Potato cutting apparatus
OwnerMyron M. Mertzinventor
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Abstract
A support plate mounts a matrix of tubular cutters orthogonally mounted to the plate, with the tubular cutters projecting through the plate, whereupon projecting of the tubular cutters through an associated potato projects cylindrical segments rearwardly of the plate for use as "French-fry" type potatoes. The plate includes interfitting projections received within associated recesses to position and maintain the plate relative to an associated die table, wherein the die table includes crossed support bars to support a potato thereon, and wherein the support bars are received through the matrix of cutting tubes and wherein the recesses each include a respective floor spaced from a die table floor a spacing substantially equal to an associated projecting tubular cutter.
Claims5
A potato cutting apparatus, comprising,
- a support plate, the support plate including a support plate top surface spaced from, parallel to, and coextensive with a support plate bottom surface, the support plate bottom surface including a matrix of cutting tubes projecting orthogonally from the support plate bottom surface and extending through the support plate in an orthogonal relationship terminating and projecting through the support plate top surface, the cutting tubes each including an annular cutting edge formed at a lower distal end of each cutting tube spaced from the support plate bottom surface, and
- a support plate handle mounted to the support plate spaced above the support plate top surface, and
- the support plate including a first side spaced from a second side a predetermined first spacing and including a first end wall spaced from a second end wall a predetermined second spacing, and
- a die table, the die table including a die table opening, wherein the die table opening includes an opening first side wall spaced from an opening second side wall a space equal to the first spacing, and the die table including an opening first end wall spaced from an opening second end wall spaced apart the predetermined second spacing to complementarily receive the support plate within the opening, and
- the die table including a plurality of die table legs extending orthogonally below the die table, and
- a die table floor, with the legs mounted to the die table floor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.