This cherry pitter is from New Standard Corp Mt. Joy PA. It has a place to hold 4 cherries, as you turn the crank, the circle part moves on to the next cherry and the pitter goes down and takes the pit out. Pretty cool. It does have a little piece of card board or something in it that I pointed out in the pictures. I am not sure why it is there. Clamps on to a counter or as I have it here, a cutting board. Please look at the pictures as they are part of the description.