US1453367A - Pie cutter - Google Patents

Description

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he it lrnown that we, @iraniens d. @oniric- Loon and lacca 'U finestra, citizens ofthe United States, residing at lChicago, in the county of lUoolr and State of lllino-is, have invented new and useful lm rovements in Pie flutters, of which the specification.

'l`his invention relates in general to'outcutter designed for cutting ies, calres, and other similar objects or artic es, into a number of equal pieces.

lin restaurants, hotels, and other places where large numbers of pies must be' cut daily, the time required to cut with a knife suoli a large number of ies is of considerable importance, and furt ermore, the pieces of pie cut with a lrnife are apt to be une ual in size unless a guide be employed, and iurthermore, the out being made diametrically or radially of the pie, the crust isbrolren and the pleces present a rough and jagged apearance.

lll of the primary objects of our present invention is to provide a cutter which, upon the actuation of an operating lever, will out apie, calre, or the like, simultaneously into the requisite number of pieces, thus greatly 'reducing the time which is customarily required to effect this result.

Jhnother object of the invention is to pro- I vide a device in which the lznives will cu-t dll through the pie from top` to bottom instead of radially or diametrically thereof, thus producing a clean cut without breaking or otherwise injuring the crust so as to detract from the smooth and attractive appearance of the pieces.

. il further object is to provide a device in which the cutting knives are readily detachable so that they may be quickly cleaned and replaced, and may also be replacedby differently 4shaped knives for cutting pies of different sizes, or which are contained in differently shaped tins, plates, or containers.

Il. further feature of our invention resides in its simplicity of construction, its cheapness of manufacture, its durability in use, and the ease and rapidity with which it may be operated.

Other ob'ects and advantages of this invention wil be readily appreciated, as the same becomes better understood, by reference to the following description, when conollowing is ay sidered in connection with the accompanying drawings.

Referring to the drawin s:

ling. lis a plan view of a pie cutter embodylng our invention; and

lfig. 2 is a side elevation thereof.

By reference to the drawings, it will be observed that the apparatus comprises a base 3 in the form of a board or block of suitable upon which a plate or tin oontamirig the ple or cake to be cut, may be place d1 with upwar projecting uidin osts d rigidly secured to the base ldy nutsgpand 6,

or other suitable fastening means. Between these posts, there is disposed a carrying head comprising a disc 7 preferablyprovided with a circumferential u standing ange 9, and equipped with radially projecting arms 9 riveted or soldered to the upper face of the disc, these arms being upturned, as indicated at l1, and their extremities bent inwardly at 12 and the portions 9 and l2'being provided with aligned. apertures adapted to slidinglyfit the posts 4l whereby the head is slidably but securely mounted upon the posts.

rlhe central portion ofthe disc may be cut away, as indicated by reference character i3, and preferably, the two arms 9 are integrally connected by an upstanding yoke or bail ll adapted to be engaged by a hand lever l5 pivoted upon a bolt 16, carried by a pair of y standards i9, which are mounted on the base 3 `near one side thereof. By ressing downwardly upon the free end of t e lever 15, tho head will vobviously be forced downwardly, `being guided in its movements by the posts. l. The under side of mythe disc is equipped with a plurality of lrnlife holders 19, these holders being riveted or otherwise secured to the under face of the' disc, and each comprising a channel-shaped member having a longitudinally extending slot in its lower face of substantially the width of the knife blades to b'e carried in the holders. rlhese holders are radially arranged on the disc, andv any desired number may be employed, although in the present instance, we have shown five adapted to cut a pie into five pieces.

l similar number of cutting blades 2l is employed, each blade being provided at its upper edge with a` mlm-shaped supporting poi-- 'lhis base is providedv at each side tion 22vada ted to slidably engage in `a It will be apparent from 'the foregoiny holder 19. he inner edges 23 of the blades are inclined toward a common center so that their points are disposed in proximity to each other, as shown in Fig. 2, and their cutting edges each comprise a straight line portion 24 of substantially the same length as the radius of the bottom of the pie tin, a vurved portion 25 conforming to the curvature of thepie tin fiange, and a short straight portion 26 adapted to engage the marginalflange of the tin. It will be apparent therefore, that the contour of the cutting edge of each blade conforms substantially to the contour of the pie tin so that when the blade is forced downwardly into the tin, it will cut the bottom crust from the center of the pie to the margin overlying the flange of the tin.

Since the cutting blades are merely slid longitudinally into their respective holders, it will be vmanifest that they are detachably carried thereby and may be quickly and easil removed for washing, and may be readily replaced. Furthermore, to adapt the machine for pies of various sizes, blades of different lengths may be supplied with l each machine, and one set of blades may be removed and replaced by another for cutting different sized pies. Obviously, also, the shape of the cutting edges of the blades may be varied to conform to pie tins of different contours.

The head, with the knives carried thereby, is normally retained in the elevated position shown in Fig. 2 by a plurality of coiled expansion springs 27 surrounding the posts 4 between the base and the arms 9, so that normally, the head is retained in-the elevated position to permit a pie to be positioned under the head.

that we have provided a device by whic ples can be quickly, smoothly and economically cut. In order to ,cut a pie, it is only necessary to place the same on the base beneath the cutter head and depress the outer end of the operating lever, thus forcin the knives downwardly through the pie from top to bottom, cutting vit into the desired number of ieces at one movement. Upon release of t e lever, the springs return the parts to normal osltion, whereupon the pie may be slid of rom the base and replaced by another.

It is believed that our invention, its con'- struction, mode of operation, and many of its advantages will be understood and appreciated from the foregoing without further description, and obviously, the details of construction shown and described may be varied within wide limits without exceeding the sco e of the invention, as defined in the appen ed claim.

We claim:

In a pie cutter, the combination with a base, of a pair of vertical standards projecting upwardly from said base, a slidable head mounted on said standards, said head including a horizontally disposed disk, radial knife holders carried by said disk, knives detachably supported b said holders and projecting toward said ase, springs surrounding the standards and normally urging said disk upwardly, an upri ht disposed at one side of the isk, a han le ivoted to said upright, and a yoke carried) by said disk and projecting. thereabove adapted to be engaged by said handle tolower the disk against the tension of said coil s rings.

CHARLES J. SCHIPP CK. JACOB C. KESSLER. f

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