An assembly (010) for accessing coconut water in a coconut has a plunger (011) for puncturing the germination pore of the coconut thereby permits the access of the coconut water inside the coconut. The assembly (010) comprises a plunger (011) having a plunger collar (111) perpendicularly mounted to a plunger lance (211), a lid (012) having a lid bore (112) for receiving and housing a tip of the plunger lance (211) and a stopper clip (013) for holding the plunger lance (211) in order to prevent the tip of the plunger lance (211) in the lid bore (112) from puncturing a germination pore of the coconut, wherein the lid (012) of the assembly (010) is placed and fixed on the germination pore of the coconut by a fixing mean.

A pistachio splitter includes a base extending along orthogonal first and second directions; and first and second extended portions extending from the base along a third direction orthogonal to the first and second directions. The first and second extended portions are spaced apart along the first direction to define a gap therebetween. Each of the first and second extended portions include opposing major surfaces spaced apart along the second direction and sloped toward one another along the third direction; and sidewalls extending between and connecting the opposing major surfaces. The sidewalls include a first sidewall of the first extended portion facing the second extended portion and a second sidewall of the second extended portion facing the first extended portion. Each of the first and second sidewalls can define a groove therein extending along the third direction.

A pistachio splitter includes a base extending along orthogonal first and second directions; and first and second extended portions extending from the base along a third direction orthogonal to the first and second directions. The first and second extended portions are spaced apart along the first direction to define a gap therebetween. Each of the first and second extended portions include opposing major surfaces spaced apart along the second direction and sloped toward one another along the third direction; and sidewalls extending between and connecting the opposing major surfaces. The sidewalls include a first sidewall of the first extended portion facing the second extended portion and a second sidewall of the second extended portion facing the first extended portion. Each of the first and second sidewalls can define a groove therein extending along the third direction.

A nut cracking device with a frame having elongated, parallel members that surround a mechanical advantage device, such as a hydraulic jack. Top and bottom channel members are mounted at opposite ends of the frame members to separate the frame members and form a rigid frame structure. An anvil with texture to reduce slipping and increase pressure is mounted to the top member and extends toward the jack, on which a table is mounted. A nut may be placed on the table. Upon displacement of the jack's shaft, the table moves toward the anvil and any nut on the table is clamped, and ultimately fractured, between the table and the anvil. A hand-grippable knob permits manual bypass of a valve to permit the table to be pulled away from the anvil by springs mounted to the table.

A nut cracking device with a frame having elongated, parallel members that surround a mechanical advantage device, such as a hydraulic jack. Top and bottom channel members are mounted at opposite ends of the frame members to separate the frame members and form a rigid frame structure. An anvil with texture to reduce slipping and increase pressure is mounted to the top member and extends toward the jack, on which a table is mounted. A nut may be placed on the table. Upon displacement of the jack's shaft, the table moves toward the anvil and any nut on the table is clamped, and ultimately fractured, between the table and the anvil. A hand-grippable knob permits manual bypass of a valve to permit the table to be pulled away from the anvil by springs mounted to the table.

An apparatus for cracking nuts comprises a mounting structure, a circular element, a chute and a drive mechanism. The circular element has a tapered edge for scoring a nutshell and is rotatably supported by the mounting structure. The chute is positioned adjacent to the tapered edge of the circular element and has a rear wall. A distance between the rear wall of the chute and the tapered edge of the circular element gradually decreases along a length of the chute. The drive mechanism is connected to the circular element for rotating the circular element relative to the chute. In use, the circular element is rotated relative to the chute and a nut is received in the chute. The nut is pinched between the tapered edge of the circular element and the rear wall of the chute. Rotation of the circular element rolls the nut along the chute and scores the nutshell along an equator of the nutshell with a channel that becomes progressively deeper as the nutshell rolls further along the length of the chute.

An apparatus for cracking nuts comprises a mounting structure, a circular element, a chute and a drive mechanism. The circular element has a tapered edge for scoring a nutshell and is rotatably supported by the mounting structure. The chute is positioned adjacent to the tapered edge of the circular element and has a rear wall. A distance between the rear wall of the chute and the tapered edge of the circular element gradually decreases along a length of the chute. The drive mechanism is connected to the circular element for rotating the circular element relative to the chute. In use, the circular element is rotated relative to the chute and a nut is received in the chute. The nut is pinched between the tapered edge of the circular element and the rear wall of the chute. Rotation of the circular element rolls the nut along the chute and scores the nutshell along an equator of the nutshell with a channel that becomes progressively deeper as the nutshell rolls further along the length of the chute.

A device is for cracking a shell of a food item. The device has a first plier, a second plier and a pivot rotatably connecting the first plier with the second plier for enabling the food item, when arranged between the pliers, to be compressed between the pliers by a rotation of the pliers towards each other. The device further comprises a lockable spacing arrangement having an acceleration dependent locking device adapted to permit the rotation of the two pliers towards each other if an acceleration of the rotation is below a threshold value and adapted to lock the rotation of the two pliers towards each other if the acceleration of the rotation is equal to or exceeding said threshold value.

A plier's nutcracker includes a hand tightening screw mounted through a threaded hole on one handle of a plier type nutcracker at a position adjacent to nutcracker's pivotal connection. The engagement of this hand tighten screw through tightening and untightening regulates the pressure the nut or object to be crushed shall receive in a cracking operation. The pressure shall result in either large broken hull pieces or hand-breakable cracks on the hull or shell effectively eliminating the scattering of shells and hulls in the cracking operation while keeping the kernel in one whole piece or fewer big pieces. Additionally, the engagement of the hand tighten screw creates a safe distance between the nutcracker handles to prevent fingers from being pinched in a cracking operation.

A plier's nutcracker includes a hand tightening screw mounted through a threaded hole on one handle of a plier type nutcracker at a position adjacent to nutcracker's pivotal connection. The engagement of this hand tighten screw through tightening and untightening regulates the pressure the nut or object to be crushed shall receive in a cracking operation. The pressure shall result in either large broken hull pieces or hand-breakable cracks on the hull or shell effectively eliminating the scattering of shells and hulls in the cracking operation while keeping the kernel in one whole piece or fewer big pieces. Additionally, the engagement of the hand tighten screw creates a safe distance between the nutcracker handles to prevent fingers from being pinched in a cracking operation.