DE1876145U - DEVICE FOR GRINDING FOOD, ESPECIALLY VEGETABLES, POTATOES, AND THE LIKE. - Google Patents

Description

Device for chopping food, especially vegetables, Potatoes and the like

The present invention relates to an adjustable device for cutting cubes and slices used in making raw or cooked vegetables, fruits, or other foods. Although the device is proposed primarily for domestic kitchens, it can also, as is apparent from The description below can be used commercially on an extensive basis.

Postal check account Hanover 43400 Commerzbank Hanover 10758 -Dresdner Bank Hanover 44181 Deutsche Bank Hanover 12840

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Devices for cutting cubes and slices, etc., have previously come on the market as separate devices. However, as the domestic kitchen is progressively being mechanized, machines for a single specific purpose are no longer popular. The present invention therefore proposes a particular device or apparatus capable of performing various cutting operations. By connecting two parallel knife cutting rings, it can be used to cut cubes and slices, to cut multiple slices of different thickness; so can z. B. a whole tomato can be cut at once. Onions can also be cut into hundreds of small cubes or carrots into strips, potatoes into French fries, boys into cubes and small cucumbers into slices. Many of the known cutting devices were equipped with special slides or guards for the fingers. Others, however, assume that the user will be careful in performing the work to avoid twisting the fingers. In the device according to the invention, the slide is used to carry out the cutting operation, the possibility of injury to the user being reduced to a minimum, even when large quantities of food are processed.

In addition, in order to facilitate storage, the device

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device provided with a lock by which the slide is held in a lower position, so that the device, can be stored in a kitchen cupboard when not in use.

According to the invention, progress is achieved by that the cutting device is able, with one or two working strokes, of fruits and vegetables in various ways to zersofc.neij.en.

Another feature of the invention is the provision of an adjustable cutting device that can be processed twice of the food can cut slices that are both small and large and vary in shape, thin narrow stripes, juliennes, and a large number of additional cutting guides.

Another feature of the invention is that it contains a wide variety of fruits and vegetables such as lemons, apples, Cut pears, hard-boiled eggs and tomatoes into oblong, wedge-shaped pieces. Bettich can also be processed will.

According to the invention, the safety of the user is on increased to a maximum because the hands never come into direct contact with the food to be cut.

Another feature which is important for the invention is that the upper part of the device in

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the lower position can be held, thereby the device is reduced in size and can therefore be conveniently stored in a kitchen cupboard and at the same time the knives are protected against damage.

Another one. Feature of the invention is based on sheep τ Fung a device having means by which its location between a cutting ring and another cutter ring is precisely defined, so that is possible to obtain the most varied slices and also a destruction of the blades prevent an inaccurate mesh, if the exact alignment is not available.

According to the invention, the gate direction is strongly biased Knives of this shape and in combination with a second set of knives similar to that of raw food and other fabrics can be cut with much less manual pressure than has previously been the case.

The invention will now be based on exemplary embodiments, which are shown in the accompanying drawings, described in detail.

Jig. 1 is a perspective view of the cutting device;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the upper part, the Slide of the cutting device according to Figl 1;

Fig. 3 is a side view of the cutting device;

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4 is a front view of the cutting device with a pickled potato or the like Execution of the cutting process;

! • ig. 5 is a view of the cutting device of FIG. 4 after the cutting process has been carried out;

Fig. 6 is a view of the slider of the cutting device looking in the direction of arrows 6-6 of Fig. 4;

Fig. TT shows on an enlarged scale, partially broken away, the orientation of a set of knife rings for cutting thin slices, where the dashed lines shown next to it and the pane shown in perspective Potato or the like. Food and part of the same, which is cut with the knife according to FIG is reproduced;

Fig. 8 is a view similar to FIG. 7, but shows a different arrangement of the two knife rings for Manufacture of diamond-shaped parts;

Fig. 9 is a view similar to that of Figs. 7 and 8 showing an arrangement of knives for cutting shows square or elongated pieces;

Fig. 10 shows cutting rings according to Figs. 7, 8 and 9, in which the knives are arranged next to each other and parallel to each other in order to produce thicker slices, namely twice as thick as in Fig. 7;

