Apparatus and Methods for Splitting a Pomegranate Apart

摘要

An apparatus and methods for splitting apart a pomegranate fruit employ a pair of elongated splitting levers and a pivoting connecting mechanism, carried on the pair of elongated levers. Each one of the elongated levers has a penetrating end and a shape configured to enable the pair of elongated levers to be arranged in a substantially closed configuration in contact or contiguous lengthways with one another to form a penetrating structure to enable the elongated levers to be at least partially inserted into a pomegranate. The elongated splitting levers are hingedly connectable at the penetrating ends by the pivoting connecting mechanism which is configured to outwardly pivot the elongated splitting levers from the substantially closed configuration into a substantially open configuration in response to forcing the elongated splitting levers apart about a fulcrum.

主权项

1. A pomegranate splitting apparatus:
a pair of elongated splitting levers; wherein each one of said elongated splitting levers has a penetrating end; and a pivoting connecting mechanism, carried on said pair of elongated levers; wherein each one of said of elongated levers has a shape configured to enable the pair of elongated levers to be arranged in a substantially closed configuration in contact or contiguous lengthways with one another to form a penetrating structure to enable the elongated splitting levers to be at least partially inserted into a pomegranate; wherein said elongated splitting levers are hingedly connectable at the penetrating ends by said pivoting connecting mechanism; said pivoting connecting mechanism defining a fulcrum about which said elongated levers pivot; wherein said pivoting connecting mechanism is configured to outwardly pivot said elongated splitting levers from said substantially closed configuration into a substantially open configuration in response to spreading said elongated splitting levers apart about said fulcrum such that, when said elongated splitting levers are at least partially inserted into said pomegranate in said closed substantially closed configuration, forcing apart said elongated levers to said substantially open configuration gently splits a rind of the pomegranate apart to expose intact arils within the pomegranate.