# US 11,897,157 B1 · Garlic mincer > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,897,157 B1 - Document ID: US11897157B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 18/121,829 - Filed: 2023-03-15 - Granted: 2024-02-13 - Earliest claimed: 2023-03-15 - Applicants: Bruce Feldman - Inventors: Bruce Feldman - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11897157B1 ## CPC - B26D 3/26: specially adapted for cutting fruit or vegetables, e.g. for onions - B26D 3/185: {Grid like cutters} - B26D 7/0608: {by pushers (B26D7/0616, B26D7/0625 and B26D7/0641 take precedence)} - B26D: CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING (for growing crops or plants A01D, A01G; for fodder or straw A01F; for bulk butter A01J; for dough A21C; slaughtering A22B; for tobacco, cigars or cigarettes A24; marking-out, perforating or making buttonholes A41H25/00; manufacturing footwear A43D; brushmaking A46D; surgery A61B; disintegrating, mincing or shredding in general B02C; cutting wire, making pins or nails B21F, B21G; of the kind used formetal B23; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; hand-held cutting tools B26B; perforating, cutting-out, stamping-out or punching, or severing by means other than cutting B26F; for wood B27; for stone B28D; working of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29; making boxes, cartons, envelopes or bags, of paper or similarly worked materials, e.g. metal foil, B31B; article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices B65H35/00; for leather or upholstery B68, C14B; for glass C03B; making matches C06F; for peat C10F; for sugar C13B45/00; for textile materials D06H; civil engineering, building, mining, see Section E; for light guides G02B6/25; cutting processed photographic material G03D15/04) ## Abstract Devices, apparatus and methods for pressing and cutting garlic cloves in a handheld device. The device allows for positioning loose garlic cloves into a cylinder and rotating a knob to push a plunger down by a rotating screw to push the cloves through a cutting grid, and further slicing the cut pieces with a rotating blade. A quick release tab can be used to disengage the screw and allow the plunger and screw to feely travel so that the knob screw and plunger can be removed and new amounts of garlic cloves can be pressed and cut. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A garlic mincing device, comprising: a cylinder assembly having an open upper end and a bottom end with a cutting grid, and a chamber therebetween for storing garlic cloves; a screw assembly having an upper end and a bottom end; a plunger attached to the bottom end of the screw assembly; the plunger placed over the stored garlic cloves; a rotating blade attached to the bottom end of the screw assembly positioned below the cutting grid; and a turn knob attached to the upper end of the screw assembly, wherein rotating the knob rotates the screw assembly to push the plunger down and pushes the cloves through a cutting grid into resultant garlic pieces, followed by slicing the resultant garlic pieces into sliced cube pieces with the rotating blade. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The garlic mincing device of claim 1, further comprising: a quick release tab attached to the device to be used when the plunger has pushed all the garlic cloves through the cutting grid, to disengage the screw assembly and allow the plunger and the screw assembly to be removed for new amounts of garlic cloves be inserted into the chamber. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The garlic mincing device of claim 2, wherein the quick release tab includes: a tab end that extends sideways from the cylinder assembly, the tab end attached to an elongated member; and an inner end attached to an opposite end of the elongated member, wherein pulling the tab end outward away from the cylinder assembly allows the plunger and the screw assembly to be removed, from the device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The garlic mincing device of claim 1, further comprising: a removable cap attached to the bottom end of the cylinder assembly for holding the sliced cube pieces of garlic. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The mincing device of claim 4, wherein the removable cap includes: a separate pull tab, wherein pulling the tab allows the removable cap to be released from the device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The garlic mincing device of claim 1, wherein the cutting grid includes: rectangular openings. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The garlic mincing device of claim 1, wherein the rectangular openings in the cutting grid are each approximately 3/32″ wide, by approximately 3/32″ high. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The garlic mincing device of claim 1, wherein the cylinder assembly, the plunger, the cutting grid and the rotating blade are formed from stainless steel. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The garlic mincing device of claim 1, wherein the cylinder assembly includes: an outer cylindrical housing; an inner cylindrical housing within the outer cylindrical housing; and an inner rectangular housing within the inner cylindrical housing, wherein the inner rectangular housing allows for the plunger to slide up and down. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The garlic mincing device of claim 1, wherein the screw assembly includes: an outer cylinder having an external thread surface; and a turning blade rod positioned inside the outer cylinder. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The garlic mincing device of claim 10, further comprising: an upper turning blade cover for protecting an upper portion of the turning blade rod; and an external cover tube for protecting a lower portion of the turning blade rod. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The garlic mincing device of claim 1, wherein the plunger includes downwardly extending teeth. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The garlic mincing device of claim 1, wherein the rotating blade includes: two curved blades attached to a central hub made from stainless steel. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The garlic mincing device of claim 1, wherein the knob is formed from molded plastic and includes upper gripping edge. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The garlic mincing device of claim 1, wherein the device includes a height of approximately 4.78, and a diameter of approximately 2.84″. ### Claim 16 A method of mincing garlic cloves, comprising the steps of: providing a cylinder assembly having an open upper end and a bottom end with a cutting grid, and chamber between the upper end and the cutting grid, storing garlic cloves in the chamber; providing a screw assembly having an upper end and a bottom end, inside of the cylinder assembly; attaching a plunger to the bottom end of the screw assembly, above the stored garlic cloves; attaching a rotating blade to the bottom end of the screw assembly positioned below the cutting grid; and providing a turn knob attached to the upper end of the screw assembly; and rotating the knob which rotates the screw assembly to push the plunger down to push the cloves through the cutting grid into resultant garlic pieces, which are sliced into sliced cube pieces by the rotating blade. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising the steps of: providing quick release tab attached to the cylinder assembly; and pulling the quick release tab when the plunger has pushed all the garlic cloves through the cutting grid, to disengage the screw assembly and allow the plunger and the screw assembly to feely travel so that the knob, the screw assembly and the plunger are removable so new amounts of garlic cloves be inserted into the chamber. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising the step of: attaching a removable cap attached to the bottom end of the cylinder assembly for holding the sliced cube pieces of garlic. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the step of providing the cylinder assembly includes the steps of: providing an outer cylindrical housing; providing an inner cylindrical housing within the outer cylindrical housing; and providing an inner rectangular housing within the inner cylindrical housing, wherein the inner rectangular housing allows for the plunger to slide up and down. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising the step of: providing the plunger with downwardly extending teeth.