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Fig. 11 shows a plan view of a knife ring for cutting wedge-shaped pieces, as shown in FIG lemon, orange or the like shown to the right thereof;

Fig. 12 is an enlarged view, partially broken away, a cutting device, the esp. the arrangement of the two rings to one another and the mounting of the same on the line 12-12 of Fig. 1 shows;

Fig. 15 is a sectional view, partly schematic, the device of Figure 12 on the line 13-13 of Figure 12;

Fig. H is a perspective view of the from the entrance removed knife, which shows the relationship between the two parts;

FIG. 15 shows, on an enlarged scale, a band part of the knife ring according to FIG. 14, from which the incisions can be seen in which the knife is inserted;

Fig. 16 shows parts in perspective, such as they come together when assembling the knife ring and the upper part of the extension;

FIG. 17 shows a number of other embodiments of FIG Knife rings, the knives simply, hair-

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have acicular and S-shaped shapes;

Fig. 18 shows a further embodiment of the invention Cutting device;

Pig. 19 is a perspective view of another preferred embodiment;

Pig. 20 is a front view of the device of FIG.

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Pig. 21 is a top plan view of the device of FIG. , Pig. 20;

Pig. 22 shows a plan view of the device according to FIG Pig. 20 with the slider pushed down and the sliced potato hindu falls;

Pig. 23 is a right side elevational view of FIG Pig. 22, in which the slider is pulled up and tilted backwards away from the user, so that he can observe the task of the food on the knife;

Pig. Figure 24 is a top plan view of the knives in Pig. 19 illustrated device;

Fig. 25 shows in section the locking device for holding the slide according to the section lines 25-25 in Pig. 22; _:

Pig. 26 shows part of FIG

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Locking device on line 26-26 of Fig. 25 »

Fig. 27 shows a section through the valve rings and the lower part of the device with the back thrust springs on the line 27-27 of FIG. 24;

FIG. 28 is a section on line 28-28 of FIG. 21 by the knife ring serving as a support and the slide head;

Fig. 29 is a view showing the locking ring of the slide. shows head partially broken away;

Fig. 30 is a cross-sectional view of the pusher head taken on line 30-30 of Fig. 28;

31 shows, partially in section, the position between the lower bing and the upper bing together with the upper end of the lower part of the device; - ■

32 shows, on an enlarged scale, in a perspective section and broken away, the lower bing with the spring-loaded bast nose;

33 shows a section through the spring-loaded bast nose;

34 is a plan view of the bast nose; 35 shows a knife ring with bast sites;

Fig. 36 shows the ends of the knife wires where they connect to the frame meet;

Pig. 37 is a front view of the Pig part. 36;

Pig. 38 shows the arrangement of the knives in a knife ring; and

Pig. 39 shows in perspective the pedals of. Bast nose device.

The cutting device according to the invention. 10 ", as shown in Fig. 1, is provided with a slide 12, which can be moved axially towards the knife ring 14, which is accommodated in the housing 11. The knife ring lies in a plane which is perpendicular to the direction of movement of the slide. The knife ring 14 comprises two knife rings 15, 16, one of which (here the upper knife ring 15) can be adjusted radially to the other (the lower knife ring 16). The upper knife ring 15 can be adjusted by a safety lock 18 which fulfills two tasks; once will the upper knife ring is brought into the right position for the various cuts and prevents the slide head from falling 12 can grasp the knives if they have not been correctly adjusted beforehand, Lie aus Pig. *. 3 can be seen the slide head 12 is pivotable with the lower part 11 in such Connected way that during the first part of the Ibwärtsstubes the slide head 12 can tilt backwards, so that the user Check the correct position of the food to be cut on the knife ring 14 before cutting.

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can lean. Then the slide head 12 is back in the Cutting position according to Pig. 1 pivoted and pressed down, with it lying free of the fingers.

