JPH08173333A - Vegetable/fruit cutter - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a vegetable/fruit cutter which can safely cut a vegetable or fruit into pieces of a required shape by extending a handle from one side of the cutter base in the direction of the relative movement of the material to be cut. CONSTITUTION: This cutter 1 has a base 2 and a cutting blade 3. The base 2 has a holding surface 21 which holds the surface of the material to be cut and a handle 22. On the center of the base, a nearly parallelogram slot 23 is bored through the holding surface 21. The handle 22 is extended from one side of the base 2 so as to be extended from the fringe of base 2 and can be held by hands. The width of the cutting blade 3 is slightly narrower than that of the slot 23 and the cutting blade is a double-edge blade. The cutting blade 3 is fixed to the base 2 covering the upper surface of the slot 23. When a person uses the cutter 1 to slice a radish, he can always watch the cutting blade 3, so he seldom injures the tip of fingers of his hand holding the radish by mistake with the cutting blade 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a vegetable and fruit cutter.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a cutter capable of easily slicing vegetables and fruits into a certain thickness at home, there is a cutter 100 as shown in FIG. In this cutter 100, the surface to be cut of an object 103 to be cut such as vegetables and fruits is placed on the receiving surface 10 of the substrate 101 with the substrate 101 placed on the container 102.
The receiving surface 10 of the substrate 101 is pressed against the top surface 1a from above.
By moving the object to be cut 103 in the front-back direction along 1a, the substrate 101 is sliced by the cutter body 104 provided in the central portion, and the inside of the container 102 is opened from the hole 105 provided in the lower portion of the cutter body 104 of the substrate 101. It is possible to store the cut objects 106 sliced into pieces.

[0003]

However, in the conventional cutter 100, as shown in FIG. 7, the object 103 to be cut is pressed against the receiving surface 101a of the substrate 101 from above, so that the object 103 is cut by the object 103 to be cut. Cutter body 104
Is shaded and hard to see. Therefore, there is a risk of accidentally cutting the fingertip or the like with the cutter body 104.

In view of such circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a vegetable and fruit cutter capable of safely cutting an object to be cut into a desired shape.

[0005]

In order to achieve such an object, a vegetable and fruit cutter according to the present invention has a receiving surface for receiving a surface to be cut of vegetables and fruits which are objects to be cut. Fixed to the board and the receiving surface side of this board,
In a vegetable and fruit cutter comprising a cutter body that cuts into a desired shape with relative movement of an object to be cut that relatively moves with respect to the receiving surface while being pressed by the receiving surface,
The handle that can be held by hand is arranged to extend from one side end of the substrate to be cut in the relative movement direction.

The vegetables and fruits to be cut are not particularly limited, but examples thereof include root vegetables such as radish, carrot and potato, and apples.

[0007]

According to the above construction, the object to be cut is placed on the placing portion so that the surface to be cut is substantially perpendicular to the horizontal plane, and the grip of the cutter is grasped so that the receiving surface of the cutter is covered. Place the cutter so that it hits the cut surface of the cut object.
Then, when the handle is repeatedly moved in the front-rear direction while pressing the object to be cut against the receiving surface of the cutter, the object to be cut is continuously cut into a desired shape by the cutter body provided on the receiving surface.

Moreover, since the receiving surface is perpendicular to the horizontal plane, the portion of the cutter body can be visually observed during cutting.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings showing the embodiments thereof. 1 and 2 show one embodiment of a cutter according to the present invention. FIG.
Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the cutter 1 includes a substrate 2 and a cutter body 3.

The substrate 2 is provided with a receiving surface 21 for receiving a surface to be cut of the object to be cut, which will be described later, and a handle 22, and a hole 23 having a substantially parallelogram shape is formed at a central portion thereof so as to penetrate the receiving surface 21. It is provided. The handle 22 extends from one end of the substrate 2 as if one side edge of the substrate 2 is extended and can be held by a hand, and a rubber elastic body 22a is inserted as shown in FIG. It does not slip when gripped.

