Handheld motorised food cutting device

A handheld motorized food cutting device comprising:

• a body to be gripped in a user's hand so that the device is supported by the hand, the body having a passage extending inwardly of the body from an inlet opening through which a food item to be processed is inserted for movement along the passage in a processing direction;
• a blade assembly moveably mounted in the body for reciprocating movement along a cutting path that is transverse of said processing direction, with the blade assembly being exposed to the passage so as to be engaged by the food item moved in said processing direction;
• and
• a drive assembly to drive said blade assembly along said cutting path,
• wherein the body has an outlet passage extending from a blade to an outlet opening in an outlet direction,
• wherein the outlet direction is transverse of the processing direction,
• wherein the blade assembly includes a blade carrier adapted to hold the blade and a blade cartridge having a support surface for the food item, and
• wherein the blade cartridge includes a plurality of articulated links to enable curvilinear movement of the blade cartridge.

A handheld motorized food cutting device comprising:

• a body to be gripped in a user's hand so that the device is supported by the hand, the body having a passage extending inwardly of the body from an inlet opening through which a food item to be processed is inserted for movement along the passage in a processing direction;
• a blade assembly moveably mounted in the body for reciprocating movement along a cutting path that is transverse of said processing direction, with the blade assembly being exposed to the passage so as to be engaged by the food item moved in said processing direction;
• and
• a drive assembly to drive said blade assembly along said cutting path,
• wherein the blade assembly includes a blade carrier adapted to hold a blade and a blade cartridge having a support surface for the food item, the blade carrier being moveable along the cutting path,
• wherein the blade is moveably mounted in the blade carrier and moveable with respect to the blade carrier along the processing direction such that the blade moves along the processing direction whilst the blade carrier moves along the cutting path, and
• wherein the blade cartridge includes a plurality of articulated links to enable curvilinear movement of the blade cartridge.