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US 7,406,914 B1Granted
Modular blade assembly for produce peeling and coring
OwnerDaniel P. Healyinventor
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Abstract
A produce peeling and coring device having a modular blade assembly which can be removed and positioned on numerous machine embodiments, such as freestanding machines, wall-mount machines, and tabletop machines.
Claims24
A modular blade assembly for peeling and coring produce, comprising:
- an inside cylindrical blade having an inside cutting edge;
- an outside cylindrical blade disposed around said inside cylindrical blade and having an outside cutting edge;
- radial blades extending outward from said outside cylindrical blade;
- outside cylindrical blade arms releasably attached to and extending from said radial blades;
- inside cylindrical blade arms extending from said inside cylindrical blade;
- and,
- a plurality of support bracket fastening portals on said outside cylindrical blade arms and said inside cylindrical blade arms and located distal from said outside cylindrical blade and said inside cylindrical blade;
- wherein said support bracket fastening portals receive fasteners to releasably mount said modular blade assembly to a blade assembly support bracket of a wall mount machine at said support bracket fastening portals;
- and
- wherein said inside cylindrical blade is circumscribed by an extracting plate, said extracting plate having an outer circumference substantially equal to a circumference of said outside cylindrical blade.
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A modular blade assembly for peeling and coring produce, comprising:
- an inside cylindrical blade having an inside cutting edge;
- an outside cylindrical blade disposed around said inside cylindrical blade and having an outside cutting edge;
- radial blades extending outward from said outside cylindrical blade and having cutting edges;
- outside cylindrical blade arms releasably attached to and extending from said radial blades;
- inside cylindrical blade arms extending from said inside cylindrical blade;
- and,
- a plurality of support bracket fastening portals on said outside cylindrical blade arms and said inside cylindrical blade arms, and located distal from said outside cylindrical blade and said inside cylindrical blade;
- wherein said support bracket fastening portals receive fasteners to releasably mount said modular blade assembly to a blade assembly support bracket of a freestanding machine at said support bracket fastening portals;
- a vertical support rod supporting a base plate, said base plate having a push plate receiving hole and a push plate moving mechanism;
- a push plate mounted to said push plate moving mechanism, wherein the circumference of said push plate is substantially equal to the circumference of said push plate receiving hole, wherein said push plate receiving hole receives said push plate, and wherein said inside cutting edge and said outside cutting edge face upward toward said push plate;
- wherein said push plate comprises:
- an inside circular receiving groove formed in a bottom surface of said push plate of substantially equal circumference as said inside cutting edge in concentrical alignment with said inside cutting edge for receiving said inside cutting edge of said inside cylindrical blade when said push plate has been moved downwardly;
- an outside circular receiving groove formed on said bottom surface of said push plate of substantially equal circumference as said outside cutting edge in concentrical alignment with said outside cutting edge for receiving said outside cutting edge of said inside cylindrical blade when said push plate has been moved downwardly;
- and
- receiving grooves formed in said bottom surface of said push plate extending from said outside circular receiving groove, said receiving grooves being in alignment with said cutting edges of said radial blades for receiving said cutting edges of said radial blades when said push plate has been moved downwardly.
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A modular blade assembly for peeling and coring produce, comprising:
- an inside cylindrical blade having an inside cutting edge;
- an outside cylindrical blade disposed around said inside cylindrical blade and having an outside cutting edge;
- radial blades extending outward from said outside cylindrical blade and having cutting edges;
- outside cylindrical blade arms releasably attached to and extending from said radial blades;
- inside cylindrical blade arms extending from said inside cylindrical blade;
- and,
- a plurality of support bracket fastening portals on said outside cylindrical blade arms and said inside cylindrical blade arms, and located distal from said outside cylindrical blade and said inside cylindrical blade;
- wherein said support bracket fastening portals receive fasteners to releasably mount said modular blade assembly to a blade assembly support bracket of a freestanding machine at said support bracket fastening portals;
- a vertical support rod supporting a base plate, said base plate having a push plate receiving hole and a push plate moving mechanism;
- a push plate mounted to said push plate moving mechanism, wherein the circumference of said push plate is substantially equal to the circumference of said push plate receiving hole, wherein said push plate receiving hole receives said push plate, and wherein said inside cutting edge and said outside cutting edge face upward toward said push plate;
- and
- wherein said push plate moving mechanism has:
- a push plate interconnecting leg mounted to a top side of said push plate and positioned between a push plate first leg and a push plate second leg;
- a first lever arm and a second lever arm pivotally attached to said push plate first leg and push plate second leg;
- a handle extending between said first lever arm and said second lever arm, said handle positioned distal from a first arm end and a second arm end;
- and
- a first interconnecting bar and a second interconnecting bar attached to said first arm end and said second arm end, wherein said first interconnecting bar and said second interconnecting bar mount said push plate moving mechanism to said base plate.