In the! Ig. 7 to 10 are different arrangements between the upper knife ring 15 and the lower knife ring 16 proposed to love each figure is a perspective view of the food cut recorded at the appropriate setting of the knife rings is obtained. Of course, the food can be repeated several times, e.g. B. two- or three times, are passed through the knife ring assembly 16, each time a particular angular position of the knife rings can be made to each other. If z. JB. Cuts are carried out according to Fig. 7, whereby parallel, thin slices are formed, and the user holds his hand underneath and that Food, e.g. B. a potato, put back on the knife ring after it has been rotated 90 °, creates a Product which consists of many narrow strips, such as those used for the production of French fries or the like. on the other hand can the right-angled arrangement of the knife rings to each other, as shown in Fig. 9, for the production rectangular slices can be used, whereby the potato only has to be processed twice. At least a hundred cubes of an average potato can be diced twice Processing can be produced in the device. So that a better idea of the multitude of possible

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Sections and processing is obtained, a list is attached below, from which it can be seen which settings "for a section or a combination of sections which JTorms can be obtained:
Position d. Knife number d. Cuts result

thin slices thin strips small cubes

rectangular stripes rhomb. Strips of thick slices of thin rhomb. dice rectangular cubes thicker rhomb. Cube square cube thicker rectangle. dice

6 sectors (i / 6) of lemon or other food

1. offset
(Ed. 7) parallel 1 1
2
3 2 2. 90 ° (Mg. 9) 1 1 2 3. 45 ° (Mg. 8th) 1 1 2 4th parallel (Mg.10) 1 1 2 1 and 3 1 and 2 1 and 2 and 4 and 3 and 4 and 2 and 4 and 1 and Wedge cut 1

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In addition to the cuts mentioned above, another List are attached, from which those fruits, vegetables and foods can be found that with the invention Device can be worked on:

Thin slices

Eggs (hard)

celery

Carrots

potatoes

exercise

Olives

cooked potatoes

Onions

Bananas

Gooseberries

Peaches

Bed oak

Cucumber

Pimples

okra

mushrooms

Garlic julienne

Potatoes Carrot Jacks
cheese

forfelchen .;

Onions

rectangular strips of potatoes egg plants

thick slices of green beans celery apples tomatoes cucumbers egg plants

Crabs rhombic cubes potatoes carrots jacks onions celery

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Cube wedges

Potatoes lemons

Carrots limes

Boys eggs

Onions tomatoes

Celery apples

small cubes of pears

Potatoes boys

Badieschen onions (partially cut and carrots washed in water

Reference should now be made to Mg. 1, 2 and 3 again will. From these figures it can be seen that the slide head 12 has a substantially circular shape and one middle part 19 has the two handles 20 carries. The handles 20 are rectangular and allow the user to When operating the device, place the thumb of each hand on each handle or the ball of the hand around the slide head 12 to the bottom so that the food 21 is pushed through the cutting ring assembly H. The parallel guides 22 are fixed at their upper ends attached to the slide head 19. As shown in Fig. 3, hats 24 are formed in the guides 22, which in the vicinity of the outer bands of the guides 22 are as well as on the inside, so that they can detect pins or bumps 25 (FIGS. 12 and 13), whereby the downward stroke of the slide head 19

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is limited when pressed down. A guide pin 26 on each side of the lower part of the device holds the guides 22 permanently on the lower part 11. the Pins 26, which also act as pivot pins, lie in the slots 28 in the middle of the guides 22 and also opposite one another the helical Bückschubfeder 29. The front part of the lower end 30 of the guide 22 is rounded so that the Guides 22 can be brought into the retracted position shown in Fig. 3, whereby the insertion of the "food. 21 is facilitated for cutting. Guide rails 31 (Fig. 13) within the lower part 11 form guides in which the Guides 22 are guided on the downstroke. Although that Lower part 11 is approximately semicircular in shape, it can be provided with forwardly projecting feet 32, whereby the stability on a table and the like is increased *

A circular bracket formed at the upper end of the lower part 11 and having a central opening has a shoulder 38 which supports the lesser ring assembly 14 picks up and holds. The lower bing (Fig. 14) is provided with offset retaining tongues 39, the correct one Ensure orientation by engaging in slots 40. A recess 43 on the lower side of the bing 16 for a ball lock provides the necessary play when the lower bing is used. A slight relative twisting motion between the upper and lower bing is indicated by index

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ribs 23 supported on the upper surface of the upper ring 15, and an annular fiippe 37 on the lower side the upper bing 15 ensures easy sliding on the lower bing 16.

