US2140209A

US2140209A - Knife blade cleaner

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Publication number: US2140209A
Application number: US169213A
Authority: US
Inventors: Rietveld Harry
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1937-10-15
Filing date: 1937-10-15
Publication date: 1938-12-13
Anticipated expiration: 1955-12-13

Description

Deb. 13, 1938.

H, RIETVELD 2,140,209 HKNIFE BLADE CLEANER Filed Oct. 15, 1937 FIG. I.

INVENTQR HARRY RIETVELD BY E ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 13, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

KNIFE BLADE CLEANER Harry Rietveld, Milwaukee, Wis.

Application October 15, 1937, Serial No. 169,213

4 Claims. (Cl. 15-236) This invention appertains to cutlery, and more has been illustrated merely to show the method particularly to a novel attachment for a cake of using the attachment. or similar knife. The knife K embodies the usual knife blade 5 One of the primary objects of my invention and manipulating handle 6. The attachment A 5 is to provide a device which can be readily comprises a body formed from a single blank 5 slipped on the blade of a knife and reciprocated of sheet metal, and this body includes spaced, longitudinally thereof for effectively clearing the substantially parallel side walls I, and a conblade of crumbs and the like adhering thereto necting top Wall 8. The side and top walls have after the slicing of cakes or other confections or formed thereon an outside peripheral reinforcpastries. ing flange 9. This flange has formed thereon 10 Another salient object of my invention is to laterally extending ears Hi. If desired, these provide an attachment for knives embodying ears can be of an enlarged character to form a pair of resilient wings for' frictionally engagmanipulating finger pieces. However, I prefer ing the opposite sides of the blade, whereby when to mould on the ear handles II. The handles the attachment is slid longitudinally of the blade, I l are preferably formed from Celluloid, or other 15 the same will be effectively cleaned for instant composition, and the ears Ware provided to perre-use. mit the firm anchoring of the handles thereto.

A further important object of my invention Extending inwardly and forwardly from the is to provide a knife blade cleaner formed from side walls 1 are resilient cleaning wings I2.

a single blank of material, and embodying a top These Wings terminate in bent-out, sharpened 20 guide plate for engaging the upper edge of the cleaning edges I 3, and these edges normally enknife blade, and resilient side wings for engaggage one another through the inherent resiling the opposite faces of the blade, the attacheney f t W s The p wall 3 also has ment being adapted to snugly engage the forward formed thereon a forwardly extending guide end of the handle when the same is not in use. p I4- 25 A still further object of my invention is to As clearly shown in Figures 1 and 3, the lower provide a knife blade cleaner of the above charfo w d ed s Of e W s 12 are diverged 0 acter, which will be durable and efficient in use, wardly and w y, as at so as to facilione that will be simple and easy to manufacture, tate the placing of the attachment on a knife and one which can be placed upon the market blade. 30

at a reasonable cost. The knife is held in the hand, and the at- With these and other objects in View, the intachment is placed on the upper edge thereof, vention consists in the novel construction, ar- W the portions I5 On either side thereof y rangement, and formation of parts, as will be p c ng the thumb 011 the p Wall 3, the

hereinafter more specifically described, claimed, tachment can be readily forced upon the blade 35 and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in until the top wall and the lip engage the upper which drawing: edge of the blade. The wings [2 will beforced Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved apart y e b d a t sha pe ed C ean attachment, showing the same applied to a knife. ed es W engage the pp feces of the ad Figure 2 is a top plan view of the attachment, Normally, the attachment A is slid back on 40 showing the same applied to a knife and illusthe blade until the same rests over the handle, trating the manner of using the same. as shown in dotted lines in Figure 1. After a Figure 3 is a front elevation of the attachs ce f C e s b the fi -p c 0 ment, showing the same applied to a knife blade, the tac e are p and the device is the blade being shown in section. slid forwardly. The sharpened edges [3 will 45 Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary section then clean the blade of all crumbs, and the through the attachment, taken on the li 4 4 like. After the blade is cleaned, the attachof Figure 3, looking in the direction of the arm nt A is again slid back n place over the rows. handle, and the knife may again be instantly Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein used for cutting another P c Of C ke- 50 similar reference characters designate corre- If the knife blade is utilized for serving t sponding parts throughout the several iews, cake, the attachment may also be used for slidthe letter A generally indicates my improved ing the cake off the blade by moving the attachcleaning attachment for a knife K. The knife ment forwardly into engagement with the cake.

K forms no part of my present invention and Changes in details may be made without de- 55 parting from the spirit or the scope of this invention, but what I claim as new is:

1. An attachment for cleaning knife blades comprising a body including spaced parallel side walls, a connecting top wall, the body being adapted to straddle a knife blade, and forwardly and inwardly extending resilient wings, said wings having cleaning edges normally urged toward one another and into intimate contact simultaneously with the opposite faces of the knife blade by the inherent resiliency of said wings.

2. An attachment for cleaning knife blades comprising a body including spaced parallel side walls, a connecting top wall, forwardly and inwardly extending resilient wings, the body being adapted to straddle a knife blade, said wings having cleaning edges normally urged toward one another and into contact simultaneously with the opposite faces of the knife blade by the inherent resiliency of said wings, and outwardly flaring guiding lips formed on the forward lower corners of said wings.

3. An attachment for cleaning knife blades comprising a body including spaced side walls and a connecting top wall, said body being adapted to straddle a knife blade, forwardly and inwardly extending resilient wings on the side walls, said wings having cleaning edges for simultaneously engaging the opposite faces of the knife blade, and outwardly extending handles on the side walls.

4. An attachment for cleaning knife blades comprising a body including a pair of spaced side walls and a connecting top wall, the body being adapted to straddle a knife blade, an outwardly extending reinforcing flange on the side and top walls, inwardly projecting resilient cleaning wings on the side walls for simultaneously engaging the opposite faces of the knife blade, outwardly diverging guide lips on the lower forward corners of the wings, outwardly projecting ears on the flange on said side walls, and handles secured to said ears.

HARRY RIETVELD.