WO2006000132A1

WO2006000132A1 - Apparatus for slicing vegetable or fruit

Info

Publication number: WO2006000132A1
Application number: PCT/CN2004/001147
Authority: WO
Inventors: Yim Johnny Chow
Original assignee: Yim Johnny Chow
Priority date: 2004-06-23
Filing date: 2004-10-10
Publication date: 2006-01-05
Also published as: HK1081800A2; CN2717639Y

Abstract

An apparatus for slicing vegetate e or fruit including: A supporter adapted to be mounted at the bottom for supporting above components which comprise a rocker, a movable cutter and a housing, a food-pressed panel is mounted within the through-hole of the housing. If slicing the food, man should firstly get out the food-pressed panel and put the food into the through-hole. The food is pressed down continuously and the rocker is driven to rotate continuously. When the rocker rotates in clockwise direction, the movable cutter moves to and for, then the pressing food is sliced. The operation of the apparatus is very simple. It needs only to rotate the rocker in clockwise direction and to press the panel slightly, the pressed food could be sliced. It is safe and efficient to slice the food, and it is not necessary to contact the cutting edge directly so that the user is precluded any danger.

Description

Vegetable and fruit planer

The present invention relates to a fruit and vegetable slicer, and more particularly to a fruit and vegetable slicer for cutting food into pieces. Background technique

To make food such as salads with existing kitchen utensils, you need tools that can slice fruits and vegetables. At the current technical level, only the following three types of appliances are used for the work of slicing fruits and vegetables. One is that by repeatedly moving the blade horizontally, the fruits and vegetables placed in the middle are cut by the blade from left to right to achieve the effect of slicing, but since the device is applied too soft or When the fruit is too small, such as tomatoes or kiwis, it is very dangerous to use, so it is not and can not be used to cut tomatoes or kiwi.

In addition, the other design is an old-style slice assisting clip. The device is applied by sandwiching the food, and because the clip is in the shape of a comb, it is only clipped. After the fruits and vegetables, the fruits and vegetables can be sliced by knife cutting, but the device is not automatic enough to save time, and it is still dangerous to use the blade manpower.

The last design is a serrated knife slice. The device is sliced by a handle followed by a serrated knife. The serrated blade is composed of a row of parallel-arranged serrated knives. The method is applied by pressing the device. The next flat food cuts the food into pieces after being pressed, and because the food is easy to roll on the table during the cutting process, it is inconvenient, and the exposed serrated knife is still dangerous. Summary of the invention

In view of the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a novel vegetable and fruit planer which allows the fruits and vegetables to be cut into pieces in a concealed and quick manner without the need to directly contact the blades to create an unnecessary risk.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a fruit and fruit slicer for cutting food into pieces, characterized in that it comprises: a holder placed at the bottom; and a rotatably mounted on the top end of the holder a handle, the handle includes an eccentric cylindrical push rod and a handle; a movable knife seat slidably disposed on the bracket, the movable knife seat has a plurality of blades, and the tail end of the movable knife seat is operatively connected with the crank handle, and when the crank handle rotates, the movable knife seat reciprocates; one is mounted on the upper part of the bracket The outer casing has a through hole for placing food to be sliced from the upper end; and a food pressure plate placed in the through hole of the outer casing.

In the above-mentioned fruit and fruit slicer, the two sides of the bracket have two lower and a second axle rails in the shape of a rectangular groove, and the tail end of the bracket extends a quarter circle shape. The rubber support shaft seat has a circular circular crank shaft groove on both sides of the rubber bearing shaft seat, and a rubber sliding shaft hole has a rectangular sliding locking hole at the tail end of the rubber bearing shaft seat, and has a rectangular parallelepiped sliding in the center of the locking hole. lock.

In the above-described fruit and fruit slicer, the central portion of the eccentric cylindrical push rod of the crank has a cylindrical push rod shaft, and the portions on both sides thereof have a push rod shaft at the axis of the crank shaft, both It is connected by a long piece of rubber and is at different axes.

In the above-mentioned vegetable and fruit planer, the knife holder has a rectangular seat body and an inverted "U" shaped fork, and the outer side of the seat body is a rectangular plastic frame, and the plastic frame has both sides. Two circular rollers, and the plurality of blades in the central portion of the frame are serrated blades.

