CA2156945A1 - Vegetable cutter - Google Patents

Vegetable cutter

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Publication number
CA2156945A1
CA2156945A1 CA 2156945 CA2156945A CA2156945A1 CA 2156945 A1 CA2156945 A1 CA 2156945A1 CA 2156945 CA2156945 CA 2156945 CA 2156945 A CA2156945 A CA 2156945A CA 2156945 A1 CA2156945 A1 CA 2156945A1
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Prior art keywords
slide plate
channels
knife blade
frame
blade
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CA 2156945
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French (fr)
Inventor
Jorg Ernst
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A Boerner GmbH
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Jorg Ernst
A. BORNER GmbH
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26DCUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D3/00Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut made; Apparatus therefor
    • B26D3/28Splitting layers from work; Mutually separating layers by cutting
    • B26D3/283Household devices therefor
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26DCUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D3/00Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut made; Apparatus therefor
    • B26D3/18Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut made; Apparatus therefor to obtain cubes or the like
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26DCUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D3/00Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut made; Apparatus therefor
    • B26D3/28Splitting layers from work; Mutually separating layers by cutting
    • B26D3/283Household devices therefor
    • B26D2003/285Household devices therefor cutting one single slice at each stroke
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26DCUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D3/00Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut made; Apparatus therefor
    • B26D3/28Splitting layers from work; Mutually separating layers by cutting
    • B26D3/283Household devices therefor
    • B26D2003/288Household devices therefor making several incisions and cutting cubes or the like, e.g. so-called "julienne-cutter"

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  • Forests & Forestry (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Food-Manufacturing Devices (AREA)

Abstract

A cutter is provided, particularly suitable for cutting fruits, vegetables, and especially potatoes. The cutter has a frame which holds a slide plate leading to a knife blade. Both the slide plate and knife blade are formed with a number of parallel three-sided channels. The sides of each channel are equal in size, and adjacent sides are positioned about 120° apart. The slide plate and knife blade are relatively positioned in an offset manner so that the respective channels cooperatively form a number of hexagonal cutting openings, as viewed in a cutting direction along the channels.

Description

21S6~
VEGETABLE CUTTER

The present invention generally relates to a device for cutting food such as fruit, vegetables, and 5 particularly potatoes. More specifically, the present invention is directed to a food cutter which cuts formations having a cross-6ectional geometry with more than four corners .
Conventional discontinuously-operating vegetable 10 cutters for household use do not offer the possibility of cutting fruit, vegetables and, ln particular, potatoes into formations that comprise a more complex cross-section, i . e.
more than four corners. In particular, hexagonal French fries would contrast with ordinary, rectangular French fries 15 and supply an overall aesthetic impression that can influence a purchase decision in favor of this device.
The invention is therefore based on the object of improving the device of the species such that fruit, vegetables and, in particular, potatoes can be cut into 20 formations having a cross-sectional shape with more than four oorners.
The obj ects are inventively achieve~ by providing a food cutter having a blade retainer plate at whose front edge a cutting element is arranged. Two essentially 25 parallel frame ledges are connected to one another by the blade retainer plate. Preferably, at least one further cross web also j oins the two frame ledges in the form of a grip. A slide plate is arranged between the frame ledges 21~ $

