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.
Claims20
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 locking the food chute in a closed position.
A method of operating a mandoline cutting apparatus having a frame, a carriage assembly slidably moveable relative to the frame, and a food chute pivotally connected to the frame, the method comprising the steps of:
- urging the carriage assembly downwardly relative to the frame;
- and
- rotating the food chute outwardly, away from the frame, to provide access to a slicing blade carried by the carriage.
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 a closed position and inhibiting sliding movement of the carriage assembly relative to the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.