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US 2013/0312581 A1Published application
Adjustable slicer and cutter
OwnerRichard A. St. Pierre, Fletcher W. Chapin +1inventors
InventorsRichard A. St. Pierre, Fletcher W. Chapin, David W. Dranchak
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Abstract
The present invention provides a family of devices to slice or cut items such as produce and more particularly, even large items such as watermelons safely, cleanly, and efficiently. The invention is scalable and can also be applied to the slicing or cutting of other items including logs. Other embodiments showing extensions to the invention are also disclosed.
Claims20
A device for slicing an object, the device comprising:
- a) a cutting device (CD) comprising an elongated blade having a major axis, an anterior end, a posterior end, and a cutting edge extending along said major axis at least partially between said anterior end and said posterior end, and a first side and a second side parallel to said major axis;
- b) a cutting board having an upper major surface for receiving an object to be sliced;
- c) a cutting device positioning member (CDPM) removably secured to and projecting upwardly from said upper surface of said board, and comprising within said CDPM a control track, at least one catch/detent, and a channel open to an external surface of said CDPM;
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- d) a guide pin protruding from at least one of said first and second sides of said blade;
- wherein once said device is assembled, said guide pin is proximate said blade of said cutting device and said control track of said CDPM, said blade of said cutting device being allowed to travel along said channel, and once said guide pin is selectively engaged in said at least one catch/detent, said CDPM guides and controls at least one slicing motion of said cutting device.
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A cutting device positioning member (CDPM) for use with a base and a cutting device for slicing an object, the CDPM comprising:
- a) a control track within said CDPM and further comprising at least one catch/detent;
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- b) a channel open to an external surface of said CDPM;
- wherein once a guide pin is inserted proximate a blade of a cutting device and said control track of said CDPM, said blade of said cutting device being allowed to travel along said channel, and once said guide pin is selectively engaged in said at least one catch/detent, said CDPM guides and controls at least one slicing motions of said cutting device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.