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US 12,533,824 B2Granted
Mandoline cutting apparatus
AssigneeConair Corporation
InventorsRobert F. Candler, Thomas E. Wilkes
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Abstract
A mandoline cutting apparatus includes a frame, a carriage assembly having a slicing blade, the carriage assembly being slidably moveable relative to the frame to slice a food item with the slicing blade, a food chute pivotally connected to the frame and moveable between a closed position and an open position, and a locking mechanism for locking the food chute in a closed position.
Claims13
A mandoline cutting apparatus, comprising:
- a frame;
- a carriage assembly having a slicing blade, the carriage assembly being slidably moveable relative to the frame to slice a food item with the slicing blade;
- a food chute pivotally connected to the frame and moveable between a closed position and an open position;
- and
- a locking mechanism for simultaneously locking the food chute in the closed position and inhibiting sliding movement of the carriage assembly relative to the frame.
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A mandoline cutting apparatus, comprising:
- a frame;
- at least one leg for supporting the frame in an angled orientation relative to a planar support surface;
- a carriage assembly having a slicing blade, the carriage assembly being slidably moveable relative to the frame to slice a food item with the slicing blade;
- a food chute pivotally connected to the frame and moveable between a closed position and an open position;
- and
- a locking mechanism for simultaneously locking the food chute in the closed position and inhibiting sliding movement of the carriage assembly relative to the frame.
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A mandoline cutting apparatus, comprising:
- a frame;
- at least one leg for supporting the frame in an angled orientation relative to a planar support surface;
- a carriage assembly having a slicing blade, the carriage assembly being slidably moveable relative to the frame to slice a food item with the slicing blade;
- a food chute pivotally connected to the frame and moveable between a closed position and an open position;
- and
- a locking mechanism for locking the food chute in the closed position,
- wherein the food chute includes a pair of opposed side panels, at least one of the side panels including a notch;
- and
- the carriage assembly includes an engagement member configured to be received in the notch to maintain the food chute in the closed position;
- and
- wherein the notch and the engagement member are components of the locking mechanism.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.