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A modular blade assembly for peeling and coring produce, comprising:
- an inside cylindrical blade having an inside cutting edge;
- an outside cylindrical blade disposed around said inside cylindrical blade and having an outside cutting edge;
- radial blades extending outward from said outside cylindrical blade and having cutting edges;
- outside cylindrical blade arms releasably attached to and extending from said radial blades;
- inside cylindrical blade arms extending from said inside cylindrical blade;
- and,
- a plurality of support bracket fastening portals on said outside cylindrical blade arms and said inside cylindrical blade arms, and located distal from said outside cylindrical blade and said inside cylindrical blade;
- wherein said support bracket fastening portals receive fasteners to releasably mount said modular blade assembly to a blade assembly support bracket of a freestanding machine at said support bracket fastening portals;
- and
- wherein said inside cylindrical blade is circumscribed by an extracting plate, said extracting plate having an outer circumference substantially equal to a circumference of said outside cylindrical blade.
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A modular blade assembly for coring and peeling produce, comprising:
- an inside cylindrical blade having an inside cutting edge;
- an outside cylindrical blade disposed around said inside cylindrical blade;
- radial blades opposed and extending outward from said outside cylindrical blade and having cutting edges;
- outside cylindrical blade arms releasably attached to and extending from said radial blades;
- inside cylindrical blade arms extending from said inside cylindrical blade;
- and,
- a plurality of support bracket fastening portals on said outside cylindrical blade arms and said inside cylindrical blade arms and located distal from said outside cylindrical blade and said inside cylindrical blade;
- wherein said support bracket fastening portals receive fasteners to releasably mount said modular blade assembly to a blade assembly support bracket of a tabletop machine at said support bracket fastening portals;
- wherein said tabletop machine comprises:
- a vertical guide rod mounted to a cutting board base plate;
- a mounting block slidably attached to said guide rod, said blade assembly support bracket mounted to said mounting block;
- and
- a blade moving mechanism pivotally attached to said blade assembly support bracket and said mounting block and mounted to said cutting board base plate such that said inside cutting edge and said outside cutting edge face down toward said cutting board base plate.
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A modular blade assembly for coring and peeling produce, comprising:
- an inside cylindrical blade having an inside cutting edge;
- an outside cylindrical blade disposed around said inside cylindrical blade;
- radial blades opposed and extending outward from said outside cylindrical blade and having cutting edges;
- outside cylindrical blade arms releasably attached to and extending from said radial blades;
- inside cylindrical blade arms extending from said inside cylindrical blade;
- and,
- a plurality of support bracket fastening portals on said outside cylindrical blade arms and said inside cylindrical blade arms and located distal from said outside cylindrical blade and said inside cylindrical blade;
- wherein said support bracket fastening portals receive fasteners to releasably mount said modular blade assembly to a blade assembly support bracket of a tabletop machine at said support bracket fastening portals;
- wherein said inside cylindrical blade is circumscribed by an extracting plate, said extracting plate having an outer circumference substantially equal to a circumference of said outside cylindrical blade.
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A modular blade assembly for peeling and coring produce, comprising:
- an inside cylindrical blade having an inside cutting edge;
- an outside cylindrical blade disposed around said inside cylindrical blade and having an outside cutting edge;
- radial blades extending outward from said outside cylindrical blade;
- outside cylindrical blade arms releasably attached to and extending from said radial blades;
- inside cylindrical blade arms extending from said inside cylindrical blade;
- and,
- a plurality of support bracket fastening portals on said outside cylindrical blade arms and said inside cylindrical blade arms and located distal from said outside cylindrical blade and said inside cylindrical blade;
- wherein said support bracket fastening portals receive fasteners to releasably mount said modular blade assembly to a blade assembly support bracket of a wall mount machine at said support bracket fastening portals;
- wherein said wall mount machine comprises:
- a vertical wall mounting bracket mounted to a wall mount support plate;
- a cutting board base plate mounted to said wall mount support plate;
- a mounting block slidably positioned within a mounting block receiving groove on an anterior side of said wall mounting bracket, said blade assembly support bracket mounted to said mounting block;
- and
- a blade moving mechanism pivotally attached to said inside cylindrical blade arms;
- wherein said modular blade assembly mounts to said blade assembly support bracket at said support bracket fastening portals and said blade assembly support bracket mounts to said mounting blocks at said support bracket fastening portals;
- and
- wherein said mounting block slides up and down said receiving groove as said modular blade assembly moves downwardly toward and upwardly away from said cutting board base plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.