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EP1079957B1
EP1079957B1 EP99922226A EP99922226A EP1079957B1 EP 1079957 B1 EP1079957 B1 EP 1079957B1 EP 99922226 A EP99922226 A EP 99922226A EP 99922226 A EP99922226 A EP 99922226A EP 1079957 B1 EP1079957 B1 EP 1079957B1
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  • the invention relates to the technical sector of instruments cutting edge type knives, comprising a fixed blade secured to a handle.
  • the invention relates to knives for use professional for cutting various products. This is particularly the case knives used in the food industry, for example for slaughtering, cutting meat ... Obviously, utility knives household for cutting meat or others, fall within the scope of the invention.
  • the knife has, in a perfectly known manner, a sharp blade made integral with a grip handle of suitable ergonomic shape.
  • the blade is most often made of treated stainless steel while the handle can be made of different materials such as wood, plastics ...
  • the blade has different profiles, on the one hand, and different arrangements for making the cut as such, on the other hand.
  • these knives do not offer sufficient security for the user, if we consider certain working conditions. Often the user is obliged not only to exert a support effort directed from top to bottom to make the cut, but also a pushing effort at the level of the handle, in order to make penetrate the blade into the product to be worked. This results in risks significant sliding of the hand, which under the pushing force considered, can drop the handle and slide off the edge of the blade. of the more or less serious cuts therefore exist with sometimes the cutting ligaments.
  • Some knife handles have in their part of connection with the blade, a heel which in some cases can act of stopper in the hand of the user but which could not, in any case, him avoid slipping at the edge of the blade. In other words, the protection is not assured.
  • This state of the art can be illustrated by teaching of the GB 2171628 and EP 0283445 patents.
  • the problem which the invention proposes to solve is to be able provide simple, safe, efficient and rational protection of fingers of the user's hand holding the knife handle while removing any risk of hand slipping at the edge of the blade. It is also appeared important to take into account the problem of positioning of the cutting edge of the blade which must be as low as possible by compared to a work plan considered. It is understood that the dimensions of the blade in particular in terms of its length and thickness and its height are dictated by standards directly dependent on the nature of the work to be done.
  • a cutting instrument of the type of those comprising in a known manner a fixed blade integral with a handle, which has, on the side of its part of connection with the blade, arrangements capable of ensuring protection of the user's fingers, relative to the cutting edge of said blade.
  • the problems of safe and effective protection of the fingers of the user is resolved in that the arrangements of the handle are constituted by a curved profile formed very substantially in the thickness and the extension of the connecting part of the handle with the blade in constituting a curved part in a direction opposite to the blade under substantially forms a C to protect about two fingers, leaving others free.
  • the C-profile defines a open internal loop with a straight segment on the outside extending substantially parallel to the upper rectilinear edge of the handle, by being connected to the part of the handle, by a straight segment angularly arranged, to allow the user to always tilt the blade in relation to a work plan considered, in order to have a length sufficient contact, at the cutting edge.
  • either the curved profile is located on the edge of the blade, or on the back of the blade.
  • the blade is lowered and tilted by relative to the upper edge of the handle so as to position the cutting of said blade as close as possible to a work surface.
  • connection angle of the blade relative to the handle is between 5 ° and 25 ° approximately.
  • the angle blade connection is preferably 10 °.
  • the entire handle and curved protective profile are obtained by injection of a plastic material.
  • the knife comprises a blade (1) secured to a handle (2).
  • the blade (1) is made integral with the handle (2) by any known and appropriate means with an angular position fixed, so as to constitute a non-folding knife.
  • the handle (2) has, on the side of its connection part (2a) with the blade (1), a curved profile (2b) acting as an open guard and capable of ensuring the protection of the user's fingers.
  • the profile (2b) is formed very substantially in the thickness and the extension of the part of connection (2a) of the handle with the blade.
  • the profile (2b) defines a internal loop (2b1) open in the form of a substantially C-shaped side. outside, the curved profile (2b) has a straight segment (2b2) extending substantially parallel to the upper rectilinear field (2c) of the handle.
  • This rectilinear segment (2b2) is connected to the part (2a) of the handle, by a rectilinear segment (2b3) arranged angularly, in order to allow the user to always tilt the blade relative to a plane of work considered, in order to have a sufficient length of contact, at the level of the cutting part (1b) of said blade.
  • the whole blade (1) is lowered relative to the upper edge (2c) of the handle (2).
  • the angle of blade connection (1) relative to the handle (2) is between 5 and 25 °.
  • this angle is preferably 10 °.
  • the invention applies to all types of knife blades (straight or curve) ( Figures 2 and 4) depending on the desired applications.
  • the blade can have all cutting and cutting profiles (1b).
  • the blade in as such remains therefore carried out in the known manner in terms of forms, dimensions and characteristics. Only its positioning in relation to handle is modified, on the one hand in height and, on the other hand, in inclination.
  • the entire handle (2) and the curved protective profile is advantageously obtained by injection of a plastic material.
  • the invention finds an application to all types of knives, especially those used in the food industry, for slaughter, cutting meat, as well as cutting certain vegetables such than salad, cauliflower, without excluding other applications of the type household.
  • protection profile can be located in depending on the envisaged applications, on the back side of the blade or at the both on the cutting edge and back of the blade.

