Simple Nut Sheller for African Villages

The "Universal Nut Sheller" is a device designed to make shelling peanuts less onerous for those who rely on the legumes for a large portion of their food needs. The simple device is a concrete cone inside a larger concrete cone, with a gap large enough to let shelled peanuts through whole while still removing the shells. The nuts and crushed shells are then sorted by hand.

The UNS was invented by American Jock Brandis, who according to AfriGadget, "was on a trip to Mali and saw some women who had been shelling peanuts leaving them with bleeding hands."

Fighting Hunger, One Village at a Time [Afrigadget.com]

[#1 posted by Gary61 , March 31, 2008 2:58 PM]

Looks like it works just like the 'rock crushers', as seen on Modern Marvels (History Channel), show about mining .....