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Nutshell Cutting Machine. (open access)

Nutshell Cutting Machine.

Patent for a new and improved nutshell-cutting machine. This design consists in "the ring provided with slots, the apertured plate, the cutters inserted in the slots, the set-screws adapted to hold the cutters in the slots, and the follower . . . arranged to force the nut through between the cutters, and means for supporting the cutters in the position of use" (lines 72-80).
Date: June 21, 1887
Creator: Pecht, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History