DE9319795U1 - Onion chopper - Google Patents

Description

ONION CHOPPER Description

This invention is based on chopping an onion in such a way that onion rings and onion cubes can be produced in one operation.

There are numerous devices for chopping onions, but not this device, which is designed to chop the onion very quickly and in a very precise way, which also largely eliminates the annoying onion smell. The high level of safety is a special feature because there is no risk of injury.

A rectangular disc (1), primarily made of plastic, in which there are rectangular openings (2) running parallel in the upper half. In the lower half there is a slanted longitudinal opening (3), above which there is a cutting blade (6) which is firmly integrated into the disc (1). At the upper and lower ends of the disc (1) there are boundary beads (4+4a) which are firmly attached to the disc. These boundary beads are connected to one another by two sliding rods (5). A tube-like structure (20) is attached to these sliding rods via brackets (7). This tube can be pushed up and down over the sliding rods. The distance from the disc (1) is set so that it cannot get caught in the cutting blade (6).

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Inside the tube (20) there is a second, longer tube (8) which has two opposing knobs (21) which engage in groove recesses (21a) provided for this purpose in order to hold and rotate this tube (8). The rear end of the tube (8) is provided with a thread (14).

Behind the disc (1) there is a rod (17) by means of bolts and bolt holders (16), the top of which is designed as a pressure handle (15). Between the pressure handle (15) and the limiting bead (4) there is a compression spring (18). At the lower end of the rod (17) there is a crossbar with several knives (19) ground upwards and downwards at equal intervals.

The tube (8) has a matching threaded cover (9), on the inside of which a pin (10) is attached in the middle and whose tip reaches to the end of the tube (8). A compression spring (11) is attached to the inner edge of the cover (9), at the other end of which an inner cover (12) hangs.

Cutting an onion is done as follows:

The threaded cover (9) is unscrewed and an onion (13) with the outer shell removed is placed on the tip of the needle. The cover (9) is screwed on again with about one and a half turns, this presses the onion (13) onto the disk (1), whereby the needle (10) continues to pierce through the onion and the spring (11) is tensioned.

If you want to cut onion rings, press

the handle (15) with the boundary bead (4), whereby the blades (19) disappear from the openings (2). Now you can pull the tube structure up and down, whereby the pressure of the spring (11) causes a slice of onion to be peeled off by the blade (6). The construction of the onion thus creates rings.

If you want diced onions, simply release the handle (15) from the spring tension and the blades (19) go back through the openings (2). If you now push the tube structure with the onion downwards, the onion (13) is first pulled through the blades (19) and cut in parallel cuts. By pulling it further downwards over the cutting blade (6), the onion pieces break down into small cubes. However, if you want very small cubes, each time after the onion has already been split by the blades (19) when you pull it up, turn the tube (8) one turn at a time until it stops and then pull it down again. This causes the onion to be split crosswise again and when it is pulled through the cutting blade (6), correspondingly small pieces are produced.

Claims (7)

Protection claims 1. Onion chopper, characterized by a rectangular disk (1) with rectangular openings (2) running parallel through it in the upper half, with an oblique longitudinal opening (3) in the lower half with a cutting blade integrated into the disk (1). 2. Onion chopper according to claim 1, with limiting beads (4+4A) attached to the top and bottom ends, which are connected to one another by sliding rails (5). 3. Onion chopper according to claim 1 and 2, characterized by a tube-like structure (20) with holders (7) for connection to the slide rails (5). 4. Onion chopper according to claim 3, with a further tube (8) inside the tube (20), which serves as a housing for the onion (13) and is rotatable, wherein the knobs (21) fit in the groove recesses (21A) of the tube housing (8). 5. Onion casing according to claim 1, characterized by a rod (17) attached to the disc (1) with a crossbar attached to the lower end with several suitably ground knives (19). 6. Onion chopper according to claim 4, characterized by a threaded lid (9), in the middle of which an insertion pin (10) is attached, onto which the onion (13) is placed. 7. Onion chopper according to claim 4 and 6, characterized by a specially shaped inner lid (12) with a compression spring (11) attached thereto for pushing the onion (13) during chopping.