| 摘要 |
An apparatus for and method of using the apparatus to crack hard shelled nuts. A pair of hollow cylindrical tubes, each having both a proximal and a distal end with a chamfer at the respective proximal ends may be axially aligned with one another with their proximal ends facing one another. A nut to be cracked may be placed between the proximal ends of the spaced apart hollow cylindrical tubes. A linear compressive force may be applied to the distal ends of the two hollow cylindrical tubes the shell of the nut cracks) i.e., separates the hard shelled nut exterior shell casing from interior nutmeat). The apparatus allows hard shelled nuts like black walnuts, to be cracked with minimal damage, such as fragmentation, of the nutmeat. |
| 主权项 |
1. An apparatus for cracking hard shelled nuts, comprising: at least two open ended, hollow cylindrical tubes having an exterior diameter less than a diameter of a hard shelled nut to be cracked, said at least two open ended, hollow cylindrical tubes each having a proximal end and a distal end, Said proximal ends thereof, said at least two open ended, hollow cylindrical tubes being held in axial alignment with one another by a common support structure slidably attached to each thereof, and with said respective proximal ends facing one another and spaced apart from one another, a space therebetween accommodating a hard shelled nut to be cracked, said distal end of each of said at least two cylinders being adapted to receive a linear compressive force thereat whereby said linear compressive force forces each of said at least two cylindrical tubes towards one another so as to exert a force on a hard shelled nut placed therebetween. |