To the upper hanging 15 relative to the lower bing optional to be able to adjust so that the various arrangements according to Mg. 7-10 arise ^ -en, is a spring-loaded ball

41 (Fig. 16) is provided on the hollow end of a pin 27 is mounted and under the action of a spring 42 in depressions 45 enters the band of the upper bing 15 ,, .. The spring

42 lies in the hollow pin 27. The end 44 of the hollow pin 27 is cranked in order to hold the ball 41 in its position. Of course other locking devices can also be used. For example, a spring-loaded ball in the lower bing be housed, which detects a recess in the lower bing. From Fig. 16 it can be seen that numerical indexes 46 on the upper Bing 15 are plotted for each relative position of the upper bing 15, the predetermined positions between the depressions 45 and the ball 41 correspond so that the settings of the knife rings according to FIGS. 7-10 can be obtained.

Figures 14 and 15 show the assembly in greater detail of the binge (here the lower bend 16) with the corrugated knife 50. From Fig. 15 it can be seen that a plurality of knives - fastening pin 48 in the Bing in .der! Brae JLer middle Opening formed by semicircular slots 49.

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The pins 48 are offset opposite one another, so that the turns of the knife assembly 70, when their curved End parts 51 are pushed into the slots 49 to form a plurality of individual parallel knife blades 52. A Slot 54 for attaching the blade end of the knife is seen at locations adjacent the tenons 48 gate. The ends of the Knives are preferably equipped with features 56. Likewise, instead of the characteristics 56, a number Grooves or cranks can be used. When the expression 56 is in the slot 54, a metal wedge 55 is in the Slit 54 knocked in, which deforms the expression and secures the ends of the knife assembly 50 to the Sing connects. Although the metal for holding the embossments is preferably a deformed piece of the clasp 55, which is in the vicinity of the slot 54, a special one can also be used Metal wedge must be driven into the slot.

Because the knife assemblies 50 are unusually biased are, the slide head 12 is provided with a specially adapted plate 58 which has a number of elevations 59 which have the pattern shown in FIG. It can be seen that a row of knife grooves 60 through the edges of the bumps 59 is formed, which has the shape of the individual knives 52 in the various arrangements as shown in FIGS. 7, 8, 9 and 10. The design is such that when the slide head is depressed

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the height of the bumps 59 the cutting edges of the top parallel cutting pawls 52 flank. Although this does not necessarily ensure that the food is - ■ the entire knife ring 14 is pushed back, the user can the partially divided food 21 somewhat above the position indicated by dashes in! ig. 5 capture and pull through. The advantage of this type can be easily explained if, for. B. diced potatoes are made should. In addition, diagonally extending billets are provided which meet at a wedge intersection center point 61, so that these knife positions 66 of the wedge cutter are also recorded. The thin disk cutting grooves 63 are only around 90 offset against the full groove width 67, whereby a maximum surface on the bumps 59 for pressing through the food is achieved by the knife.

According to the above list, the upper ring 15 and also the lower ring 16 can be brought into a position in which the upper and lower knives are in a vertical plane as in Mg. 10. The potato will then dueh down pressed the knife ring 14 and sliced similar to the in? ig. 5 shown cut up. The user catches the entire Potato, even if cut up, turns the knives by 90 ° and places them again on the knife ring arrangement 14. The Knives now have the position shown in Fig. 9 »in which the upper and lower knives intersect at an angle of 90.

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Then push the potato that has already been cut into logs through it a number of cubes are created. An average potato can be cooked this way in at least cut a hundred cubes. Similarly, jacks and other vegetables can be cut into cubes for cooking.

