Potato scoop
AssigneeAlco Foodservice Equipment Company
InventorJoseph Mielnicki
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Abstract
A tool which can separate the skin of a potato from its meat while simultaneously cutting the meat into usable sections is disclosed. The tool has a handle which mounts at one end a cutting edge assembly shaped to cut along the inside of the potato skin and lengthwise through the meat of the potato when the tool is held in one hand and a partially-baked potato which has been cut lengthwise is held in the other and the tool manipulated to cause the cutting edge assembly to be drawn lengthwise through the potato.
Claims7
A tool for use on a partially-baked half of a potato for separating the meat of the potato from its skin and simultaneously cutting the meat into separate chunks, comprising:
- a handle,
- shaped cutting edge means mounted at one end of said handle and extending laterally at an obtuse angle with respect thereto,
- said cutting edge means including:
- a central blade having a stem connected at one end to said handle and extending away therefrom,
- a pair of blades diverging from said central blade at an acute angle with respect thereto and at a location spaced from said handle about midway of the length of said central blade, and
- an arcuate blade having a hoop-shaped form connected to said pair of blades and said central blade remote from said handle and returning to said handle for cooperating with said diverging and central blades to form therebetween a pair of segments of a predetermined cross-section,
- so that when the tool is gripped in one hand and the potato half in the other, the blades can be engaged with and drawn through the potato for cutting the meat thereof into separate chunks.
A tool for use on a partially-baked half of a potato for separating the meat of the potato from its skin and simultaneously cutting the meat into separate chunks comprising:
- a handle,
- shaped cutting edge means mounted at one end of said handle at an obtuse angle relative thereto,
- said shaped cutting edge means including a central blade portion, a pair of blades diverging therefrom at a location spaced from said handle, and an arcuate blade disposed in the form of a hoop engaging the distal ends of said central blade and said pair of blades,
- so that when the tool is gripped in one hand and the potato half in the other, the blades can be engaged with and drawn through the potato for cutting the meat thereof into chunks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.