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US 5,974,934 AGranted
Apparatus for making a bowl from a loaf of bread
OwnerCharles Woodsinventor
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Abstract
A device for hollowing out food products such as loaves of hemispherically shaped bread for the purpose of using the hollowed out loaf as a bowl for food. The device has a knife for cutting into the loaf and a loaf platform for holding the loaf of bread. The platform and knife are angled so that the cutting action removes a uniform sized conical section of bread from the central region of the loaf. The knife is mounted in restricted manner so that it will penetrate the loaf for cutting of the cone but will not pass through the loaf.
Claims14
An apparatus for making a bowl from a generally hemispherically shaped food product, comprising:
- a) a base;
- b) food product supporting means for supporting said food product, said food product supporting means including a cutting platform, said cutting platform having a substantially planar support surface, said food product supporting means connected to said base;
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- c) cutting means operatively connected to said base, said cutting means having a cutting blade, said blade having a substantially straight cutting edge, said cutting means further having guiding means, said guiding means guiding and limiting movement of said cutting edge in a movement direction parallel to said straight cutting edge, between first and second positions, said cutting edge when in said first position not contacting said food product when said food product is supported by said food product supporting means and said cutting edge when in said second position extending into but not through said food product when said food product is supported by said food product supporting means and wherein said movement direction intersects said planar support surface at an acute angle, so that upon rotation of said food product upon said food product supporting means, said cutting edge will cut a substantially conical block of material from said food product when said cutting edge is in said second position.
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