To make work easier for the user and continue to do so ensure that the operation of the device does not damage the knives, because bumps 59 on the pusher head 48 are arranged, a safety lock 18 is provided, which extends from the upper knife ring 15 upwards. The lock 18 prevents the middle slide head from executing its full downward stroke when the recess 17 does not is aligned with the lock 18. Since the upper bing 15 can be rotated in the different positions, as diaßh the Indices 46 (or other markings) are displayed on the outer bing of the circular retaining part 35 of the lower part 11 may have a Gregenmark, and the spring-loaded lock 41 the spaced recesses 45 of the Upper binges 16 detected, acts-this-elevation 18 without further ado enter the recess 17 of the upper slide head 19, when this is depressed. However, if the bill is 60 of the slide head 58 is not properly aligned, so that the damage to the knife 52 by contact with the lower Ends of the elevations 59 is given, the upper part lies

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of the device 58 on the lower band of the central part 19 of the valve head and prevents the outstanding Bumps 59 come into contact with the knives 52.

To make additional cuts, "for example Wedges made from lemons, limes, apples, pears and the like. Cut out is another knife ring design in Pig. 11 shown. Here is the knife ring in his outer shape circular with one off the center shifted out circular inner opening. A hat is provided around the periphery of the disc to capture a rabbit 40 located near the stepped shoulder 38, the against the lower entrance 16. The knives in this arrangement consist of two pieces that are roughly eight-shaped and form an angle of 45 ° with each other. In the entrance there is an arcuate slot 65 on one side arranged and opposite two individual straight slots 69 which receive the ends of the knife blade. The ends of the Blade are corrugated and then into the seat braid 69 depressed in much the same manner as that shown in the corrugated knife assemblies described above is.

Before the knives are attached to the bing, they must be biased. A knife blade with a thickness of 0.2 mm and a width of 2 mm is applied with a pressure of un-

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40 - 80 kg loaded, which results in a satisfactory Visual cutting effect results. A stainless spring steel has turned out to be especially proven for this. If the blades are not sufficiently pretensioned, clamping takes place and the force that is required to cut the food increases considerably. But if the blades are too tight, the ends are bent, and, though satisfactory is cut, the service life is significantly reduced; therefore the pretensioning of the blades is critical and only allowed go so far that the food is lightly pushed through can be. The degree of pretension / of the various blades can be determined and checked by the fact that the blades are torn and their vibration is checked. For example, a 1.5 mm wide should be made of 0.2 mm thick steel produced blade at least 2400 oscillations / sec. execute or for best effectiveness no more than 3200; stainless spring steel behaves similarly.

Although the knife and binge described above use a continuous knife, a different configuration for the knife rings is proposed in FIG. Figure 17a shows a knife ring carrying individual knife blades 52. Each blade is made similar at its ends to the end 14, which is inserted into slot 54. The embodiment according to FIG. 17 "b suggests a plurality simple saw blades or hairpin-like blades 52,

their end pairs -to clamp at separate places in Slitting 54 takes place on the ring. Another embodiment with a double-S-shaped blade is shown in Fig. 17c, the mounting slots opposite one another on the bing are arranged. It can be seen that, as shown in Fig. 14, opposing offset tenons 48 are provided to hold the curved ends of the blade in place.

By reversing the cutting ring assembly and the slide, as in lig. 18, another embodiment of the device 80 can be achieved. A handle 81 is with the movable cutting ring assembly 82 connected, which can be pushed back and forth in a single guide 84. That Food is placed on the head 85 of the holder 86, which in turn on a stand 88 which carries the guide 84, is attached. The cutting blades 89 are then moved towards the grooves in the head 85. The other arrangement of each Parts can be done in a similar way.

