JPS5936395Y2 - food cutter - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a food cutter suitable for use when normally dividing and eating food containing moisture, such as strawberries.

For example, due to improved breeding of strawberries, large strawberries have become available on the market, and they are now often eaten on the table.

Therefore, when eating strawberries, it is difficult to enter the oral cavity as is, so they are often crushed with a special spoon or divided with a knife and eaten raw.

However, since strawberries contain water and are red in color, when crushed with a spoon or the like, the juice may scatter from the tableware and stain clothes.

Furthermore, since strawberries have an oval shape, it is difficult to divide them with a knife, especially for young and elderly people.

Also, since strawberries are a water-containing food, they will not retain their freshness if they are cut before eating, so they should be chunked as much as possible just before eating.

In view of this, the present invention has a scissor-shaped tip with a plurality of mutually opposing downward blades, so that, for example, a large strawberry placed on a plate can be manipulated as if using scissors to scatter the fruit juice. The main purpose of the present invention is to propose a food cutter that can chunk food without causing any lumping.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an example of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view thereof.

Reference numerals 1 and 2 indicate a pair of straight scissor bodies, each of which has a fulcrum 3 at its center, and can be opened and closed freely by the respective grips 1a and 2a.

A plurality of left and right comb-shaped blade rows 4, 5 protruding downward are installed at regular intervals on the working sides of the scissor-shaped bodies 1, 2.

The blade rows 4 and 5 have blade edges 4a with acute angles on opposite sides.
, 5a are in contact with each other (see FIG. 3A), or as shown in FIG. When cutting water-containing foods, consider ensuring that they can clump.

In this case, the adjacent blades of each blade row 4, 5 are separated from each other by the free end portion 4c of the respective root portions 4b, 5b at a distance of 1 from each other.

By setting the interval 1' of 5C large, it is possible to prevent the food to be cut from being caught between adjacent blades and not be easily removed, and to prevent the chunked food from falling onto the plate. Make it.

Incidentally, the interval 1.1' between adjacent blades in each blade row 4, 5 is appropriately selected depending on the food to be cut.

Also, the number of blades in each blade row is the same.

To use the cutter of the present invention, all that is required is to apply the left and right blade rows 4 and 5 to the desired cutting location of, for example, a large strawberry placed on a plate and operate it in the same manner as using scissors.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing another example of the present invention.

In this example, the working sides of the scissor-like bodies 1 and 2 are curved convexly downward in the figure to form respective blade rows 4 and 5.

In reality, the necessary blade rows 4 and 5 are provided on the working side of the linear scissor-like bodies 1 and 2 with the same dimensions, with the distance 1.1' between the root part and the free end part being the same. Thereafter, the working sides of the scissor-like bodies 1 and 2 are formed into a convex curve downward in the figure.

By convexly curving, the distance 1 between the root portions 4b and 5b of adjacent blades in each blade row 4 and 5 becomes smaller than the distance 1' between the free ends 4c and 5c, resulting in a blade row structure similar to the above example. becomes.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing still another example of the present invention, and is a diagram showing an example of a cutter suitable for use when cutting deep dishes or internal food.

In other words, hold the grips 1a and 2a so as not to hit the deep plate 7.
A vertical gap is provided between the working sides 1b and 2b.

In this case, the fulcrum 3 can be provided on the grip portions 1a and 2a side as shown in the figure, but it can also be provided on the opposite side.

Note that there are no particular restrictions on what is suitable for the above-mentioned foods, such as juicy fruits such as strawberries and viscous fruits such as bananas.

As described above, according to the present invention, the left and right rows of blades are provided hanging down from the working side of the scissor-shaped main body, and the distance between the free ends of each adjacent blade is larger than the distance between the bases of each adjacent blade. Because of this structure, even if agglomerated food is caught between each blade, it will fall immediately after cutting and will not stick to the cutter of this invention. The biting force of the blade is strong during the process, so there is no risk of the fruit juice scattering.

Furthermore, by placing chunked food between the blades, it can be easily cut by anyone, young or old, without any special effort.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figures 1 and 2 are a plan view and a side view of the proposed cutter, Figures 3A and B are diagrams for explaining the blade array, and Figures 4 and 5 are diagrams showing other examples of the proposed cutter, respectively. be. 1.1... Scissor-shaped body, 4, 5... Blade row, 4a, 5a
...Blade tip, 4b, 5b...Base, 4c, 5c...
・Free end.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] It is characterized by having left and right rows of blades that hang down from the working side of the scissor-shaped main body, and the distance between the free ends of each blade being larger than the distance between the bases of each adjacent blade. food cutter.