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Description

L'invention se rattache au secteur technique des instruments tranchants du type couteaux, comprenant une lame fixe solidaire d'un manche.The invention relates to the technical sector of instruments cutting edge type knives, comprising a fixed blade secured to a handle.

Plus particulièrement, l'invention concerne les couteaux à usage professionnel pour la découpe de produits divers. C'est le cas notamment des couteaux utilisés dans l'industrie agro-alimentaire, par exemple pour l'abattage, la découpe de la viande... Bien évidemment, les couteaux à usage ménager pour la découpe de la viande ou autres, rentrent dans le cadre de l'invention.More particularly, the invention relates to knives for use professional for cutting various products. This is particularly the case knives used in the food industry, for example for slaughtering, cutting meat ... Obviously, utility knives household for cutting meat or others, fall within the scope of the invention.

Le couteau présente de manière parfaitement connue, une lame tranchante rendue solidaire d'un manche de préhension de forme ergonomique appropriée. La lame est le plus souvent réalisée en acier inoxydable traité tandis que le manche peut être réalisé dans différentes matières tels que le bois, les matières plastiques...
   En fonction des applications envisagées, la lame présente différents profils, d'une part, et différents agencements pour réaliser la coupe en tant que telle, d'autre part.The knife has, in a perfectly known manner, a sharp blade made integral with a grip handle of suitable ergonomic shape. The blade is most often made of treated stainless steel while the handle can be made of different materials such as wood, plastics ...
Depending on the applications envisaged, the blade has different profiles, on the one hand, and different arrangements for making the cut as such, on the other hand.

Quelle que soit leur forme de réalisation, ces couteaux n'offrent pas une sécurité suffisante pour l'utilisateur, si l'on considère certaines conditions de travail. Souvent l'utilisateur est obligé non seulement d'exercer un effort d'appui dirigé de haut en bas pour procéder à la coupe, mais également un effort de poussée au niveau du manche, afin de faire pénétrer la lame dans le produit à travailler. Il en résulte des risques importants de glissement de la main, qui sous l'effort de poussée considéré, peut échapper le manche et glisser au niveau du tranchant de la lame. Des coupures plus ou moins graves existent donc avec parfois le sectionnement des ligaments.Whatever their embodiment, these knives do not offer sufficient security for the user, if we consider certain working conditions. Often the user is obliged not only to exert a support effort directed from top to bottom to make the cut, but also a pushing effort at the level of the handle, in order to make penetrate the blade into the product to be worked. This results in risks significant sliding of the hand, which under the pushing force considered, can drop the handle and slide off the edge of the blade. of the more or less serious cuts therefore exist with sometimes the cutting ligaments.

Certains manches de couteaux présentent dans leur partie de raccordement avec la lame, un talon qui dans certains cas peut faire office de butée à la main de l'utilisateur mais qui ne saurait, en aucun cas, lui éviter de glisser au niveau du tranchant de la lame. Autrement dit, la protection n'est pas assurée. Cet état de la technique peut être illustré par l'enseignement des brevets GB 2171628 et EP 0283445.Some knife handles have in their part of connection with the blade, a heel which in some cases can act of stopper in the hand of the user but which could not, in any case, him avoid slipping at the edge of the blade. In other words, the protection is not assured. This state of the art can be illustrated by teaching of the GB 2171628 and EP 0283445 patents.

