Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
  • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
  • B26D3/00—Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut made; Apparatus therefor
  • B26D3/18—Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut made; Apparatus therefor to obtain cubes or the like
  • B26D3/20—Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut made; Apparatus therefor to obtain cubes or the like using reciprocating knives
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
  • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
  • B26D1/00—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor
  • B26D1/0006—Cutting members therefor
  • B26D2001/0053—Cutting members therefor having a special cutting edge section or blade section
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
  • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
  • B26D7/00—Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
  • B26D7/06—Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form
  • B26D7/065—Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form by the cutter itself because of its form

Definitions

• the present invention relates to the technical field of household cutting devices, manual or motorized, also called mandolins, used to cut food, including slices or filaments, by reciprocating a cutting tool.
• US Patent 5,445,332 has proposed a household linear cutting apparatus comprising a frame defining a cutting area which is fixed relative to the frame.
• the apparatus also comprises a feed chute to cut that is secured to the frame and located above the cutting area being fixed relative to the cutting area and which extends in a direction ⁇ .
• the apparatus is provided with a cutting tool movable relative to the frame in the cutting area.
• the movable cutting tool is moved by motorized operating means reciprocating in a cutting plane substantially normal to the direction of extension of the chute.
• Such a household linear cutting device then allows to cut food slices or to grate them to form filaments.
• this device is not able to cut food into cubes or sticks as is necessary for example for the realization of a julienne or a macedonia of vegetables.
• the invention relates to a food cutting apparatus comprising:
• a feed chute for chopping food which is integral with the frame and situated above the cutting zone, - A cutting tool movable relative to the frame at least in the cutting zone, reciprocating in a cutting plane.
• the food cutting apparatus is characterized in that:
• a complementary cutting tool fixed relative to the frame, which is located under the chute being placed opposite to said chute with respect to the movable cutting tool, and which comprises at least one cutting member, located in the cutting zone facing the chute, and having at least one cutting edge oriented towards the chute,
• the movable cutting tool is located between the chute and the fixed complementary cutting tool and comprises at least:
• a pressure shoe which is from the main cutting edge and arranged on the side of the complementary cutting tool, and which has a bevel inclined from the main cutting edge in a direction opposite to the direction of work .
• the combination of the cutting tool that is movable and the complementary cutting tool that is fixed allows, by the only movement of the cutting tool, to cut food into cubes or sticks, which was not not possible with the cutting apparatus according to the prior art.
• the main cutting edge of the cutting tool is used to cut a slice of the feed introduced into the chute, while the pressure shoe forces, as and when advancement of the tool of cutting, the slice being cut against the fixed complementary cutting tool, so as to divide this slice into rods or cubes.
• the reciprocating movement of the movable cutting tool may be rectilinear or partially circular.
• the movement of the movable cutting tool is a rectilinear translational movement between: a rest position, in which the main cutting edge is upstream of the cutting zone with reference to the direction of work,
• the pressure shoe has a thickness, measured between the cutting plane and the end of the inclined surface opposite the main cutting edge, greater than or equal to 4 mm.
• a thickness of the pressure shoe makes it possible to cut vegetable sticks or cubes having a size sufficient for the realization of a julienne for example.
• the pressure shoe has in the extension of the bevel a heel substantially parallel to the cutting plane. This heel makes it possible to squeeze the food to be cut against the fixed complementary cutting tool.
• the mobile cutting tool comprises a second main cutting edge substantially parallel to the cutting plane and arranged to work in the return direction, said second main cutting stop being associated with another pressure shoe.
• the implementation of a second main cutting edge makes it possible to cut in the two phases of the reciprocating movement, so as to increase the cutting rate of the apparatus according to the invention.
• the fixed complementary cutting tool comprises a first series of cutting members substantially parallel to each other and forming an angle with the direction of movement of the movable cutting tool.
• the cutting members thus contribute to holding the sliced food by the main cutting edge.
• the cutting members of the first series are substantially perpendicular to the direction of movement of the movable cutting tool.
• the fixed complementary cutting tool comprises a second series of other cutting members substantially parallel to each other, the first series of cutting members and the second series of other cutting members defining a cutting grid.
• the cutting members of the second series are substantially perpendicular to the cutting members of the first series. It is thus formed a cutting grid adapted to the production of cubes.
• the movable cutting tool comprises at least one secondary cutting blade which is substantially perpendicular to the main cutting edge and substantially parallel to the direction of extension of the chute.
• Such an embodiment of the movable cutting tool makes it possible to cut into a slice the slice of food cut by the main cutting edge.