The cutter body 3 is slightly narrower than the hole 23, has a double-edged shape, and is fixed to the substrate 2 so as to cover the upper surface of the hole 23. This cutter 1
As described above, as shown in FIG. 3, the radish 4, which is the object to be cut, can be sliced as follows.

The radish 4 is placed on the table 5 so that the surface to be cut 41 is substantially perpendicular to the horizontal plane. In addition, this stand 5
Recesses 54, 54 are provided on both sides of the one side end portion so as to be gradually lowered from the mounting surface 51 toward the one side end 52.

The grip 22 is grasped by one hand 7 a so that the receiving surface 21 contacts the surface 41 to be cut of the radish 4, that is, the receiving surface 21 is substantially vertical to the horizontal plane, and the cutter body 3 Hold the cutter 1 in a state where it can always be seen.

While pressing the radish 4 against the receiving surface 21, the cutter 1 is moved in the front-back direction along the surface 41 to be cut. Since the cutter body 3 is double-edged and a gap having a desired thickness is provided between the cutter body 3 and the receiving surface 21, the radish 4 has the same thickness as the gap by moving the cutter 1 back and forth (in the arrow direction). , Is sent out to the back side of the substrate 2 from the hole 23 provided in the receiving surface 21.

As described above, the cutter 1 has the radish 4
Since the cutter body 3 is always visible when slicing, the cutter body 3 rarely accidentally scratches the fingertips of the hand holding the radish 4. Moreover, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, even if the radish 4 is pressed toward the cutter 1, if this stand 5 is used, the fingertip of the other hand 7b holding the radish 4 enters the recesses 54, 54 as shown in FIG. The wall 53 of the recess 54 on the one end 52 side serves as a stopper so that the hand 7b does not jump out from the end of the base 5 to the cutter 1 side, which is safer.

The base 5 is, as shown in FIGS.
A long hole 58 serving as a handle is provided at the other end, and a large number of small holes 55 are formed at equal pitches from the long hole 58 toward the central portion.・ ・ 5
6 is provided so that the radish and the like can be lowered by the protrusions 56 ... 56. Also,
A large number of small protrusions 57 ... 57 are provided on the back surfaces of the recesses 54, 54, and ginger, wasabi, etc. can be lowered by these small protrusions 57.

FIG. 6 shows another embodiment of the cutter for vegetables and fruits according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, in the cutter 6, the cutter body 61 has a large number of small bulging portions 63 formed on the metal plate on the receiving surface 62 side, and the bulging portions 63 are provided with small holes 64. It is the same as the above-mentioned embodiment except that the surface to be cut of the object to be cut is cut at the peripheral edge of.

That is, this cutter 6 is
If the cutter 6 is moved back and forth while holding the cut surface of the object to be cut against the receiving surface 62 of 1, the shredded cut object can be obtained. The cutter according to the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the above embodiment, the handle is configured to extend from one side edge of the cutter, but it may be provided in the central portion.

[0019]

Since the vegetable and fruit cutter according to the present invention is constructed as described above, it is possible to safely cut vegetables and fruits into desired shapes without damaging the hands.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a cutter according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an example of use of the cutter shown in FIG.

4 is a plan view of a table used when using the cutter of FIG. 1. FIG.

5 is a bottom view of the table of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the cutter according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an example of a conventional cutter.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Cutter 2 Substrate 3 Cutter Main Body 4 Radish (Cut) 6 Cutter 21 Receiving Surface 22 Grip 51 Placement Surface 61 Cutter Body 62 Receiving Surface 65 Grip

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A substrate having a receiving surface for receiving a surface to be cut of vegetables and fruits, which are objects to be cut, and a substrate fixed to the receiving surface side of the substrate and being pressed against the receiving surface to face the receiving surface. In a vegetable and fruit cutter having a cutter body that cuts a moving cutting object into a desired shape in accordance with relative movement, a handle that can be gripped by hand is one side of the substrate in the relative moving direction of the cutting object. A vegetable and fruit cutter characterized by being extended from the edge.