To avoid a loss of tension in the blades after To avoid them being fastened in rings 15 and 16, means for reinforcing the binge may be provided. As shown in Fig. 10 and 17a, a with the. Blade parallel slit next to the central openings arranged in the binge. The slot is then made with a Steel reinforcement rod 72 filled, the slightly larger in their Dimensions is held and thereby in the slot 71 ver

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is anchored. The rod 72 serves to reinforce the hanging 15 » 16 at the four corners of the inner opening. These corners are critical points, thereby causing a slow loss of tension in blades 52, resulting in deformation of the hinge 15 and 16 would be avoided. A second embodiment, namely the preferred one of the invention Cutting device, is in the pig. 19-22. As shown in these figures, a slider 112 is used, comprising two handles 120 provided with ribs and a central part 119. Two guides 122 extend from handles 120. The guides 122 are compliant and slidably supported within base 111, which will be described in detail below. From the Fig. 19 and 20 it can be seen that the lower part consists of an outer shell 113 and inner side walls 114, whereby a tunnel-like opening 117 results in the bowls, etc., into which the cut food falls can be placed. The cutting ring assembly on the Upper part 139 of the base is arranged, is equipped with an upper Hing 115 and a lower Hing 116 (Fig. 31). Each of the hinge has a plurality of parallel ones Knife 152. The parallel knives 152 are defined by protruding parts 159> which are arranged below the slider head 112 on a special part 158, is acquired. In Figs. 25 and 26 a special locking device is

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device 130 shown. The locking device ordered from one Handle 131 and an inner shaft 132. The shaft 132 has a flattened inclined surface 133 »which is a hat 134 captured in a guide 122. A spring ring 135 secures the shaft against a lateral opening movement by itself against the band of the slot 136 which is arranged in the outer part of the shell 113 of the lower part 111. When the inventive If the cutting device is to be put away, the slide 112 is moved downwards into the position shown in FIG. 22 position shown pushed and the handle 31 of the locking device I30 after moved forward, whereby the shaft 132 engages a locking groove 134. In this guise, the cutting device only takes a little tree, and in addition the extensions 159 of the slider head lie protectively in the parallel knives 152. Thus a double effect is achieved, namely a reduction the size of the device and a protection of the knife against damage.

The configuration for receiving the guides 122 of the Slide 112 is shown in fig. 27 shown. A guided tour 127 is on part of the wall of the pedestal along with one Support 37 is formed which contains a slot 128. By arranging a longitudinal slot 129 (fig. 24) the rear side of the guide 122 can be the side panels the guide 122 are compressed so that the guide v

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pin 126 can enter the guide slots 128, whereupon after releasing the pin 126 protrudes into the slot 128 .

A V-shaped forward facing extension 140 of the Guides 122 has a shoulder 141 at their lower end, with which it rests on a guide spring cap 142. At the A short pin 143 is attached to the cap, which extends into the Turns of the spring into it. In this way, the upward force of the guide spring 125 is applied transfer the guide 122. An angled support shoulder extends from the top of the guide tube 131 and represents a contact surface for the guide 122, when it is inclined backwards into the position shown in FIG will. As shown in FIGS. 25 and 26, the return spring 125 lies forwardly against the wall 145 and is held in the opposite direction by means of clips 147. When assembling the guide spring 25 is inserted and pressed by the ribs 147 until they rest against the wall 145 .. Then the spring cap 142 is put on and the spring abutment 149 pressed in, which is held by the teeth 148 in the lower part. "■ _-":

The upper knife ring is twisted in the same way as previously described for the and «reh examples has been. Me relations ^ between knives 152

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of the upper bing 115 and that of the lower bing 116 is essentially the same. A spring-loaded locking device 160 (fig. 32) records corresponding points on the upper bing 115 »so that certain Markings 146 located on the front of the device, such as on the locking tongue 139 of the lower bing Sections can be made that will be obtained at the particular setting.

A safety ring 151 is provided in the head 119 and prevents the parallel knives 152 from being damaged the slide in that it cannot be pushed down far enough. In Figs. 28 to 30, the safety tongue is 118, which is attached to the upper bing 15 and is sized to have a plurality of Slits 150 in the safety ring 151 detected. The security ring 151 extends downward on the band from the middle section 119 of the slider head. In this way it is prevented that the slot bottom 153, which is between two elevations Exercises 159 arises, which knife 152 meets.

