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US 2004/0103797 A1Published application
Vegetable cutter
AssigneePetra Repac
InventorsCedomir Repac, Branko Culig
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AssigneePetra Repac
InventorsCedomir Repac, Branko Culig
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A vegetable cutter (10) having a lower housing part (14) is described, which has a knife (16) on its underside and receives a rotatable inner body (18) with a cutting grid (20), the inner body (18) being fillable with the vegetable, in particular garlic (22). Furthermore, an upper housing part (12) with a ram disposed on a spindle (24) is provided and in the operating state plunges into the inner body (18) and upon rotation of the upper housing part (12) relative to the lower housing part (14) executes an axial motion counter to the cutting device (20). Furthermore, the vegetable cutter (10) includes means (28), which in the operating state assure engagement with a thread of the spindle (24) and in the open state allow a free axial displacement of the spindle (24) and ram (26). The means (28) are connected to the upper housing part (12), and that the spindle (24) is guided axially displaceably on the upper housing part (12) (FIG. 5).
A vegetable cutter (10), having a lower housing part (14), which has a knife (16) on its underside and receives a rotatable inner body (18) with a cutting grid (20), the inner body (18) being fillable with the vegetable, in particular garlic (22), and having an upper housing part (12) with a ram, which is disposed on a spindle (24) and in the operating state plunges into the inner body (18) and upon rotation of the upper housing part (12) relative to the lower housing part (14) executes an axial motion counter to the cutting device (20), and having means (28), which in the operating state assure engagement with a thread of the spindle (24) and in the open state allow a free axial displacement of the spindle (24) and ram (26), characterized in that the means (28) are connected to the upper housing part (12), and that the spindle (24) is guided axially displaceably on the upper housing part (12).
The vegetable cutter of one of the foregoing claims, characterized in that the spindle (24) is embodied as a hollow spindle, and an axial guide (34) is received in the interior of the hollow spindle.
The vegetable cutter of one of the foregoing claims, characterized in that the spindle (24) is secured against sliding out of the upper housing part (12) via a stop (42), and preferably the stop (42) cooperates with a counterpart stop (44) on the means (28).
The vegetable cutter of one of the foregoing claims, characterized in that the means (28) are embodied as a cap nut (46) that can be placed on the lower housing part (14).
The vegetable cutter of one of the foregoing claims, characterized in that in the upper housing part (12), a receptacle (52) for a free end (54) of the spindle (24) remote from the ram (26) is provided, in which, in the fully retracted position, the spindle (24) is held in clamping fashion.
The vegetable cutter of one of the foregoing claims, characterized in that the means (28) are connected to the upper housing part (12) rotatably relative to it.
The vegetable cutter of one of the foregoing claims, characterized in that the means (28) are latched to the upper housing part (12).
The vegetable cutter of one of the foregoing claims, characterized in that the cutting grid (20) is connected to the inner body (18) via detent tabs (56), which are latched in axial slits of the inner body (18).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.