parallel to the blade retainer plate, and a narrow gap separates a back edge of the slide plate and the cutting element .
In an embodiment, the cutting element is a knife 5 blade fashioned to define spaced rhAnn~l c of preferably equal profile, the rhAnn.ol ~ prnr~ n~ essentially parallel to the frame ledges. The spacing between the rhAnnel ~ is periodic and they are shaped such that the inside angle of said rhAnnel ~ amounting to about 120 , and whereby the 10 spacing between neighboring edges of two neighboring rh;~nn~ amounts to approximately one side length, and the slide plate is fn~h;~n~d such that rhAnn.ol ~ that proceed essentially parallel to the frame ledges and are periodically transversely arranged relative thereto derive.
In an . ~ nt of the invention, the channels of the slide plate are arranged offset by half a period compared to the rh~nn~l 8 of the knife blade and are essentially equilateral in profile. Particularly, the inside angles are each approximately 120, the spacing between neighboring edges of two neighboring rhAnn~l amounts to about one side length and the elevations 33 deriving between the rhAnn~ of the slide plate lie at the same level as the bottom surfaces of the rh~nn~ of the knife blade.
Alternatively, the rh~nn~ of the slide plate can be arranged continuing the rhAnn~ of the knife blade and 2156~45 has channel sides with smaller dlmensions than those of the channel sides of the knife blade.
It can also be provided that the slide plate is interchangeable. In such an embodiment, various slide 5 plates can be used which have differently shaped çh~nn~
and/or which provide various depth-wise spacing from the knife edge, creating thicker or thinner food slices.
Preferably, the elevations formed between the ~h~nnPlc of the knife blade are continued at the side facing 10 away from the slide plate, away from the cutting edge along the direction in which food is moved across the slide plate and cutting element. The continued by shaped portions on the blade retainer plate tapering transversely and decreasing in height.
In an additional embodiment, the cross web is fashioned to form a grip.
The blade retainer plate is preferably made of plastic. Also, in an embodiment, the slide plate is made of plastic. Furfh~ ~.a, embodiments can be provided in which 20 the frame ledges are made of plastic and/or the cross web is made of plastic.
The invention is based on the surprising observation that fruit, vegetables and, in particular, potatoes can be cut into formations having a more complex 25 structure, i.e. having more than four corners, as a result of the offset arrangement -- forming a small gap -- of a knife blade that comprises hAnn~ with sides and inside 21569~
angles as in a hexagon and of a slide plate that, exactly like the knife blade, comprises essentially angular fh~nnPlF;
that proceed essentially parallel to the frame ledges and are periodically transversely arranged relative thereto.
EIexagonal French fries, for example, can be cut with a specific ~ ?nt wherein the ~ h~nnPl ~ are cooperatively positioned in an offset manner to form hexagonal cutting op,-n;n~c, as viewed along the ~hi~nnPlf:
Marcelled sllces and, when the material being cut is turned by go~ after every cut, lattice-shaped slices can be cut with the specific embodiment wherein the slide plate eh~nnPl s are smaller in dimension than the knife blade f~.h~nnPl f~, Additional features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the detailed description of the presently preferred _~; nts and ~rom the drawings.
Figure 1 i8 a perspective view of a device according to the invention.
Figure 2 illustrates cutting openings of Figure 1 formed by the cooperative relative positioning of the slide plate and the knife blade.
For reasons of clarity, reference characters have not been assigned to all elements of the device.
Figure 1 illustrates a food cutter device of the invention in a perspective view. It has a blade retainer plate 26, on a front edge of which a cutting element 10 in the form of a knife blade 12 (Figure 2) is arranged. The 21~6~5 device also includes two parallel frame ledges 14 which are connected to one another by the blade retalner plate 26 and a cross web 46. A slide plate 28 is arranged between the frame ledges 14 parallel to the blade retainer plate 26, 5 whereby a narrow gap 48 remains between the back edge of the slide plate 28 and the knife blade 12. The food cutter can be configured so that the slide plate 28 is removable and interchangeable .
The knife blade 12 is fashioned having spaced 10 knife blade ~h~nnPl~ 16 (see FigurQ 2) parallel to the frame ledges 14 and oriented transversely thereto. The blade channels 16 are preferably equal in geometric profile, having three sides, with adjacent sides lying approximately 120 from each other. The spacing 22 between edges 20 of 15 neighboring blade ~h;~nnel ~ 16 iS preferably equal to one side length .
Elevation surfaces 42 are formed between the blade ~h~nn~l ~ 16 which extend in a direction away from the slide plate 28. These elevation surfaces 42 are continued by 20 formed portions 44 on the blade retainer plate 26 which taper in a transverse direction and decrease in height.
The slide plate 28 forms slide plate channels 30 that proceed parallel to the frame ledges 14 and are periodically transversely arranged relatlve thereto. The 25 slide plate ~hi~nn~ 30 are also equilateral in profile, being formed by three sides with adj acent sides lying at inside angles 34 of approximately 120 from one another.

Spacing between neighboring edges 32 of two neighboring slide plate rh~nnPl ¢ 30 e~uals the length of one channel side, and elevation surfaces 33 rormed between the slide plate ~h~nn~ 30 of the slide plate lie at essentially the same level as bottom surfaces 24 of the knife blade ~-h;~nnPl .:
16 .
These slide plate -h~nnPl ~ 30 are offset from the knife blade ~-h~nnPl ~ 16 by half a period. As a result, hexagonal cutting openings 50 are thereby formed, as seen from FigUre 2. The cross web 46, which is fashioned to form a grip, the blade retainer plate, the slide plate and the frame ledges are made of plastic.
In uslng the food cutter described, a food item, such as a fruit, vegetable, or PcrPt ;~lly a potato, is moved manually along the slide plate 28 in the direction of the knife blade 12. As the ~ood item is forced over the kni~e blade, food enters the cutting openings 50, where the knife blade 12 severs the food item into hexagonal food pieces ( not shown ) .
In an embodiment, the slide plate 28 is replaceable by an optional second slide plate (not shown) having slide plate ~hAnnPl~ 30 wherein the sides 38, 39, 40 have smaller dimensions than those of the knife blade c-.h;~nnPl f: 16, and wherein the elevations 33 formed between the slide plate ~-h~nnPl~ 30 lie below the bottom surfaces 24 of the knife blade ~h InnPl ~: 16. With such an: o~ nt, marcelled slices can be cut and lattice-shaped slices can be 2~56945 cut when the material being cut is turned by 90 after every cut .
It should be understood that various changes and modifications to the presently preferred: ' o~l;r-~lts will be 5 apparent to those skilled in the art. Such changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, such changes and modifications are intended to be covered by the appended claims .

