Hot dog slicer
AssigneeKatie Lane Corp.
InventorsShelly S. Howman, Karen Lynn O'Kelley
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Abstract
A housing with elongate chambers for hot dogs and transverse guide channels extending all the way through the chambers, a longitudinal blade assembly having sets of four radially arranged longitudinal blade sections positioned within the chambers and connected to each other so that the blades simultaneously slide longitudinally between a first position and a second position to slice the hot dogs longitudinally into quarters, and a transverse blade assembly having transverse blades that are received in the channels and connected to each other so that the blades simultaneously slide transversely between a first position and a second position to slice the hot dogs transversely into pieces.
Claims16
A slicer for food products, comprising:
- a) a housing having a plurality of elongate chambers defined therein for receiving the products, a plurality of spaced apart channels transversely defined therein with the channels extending all the way through the chambers, a connecting slot defined therein and extending between each of the chambers, a longitudinal control slot defined therein and in communication with the chambers, and a transverse control slot defined and in communication with the guide channels;
- b) a longitudinal blade assembly having a plurality of sets of four radially arranged blade sections, each blade set disposed within one of the chambers with the blade sections of that set extending transversely all the way across that chamber, the blade sets longitudinally movable between a first position and a second position, a connecting arm extending between each of the blade sets and movably received in the connecting slot, a first control arm connected to one of the blade sets and extending through the longitudinal control slot, and a first handle connected to the first control arm, wherein moving the first handle moves the blade set from the first to the second position which slices the products longitudinally into quarters;
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- c) a transverse blade assembly having a plurality of transverse blades that are received in the channels, the blades transversely movable between a first position and a second position, at least one connecting arm extending between each of the blades, a second control arm connected to one of the blades and extending through the transverse control slot, and a second handle connected to the second control arm, wherein moving the second handle moves the blades from the first to the second position which slices the products transversely into a plurality of pieces.
A slicer for elongate food products, comprising:
- a) a housing defining a plurality of elongate chambers and a plurality of spaced-apart transverse guide channels, wherein the elongate chambers are configured to receive a plurality of the elongate products, and the transverse guide channels are arranged transverse to the elongate chambers and extending transversely all the way through all of the chambers;
- b) a longitudinal blade assembly having a plurality of sets of longitudinally slicing non-concentric blade sections, each longitudinal blade set disposed within and corresponding to one of the elongate chambers, with the longitudinal non-concentric blade sections of each of the longitudinal blade sets extending transversely all the way across the corresponding elongate chamber and adapted to simultaneously longitudinally slice the products transversely all the way through into a plurality of longitudinal pieces each having a smaller longitudinal cross-sectional periphery than the unsliced product;
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- c) a transverse blade assembly having a plurality of transverse blades that are received in the transverse guide channels, the transverse blades being transversely movable independently of the longitudinal blade assembly and adapted to simultaneously transversely slice the products transversely all the way through into a plurality of transverse pieces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.