In the above-mentioned fruit and fruit slicer, the outer casing has a rectangular shape and can be complementarily fitted to the surface of the frame, and has a large square outer casing through hole at the center, and the front and rear sides of the bottom are waved. The wavy side of the shape, at the same time, the central position of the two sides has two in-hole convex rails, and at the central position of the surface of the outer casing, there is a concave outer casing pressing plate for the concave and concave on each side, and the outer sides of the outer casing have respectively The upper and lower axles of the front and rear are in the shape of a rectangular groove. In addition, the position of the tail portion also extends to a structure of a quarter circle shape, and both sides have a crankshaft shape with a semicircular groove shape. The groove has a convex sliding lock barb at the end of the quarter-circle shaped structure.

In the above-mentioned fruit and fruit slicer, the food platen has a square shape complementary to the through hole of the casing, and a concave outer casing plate engages a concave groove on each side of the center of the outer surface of the outer casing, and the bottom has The multi-row "V"-shaped rubber parts, at the same time, the central position of the two rows of inverted "V"-shaped rubber pieces with a downward recess has a concave platen concave track.

With the novel fruit and vegetable slicer of the present invention, the fruits and vegetables can be cut into pieces in a concealed and quick manner, and at the same time, unnecessary danger is not required to directly contact the blades. DRAWINGS

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the fruit and vegetable slicer of the present invention;

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of the fruit and fruit slicer of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a top perspective view of the outer casing of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a bottom perspective view of the outer casing of Figure 2;

5(1)-5(5) are schematic diagrams showing the operation flow of the fruit and vegetable slicer of the present invention;

Figure 6 is a schematic view of the operation of the fruit and fruit slicer of the present invention. detailed description

Referring first to Figures 1 and 2, there is shown a fruit and vegetable slicer 100 of the present invention comprising a bracket 1 mounted to the bottom; a lower shaft recess 12 rotatably mounted to the top end of the bracket 1 a handle 2; a movable blade holder 3 slidably disposed on the bracket 1; a housing 4 fitted to the upper portion of the bracket 1; and a food pressure plate 5 placed in the through hole 41 of the housing.

Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the fruit and fruit slicer 100 of the present invention, showing the placement of the above five components. 3 and 4 show a top perspective view and a bottom perspective view of the outer casing 4.

The bracket 1 is placed at the bottom of the fruit and fruit planer. The two sides of the bracket 1 have two front and rear rectangular grooves, which are called the lower wheel axle rails 15, and at the tail of the bracket 1, one quarter is extended. The arc-shaped rubber support shaft seat 11 has a semicircular groove on both sides of the rubber support shaft seat 11 as a lower shaft 12 of the crank shaft, and the tail portion of the rubber shaft seat 11 is the entire bracket. The endmost end of 1 has a rectangular through hole, called a sliding lock hole 13, and a slide lock 14 is provided in the center of the lock hole for the purpose of ensuring that the bracket 1 and the outer casing 4 can be firmly locked.

The handle 2 is placed on the lower shaft 12 of the shank of the bracket 1. The shank 2 is composed of a cylindrical eccentric cylindrical push rod 24 and a handle 21. The central portion of the eccentric cylindrical push rod 24 is It consists of a cylindrical rubber column called the putter shaft 22, and the two sides are two small cylinders placed on the axis of the crank shaft, called the push rod shaft 23, so that the user is When the crank handle 2 is rotated, the movable knife holder 3 can be repeatedly moved left and right to cut the passing food.

a movable knife seat 3 slidably disposed on the bracket 1, the knife seat 3 is composed of a rectangular seat body 35 and an inverted "U" shaped fork 31, and the outer side of the seat body 35 is a The rectangular plastic frame has two circular rollers 33 on the sides of the plastic frame. When the combination is completed, the position is just above the lower axle 15 . Let the movable knife holder 3 move smoothly in the left and right direction, and the center of the plastic frame In part, a plurality of serrated knives 34 are used for cutting the food. In addition, the inverted "U"-shaped fork 31 is located in the rubber-plated shaft seat 11, and at the same time, the inverted "U"-shaped fork hole 32 in the center thereof is also just right. The push rod shaft 22 is sleeved, so that the eccentric cylindrical push rod 24 serves its purpose so that the push rod shaft 22 rotates in a circular path with the push rod shaft 23 as the axis, and since the movable seat 3 can only be in the horizontal plane The direction of movement of the pusher shaft 22 in the inverted "U" shaped fork hole 32 is to move the movable knife seat 3 to the left and right in the direction of the horizontal plane on the one hand, and to move up and down in the middle (on the other hand) The operation of the present invention will be explained in more detail later in connection with Figures 5 and 6.

