Adjustable slicing device
AssigneeDKB Household USA Corp.
InventorsKurt Gregory Botsai, Lance Gordon Hussey, Ingvald Alain Smith-Kielland, Ravi Sawhney, Christopher Glupker
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Abstract
Adjustable slicing devices and blades for the adjustable slicing devices are provided. One slicing device includes a frame having a first configuration and a second configuration. The slicing device further includes a first guide plate and a second guide plate wherein the first and second guide plates are mounted to the frame and include an opening formed between the guide plates in the first configuration. The device includes a first blade mounted in the opening in the first configuration, the blade having a cutting edge, and an adjustment control member having a first position for releasing the frame from the first configuration.
Claims21
An adjustable slicing device comprising:
- a foldable frame;
- an opening formed in said frame having a cutting edge of a blade extending at least partially across said opening;
- a guiding member adjustably mounted in said frame, said guiding member having an edge portion adjacent said opening;
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- an adjustment control member mounted to said frame;
- said adjustment control member being operable to releasably lock said frame in an open configuration and being operable to change a substantially vertical orientation of said edge portion, wherein when said frame is locked in said open configuration said frame is prevented from leaving said open configuration.
An adjustable slicing device comprising:
- a frame having a first portion supporting a first guide plate and a second portion supporting a second guide plate, said first and second portion being pivotally connected to allow said frame to be movable between an open configuration and a folded configuration;
- in said open configuration, said first and second guide plates substantially align to provide a food guide surface across said first and second guide plates and in said folded configuration, said first and second guide plates are positioned in a generally overlying configuration;
- a first blade mounted to at least one of said first and second guide plates and said frame;
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- an adjustment control member for adjusting a height of at least one of said first and second guide plates, the adjustment control member including a rotary locking member, the locking member being adapted to releasably lock said frame into said open configuration, wherein when said frame is locked in said open configuration said frame is prevented from leaving said open configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.