Chopper blade assembly
AssigneeDart Industries Inc.
InventorsSteven J. Verbrugge, Junyu Ye, Johan Carrette, Sander Schelfout, Dimitri M. C. J. Backaert
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Abstract
A food chopper blade column for use in a food chopper having a receptacle and cover. The column will be rotated in a cutting direction within the chopper during use, and mounts a plurality of cantilevered blades spaced circumferentially about the column. The upper blades include a leading edge having a single bevel cutting edge on their lower face, as well as trailing edge which is angled downward. The lowermost blade includes a leading edge having a single bevel cutting edge on its upper face, and a flat trailing edge.
Claims4
A blade column for use in a food chopper comprising a receptacle and a cover, with the blade column held therein for rotation in a cutting direction about a longitudinal axis, said blade column including a blade shaft defining said longitudinal axis;
- a lower blade cantilevered from said blade shaft;
- and at least one upper blade cantilevered from said blade shaft and circumferentially spaced from said lower blade;
- each said upper and lower blade including an upper face and a lower face, as well as a leading edge and a trailing edge defined by said cutting direction, wherein:
- each of said at least one upper blade having a cutting edge portion comprising a single bevel on said lower face thereof defining a cutting edge on said leading edge and having a deflector portion opposite said cutting edge portion, wherein said deflector portion defines said trailing edge and comprises a deflector that extends along the radial length thereof and that extends from a first portion to said trailing edge at an angle oriented downward away from the cutting edge;
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- said lower blade having a single bevel on said upper face thereof defining a cutting edge on said leading edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.