FR2605926A1 - Luminous marking aiding in cutting up patisserie and ready-cooked dishes - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a device aiding the cutting of patisserie and ready-cooked dishes into a number of equal parts, using the usual dishes and knives. It comprises a sphere, made up of two hollow hemispheres 2 and 3 placed on a support 1, itself placed at the centre of the dish to be cut up 6. This sphere emits light beams 5 which, upon encountering the dish to be cut up, creates visible, radiating and evenly distributed lines. A plurality of hemispheres 2 are proposed for marking from 2 to 12 parts. The individual guides his usual knife following the luminous lines. The device according to the invention is particularly intended for marking with luminous lines and/or letters, numbers or drawings (according to the variant) of any patisserie and ready-cooked dishes of circular or polygonal shape.

Description

 The present invention relates to a device which helps to cut most pastries and cooked dishes of circular or polygonal shape into a number of equal parts without hesitation.

 Several devices currently used use either a special dish which has marks on its circumference whose distances are sub multiples of 360 or mechanical devices of the sharing shovel type using adjustable sectors.

 The device according to the invention overcomes the difficulty for sharing which annoys a good number of people.

 The hostess likes to serve her pastries and other cooked dishes in the dishes that are part of her table service, the fact of using another less aesthetic dish decreases her pleasure. Nor does she like to use a mechanical device that is not easy to implement.

 The present invention takes all these criteria into account, it makes it very easy to select the number of parts to be produced.

 The pastry is then cut by the person using this device using his knife and this in his usual dish.

 The process and the device described below relate to the luminous marking of the sectors making it possible to cut into a given number parts of equal value without hazardous manipulation and without hesitation.

 Figure 1 shows in section the device according to the invention.

 Figure 2 shows the top view of this device.

 Figure 3 shows in section a variant of this device.

 Figure 4 shows a top view of this variant.

 The device consists of a vertical support (1) raised by a hollow hemisphere (2), itself capped with another hollow hemisphere (3) closing the first.

 A light source (4) located in the sphere thus formed projects its light rays towards the hemisphere (2) which has openings (15) in the form of radiating lines and also distributed.

 The light beams thus produced (5) leaving the sphere are directed towards the upper plane of the pastry to be cut (6) placed in the dish (7).

 Using the half-sphere (2) specific to the number of parts chosen, we thus create a set of light lines marking the pastry following a rigorous distribution.

 The operating person very easily follows with his knife each light line which serves as a guide, from the center of the dish to its circumference or its sides in the case of polygons.

 The light source (4) consists of an electric bulb and a concentric parabolic reflector (8).

Electric power is supplied to it by batteries (9) located in the vertical support (1). Any other light source can be used (candle ...).

 The electrical contact is established automatically by means of electrical tracks (10) when the hemisphere (3) is placed on the hemisphere (2).

 The installation of the device is extremely simple and is carried out in three operations.

 10- Place the selected half-sphere (2) at the top of the support (1), using the guides for fixing it.

 2 - Place the hemisphere (3) on the hemisphere (2), by blocking them by rotation, the electrical contact is established.

 30- If the product to be cut allows it to press the conical base of the support (1) in its center. Otherwise, first place the tripod (11) in the center of the dish which will receive in its central housing the conical base of the support.

 Several half-spheres (2) are supplied with the device, they each have a number of lines distributed differently.

 According to a variant (fig. 3) an external support (12) in the form of a bracket maintains the luminous sphere above the dish to be cut. In this case the power supply (13) is housed in the base of the support. A manual switch (14) is then used to establish contact. Power can also be supplied from the mains (16).

 A half-sphere which includes 8 lines equally distributed (all 450) allows the cut in two, four or eight parts. Another which includes 12 allows the cut into six or twelve parts. Seven hemispheres are sufficient to cover the range of two to twelve parts. The angular difference separating two lines is constant for the same hemisphere, it is a function of the number of lines produced.

 This process also makes it possible to cut shares of unit value or of value half or a third of the unit.

For example the hemisphere which has 10 lines allows the cutting of 5 equal parts or 4 large parts of 1 / 5th value and two "small" of 1 / 10th value etc ...

 According to a variant, each hemisphere may include a recess to receive a plate (17) provided with any marks, for example first names, numbers corresponding to birthdays, drawings etc ... (fig. 4).

 According to another variant, the light emitted can be of a chosen color in order to create a pleasant effect when serving the dish (choice of electric bulb).

 The possible angular orientation of the complete sphere makes it possible to place the lines and / or the light marks according to the desire of the cutter. Indeed some pastries have sugar or other pieces that can interfere with the cut.

The device can be made of plastic material specific to food products. The pieces must be molded, of rounded shapes and of pleasant presentation, adapted to the dishes to be served.

 The device according to the invention is particularly intended for sharing pastries and cooked dishes, for example cakes, pies, ice creams, pizzas etc ... of circular, square, rectangular shape ...

Claims (10)

 1) Device helping to cut pastries and cooked dishes into equal parts characterized in that it comprises a sphere constituted by two hemispheres (2) and (3) placed on a support (1), this sphere emits light beams which , meeting the surface of the cutting dish (6) create visible, radiant and equally distributed lines  2) Device according to claim 1 characterized in that the number of light lines (5) is defined according to the choice of the hemisphere (2), the hemisphere (3) comprising the light source (4) remaining the even.  3) Device according to claim 2 characterized in that the light source (4) of electrical origin is reflected by a concentric parabolic reflector (8).  4) Device according to claim 3 characterized in that the electrical energy contained in the support (1) in the form of batteries (9) feeds the light source (4) via an electrical contact automatically established during the '' association of the half-spheres (2) and (3)  5) Device according to claim 3 characterized in that the electrical energy in the form of batteries can be located in a power supply (13) and connected to the sphere by electric wires passing through a support (12) in the form of bracket, the electrical contact being implemented by means of a switch (14).  6) Device according to claim 5 characterized in that the electrical energy can be supplied from the sector (16).  7) Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the light source is reflected by a concentric parabolic reflector  8) Device according to claims 1,2 and7 characterized in that the color of the light lines can be adapted to the dishes to be served by choosing the color of the light source  9) Device according to claim 1 characterized in that the support (1) with conical base is placed on a tripod previously centered on the flat in order to obtain better stability of the assembly depending on the products  10) Device according to claims 1 and 2 characterized in that each half-sphere may include recesses for receiving plates (17) provided with any marks, for example first names, numbers, drawings ...