• the fixed complementary cutting tool comprises a bearing abutment for a food which extends transversely to the cutting plane and which is substantially opposite the main cutting edge.
• the implementation of such a support abutment prevents the food slice cut by the first cutting edge does not follow the movement of the cutting tool under the effect of the thrust exerted by the pressure shoe.
• the stop is movable between a working position in which the stop is opposite the main cutting edge and a withdrawal position in which the stop is erased below the cutting plane.
• This variant allows the abutment to be erased during the passage of the pressure shoe, so that the main cutting edge of the movable cutting tool can move beyond the stop.
• the stop can then be enslaved in the extended position by elastic return means.
• the fixed complementary cutting tool and the movable cutting tool are connected to each other by a slide connection ensuring the guiding of the movable cutting tool during its reciprocating movements. .
• the fixed complementary cutting tool and the movable cutting tool are integral and form an assembly removably adapted to the frame.
• the mobile cutting tool can not be mounted on the frame without the fixed complementary cutting tool.
• the food cutting apparatus comprises operating means that can be operated manually by a user of the apparatus.
• the operating means may then comprise for example a handle integral with the movable cutting tool.
• the food cutting apparatus comprises motorized operating means comprising a drive member complementary to a coupling member of the movable cutting tool.
• the motorized operating means can then in particular be arranged in the frame or in the cover.
• the motorized operating means may also include a motorized housing independent of the frame and the cover.
• the apparatus comprises means for identifying the fixed complementary cutting tool and the motorized operating means are adapted to modify their operating speed according to the identification of the cutting tool. complementary.
• identification means makes it possible, for example, to implement a fast cutting speed in the absence of the fixed complementary cutting tool and a slow cutting speed in the presence of the complementary cutting tool. fixed.
• the food cutting apparatus is associated with motorized operating means comprising a motorized housing independent of the frame and the cover.
• the food cutter thus forms an accessory used with the motorized housing.
• the invention also relates to an interchangeable tool food cutting apparatus which makes it possible to obtain such cuts in cubes or rods in a single operation without the need for a complementary cutting after the implementation of said apparatus. as well as interchangeable tools for such a food cutting apparatus.
• the fixed complementary cutting tool and the movable cutting tool are connected to each other by a slide connection guiding the movable cutting tool during its reciprocating movements
• the fixed complementary cutting tool comprises at least one cutting member having at least one cutting edge
• the mobile cutting tool comprising at least:
• a main cutting edge which is located in the cutting plane and which moves alternately in a direction of work and in a direction of return
• a pressing shoe which is issued from the main cutting edge and arranged on the side of the complementary cutting tool, and which has a bevel inclined from the main cutting edge in a direction opposite to the direction of work, to press the cut portion against the cutter or cutters of the complementary cutting tool.
• the fixed complementary cutting tool and the movable cutting tool are integral.
• the movable cutting tool can not be mounted on the food cutting apparatus without the fixed complementary cutting tool.
• the pressure shoe has a thickness, measured between the cutting plane and the end of the inclined surface opposite the main cutting edge, greater than or equal to 4 mm. Such a dimension of the pressure shoe makes it possible to cut vegetable sticks or cubes having a size sufficient for the realization of a julienne for example.
• the pressure shoe has in the extension of the bevel a heel substantially parallel to the cutting plane. This heel makes it possible to squeeze the food to be cut against the fixed complementary cutting tool.
• the mobile cutting tool comprises a second main cutting edge substantially parallel to the cutting plane and arranged to work in the return direction, said second main cutting edge being associated with another pressing shoe.
• the implementation of a second main cutting edge makes it possible to cut in the two phases of the reciprocating movement, so as to increase the cutting rate of the assembly according to the invention.
• the fixed complementary cutting tool comprises a first series of cutting members substantially parallel to each other and forming an angle with the direction of movement of the movable cutting tool.
• the cutting members thus contribute to holding the sliced food by the main cutting edge.
• the cutting members of the first series are substantially perpendicular to the direction of movement of the movable cutting tool.
• the fixed complementary cutting tool comprises a second series of other cutting members substantially parallel to each other, the first series of cutting members and the second series of other cutting members defining a cutting gate.
• the cutting members of the second series are substantially perpendicular to the cutting members of the first series. It is thus formed a cutting grid adapted to the production of cubes.
• the mobile cutting tool comprises at least one secondary cutting blade which is substantially perpendicular to the main cutting edge and substantially parallel to the direction of extension of the chute.