In fig. 32 an exploded view of the locking device 160 is shown and the manner and quietly in which this is attached to the upper end 139 of the lower part 111-. The locking device consists of a slide 162, which is ⁷ by ~ "a flat spring 164 (Fig. 3-9) _with a recess 166 in

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Is brought into engagement, which in the vertical band surface of the bing 115 is formed. A plurality of such recesses are preferably arranged in the belt surface, as can be seen from FIG. 35 can be seen. The pin 162 has a rounded end, so that it can slide into and out of the recess more easily. The pin 162 represents another Embodiment for the index 27 of FIGS. 14 and 15. The spring 164 lies between the inner land 170 of the support 139 » namely that wall surface facing the vertical band surface of the binge 115 and an inserted vertical * Wall 172. The pin 162 protrudes through several holes in the Part 139, all of which are axially aligned and of each one in walls 178, 172 in the outer wall 174 and in Wall. 139 are formed.

The spring I64 consists of the actual spring body 176 and two inwardly bent stiffeners 178 and 179. The strips are bent so that there is a central gap between them and through the the pin 162 passes through it. These strips capture the Pen firm but springy. The spring body is preferably curved and the entire spring 164 lies between the inner wall and the middle wall 170 or 172. The fastening is carried out in such a way that the pin 162 is constantly pressed inwards, so that it is always in the recess 166 which is just fed to the pen. This is how the pen holds the nib

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and at the same time prevents them from being attached to the seam between Walls 170 and 172 falls out because the pin between the ends of the strips 178 and 179 resiliently passes through. In addition, the elasticity of the peder itself is such that there is elastic friction between the spring and the walls 170, 172 between which it is housed.

Like from Pig. 34 can be seen, the each 164 is through the ends continuously pressed together by the action of the walls 180 and 181. These walls extend between the respective ends of the short partition 172 and the opposite surface of the inner wall 170. The head of the pin 162 is preferably curved on its underside designed to fit smoothly against outer wall 174 applies.

As above in connection with the Pig. 14 and 15, the knife parts 152 or the corresponding parts are shown in FIG 14 and 15, namely 52, attached to the bing 115 in a special way. A similar configuration is for the Hing 116 applied. In Pig. 36 - 38 is the end of the cutting wire 152 by a number of part-spherical depressions 190 deformed. When the resilient, flexible part that makes the knife 152 forms, in den.Hing 115 is inserted by converting the peg 191 is passed around - the ends of the blade become then inserted into the slot 193, "which is in part of the

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ümfanges of the ring 115 is formed. The slot is; wedge-shaped so that it can accommodate a wedge 195. In other words, the side walls delimit a slot which does not have any parallel sides and, according to a preferred embodiment, the radial outer ends of the slot are larger in diameter than the radially inner ends. By this configuration, the wires or knives 152 are retained, one or more indentations 190 on one end of the knife are aligned with one of the walls defining the slot 193, preferably the wall which is radial, and a wedge 195 is then inserted in knocked in the slot, whereby the depressions or impressions are pressed very firmly against the wall forming the slot. The wire or blade 153 is then tensioned and a second wedge 195 is driven in to connect the indentations 190 at the other end of the blade to the corresponding one of the slot. In the design according to IPig. 38 shows a cutting ring for cutting six wedge-shaped pieces. In this Dall two wires are used, one of which crosses a the other and the other wire is a straight wire. The same general arrangement applies to every wire of the bing. It should be pointed out that the fastening pegs 191 generally correspond to the parts of FIGS. 14 and 15. In this particular embodiment

the tension of the wires is used to pulling the wedges into the slots, creating an unusual self-locking mechanism.

The Pig. 7, 11 and 38, like the others, show that the opening over which the blades 152 are arranged is arranged eccentrically relative to the outside of the Hinges 115 can be. The © round for this eccentricity is that by turning the bing 115 into a certain position thick and thin slices and other such cuts can be made. The lock 160 is the Bing held in the respective positions. For example should be cut thick slices. A cutting device is used for this in accordance with FIG. 7 to 10 elected and adjusted so that the knives are parallel to each other and vertical to those in the lower cutting ring 116 are aligned. Then the vegetables are pushed through the cutting device and thick slices are created. However, if thin slices are desired, then the bing 115 (or 15) is rotated 180 ° so that the straight parts with parallel to the turns of the lower bing, but not with it these lie in one plane. This allows slices to be cut that are only about half the thickness of the other discs, because the distance between the blades of both the upper and lower discs has become smaller. In summary, it can be stated that the second

