Device Quarters and Cores Apples and Other Fruit
To provide a simple homemade device for cutting apples and other fruit into quarters and at the same time removing the core, the arrangement shown in the sketch was made. The circular frame is built up around a ring, ³⁄₄ in. in diameter, and the ribs and handles are soldered to it. A strip of galvanised iron, ¹⁄₂ in. wide, was used for the cutting portion, and the lower edge was filed sharp, and then finished with a small oil stone. In use, the cutter is set over the fruit, as shown, and by pressure on the handles, it is cut neatly.—L. N. Brown, Baltimore, Md.