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US 4,569,280 AGranted
Produce wedger
AssigneeLe-Jo Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsDominic D'Ambro, Clayton E. Giangiulio
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Abstract
A produce wedger is provided for sectioning produce, such as tomatoes. The produce is restrained in such a manner that as the slicing device moves through it (thereby slicing it into a plurality of sections), the produce is left substantially in its original shape. The device is configured to minimize destruction of the composition of the produce. A method of sectioning by slicing with minimal disruption of the produce, is disclosed.
Claims10
In a device for sectioning produce, said device having a plurality of blades, the improvement comprising:
- (a) means for holding the produce;
- (b) movable means for engaging said produce to force it against said holding means and slice it into sections;
- said plurality of blades being arranged in said movable means to engage when in operation the outer surface of said produce at a plurality of surface locations and slice the produce toward its center;
- (c) means for joining said blades to minimize the mass of the juncture of the blades;
- said blades joined in a configuration such that in their passage during operation through said produce the juncture of said blades will not substantially compress, displace and destroy the composition of said produce;
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- (d) said movable means, said holding means and said blades having a configuration and juxtaposition with one another such that during operation thereof said produce retains its overall shape during sectioning and the sections are not substantially separated by the action of the movable means and the blades, with the juncture of the blades engaging the produce only after slicing occurs at a plurality of surface locations.
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