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US 4,790,488 AGranted
Utensil for cutting food materials
OwnerAlfred Bornerinventor
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Abstract
A kitchen utensil for cutting vegetables, in particular potatoes, into strips. The kitchen utensil comprises a base plate, which has provided on the upper side thereof at least one slide surface and, when seen in the direction of cutting, behind said slide surface, knives, which are open towards the underside of the base plate and the height of which projects beyond that of said slide surface. The knives are arranged in transverse rows, which are displaced relative to each other, and are provided with U-shaped cutting edges.
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A utensil for cutting food materials into strips comprising
- a base plate including upper and lower sides, and forming a multitude of through openings extending through the base plate;
- the upper side of the base plate being substantially planar, having longitudinal and transverse axes, and further having front and back longitudinally spaced apart slide surfaces;
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- a plurality of rows of knives, each row transversely extending across the base plate between the front and back slide surfaces;
- each knife being connected to the base plate, extending over a respective one of the through openings, and including a front inside surface and a back inside surface;
- each front inside surface including (i) a front U-shaped cutting edge projecting above the front and back slide surfaces, and (ii) a lower end edge, the front inside surface having a substantially concave shape between the front and lower end edges thereof;
- the front inside surface having a slope at the front cutting edge that is substantially parallel to the upper side of the base plate, and having a slope at the lower end edge that is substantially perpendicular to the upper side of the base plate;
- each back inside surface including (i) a back U-shaped cutting edge projecting above the front and back slide surfaces, and (ii) a lower end edge;
- the back inside surface having a slope at the back cutting edge that is substantially parallel to the upper side of the base plate, and having a slope at the lower end edge of the back inside surface that is substantially perpendicular to the upper side of the base plate.
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A utensil for cutting fruits and vegetables into strips, comprising:
- a base plate including
- (i) an upper side having longitudinal and transverse axes, and further having front and back longitudinally spaced apart slide surfaces, and
- (ii) a multitude of through openings extending through the base plate;
- at least a first row of knives transversely extending across the base plate between the front and back slide surfaces;
- each knife being connected to the base plate, extending over a respective one of the through openings, and including front and back U-shaped cutting edges projecting above the front and back slide surfaces;
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- wherein the first row of knives is formed from a thin metal strip including upper transversely extending portions, lower transversely extending portions, and side portions connecting together the upper and lower transversely extending portions;
- said metal strip is secured in the base plate, with the lower transversely extending portions being located at a level below the front and back slide areas, and with the upper transversely extending portions being located at a level above the front and back slide areas;
- and each of the upper transversely extending portions defines a longitudinal axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the upper side of the base plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.