• Such an embodiment of the movable cutting tool makes it possible to cut into a slice the slice of food cut by the main cutting edge.
• the fixed complementary cutting tool comprises a bearing abutment for a food which extends transversely to the cutting plane and which is substantially opposite the main cutting edge.
• a support abutment prevents the food slice cut by the first cutting edge does not follow the movement of the cutting tool under the effect of the thrust exerted by the pressure shoe.
• the stop is movable between a working position in which the stop is opposite the main cutting stop and a withdrawal position in which the stop is erased below the cutting plane.
• This variant allows the abutment to be erased during the passage of the pressure shoe, so that the main cutting edge of the movable cutting tool can move beyond the stop.
• the stop can then be enslaved in the extended position by elastic return means.
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a cutting apparatus according to the invention.
• FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the apparatus illustrated in FIG.
• Figure 3 is a perspective view similar to Figure 1 of the cutting apparatus with the cover removed.
• FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a cutting tool and a complementary cutting tool for equipping together the cutting apparatus according to the invention.
• FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the cutting tool and the complementary cutting tool illustrated in Figure 4.
• FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the combined operating principle of the cutting tool and the complementary cutting tool.
• Figures 7 and 8 are similar to Figures 4 and 5, showing an alternative embodiment of the cutting tool and the complementary cutting tool.
• Figure 9 is a view similar to Figure 5 showing another embodiment of the cutting tool and the complementary cutting tool.
• FIG. 10 is a partial perspective view of an embodiment of the cutting tool.
• FIGS. 11 and 12 illustrate in perspective cutting tools that can be used with the cutting apparatus according to the invention
• FIG. 13 illustrates an alternative embodiment of a blade of the cutting tool. It should be noted that in these figures the structural and / or functional elements common to the different variants may have the same references.
• a food cutting apparatus as illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 3, comprises a frame 1 formed, according to the illustrated example, of a trunk 2 intended to be placed on a support and a head 3 which extends cantilevered from the trunk 2 and which delimits, laterally to the trunk 2, a cutting zone 4.
• the cutting zone 4 is located in height relative to the support on which the frame 1 rests, so that it is possible to place a container under the cutting zone 4 to collect the cut food by means of cutting tools located in said cutting zone 4, as will subsequently appear.
• the face 2f of the trunk facing the cutting zone 4 is concave so as to marry the rounded shape of a bowl, a bowl or a plate so that they are correctly positioned under the cutting area 4.
• the food cutting apparatus also comprises a food chute 5 to cut which is integral with the frame 1 and is located above the cutting zone 4.
• the chute 5 is integrated in a removable cover 6 which covers the head 3 so that the cutting zone 4 and the cutting tools therein are not accessible from above.
• the chute 5 extends in a substantially vertical direction ⁇ .
• the chute 5 is fixed relative to the cutting zone 4.
• the cutting zone 4 is fixed relative to the frame 1.
• the apparatus comprises a cutting tool 10 and a complementary cutting tool 11 which, according to the illustrated example, are removable.
• the cutting tool 10 is movable in the cutting zone 4, while the complementary cutting tool 1 1 is fixed relative to the frame 1 while being located in the cutting zone 4 under the chute 5 so that the cutting tool 10 moves between the chute 5 and the complementary cutting tool 11.
• the cutting tool 10 is, in the present case, movable in translation in a direction D substantially normal to the direction ⁇ of extension of the chute 5.
• the complementary cutting tool 1 1 comprises, as shown more particularly in Figures 4 and 5, a body 12 of generally parallelepipedal shape.
• the body 12 comprises, in its region intended to be placed in the cutting zone 4 opposite the chute 5, a first series of cutting members 13 parallel to each other.
• Each cutting member 13 then extends in a plane, on the one hand, substantially parallel to the direction ⁇ of extension of the chute and, on the other hand, substantially perpendicular to the direction D of displacement of the cutting tool 10.
• the cutting members 13 thus form an angle with the direction of movement of the movable cutting tool 10.
• each cutting member 13 comprises a cutting edge 14 facing upwards in the direction of the chute 5.
• the cutting tool 10 comprises a body 22 provided with two lateral grooves 23 intended to engage on two longitudinal tongues 24 carried by the body 12 of the complementary cutting tool 1 1, so that the cutting tool 10 and the complementary cutting tool 1 1 are connected to each other by a slide connection ensuring the guiding of the cutting tool 10 during its reciprocating movements.
• the cutting tool 10 and the complementary cutting tool 1 1 are integral and form an assembly removably adapted to the frame 1.
