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US 2026/0232001 A1Published application
Food Cutting Device
AssigneeLyco Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorsDaniel D. Maupin, Steven J. Schultz, William D. Zittel, Jeffrey S. Zittel
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Abstract
A food preparation device including a cylinder defining multiple apertures and including multiple snipper knives is shown. In use, the snipper knives cut objects that extend through one of the apertures, such as ends of food items, such as string beans, that are moved through the cylinder during which time one or more ends of the string beans may be cut by the snipper knives.
Claims20
A food preparation device comprising;
- a cylinder extending along a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end, the cylinder configured to receive a plurality of food items in the first end and which exit the cylinder via the second end, the plurality of food items travelling within the cylinder in a first direction that is generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, the cylinder comprising an outer wall defining a first outer surface facing away from the longitudinal axis, the outer wall defining a plurality of openings providing fluid communication between an interior of the cylinder and an exterior of the cylinder, the plurality of openings configured to receive a portion of each of a food item of the plurality of food items;
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- a plurality of snipper knives biased against the first outer surface of the cylinder, each of the plurality of snipper knives comprising:
- a body defining a second outer surface facing away from the cylinder;
- a first end;
- a second end opposite the first end;
- a first cutting edge on a first side of the body, the first cutting edge extending between the first end and the second end;
- a second cutting edge on a second side of the body opposite the first side, the second cutting edge extending between the first end and the second end;
- an aperture defined by the body, the aperture located between the first end and the second end and between the first cutting edge and the second cutting edge;
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- a first stiffening rib between the aperture and the second end, the first stiffening rib extending above the second outer surface of the body and away from the cylinder.
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A food preparation device comprising;
- a cylinder extending along a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end, the cylinder configured to receive a plurality of food items in the first end and which exit the cylinder via the second end, the plurality of food items travelling within the cylinder in a first direction that is generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, the cylinder comprising an outer wall defining a first outer surface facing away from the longitudinal axis, the outer wall defining a plurality of openings providing fluid communication between an interior of the cylinder and an exterior of the cylinder, the plurality of openings configured to receive a portion of each of a food item of the plurality of food items;
- a plurality of snipper knives biased against the first outer surface of the cylinder, each of the plurality of snipper knives comprising:
- a body defining a second outer surface facing away from the cylinder;
- a first end;
- a second end opposite the first end;
- a first cutting edge on a first side of the body, the first cutting edge extending between the first end and the second end;
- a second cutting edge on a second side of the body opposite the first side, the second cutting edge extending between the first end and the second end;
- an aperture defined by the body, the aperture located between the first end and the second end and between the first cutting edge and the second cutting edge;
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- a first stiffening rib between the aperture and the first end, the first stiffening rib extending above the second outer surface of the body and away from the cylinder.
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A food preparation device comprising;
- a cylinder extending along a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end, the cylinder configured to receive a plurality of food items in the first end and which exit the cylinder via the second end, the plurality of food items travelling within the cylinder in a first direction that is generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, the cylinder comprising an outer wall defining a first outer surface facing away from the longitudinal axis, the outer wall defining a plurality of openings providing fluid communication between an interior of the cylinder and an exterior of the cylinder, the plurality of openings configured to receive a portion of each of a food item of the plurality of food items;
- a plurality of snipper knives biased against the first outer surface of the cylinder, each of the plurality of snipper knives comprising:
- a body defining a second outer surface facing away from the cylinder;
- a first end;
- a second end opposite the first end;
- a first cutting edge on a first side of the body, the first cutting edge extending between the first end and the second end;
- a second cutting edge on a second side of the body opposite the first side, the second cutting edge extending between the first end and the second end;
- an aperture defined by the body, the aperture located between the first end and the second end and between the first cutting edge and the second cutting edge;
- a first stiffening rib between the aperture and the first cutting edge, the first stiffening rib extending above the second outer surface of the body and away from the cylinder;
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- a second stiffening rib between the aperture and the second cutting edge, the second stiffening rib extending above the second outer surface of the body and away from the cylinder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.