Fruit and vegetable peeler

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR PEELING PRODUCE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, AN ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A TOP PLATE AND A BOTTOM PLATE SECURED IN PARALLEL SPACED RELATIONSHIP, AND A POCKET WHEEL MOUNTED FOR ROTATION BETWEEN SAID PLATES, SAID POCKET WHEEL BEING FORMED TO PROVIDE A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL DIAMETER CYLINDRICAL PEELING CHAMBERS THE AXIS OF EACH BEING PARALLEL WITH AND OF EQUAL RADIAL DISTANCE FROM THE AXIS OF THE POCKET WHEEL, SAID PLATES EACH BEING FORMED TO PROVIDE A PAIR OF DIAMETRICALLY SPACED OPENINGS OF SIMILAR DIAMETER AND RADIAL SPACING AS THE DIAMETER AND RADIAL SPACING OF EACH PEELING CHAMBER WHEREBY THE APPARATUS MAY BE LOADED AND UNLOADED FROM TWO ARCUATE SPACED POSITIONS, SAID BOTTOM PLATE OPENINGS BEING ARCUATELY SPACED FROM SAID TOP PLATE OPENINGS, VALVE MEANS ADAPTED TO ADMIT STEAM AND COLD WATER SEQUENTIALLY TO EACH OF SAID PEELING CHAMBERS AFTER THEY ARE MOVED PAST AN OPENING IN THE TOP PLATE, CAM MEANS ROTATABLE WITH THE POCKET WHEEL AND ADAPTED TO CAUSE OPERATION OF SAID VALVE MEANS, AND CIRCULAR SEAL MEANS SUPPORTED AT EACH END OF THE PEELING CHAMBERS FOR MOVEMENT WITH THE POCKET WHEEL, EACH SEAL MEANS BEING CONCENTRIC WITH THE PEELING CHAMBER AND BEING URGED INTO SLIDING ARRANGEMENT WITH AN ADJACENT PLATE.