EP0104267A1 - Appareil ménager pour découper en tranches les aliments - Google Patents

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EP0104267A1
EP0104267A1 EP82108918A EP82108918A EP0104267A1 EP 0104267 A1 EP0104267 A1 EP 0104267A1 EP 82108918 A EP82108918 A EP 82108918A EP 82108918 A EP82108918 A EP 82108918A EP 0104267 A1 EP0104267 A1 EP 0104267A1
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Ulrich Denter
Rolf-Günter Schülein
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Priority to AT82108918T priority Critical patent/ATE18366T1/de
Priority to EP82108918A priority patent/EP0104267B2/fr
Priority to DE8282108918T priority patent/DE3269649D1/de
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Priority to ES525927A priority patent/ES525927A0/es
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D3/00—Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut made; Apparatus therefor
    • B26D3/28—Splitting layers from work; Mutually separating layers by cutting
    • B26D3/283—Household devices therefor
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D3/00—Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut made; Apparatus therefor
    • B26D3/28—Splitting layers from work; Mutually separating layers by cutting
    • B26D3/283—Household devices therefor
    • B26D2003/285—Household devices therefor cutting one single slice at each stroke
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T74/00—Machine element or mechanism
    • Y10T74/18—Mechanical movements
    • Y10T74/18992—Reciprocating to reciprocating
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T83/00—Cutting
    • Y10T83/02—Other than completely through work thickness
    • Y10T83/0267—Splitting
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T83/00—Cutting
    • Y10T83/929—Tool or tool with support
    • Y10T83/9457—Joint or connection
    • Y10T83/9488—Adjustable
    • Y10T83/949—Rectilinearly
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T83/00—Cutting
    • Y10T83/929—Tool or tool with support
    • Y10T83/9493—Stationary cutter

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  • the invention relates to a kitchen device for cutting fruit, vegetables and other foods according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the material to be cut into slices is guided on a lower guide plate and pressed against a cutting knife arranged on the upper guide plate.
  • the cutting thickness is varied by adjusting the lower tongue-like guide plate.
  • Such a kitchen device is known from DE-AS 27 27 358.
  • a disadvantage of this design is the vertical arrangement of the cutting knife to the guideway of the material to be cut. As a result, sensitive vegetables such as tomatoes can no longer be cut.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a kitchen device for cutting fruit, vegetables and other foods, which also reliably cuts sensitive clippings such as tomatoes and yet enables precise regulation of the cutting thickness.
  • the special design of the cutting edge brings about an additional improvement in the cutting result.
  • By connecting the lower guide plate via a film hinge it is also possible to make this guide plate very rigid. This ensures that it remains completely flat when adjusting the cutting thickness.
  • the guide plate is evenly warped. This has the disadvantage that the clippings no longer lie flat, which worsens the cutting result. Boiled potatoes in particular tend to break the individual slices.
  • the other design features of the film hinge serve to increase the service life. It is achieved with these measures that the bending takes place over a greater length, so that it is not necessary, as is usually the case with a film hinge, to use higher-quality material.
  • the usual plastic material sufficient for vegetable preservation can be processed.
  • the slider with its deflection guide enables particularly easy operation of the cutting thickness adjustment.
  • a frame 1 is made in one piece with an upper guide plate 2 and a lower guide plate 3.
  • the upper guide plate 2 carries a cutting knife 5 at an angle 4, which is less than or equal to 45 °, preferably 30 °.
  • the cutting edge 6 of the cutting knife 5 is designed in the form of circular segment pieces 7 which abut one another pointedly.
  • the cut 8 of the cutting edge 6 lies down.
  • Liquid drainage slots 10 are provided at the end 9 of the upper guide plate 2.
  • the lower guide plate 3 is divided into an adjustable area 11 and a rigid area 12.
  • the two areas 11 and 12 are separated by a film hinge 13.
  • the film hinge 13 runs approximately parallel to the cutting knife 5 and is the only positive connection of the adjustable area 11 to the frame 1.
  • the area 11 is on both sides through a slot 14 and L. -shaped slot 15 separated from the frame 1.
  • the film hinge 13 is formed by a constriction 16 of the material thickness 17.
  • the transitions are each provided with a radius 18 and merge into a connecting chord 19 lying approximately parallel to the surface of the guide plate 2.
  • the material thickness is 2, the radius 12, the connecting chord 4 and the remaining material thickness in the connecting chord is 1 mm.
  • An adjustment rod 20 is provided for adjusting the lower guide plate 3. It lies between two perpendicular webs 21 and is by openings 22 and 23 in the sides walls 24 and 25 of the frame 1 out.
  • the adjusting rod 20 is angled on both sides and provided with bevels 26 and 27 lying parallel to each other. That means point 28 is on the same level as point 29 and point 30 on the same level as point 31.
  • the area from paragraph 32 to point 29 is flat and lies on the lower guide plate.
  • the setting bevel 27 merges into an eye 33 with guide bolts 34.
  • the adjustment rod 20 is guided in a deflection guide 35 of the slide 36 by means of these guide bolts 34.
  • the slide 36 is made in two parts and clipped onto an upper and lower guide web 37 and 38. These guide webs 37 and 38 run parallel to the side wall 25 and are made in one piece with this.
  • the position of the slider 36 shown in FIG. 1 gives the greatest slice thickness, while the position of the slider shown in broken lines gives thin slices.
  • the side walls 24 and 25 merge approximately at right angles into contact surfaces 39 and 40 for a residual slide, not shown in detail.
  • a holding hook 42 is formed on the rear wall 41 for the residual slide.
  • the support surface 39 is made relatively wide.

