Automatic self-adjusting and self-centering bagel slicing method and apparatus
OwnerDavid A. Kanarek, Lawrence S. Kanarekinventors
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Abstract
An automatic bagel slicer includes a transport mechanism with spring loaded clamping panels for securely holding a bagel in a cutting attitude with respect to a horizontally disposed reciprocating cutting edge. A detent plate, that is mounted for limited vertical movement on the transport mechanism, has a contour that controls the opening and closing of the clamping panels in a coordinated manner as the transport mechanism is driven up and down. The sliced bagel is automatically released when the transport mechanism is at the lower part of its travel. The cutting edge is always concealed, thus precluding any danger to the user.
Claims15
A method of slicing a bagel into disk shaped pieces comprising:
- inserting the bagel into a transport mechanism in a housing;
- providing a concealed cutting edge in the housing;
- securing the bagel between a pair of biased open supports within the transport mechanism;
- closing the supports to grasp the bagel in a slicing attitude adjacent to the concealed cutting edge;
- moving the transport mechanism with respect to the cutting edge to slice the bagel and;
- opening the pair of supports to release the sliced bagel.
A method of slicing a bagel comprising:
- providing a housing having a transport mechanism and a concealed cutting edge;
- securing a bagel between a pair of biased open supports in the transport mechanism in a slicing attitude adjacent to the concealed cutting edge;
- reciprocating the concealed cutting edge;
- providing a detent plate on the transport mechanism for controlling closure of the supports;
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- moving the transport mechanism in response to the operation of a switch for carrying the bagel into slicing engagement with the cutting edge, the detent plate causing the biased open supports to close and grasp the bagel for slicing and to return to their open condition and release the bagel after slicing.
A bagel slicer comprising:
- a housing having a top;
- means for supporting a transport mechanism for movement in said housing;
- a cutting edge positioned in said housing;
- receiving means in said top for receiving a bagel in said housing;
- biased securing means in said transport mechanism for grasping said bagel in a slicing attitude with respect to said cutting edge;
- means for reciprocating said cutting edge;
- means for moving one of said transport mechanism and said cutting edge with respect to the other of said transport mechanism and said cutting edge, and
- means for controlling said biased securing means to release said bagel after slicing.
An automatic bagel slicer comprising:
- a housing;
- a motor driven movable transport mechanism in said housing;
- a detent plate on said movable transport mechanism;
- means, including spring loaded panels, for securing a bagel in said transport mechanism in an attitude for slicing;
- a motor driven reciprocable cutting blade mounted in said housing;
- said detent plate controlling said spring loaded panels to grasp said bagel in said slicing attitude for movement of said bagel by said transport mechanism relative to said cutting blade, for cutting said bagel and for releasing said bagel after slicing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.