Claims (15)

1. A food cutter for cutting food in formation having a cross-sectional shape with more than four corners, the cutter comprising:
a blade retainer plate having a front edge on which a cutting element is disposed;
two generally parallel frame ledges, the ledges forming opposite longitudinal sides of the cutter, the blade retainer plate being secured between the frame ledges; and a slide plate extending between the frame ledges parallel to the blade retainer plate, the slide plate terminating at a rear edge which also extends between the frame ledges, forming a gap between the rear edge of the slide plate and the cutting element, the slide plate having slide plate channels proceeding essentially parallel to the frame ledges and periodically spaced from one another;
wherein the cutting element is a knife blade forming a plurality of parallel blade channels generally equilateral in profile and proceeding essentially parallel to the frame ledges and being periodically spaced apart, an interior angle of said blade channels amounting to about 120°, and whereby spacing between neighboring edges of two neighboring knife blade channels is approximately one side length.
2. The cutter according to claim 1, wherein the slide plate channels are arranged offset by half a period relative to the knife blade channels and are essentially equilateral in profile, the slide plate channels each having three sides, neighboring sides lying at approximately 120°
from each other, the spacing between neighboring edges of two neighboring slide plate channels being about one side length, an elevation surface being formed between neighboring slide plate channels which lies at approximately the same level as bottom sides of the knife blade channels.
3. The cutter according to claim 1, wherein the slide plate channels are arranged continuing the knife blade channels and have sides having smaller dimensions than those of the knife blade channels.
4. The cutter according to claim 1, wherein the slide plate is interchangeable.
5. The cutter according to claim 1, wherein elevation surfaces are formed between the knife blade channels which continue away from the slide plate, the contour of the elevation surfaces being continued by formed portions on the blade retainer plate which transversely taper and decrease in height.
6. The cutter according to claim 1, wherein the blade retainer plate is made of plastic.
7. The cutter according to claim 1, wherein the slide plate is made of plastic.
8. The cutter according to claim 1, wherein the frame ledges are made of plastic.
9. The cutter according to claim 1, further comprising a cross web extending between the frame ledges.
10. The cutter according to claim 9, wherein the cross web forms a grip.
11. The cutter according to claim 9, wherein the cross web is made of plastic.
12. A food cutter for cutting food in elongated pieces having a hexagonal cross-section, the cutter comprising:
a frame;
a knife blade secured to the frame, the knife blade forming a plurality of parallel knife blade channels, each knife blade channel having three sides equal in size, adjacent sides lying about 120° apart, the knife blade channels being spaced approximately the length of one knife blade channel side; and a slide plate secured to the frame generally parallel to the knife blade and leading toward the knife blade, the slide plate having a plurality of parallel slide plate channels, each slide plate channel having three sides equal in size, adjacent sides lying about 120° apart, the slide plate channels being spaced approximately the length of one slide plate channel side;
wherein the knife blade channels and slide plate channels are parallel to each other and cooperatively positioned relative to each other in an offset manner such that, from a direction along the channels, a plurality of hexagonal cutting openings are formed by the channels.
13. The cutter according to claim 12, wherein the frame comprises two parallel frame ledges, the frame ledges forming opposite longitudinal sides of the cutter, the slide plate and knife blade each extending between the frame ledges.
14. The cutter according to claim 13, further comprising a blade retainer plate secured between the frame ledges, the knife blade being secured to the blade retainer plate.
15. The cutter according to claim 12, further comprising a grip secured to the frame generally at an end opposite the knife blade.
CA 2156945 1994-08-26 1995-08-25 Vegetable cutter Abandoned CA2156945A1 (en)

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DE9413852U DE9413852U1 (en) 1994-08-26 1994-08-26 Vegetable slicer

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