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  • Food-Manufacturing Devices (AREA)
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  • Apparatuses For Bulk Treatment Of Fruits And Vegetables And Apparatuses For Preparing Feeds (AREA)
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EP82108918A 1982-09-27 1982-09-27 Appareil ménager pour découper en tranches les aliments Expired - Lifetime EP0104267B2 (fr)

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AT82108918T ATE18366T1 (de) 1982-09-27 1982-09-27 Kuechengeraet zum schneiden von lebensmitteln.
EP82108918A EP0104267B2 (fr) 1982-09-27 1982-09-27 Appareil ménager pour découper en tranches les aliments
DE8282108918T DE3269649D1 (en) 1982-09-27 1982-09-27 Kitchen utensil for slicing foodstuffs
ES525927A ES525927A0 (es) 1982-09-27 1983-09-26 Perfeccionamientos en un utensilio cortante de cocina
US06/742,656 US4573387A (en) 1982-09-27 1985-06-10 Kitchen utensil for cutting of food

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EP82108918A EP0104267B2 (fr) 1982-09-27 1982-09-27 Appareil ménager pour découper en tranches les aliments

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EP0104267A1 true EP0104267A1 (fr) 1984-04-04
EP0104267B1 EP0104267B1 (fr) 1986-03-05
EP0104267B2 EP0104267B2 (fr) 1991-02-20

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AT (1) ATE18366T1 (fr)
DE (1) DE3269649D1 (fr)
ES (1) ES525927A0 (fr)

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EP0412488A2 (fr) * 1989-08-05 1991-02-13 A. Börner Gmbh Dispositif pour la coupe en tranches de fruits ou légumes

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US4733588A (en) * 1986-09-30 1988-03-29 Keiji Yamamoto Guide regulator plate for vegetable preparing devices
US5745999A (en) * 1996-12-09 1998-05-05 Zirkiev; Arkady Food slicer device
DE19827077A1 (de) * 1998-06-18 1999-12-23 Leifheit Ag Vorrichtung zum Zerkleinern von Lebensmitteln
DE10054174B4 (de) * 2000-11-02 2004-01-22 Börner Kunststoff- und Metallwarenfabrik GmbH Küchengerät zum Schneiden von Schneidgut
US20040231482A1 (en) * 2003-05-02 2004-11-25 Howard Boilen Food processing device
US7131905B2 (en) * 2003-06-18 2006-11-07 Terrance Johnson Method and apparatus for spiral cutting a tubular meat product
US20070037503A1 (en) * 2003-06-18 2007-02-15 Terrance Johnson Method and apparatus for spiral cutting a tubular meat product related application
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DE1629988A1 (de) * 1967-05-13 1970-10-01 Johannsson Arne Vallentin Lebensmittelschneidegeraet
FR2054916A5 (fr) * 1969-07-31 1971-05-07 Brignard Francois
FR2344380A1 (fr) * 1976-03-20 1977-10-14 Boerner Alfred Appareil menager pour decouper en tranches des pommes de terre, legumes, fruits, et procede de fabrication de cet appareil

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FR2054916A5 (fr) * 1969-07-31 1971-05-07 Brignard Francois
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EP0412488A2 (fr) * 1989-08-05 1991-02-13 A. Börner Gmbh Dispositif pour la coupe en tranches de fruits ou légumes
EP0412488A3 (en) * 1989-08-05 1991-10-02 A. Boerner Gmbh Apparatus for slicing fruit, vegetables or the like

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ES8405664A1 (es) 1984-06-16
EP0104267B2 (fr) 1991-02-20
US4573387A (en) 1986-03-04
ATE18366T1 (de) 1986-03-15
DE3269649D1 (en) 1986-04-10
ES525927A0 (es) 1984-06-16

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