Le problème que se propose de résoudre l'invention est de pouvoir assurer de manière simple, sûre, efficace et rationnelle la protection des doigts de la main de l'utilisateur tenant le manche du couteau en supprimant tout risque de glissement de la main au niveau du tranchant de la lame. Il est également apparu important de tenir compte du problème du positionnement du tranchant de la lame qui doit être le plus bas possible par rapport à un plan de travail considéré. Il est bien entendu que les dimensions de la lame au niveau notamment de sa longueur et de son épaisseur et de sa hauteur sont dictées par des normes dépendant directement de la nature du travail à effectuer.The problem which the invention proposes to solve is to be able provide simple, safe, efficient and rational protection of fingers of the user's hand holding the knife handle while removing any risk of hand slipping at the edge of the blade. It is also appeared important to take into account the problem of positioning of the cutting edge of the blade which must be as low as possible by compared to a work plan considered. It is understood that the dimensions of the blade in particular in terms of its length and thickness and its height are dictated by standards directly dependent on the nature of the work to be done.

Pour résoudre ces différents problèmes, il a été conçu et mis au point, un instrument tranchant du type de ceux comprenant d'une manière connue une lame fixe solidaire d'un manche, qui présente, du côté de sa partie de raccordement avec la lame, des agencements aptes à assurer la protection des doigts de l'utilisateur, par rapport au tranchant de ladite lame.To solve these different problems, it was designed and developed, a cutting instrument of the type of those comprising in a known manner a fixed blade integral with a handle, which has, on the side of its part of connection with the blade, arrangements capable of ensuring protection of the user's fingers, relative to the cutting edge of said blade.

Le problème posé de la protection sûre et efficace des doigts de l'utilisateur est résolu en ce que les agencements du manche sont constitués par un profil recourbé formé très sensiblement dans l'épaisseur et le prolongement de la partie de raccordement du manche avec la lame en constituant une partie recourbée dans une direction opposée à la lame sous forme sensiblement d'un C pour protéger environ deux doigts, laissant les autres libres.The problem of safe and effective protection of the fingers of the user is resolved in that the arrangements of the handle are constituted by a curved profile formed very substantially in the thickness and the extension of the connecting part of the handle with the blade in constituting a curved part in a direction opposite to the blade under substantially forms a C to protect about two fingers, leaving others free.

Pour résoudre le problème posé d'assurer la protection des doigts de la main d'une part, tout en ayant pour objectif de pouvoir lâcher très facilement le manche si nécessaire, d'autre part, le profil en C délimite une boucle interne ouverte présentant, du côté extérieur, un segment rectiligne s'étendant sensiblement parallèlement au chant rectiligne supérieur du manche, en étant raccordé à la partie du manche, par un segment rectiligne disposé angulairement, afin de permettre à l'utilisateur de toujours incliner la lame par rapport à un plan de travail considéré, afin d'avoir une longueur suffisante de contact, au niveau du tranchant.To solve the problem of ensuring the protection of the fingers of hand on the one hand, while having the objective of being able to let go very easily the handle if necessary, on the other hand, the C-profile defines a open internal loop with a straight segment on the outside extending substantially parallel to the upper rectilinear edge of the handle, by being connected to the part of the handle, by a straight segment angularly arranged, to allow the user to always tilt the blade in relation to a work plan considered, in order to have a length sufficient contact, at the cutting edge.

A partir de cette conception de base, soit le profil recourbé est situé du côté du tranchant de la lame, soit du côté du dos de la lame. From this basic design, either the curved profile is located on the edge of the blade, or on the back of the blade.

Pour résoudre le problème posé du positionnement de la lame de coupe par rapport au plan de travail la lame est rabaissée et inclinée par rapport à l'arête supérieure du manche de manière à positionner le tranchant de ladite lame le plus près possible d'un plan de travail.To solve the problem posed by the positioning of the blade cut from the work surface the blade is lowered and tilted by relative to the upper edge of the handle so as to position the cutting of said blade as close as possible to a work surface.

Pour résoudre le problème posé de rabaisser le tranchant de la lame par rapport à un plan de travail, notamment au niveau de la partie d'attaque de la lame, c'est-à-dire de son extrémité libre, l'angle de raccordement de la lame par rapport au manche est compris entre 5° et 25° environ. L'angle de raccordement de la lame est de préférence de 10°.To solve the problem of lowering the edge of the blade compared to a work plan, in particular at the level of the attack part of the blade, i.e. of its free end, the connection angle of the blade relative to the handle is between 5 ° and 25 ° approximately. The angle blade connection is preferably 10 °.

.L'ensemble du manche et du profil recourbé de protection sont obtenus par injection d'une matière plastique..The entire handle and curved protective profile are obtained by injection of a plastic material.

