# US 2014/0360022 A1 · Slicing apparatus and method of use thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0360022 A1 - Document ID: US20140360022A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/914,391 - Filed: 2013-06-10 - Published: 2014-12-11 - Earliest claimed: 2013-06-10 - Inventors: Quin MARCEAU - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140360022A1 ## CPC - B26B 27/002: {Tools using wires as cutting means} - A21C 15/04: Cutting or slicing machines or devices specially adapted for baked articles other than bread - B26B: HAND-HELD CUTTING TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (for harvesting A01D; for horticulture, for forestry A01G; for butchering or meat treatment A22; for manufactering or repairing footwear A43D; nail clippers or cutters A45D29/02; kitchen equipment A47J; {vegetable slicers, julienne cutters and similar devices and holders therefor, B26D3/28}; for surgical purposes A61B; for metal B23D; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; plier-like tools with cutting edges B25B7/22; pincers B25C11/02; handles for hand implements, in general B25G; guillotine-type cutters B26D; {perforating by non-mechanical means, e.g. by fluid jet, B26F1/26}; for erasing B43L19/00; for textile materials D06H) - A21C: MACHINES OR EQUIPMENT FOR MAKING OR PROCESSING DOUGHS; HANDLING BAKED ARTICLES MADE FROM DOUGH ## Abstract A slicing apparatus comprises a housing and at least one filament with a first and second end. The at least one filament is pullable by a user. The housing is defined by perimeter walls and has a bottom with an opening, a top, and a vertical member. The vertical member has a longitudinal axis and extends from the top of the housing towards the bottom. The at least one filament mechanically connects to the vertical member and the remainder of it passes through the perimeter walls. Once passed through, the second end of the at least one filament terminates external to the housing. With the second end of the at least one filament now external to the housing, the user can move the at least one filament. When the at least one filament is moved by a user, the at least one filament may effect slices into a volume of matter. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A slicing apparatus, comprising: at least one filament with a first and second end, wherein the at least one filament is configured to be pulled by a user; a housing defined by perimeter walls, comprising a bottom with an opening; a top; and a vertical member with a longitudinal axis, wherein the vertical member extends from the top of the housing towards the bottom; wherein the first end of the at least one filament is mechanically connected to the vertical member; wherein the at least one filament extends through the perimeter walls and the second end of the at least one filament terminates external to the housing; and wherein the at least one filament is rotatable with respect to the longitudinal axis of the vertical member. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the housing is bored out. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the bottom of the housing further comprises an upper alignment aperture disposed on the bottom of the housing, wherein the apparatus further comprises: a button comprising a filament edge, a hinge edge, an upper alignment member and a lower alignment member, wherein the upper alignment member is configured to mate with the upper alignment aperture of the housing, and wherein the button hingedly connects to the housing at the opening along its hinge edge; and a bottom cover configured to close the opening of the bottom of the housing, wherein the bottom cover comprises a lower alignment aperture, and wherein the lower alignment member of the button is configured to mate with the lower alignment aperture of the bottom cover; wherein the second end of the at least one filament passes between the perimeter walls of the housing and the filament edge of the button. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a release mechanism with potential energy disposed on the vertical member and a cleaning mechanism disposed on the perimeter walls, wherein the potential energy of the release mechanism pulls the at least one filament through a plurality of seals disposed on the perimeter walls into the housing whereby any residual matter that adhered to the at least one filament while external to the housing can be removed by sliding through the plurality of seals. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising spring element with potential energy disposed in the housing, wherein the spring element mechanically connects to the vertical member, and wherein when the second end of the at least one filament is pulled away from the housing, the potential energy of the spring element provides a force drawing the at least single filament towards the vertical member. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the housing further comprises a housing seal adjacent to the filament edge of the button and the button further comprises a button seal disposed on the button adjacent to the housing seal, wherein when the spring element draws the at least one filament into the housing, the at least one filament passes between the housing seal and the button seal, whereby any residual matter that adhered to the at least one filament while external to the housing can be removed by the housing seal and the button seal.