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US 4,599,928 AGranted
Apparatus for forming cubes from a product such as a loaf of cheese
AssigneeTom Oker Sales & Mfg., Inc.
InventorThomas W. Oker
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Abstract
Apparatus for forming cubes from a product such as a loaf of cheese. The apparatus has a base and a block mounted on the base, the block having intersecting, transverse and longitudinal grooves in its upper surface. A pair of bows are pivotally mounted perpendicularly to each other on said base. The bows have a plurality of spaced wires which cooperate with the grooves to pass through the product and into the grooves in order to form cubes.
Claims8
Apparatus for forming cubes from a product comprising;
- a base;
- a block mounted on said base and having a plurality of spaced parallel grooves in the upper surface thereof in a longitudinal direction and intersecting spaced parallel grooves in a transverse direction;
- a lower bow pivotally mounted on said base;
- an upper bow pivotally mounted on said base on an axis perpendicular to the axis of said lower bow;
- each said bow having a frame creating an opening through which said block passes when said bow is swung to a horizontal position parallel to said base;
- each said bow having a plurality of cutting wires stretching across said opening and aligned with respective grooves in said block;
- each said wire having a loop at each end;
- each said frame having a plurality of spaced studs projecting from one end of said frame, each said stud receiving a loop from one end of a respective cutting wire;
- each said frame having a plurality of shouldered bores in the other end of said frame opposite respective lugs;
- a headed pin located in each said bore and having a slotted shank projecting through said bore to receive a loop from the other end of each said wire;
- and a compression spring disposed in each said bore between a shoulder and the head of a pin to apply tension to said wire.
8 more elements
Apparatus for forming cubes from a product comprising;
- a rectangular base formed of sheet metal presenting a flat plate with depending support flanges, said flanges being beveled at said corners to provide openings at the corners of said base;
- a block having a plurality of spaced parallel grooves in the upper surface thereof in a longitudinal direction and intersecting spaced parallel grooves in a transverse direction, said block being secured to said flat plate, four pairs of ears struck upwardly from said flat plate;
- a lower bow pivotally mounted on said base between two pairs of ears;
- an upper bow pivotally mounted on said base on an axis perpendicular to the axis of said lower bow between the remaining two pairs of ears;
- each said bow having a frame creating an opening through which said block passes when said bow is swung to a horizontal position parallel to said base;
- each said bow having a plurality of cutting wires stretching across said opening and aligned with respective grooves in said block.
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Apparatus for forming cubes from a product comprising;
- a base;
- a block mounted on said base and having a plurality of spaced parallel, deep grooves in the upper surface thereof in a longitudinal direction and intersecting spaced parallel, shallow grooves in a transverse direction;
- a lower bow pivotally mounted on said base by short right-angle legs for movement in a longitudinal direction;
- an upper bow pivotally mounted on said base by long, right-angle legs on an axis perpendicular to the axis of said lower bow for movement in a transverse direction;
- said lower bow having feet opposite said legs for engagement with said base to determine the movement of said bow through said block;
- said upper bow being engageable with said lower bow to determine the extent of movement through said block;
- each said bow having a frame creating an opening through which said block passes when said bow is swung to a horizontal position parallel to said base;
- each said bow having a plurality of cutting wires stretching across said opening and aligned with respective grooves in said block;
- each said wire having a loop at each end;
- each said frame having a plurality of spaced studs projecting from one end of said frame, each said stud receiving a loop from one end of a respective cutting wire;
- each said frame having a plurality of shouldered bores in the other end of said frame opposite respective lugs;
- a headed pin located in each said bore and having a slotted shank projecting through said bore to receive a loop from the other end of each said wire;
- and a compression spring disposed in each said bore between a shoulder and the head of a pin to apply tension to said wire.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.