It can not only be used alone in canteens, restaurants, small processing plants, but also can be used to slice bananas in the banana chips production line. Regarding the pontiff, Sheffield laughs, explaining: "I served him a deposition, but he never showed up. Thanks to all of these great reviews, I now know what I am going to get my in-laws for Christmas this year.

Sheffield says that the VP initially declined, responding that Chiquita’s “business is bananas, not banana slicers,” but he was soon sold on the product after he saw how much his kids loved it. Sheffield and his soon-to-be first wife, April, traveled the world, conducting interviews with the likes of Bob Hope, Sammy Davis Jr. However, my experience subjecting cereal to the Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer left me with nothing more than a milk-sodden shirt and bitter remorse.The patent describes the banana slicer as a “tool which has a frame circumscribing an area into which a typical banana readily fits, and a plurality of spaced ribs or blades disposed transversely to the longitudinal axis of the frame and interconnecting opposite sides of the frame. Now 74 years old, Sheffield no longer makes money from the banana slicer, its patent having expired in 1999. But none of this would compare to an invention he created in the hope of truly changing the world: the banana slicer. While I imagine this slicer is excellent at slicing the actual fruit of the banana, I have been completely unable to use it because it does not come with a (necessary, in my opinion) peeler attachment. Banana peeling machine can realize the automatic separation of the skin and flesh of various size’s bananas, and the peeled banana flesh is smooth without damage.

After a polite back-and-forth led nowhere, he decided to sue for the lost sum, serving simultaneous depositions to the Archdiocese of San Francisco, the Swiss monastery, and Pope Paul VI. Then a swaggering second-year law student – he earned his Juris Doctor degree in 1971 – he was feeling bold. Sheffield's grandiose stories perfectly mirror his advice on innovation: "If you have the tenacity, the energy, and commitment to do it, it doesn't matter if it is a banana slicer, an automobile, or an iPhone 5.Currently, banana chip slicer machines generally have the disadvantages of uneven slicing and low efficiency. The Indira Gandhi chapter of his life is just too much for this article, but trust me, it's equally fascinating. William Sheffield's love of the law would lead him down yet another unbelievable path – suing Pope Paul VI over a St Bernard puppy. In 1969, while working toward a degree in philosophy, Sheffield collaborated with Steven Spielberg – a fellow Long Beach classmate and friend – on a film project titled Who Collects the Garbage?

Regarding the pontiff, Sheffield laughs, explaining, “I served him a deposition, but he never showed up.

According to Sheffield, the church responded by arguing that the money was a gift to the pope, and the title of this gift did not transfer to the pontiff until it had been delivered to the Vatican. In 1989 Sheffield met with a plastics manufacturer in Hong Kong, built and tested a prototype, then secured a patent. During an interview with Slate , Sheffield explained how the idea for a banana slicer was not the direct result of fruit-cutting frustration, but rather a vision from God. The patent describes the banana slicer as a "tool which has a frame circumscribing an area into which a typical banana readily fits, and a plurality of spaced ribs or blades disposed transversely to the longitudinal axis of the frame and interconnecting opposite sides of the frame".

Banana Bill isn’t involved with the production of the Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer, and to his knowledge, the proceeds do not support any charitable efforts. Sheffield’s grandiose stories perfectly mirror his advice on innovation: “If you have the tenacity, the energy, and commitment to do it, it doesn’t matter if it is a banana slicer, an automobile, or an iPhone 5. Banana Bill isn't involved with the production of the Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer, and to his knowledge, the proceeds do not support any charitable efforts.William Sheffield’s love of the law would lead him down yet another unbelievable path—suing Pope Paul VI over a St. During the interview, Sheffield explains how the idea for a banana slicer was not the direct result of fruit-cutting frustration, but rather a vision from God.