A device for cutting spherical shaped fruits and/or vegetables into multiple number of pieces

The present invention provides a device for cutting spherical shaped fruits and/or vegetables into multiple number of pieces, which comprises of a support structure, support levers, springs, and controllers of moving mechanisms to perform two plane cutting includes horizontal slitting and vertical cutting in single stroke for eight uniform pieces. The horizontal slitting knife cut the lemon in horizontal plane to make two halves. Holder cum locator is designed such a way that it can orient and locate the axis of any size of lemon in line with the axis of vertical four lobe cutter so as to facilitate vertical cutting. Holder cum locator also performs clamping operation during slitting and cutting process. Horizontal slitting knife after doing horizontal slitting operation retrenches back to its original position by a tension spring which gets pre loaded during slitting operation by half stroke of the cutting process. After horizontal slitting, a vertical four lobe cutter moves down and makes four lobes then the cutter retrenches back to its original loading position by a compression spring. The compression spring gets preloaded during cutting operation. Pull of a lever opens half of the holder cum locator to discharge cut pieces to a tray and retrenches back to original position by the spring force. This device gives eight uniform traditional pieces of lemon representing all regions of fruit uniformly suitable for pickle making.