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US 8,096,218 B2Granted
Device for mincing food
AssigneeLeifheit AG
InventorsMarkus Klotz, Benjamin Schramm
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Abstract
A device for cutting food includes a slide operable to receive a food product that is slid across the slide so as to perform a cutting procedure. A cutting blade including a cutting edge is included. A switch is included operable to switch the device from a neutral position in which the cutting edge is at least one of covered and recessed, to a cutting position in which the cutting edge is neither covered nor recessed.
Claims18
A device for cutting food comprising:
- a cutting blade including a cutting edge;
- a slide operable to receive a food product that is slid across the slide in a first sliding direction so as to cut the food product while the food product is sliding in the first sliding direction using the cutting edge;
- a switch including a switch-over lever operable by at least one of the food product and a holder configured to receive the food product to switch the device from a neutral position in which the cutting edge is substantially disposed in a plane of the slide and at least one of covered and recessed, to a cutting position in which the cutting edge is raised with respect to a surface of the slide and neither covered nor recessed;
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- a spring coupled to the switch, the spring configured to release the switch and automatically switch the cutting blade back to the neutral position as the food product is slid in the first sliding direction.
2 more elements
A device for cutting food comprising:
- a slide operable to receive a food product that is slid across the slide in a first sliding direction during which the food product is cut as part of a cutting procedure;
- a holder operable to hold the food during the cutting procedure and convey the food onto the slide;
- at least one cutting blade configured to cut the food product while the food product is sliding in the first sliding direction, the cutting blade including a cutting edge attached to the slide;
- a switch attached to the slide and including a switch-over lever actuable to switch, by movement of the holder in the first sliding direction during the cutting procedure, the cutting edge from a neutral position in which the cutting edge is substantially disposed in a plane of the slide and at least one of covered and recessed, to a cutting position in which the cutting edge is raised with respect to a surface of the slide and neither covered nor recessed;
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- a spring coupled to the switch, the spring configured to release the switch and automatically switch the cutting blade back to the neutral position as the food product is slid in the first sliding direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.