• the body 22 carries a blade 25 which is in front of a solid portion 26 of the body 22 and at the rear of a cutting window 27 delimited by the body 22.
• the blade 25 comprises a main cutting edge 28 in the plane of section C.
• the cutting plane C is substantially normal to the direction ⁇ of extension of the chute 5.
• the cutting tool 10 also comprises a pressing shoe 29 which is issued from the main cutting stop 28 and arranged on the side of the complementary cutting tool 11.
• the pressing shoe 29 comprises a bevel 30 inclined from the main cutting edge 28 towards the inside of the cutting tool 10 and in a direction opposite to the direction of work indicated by the arrow F1.
• the bevel 30 is extended by a heel 31 substantially parallel to the plane of section C.
• the pressing shoe 29 has, according to the illustrated example, a thickness h sufficient to occupy most of the space between the complementary cutting tool 1 1 and the lower end of the chute 5.
• the thickness h, measured between the cutting plane and the end of the bevel 30 opposite to the main cutting edge 28, is preferably greater than or equal to 4 mm.
• the food cutting apparatus comprises operating means 36 of the movable cutting tool 10.
• the operating means 36 are adapted to ensure a displacement of the cutting tool 10 in a reciprocating rectilinear motion in a direction of work indicated by the arrow F1 and in a return direction indicated by the arrow F2.
• the body 22 of the cutting tool 10 comprises, at a rear part, a coupling member 35 with the operating means 36.
• the cutting tool 10 then moves between:
• the cutting tool 10 is thus movable relative to the frame 1 at least in the cutting zone 4, reciprocating in the plane of section C.
• the operating means 36 are integrated in the chassis 1.
• the operating means 36 are motorized and comprise a drive member 37 complementary to the coupling member 35 of the cutting tool 10.
• the driving member 37 of the operating means 36 is formed by a lug intended to engage in a complementary bore of the coupling member 35 of the cutting tool 10.
• the operating means 36 comprise, moreover, an electric motor 38 including an output shaft 43 causes a transmission system 40 adapted to provide a rectilinear reciprocal movement to the drive member 37.
• the starting and stopping of the electric motor 38 are then ensured by means of a push button 60 placed on the removable cover 6.
• the button- pusher 60 is adapted to actuate a rod 61 for controlling a switch located under the cover 6 when it is in place.
• the rod 61 is disposed in a bore 62 of the head 3 so as to be flush with an upper surface of said head 3.
• the bore 62 has dimensions sufficiently small to prevent maneuvering of the rod 61 with a finger. In the case of a cylindrical bore 62 of revolution, the diameter of the latter will preferably be less than 1 cm.
• the diameter of the bore 62 is for example 6.5 mm.
• the food cutting apparatus according to the invention is implemented in the following manner.
• FIG. 6 schematically shows the combined operation of the cutting tool 10 and the cutting tool. complementary 1 1 when cutting a potato.
• the main cutting edge 28 of the cutting tool 10 slices the portion of the potato in the cutting zone 4 between the cutting tool. complementary cutting 1 1 and the cutting plane C.
• the bevel 30 presses the cut portion against the cutting members 13 of the complementary cutting tool 1 1 so that the cut portion is sliced parallel to the direction ⁇ extension and thus divided into rods which are placed between the cutting members 13. The rods thus cut will then be expelled on the next passage of the cutting tool 10.
• heel 31 of the pressure shoe 29 contributes to ensuring a perfect engagement of the rods between the cutting members 13.
• the complementary cutting tool 1 1 preferably comprises a bearing stop 71 which extends transversely to the cutting plane C and is substantially opposite the main cutting edge 28.
• the stop 71 is movable between a working position T, shown in solid lines in FIG. 5, and a withdrawal position A, illustrated. in broken lines in Figure 5, wherein the stop 71 is erased below the plane of section C.
• the stop 71 is then locked in the working position T by elastic return means 72 such as a coil spring.
• elastic return means 72 such as a coil spring.
• the complementary cutting tool 1 1 comprises a single series of cutting members 13.
• the complementary cutting tool 11 may also comprise a second series of other cutting members 73, as illustrated in FIGS. 7 and 8.
• the other cutters 73 of the second series are parallel to each other and to the direction displacement of the cutting tool 10.
• Each other cutting member 73 further extends in a plane substantially parallel to the direction ⁇ of extension of the chute 5.
• the first series of cutting members 13 and the second series of other cutting members 73 then define a cutting grid 17 for slicing food in cubes or small rods.