L'invention est exposée ci-après plus en détail à l'aide des figures des dessins annexés dans lesquels :

  • la figure 1 est une vue de face d'un exemple de réalisation d'un couteau de coupe selon l'état de la technique.
  • la figure 2 est une vue correspondant à la figure 1, montrant le même type de couteau que celui illustré figure 1 et exécuté selon les caractéristiques de l'invention.
  • la figure 3 est une vue correspondant à la ligne 3.3 de la figure 2.
  • la figure 4 est une vue de face montrant un autre type de couteau selon les caractéristiques de l'invention.
The invention is set out below in more detail with the aid of the figures of the appended drawings in which:
  • Figure 1 is a front view of an exemplary embodiment of a cutting knife according to the prior art.
  • Figure 2 is a view corresponding to Figure 1, showing the same type of knife as that illustrated in Figure 1 and executed according to the features of the invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a view corresponding to line 3.3 of FIG. 2.
  • Figure 4 is a front view showing another type of knife according to the features of the invention.

De manière parfaitement connue, le couteau comprend une lame (1) rendue solidaire d'un manche (2). La lame (1) est rendue solidaire du manche (2) par tout moyen connu et approprié avec une position angulaire fixe, de manière à constituer un couteau non pliable. On désigne par (1a) le dos de la lame et par (1b) son tranchant.In a perfectly known manner, the knife comprises a blade (1) secured to a handle (2). The blade (1) is made integral with the handle (2) by any known and appropriate means with an angular position fixed, so as to constitute a non-folding knife. We denote by (1a) the back of the blade and by (1b) its cutting edge.

Selon une caractéristique à la base de l'invention, le manche (2) présente, du côté de sa partie de raccordement (2a) avec la lame (1), un profil recourbé (2b) faisant office de sous garde ouverte et apte à assurer la protection des doigts de l'utilisateur. Le profil (2b) est formé très sensiblement dans l'épaisseur et le prolongement de la partie de raccordement (2a) du manche avec la lame. Le profil (2b) délimite une boucle interne (2b1) ouverte sous forme très sensiblement d'un C. Du côté extérieur, le profil recourbé (2b) présente un segment rectiligne (2b2) s'étendant sensiblement parallèlement au champ rectiligne supérieur (2c) du manche. Ce segment rectiligne (2b2) est raccordé à la partie (2a) du manche, par un segment rectiligne (2b3) disposé angulairement, afin de permettre à l'utilisateur de toujours incliner la lame par rapport à un plan de travail considéré, afin d'avoir une longueur suffisante de contact, au niveau de la partie tranchante (1b) de ladite lame.According to a characteristic underlying the invention, the handle (2) has, on the side of its connection part (2a) with the blade (1), a curved profile (2b) acting as an open guard and capable of ensuring the protection of the user's fingers. The profile (2b) is formed very substantially in the thickness and the extension of the part of connection (2a) of the handle with the blade. The profile (2b) defines a internal loop (2b1) open in the form of a substantially C-shaped side. outside, the curved profile (2b) has a straight segment (2b2) extending substantially parallel to the upper rectilinear field (2c) of the handle. This rectilinear segment (2b2) is connected to the part (2a) of the handle, by a rectilinear segment (2b3) arranged angularly, in order to allow the user to always tilt the blade relative to a plane of work considered, in order to have a sufficient length of contact, at the level of the cutting part (1b) of said blade.

Pour résoudre le problème posé de positionner le tranchant (1b) de la lame du couteau le plus près possible du plan de travail considéré, et compte tenu des dimensions standards des lames, l'ensemble de la lame (1) est rabaissée par rapport à l'arête supérieure (2c) du manche (2). L'angle de raccordement de la lame (1) par rapport au manche (2) est compris entre 5 et 25°. Avantageusement, cet angle est de préférence de 10°.To solve the problem posed of positioning the cutting edge (1b) of the knife blade as close as possible to the work plan considered, and counts given the standard dimensions of the blades, the whole blade (1) is lowered relative to the upper edge (2c) of the handle (2). The angle of blade connection (1) relative to the handle (2) is between 5 and 25 °. Advantageously, this angle is preferably 10 °.

Ces dispositions combinées du positionnement de la lame (1) par rapport au couteau (2) avec le profil recourbé de protection (2b), permettent de continuer à utiliser le couteau considéré d'une manière classique, au niveau de la coupe en tant que telle tout en assurant une protection efficace des doigts de l'utilisateur, en évitant tout glissement de la main en direction du tranchant (1b) de la lame.These combined arrangements of the positioning of the blade (1) by compared to the knife (2) with the curved protective profile (2b), allow to continue using the knife considered in a conventional manner, at the level of the cut as such while ensuring effective protection of the user's fingers, avoiding any sliding of the hand towards cutting edge (1b) of the blade.

