Persevere Engineering Solutions Ltd.

The results were actually inconclusive. The blade seemed sharp but the apparatus was only partially successful. We discovered that this was due to the acid in the lemon juice attacking the edge of the knife causing it to blunt very quickly. Using fresh lemons and a stainless-steel blade seemed to solve this and we moved on to build a first-prototype according to Tim's requirements. As well as this, the mock-up helped to select the angle of the blade and other key features.

This worked well and justified Tim's basic design concept : stacking a vertical column of pre-prepared lemon halves and having a horizontal 'guillotine'. It enabled Tim to file his patent application knowing that he had worked out a viable solution and solved the initial design problems.

Tim Jones has now fully developed the design into a viable product as you can see below.

(See video also: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6065458.stm)

This won the "Invention of the Year" award (Industrial section 1) at the 2006 British Invention Show.

Tim appeared briefly on Dragon's Den in 2007. The Dragon's were not interested but undeterred Tim continued to seek backers.

As this is being written Tim is very close to launching this product in the UK.