The outer casing 4 is mounted on the bracket 1 and has a rectangular shape just complementary to the surface of the frame 1. The center has a large square through hole, like a large smoke, called the outer casing through hole 41, and the bottom portion thereof. Both front and rear sides are undulating, called wavy edges 43 (see Figures 3 and 4), and the convex portion of the wavy edge 43 just passes through the position between the plurality of serrated knives 34, and the central position of the two sides There are two ridges, called the in-hole convex rails 42, and there is a concave line on the left and right sides of the surface of the outer surface of the outer casing 4, which is called the lower outer casing pressing plate engaging concave groove 44 because the outer casing 4 and the surface of the mount 1 Complementary fit, so there are two front and rear rectangular W-grooves on both sides of the outer casing 4, which are called upper axle rails 47 (shown in Figures 3 and 4), which just form a track with the lower axle rails 15 to allow the circular rollers 33 to The middle rotation, in addition, the position of the tail also extends out of a quarter-circle shape, and the half-circular groove on both sides is called the groove 45 on the crank shaft, so that the rock on the outer casing 4 The groove 45 on the stem and the crank shaft on the bracket 1 are concave 12 just forms a hole called a crankshaft hole, and at the tail of the quarter-circular structure, that is, the end of the entire outer casing 4 has a convex barb called a slide lock barb 46. (shown in Figures 3 and 4), the slide lock barb 46 is hooked to the slide lock hole 13 to be firmly fastened.

A food platen 5 having a device in the through hole 41 of the casing has a square shape which is exactly complementary to the through hole 41 of the casing, and a concave groove is formed on each of the left and right sides of the surface of the outer surface of the casing 4, which is called an upper casing plate to engage the concave groove. 53. It is easier for the user to take out the food platen 5, and the bottom of the bottom has a plurality of rows of "V"-shaped rubber members 51 which can just pass through the gap between the plurality of serrated blades 34 on the movable knife holder 3, and The plurality of rows of inverted "V" shaped rubber members 51 have a concave surface at the center of both sides, which is called a platen concave rail 52. The platen concave rail 52 is complementary to the convex rail 42 in the hole, so that the food pressure plate 5 is pressed. Food is more stable.

Referring to Figures 5 and 6, the figure is a schematic diagram of the operation of the fruit and vegetable slicer 100 of the present invention. The entire operation sequence is listed in the order of (1) to (5). Figure 5 (1) shows that the fruit and fruit planer 100 has just begun to operate One state of the first step is to take out the food platen 5 and place the food in the outer casing through hole 41; Fig. 5 (2) shows the situation in which the fruit and vegetable slicer 100 is ready to perform the cutting operation, and the food platen is turned 5 Pressing on the food and turning the handle 2, the multi-row "V"-shaped rubber member 51 of the food platen 5 will fix the food; Figure 5 (3) and Figure 5 (4) show the fruit and fruit planer 100 In the case of the cut work, it can be seen from the figure that the food is continuously pressed and the handle 2 is continuously rotated. When the handle 2 is rotated in the clockwise direction, the movable seat 3 will follow the figure 5(2). Move in the direction of the horizontal arrow to 5 (4). 5(2) to 5(3), the handle 2 is rotated downward by its handle 21 to the left direction in the figure, and as shown in FIG. 6, the pusher shaft 22 is driven by this action. Next, the change will rotate clockwise along the circular path in the figure, and the inverted "U" shaped fork hole 32 will move to the right, which causes the whole movable tool holder 3 to move to the right, and from the circular track In the clockwise direction, the pusher shaft 22 is also moved downward while moving to the right. This can be seen in Fig. 5 (3) where the pusher shaft 22 is at the position of the inverted "U" shaped fork hole 32. 5 is lower than in FIG. 5 (2); from the process of FIG. 5 (3) to FIG. 5 (4), the handle 2 is rotated by the handle 21 in the direction of the left direction in the figure to the upward direction in the figure, according to the figure. As shown in Fig. 6, under the action of the action, the pusher shaft 22 will rotate clockwise along the circular path in the figure to move the inverted U-shaped fork hole 32 to the left, which makes the whole movable knife The seat 3 moves back to the left to return to the center of the circle, and from this circular trajectory, the clockwise rotation causes the pusher shaft 22 to move downward while moving to the left, which is shown in Fig. 5 (Fig. 5 Visible in 4) The position of the shaft 22 in the inverted "U" shaped fork hole 32 is lower than that in Fig. 5 (3); then the handle 21 is continuously rotated to allow the push rod shaft 22 to follow the circular path shown in Fig. 6. The clockwise direction is rotated to reach the movable knife holder 3 to reciprocate left and right to cut the passed food; therefore, the food shown in Fig. 5 (5) is pressed and cut by the zigzag knife 34 which is reciprocated left and right to become a sheet shape.

