Appliance for cutting fruit or vegetables
AssigneeSeb S.A.
InventorsStéphane Plichon, David Benoit
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Abstract
An appliance for cutting food, particularly fruit and vegetables, includes a base and at least one cutting blade. The base includes a surface for receiving the food and a device for translatably guiding the cutting blade that is to be moved back and forth by the user over the food.
Claims18
Appliance for cutting foods, comprising a base, and at least one cutting blade, wherein the base comprises a fixed receiving surface for receiving the food and a translational guidance device for translational guidance of the cutting blade intended to be moved back and forth over the food by a user, the translational guidance device comprising two ramps adapted to guide a movement of the cutting blade, the two ramps being supported by the base and being vertically movable relative to the base between an upper extended position and a lower retracted position,
- wherein the cutting blade is held by a cutting slide, and
- wherein the two ramps are adapted to guide a translational movement of the cutting slide for cutting the food and wherein the fixed receiving surface for receiving the food is provided below the cutting slide so that the food cut by the cutting blade is collected on or above the cutting slide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.