• FIG. 9 illustrates another embodiment of the cutting tool 10 and of the complementary cutting tool 11.
• the cutting tool 10 comprises a second main cutting edge 75 substantially parallel to the cutting plane C and arranged to work in the direction of return indicated by the arrow F2.
• the second main cutting edge 75 is also associated with another pressing shoe 76 which comprises another bevel 77 inclined in a direction opposite to that of the wedge 30 of the pressing shoe 29 associated with the first main cutting edge 28.
• the complementary cutting tool 1 1 comprises a second stop 78 which as the stop 71 is movable between a working position T and a withdrawal position A.
• the second stop 78 can be made as the stop 71.
• Figure 10 illustrates yet another embodiment of the cutting tool
• the latter comprises at least one and according to the illustrated example four secondary cutting blades 80 which are perpendicular to the main cutting edge 28 and substantially parallel to the direction ⁇ of extension of the chute 5.
• Such a mode embodiment of the cutting tool allows the latter to make cuts in sticks.
• the apparatus according to the invention is not necessarily used with a movable cutting tool 10 and a complementary cutting tool 1 1 fixed. Indeed, the apparatus according to the invention can be used with a single mobile cutting tool.
• FIG. 11 illustrates a movable cutting tool 10 'that can be used alone for making thin slices
• FIG. 12 illustrates a movable cutting tool 10 that can be used alone for grating food.
• the apparatus may then comprise identification means 90 of the complementary cutting tool.
• the identification means 90 may, for example, comprise on the one hand a magnet 91 integrated in the fixed complementary cutting tool, and on the other hand, a magnetic sensor 92 integrated in the head 3.
• the magnetic sensor 92 is, for example, a magnetic switch with a flexible blade called in English "reed switch” connected to a circuit the power supply of the electric motor 38.
• the magnetic sensor 92 is closed so that the electric motor 38 is powered by a circuit 93 inducing a "slow" rotation speed.
• the magnetic sensor 92 is open from so that the electric motor 38 is powered by a circuit 94 inducing a "fast" rotation speed greater than the “slow” rotation speed.
• the motorized operating means 36 are adapted to change their operating speed as a function of the identification of the complementary cutting tool 1 1.
• the identification means 90 of the complementary cutting tool 1 1 fixed can be used to prohibit the operation of motorized operating means 36 in the absence of the complementary cutting tool 1 1.
• the complementary cutting tool 1 1 fixed is not necessarily integral with the movable cutting tool 10.
• the frame 1 and / or the movable cutting tool 10 may be shaped to prevent coupling of the coupling member 35 of the movable cutting tool 10 with the drive member.
• Motorized operating means 36 in the absence of the complementary cutting tool 1 1 fixed.
• the movable cutting tool 10 and the complementary cutting tool 11 are not necessarily removable relative to the frame 1.
• the electric motor 38 is integrated in the trunk 2 permanently adapted to the cutting head 3.
• the electric motor 38 can also be integrated in the cover 6; the electric motor 38 can also be integrated in a housing removably fitted to the food cutting apparatus, in particular on the frame 1 or on the lid 6.
• the operating means 36 are not necessarily motorized.
• the operating means may then comprise for example a handle integral with the movable cutting tool.
• the food cutting apparatus may also be associated with motorized operating means comprising a motorized housing independent of the frame and the cover, the food cutter then forming an accessory used with the motorized housing.
• the main cutting edge 28 of the blade 25 preferably extends in a plane such as the cutting plane C, in particular to obtain cubes or rods, according to the complementary cutting tool 1 1 used. If desired, the main cutting stop 28 can be sharpened.
• the main cutting edge 28 is not necessarily straight.
• the main cutting edge 28 may in particular have a corrugated and / or micro-serrated leading edge, to facilitate the cutting of food without using a sharp cutting cutter 28.
• the main cutting edge 28 of the blade 25 comprises corrugations 28 'and micro-serrations 28' ', the corrugations 28' creating preferential zones of attack 28 '' facilitating the beginning of cutting food.
• the length of each corrugation 28 ' is for example between 4 mm and 2 cm.
• the micro-serrations 28 "also create additional preferred zones of attack
• the main cutting edge 28 may comprise between 5 and 20 microdentelings 28" per cm, for example 10 micro-serrations per cm. .
• the mobile cutting tool 10 'capable of being used alone for the production of thin slices illustrated in FIG. 11 could include a blade 25 comprising a main cutting edge 28 comprising corrugations 28' and / or micro-serrations 28 ".

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