first teeth are spaced from each other. A plurality of second teeth is coupled to an interior surface of the second jaw. The second teeth are spaced from each other. The second teeth are positioned opposite the first teeth wherein the first and second teeth engage and split open a fruit when the first and second teeth exert pressure on the fruit. | 05-28-2015 |
| 030120400 | Plural or relatively movable pivot | 1 |
| 20110219627 | Nutcracker - A nutcracker having a reciprocating hammer whose movement follows a rotating cam. An adjustable cracking space dimension is determined by the adjustment of an anvil. When the cam rotates so that the low dwell region is in contact with a cam follower of the hammer, the hammer withdraws from a cracking space between the hammer and anvil; during this period, nuts/seeds fall from a hopper into the cracking space. As the cam rotates to the high dwell region, the hammer oscillates into the cracking space which then forces the nuts/seeds against the anvil and cracks them. As the cam continues to rotate again to the low dwell region, the cracked nuts/seeds and shells are dispensed from the cracking space and more nuts/seeds fall into the cracking space from a hopper. The cams are replaceable to accommodate different sizes of nuts, different cracking times, etc. The anvil can also be adjusted to change the width of the cracking space. | 09-15-2011 |
