Pizza cutting apparatus
AssigneeQuantum Technical Services, Inc.
InventorMark J. Freudinger
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A pizza cutting apparatus and portions of the apparatus, and methods of forming the apparatus and of disassembly. The apparatus includes a simple frame assembly made from sheet metal, an actuator assembly and a cutting assembly. The cutting assembly includes a central hub, a number of attached blade and guard combinations, a shaft with a flange and an elastic band. Each blade includes two spaced apart openings, one to receive the flange and the other to be engaged by the band so as to restrain the blades mounted in the hub. Each guard includes perforations for easy gripping by an operator. A blade is removed by having the operator safely grip each guard to stretch the band so as to disengage the blade from the flange and then return and rotate the blade to disengage the blade from the band.
Claims17
A pizza cutting apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of pizza cutting blades, each blade having a laterally extending cutting edge;
- a support structure supporting the blades in cutting positions;
- an actuator assembly operatively connected to the support structure, the actuator assembly configured to press the support structure and the blades downward such that the cutting edges are pressed into cutting engagement with a pizza;
- and
- an elastically deflectable connector engaging the blades in a deflected condition of the connector such that the connector applies a lateral restraining force urging the blades into abutment with the support structure in their cutting positions, wherein the blades are each movable relative to the support structure to subsequent cutting positions by movement of the blades during cutting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.