On observe également que le profil recourbé de protection (2b) est ouvert, évitant ainsi d'emprisonner la main par rapport au manche, afin de pouvoir échapper automatiquement le manche, si nécessaire.We also observe that the curved protective profile (2b) is open, thus avoiding trapping the hand in relation to the handle, in order to be able to automatically drop the handle, if necessary.

L'invention s'applique à tous types de lames de couteaux (droite ou courbe) (figures 2 et 4) en fonction des applications recherchées. De même, la lame peut présenter tous profils de tranchant et de coupe (1b). La lame en tant que telle demeure donc réalisée à la façon connue au niveau des formes, dimensions et caractéristiques. Seul son positionnement par rapport au manche est modifié, d'une part en hauteur et, d'autre part, en inclinaison.The invention applies to all types of knife blades (straight or curve) (Figures 2 and 4) depending on the desired applications. Likewise, the blade can have all cutting and cutting profiles (1b). The blade in as such remains therefore carried out in the known manner in terms of forms, dimensions and characteristics. Only its positioning in relation to handle is modified, on the one hand in height and, on the other hand, in inclination.

L'ensemble du manche (2) et du profil recourbé de protection est avantageusement obtenu par injection d'une matière plastique.The entire handle (2) and the curved protective profile is advantageously obtained by injection of a plastic material.

L'invention trouve une application à tous types de couteaux, notamment à ceux utilisés dans l'industrie agro-alimentaire, pour l'abattage, la découpe de la viande, ainsi que pour la découpe de certains légumes tels que salade, chou-fleur, sans pour cela exclure d'autres applications du type ménager.The invention finds an application to all types of knives, especially those used in the food industry, for slaughter, cutting meat, as well as cutting certain vegetables such than salad, cauliflower, without excluding other applications of the type household.

A noter également que le profil de protection peut être situé en fonction des applications envisagées, du côté du dos de la lame ou bien à la fois du côté du tranchant et du dos de la lame.Also note that the protection profile can be located in depending on the envisaged applications, on the back side of the blade or at the both on the cutting edge and back of the blade.

Les avantages ressortent bien de la description, en particulier on souligne et on rappelle la protection sûre et efficace des doigts de la main de l'utilisateur sans pour autant modifier les caractéristiques de coupe résultant notamment de la façon d'utiliser le couteau.The advantages are apparent from the description, in particular one underlines and recalls the safe and effective protection of the fingers of the hand of the user without modifying the resulting cutting characteristics including how to use the knife.

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  1. Cutting implement comprising a fixed blade (1) integral with a handle (2) that has features (2b), in the vicinity of the interface (2a) between it and the blade (1), such as to protect the fingers of the user from the cutting edge (1b) of the said blade (1), the said implement being characterized in that the features of the handle (2) are a hooked profile (2b) formed very roughly in the thickness and continuation of the interface between the handle (2) and the blade (1) to give a part that is bent away from the blade in the general form of a C so as to protect two fingers or so, leaving the others free.
  2. Implement according to Claim 1, characterized in that the blade (1) is set low and inclined with respect to the upper edge (2c) of the handle (2) so as to position the cutting edge (1b) of the said blade (1) as close as possible to a work surface.
  3. Implement according to Claim 1, characterized in that the C-shaped curved part defines an open inner loop (2b1), the said profile (2b) comprising, on the outside, a straight segment (2b2) extending roughly parallel to the straight upper edge (2c) of the handle and joined to the interface (2a) of the handle by a straight segment (2b3) set at an angle in order to allow the user always to incline the blade with respect to a given work surface in order to allow a sufficient length of contact for the cutting edge (1b).
  4. Implement according to Claim 1, characterized in that the hooked profile (2b) is situated roughly in line with the cutting edge of the blade (1).
  5. Implement according to Claim 1, characterized in that the hooked profile (2b) is situated roughly in line with the back of the blade (1).
  6. Implement according to Claim 1, characterized in that the hooked profile (2b) is situated roughly in line with both the cutting edge and with the back of the blade (1).
  7. Implement according to Claim 1, characterized in that the angle at which the blade (1) joins the handle (2) is roughly between 5° and 25°.
  8. Implement according to Claim 7, characterized in that the angle at which the blade is joined is preferably 10°.
  9. Implement according to Claim 1, characterized in that the handle (2) and the protective hooked profile (2b) are produced together by plastic injection moulding.
  10. Cutting implement according to Claim 1, characterized in that it is a cutting knife.
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