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US 4,513,501 AGranted
Combined storing and slicing device for a stick of butter or margarine or the like
OwnerJong S. Leeinventor
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Abstract
A combined storing and slicing device is provided with a rectangular box-like container having one open shorter side through which a stick of butter or the like is received. A cutting line is held in a taut condition and is mounted for movement between a first rest position at the top of the open side and a second position at the bottom of the open side while traversing the open side. A cover is provided for the open side which retains the line in the second position when the cover is over the open side.
Claims8
A combined storing and slicing device comprising:
- a rectangular box-like container having a top, a bottom, two longer sides, a closed shorter side and an open shorter side through which a stick of butter or the like is received;
- a cutting line and means holding the line in a taut condition;
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- means mounting the holding means for movement of the cutting line between a first fast rest position at the top of the open side and a second position at the bottom of the open side while traversing the open side, said mounting means comprising an arm pivotally engaged at one end thereof to the top wall of the container at the closed shorter side and a spring biasing the arm upwardly and the cutting line against the peripheral wall of the said open shorter side.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.