As apparent from the above structure, since the present invention provides a novel vegetable and fruit slicer, the fruit and vegetable can be cut into pieces in a concealed and quick manner, and at the same time, it is not necessary to directly contact the blade to generate an unnecessary danger.

Claims

Claim

A fruit and fruit slicer for cutting food into pieces, characterized in that it comprises: a holder placed at the bottom;

a handle rotatably mounted on the top end of the bracket, the handle comprising an eccentric cylindrical push rod and a handle;

a movable knife seat slidably disposed on the bracket, the movable knife seat has a plurality of blades, and the tail end of the movable knife seat is operatively connected with the crank handle, and when the crank handle rotates, the movable knife seat reciprocates; An outer casing of the upper portion of the bracket, having a through hole for placing food to be sliced from the upper end;

A food platen placed in the through hole of the outer casing.

2 . The vegetable and fruit slicer according to claim 1 , wherein each of the two sides of the bracket has a lower wheel axle having a rectangular groove shape in front and rear, and an extension at the tail end of the bracket. An abutment shaft seat having a quarter-circle shape, the two sides of the rubber support shaft seat have a semi-circular bottom of the crank shaft, and the tail portion of the rubber support shaft seat has a rectangular sliding lock hole. The center of the keyhole has a sliding lock with a rectangular parallelepiped.

The vegetable and fruit slicer according to claim 1, wherein a central portion of the eccentric cylindrical push rod of the crank has a cylindrical pusher shaft, and portions on both sides thereof have a crank shaft The push rod shaft of the heart, which is connected by a long piece of rubber and at different axes.

The vegetable and fruit slicer according to claim 1, wherein the knife holder has a rectangular seat body and an inverted "U" shaped fork, and the outer side of the seat body is a rectangle The plastic frame has two circular rollers on the sides of the plastic frame, and the plurality of blades in the central portion of the plastic frame are serrated blades.

The vegetable and fruit slicer according to claim 1, wherein the outer casing has a rectangular shape and is complementary to a surface of the mount, and has a large square outer casing through hole in the center thereof. The front and rear sides of the bottom are wavy wavy edges. At the same time, there are two in-hole convex rails at the center of the two sides, and a concave outer shell pressure plate is formed on the left and right sides of the outer surface of the outer surface of the outer casing. On both sides of the outer casing, there are two upper and lower axle rails with a rectangular groove shape in front and rear, and the position of the tail portion also extends to a structure of a quarter circle shape, and both sides have a semicircle. a groove-shaped groove on the crank shaft, and in the quarter The tail of the circular shaped structure has a convex sliding lock barb.

The vegetable and fruit slicer according to claim 1, wherein the food platen has a square shape complementary to the outer casing through hole, and a concave portion is provided on each of the left and right sides of the surface of the outer surface of the outer casing. The outer casing plate engages the indentation with a plurality of rows of inverted "V" shaped rubber members at the bottom, and a plurality of rows of inverted "V" shaped rubber members have a concave platen concave rail at the center of the two sides.