economically produced metallic parts may be machined or stamped from known methods as seen in fig1 a 1e the assembly of stacked parts 101 is a combination of a number of plates in order along with blades 104 that move in and out the blades are inserted into cam pin followers 105 with pins that follow slots 107 two handles a moving handle 103 and a fixed handle 102 are used to force the blades inward and outward through a cam action by using two cam guide plates that sandwich a number of cam pin followers 105 a spacer 106 helps to separate the stack of plates and provide space for the cam movement without pinching or binding the number of blades and the opening size in the plates determine the size of the fruit that can be cut to use this appliance you begin with the view shown in fig1 c to make a single cut into a piece of fruit you retract the blades by holding the fixed handle 102 in a static position and with your right hand grasp the other movable handle 103 you then rotate the movable handle 103 counter clockwise until it stops next lower the appliance over the product and position it at the place where you want to make the cut as shown in fig1 a with your left hand still holding the fixed handle 102 you rotate the movable handle 103 with your right hand clockwise until it stops this moves the blades inward to make a single cut into the fruit to remove the appliance retract the blades by rotating the movable handle 103 counter clockwise until it stops and lift the.