preferred embodiment all features of the first embodiment has, but in addition a device by which the cutting device is reduced in size can be, and at the same time the knives 152 are protected. In addition, the arrangement of the guides 122 is within the lower part and its interaction with the leather simplified, whereby the manufacturing costs are reduced, and yet a durable construction is achieved. The arrangement of an angled bracket 144 'around the guides Keeping 122 folded back improves the general: Design. In addition, a safety lock is built in to prevent damage to the knives if the gate direction is used by an overly eager user.

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Expectations 1. Device for cutting food, especially vegetables and potatoes, the vegetables or the like. By the knife is pushed through, marked dadur.ch, that on a base (11, 111) a set of knives (H, 114) with knives that can be adjusted relative to each other (15 »16» 115, 116) is arranged, through which the food to be chopped (21, 121) by means of an above the base (11, TU) arranged, but in this slidably mounted slide (12, 112) is pushed through. 2. Apparatus make claim 1, characterized in that the set of knives (14, 114) consists of two rings in which knives in the form of straight or corrugated blades or rapiers are attached. 5. Apparatus according to claim 1 and 2, characterized in that the one knife ring (16, 116) is removable but immovable, while the overlying knife ring. (15, 115) is rotatable. 4. Apparatus according to claim 1 to 3, characterized in that that the lower non-rotatable knife ring (16, 116) with A2 ■ - A2 - Rabbits (39) showing its position in the upper feil (35) of the lower part (111) fix, is provided. , -: 5. Apparatus according to claim 1 to 4, characterized in that that the upper knife ring (15 or 115) is provided on its lower side with an annular rib (37) which slides on the top of the lower knife ring (16). 6. Apparatus according to claim 1 to 5, characterized in that in the upper, the knife rings (15, 16) receiving circular band (11) a spring lock (27) is arranged, which interacts with recesses (45) of the upper bing (15) and these in certain positions to the lower bing (16) holds on. 7. Apparatus according to claim 1 to 5, characterized in that that the slide pushing the food through the knife rings from a plate (19 or 119) with laterally opposite Handle consists, on which opposing guides (22, 122) are attached, which are parallel to each other running in corresponding guides of the base (11 or 111). 8. Apparatus according to claim 7 »characterized in that ■ - A3 - - A3 -: that the slide (12, 112) is in its extended position by bending one guide wall (144) in the base (111) can be folded back. 9. Apparatus according to claim 7 and 8, characterized in that ' that in or next to the guides (22, 122) springs (29, 125) are arranged, which the slide (12, 112) in the starting position push back by tensioning the springs when pushing the slider through. 10. Apparatus according to claim 7 to 9, characterized in that that the underside of the Sehieberkopf (19), which the food pushes through the knife, is provided with a plate (58) or rings (151), which-equipped with elevations which form parallel or criss-cross grooves on the plate. 11. The device according to claim 1 to 10, characterized in that that on the upper knife ring (15, 115) cleats, elevations or the like. (18,118) are arranged that the downward movement limit the slide (19, 119). 12. The device according to claim 11, characterized in that the studs (18, 118) in corresponding recesses on the head of the slide. (12, 112) intervene so that the elevations (59, 159) -A4 - A4 - the plate of the slider head in the between the knives enter lying empty rooms. 13 · Device according to claim 1 to 12, that the slide means a lock (130) located in the lower part (11, 111) can be locked in the collapsed state. 14. Device according to claims 1 to 13, characterized in that the guides (122) are hollow, approximately rectangular profiles, slotted along its narrow side (129) and on the others are provided with an Eippe (140). 15. The device according to claim 1 to 14, characterized in that that the tendon eater (52, 152) with tension in the Mewserringe inserted and the ends are fastened by means of wedges. 16. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the lesser arrangement (14) is arranged on the movable slide is and the pressure plate (85) on the fixed lower part (88).