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US 3,949,637 AGranted
Onion slicer
AssigneeGebr. Funke Metallwarenfabrik
InventorGabi Funke, nee Honsel
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Abstract
An onion slicer comprises a drum-shaped body composed of a bottom part and a removable upper part. The upper part contains a plurality of fixed radially disposed bars forming a grating, a rotatable cutter shaft, and a plurality of knife blades attached to the shaft and adapted to pass through the gaps between neighboring bars when the shaft is rotated.
Claims10
An onion slicer comprising:
- a. a bottom base portion,
- b. an upper portion removably disposed on the base portion to form a cutting chamber,
- c. said cutting chamber including a cylindrical internal surface having a plurality of grooves,
- d. grating means disposed in said upper portion and having laterally displaced gaps therein,
- e. a rotatable cutter shaft extending through the cutting chamber, and
- f. cutting means disposed on the cutter shaft and having a plurality of knife blades adapted to pass through the gaps of the grating means when the cutter shaft is rotated,
- g. said knife blades having a length sufficient for the tips of the blades to extend into said grooves.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.