# US 8,794,555 B2 · Vegetable cutting machine > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,794,555 B2 - Document ID: US8794555B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/359,148 - Filed: 2012-01-26 - Published: 2012-08-23 - Granted: 2014-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2011-01-27 - Assignees: Sammic, S.L. - Applicants: Javier Hidalgo Garcia; Aitor Aguirrezabalaga Zubizarreta - Inventors: Javier Hidalgo Garcia; Aitor Aguirrezabalaga Zubizarreta - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8794555B2 ## CPC - B26D 7/00: Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting (cutters B26D1/00; arrangements for guiding hand cutting tools B26B29/06; punching tools or dies, cutting-out knives or dies B26F) - A47J 43/046: with tools driven from the bottom side - A47J 43/0783: {activated by the proper positioning of a separate food chute on the cover} - B26D 1/29: with cutting member mounted in the plane of a rotating disc, e.g. for slicing beans - B26D 7/0608: {by pushers (B26D7/0616, B26D7/0625 and B26D7/0641 take precedence)} - B26D 7/0641: {using chutes, hoppers, magazines} - B26D: CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING (for growing crops or plants A01D, A01G; for fodder or straw A01F; for bulk butter A01J; for dough A21C; slaughtering A22B; for tobacco, cigars or cigarettes A24; marking-out, perforating or making buttonholes A41H25/00; manufacturing footwear A43D; brushmaking A46D; surgery A61B; disintegrating, mincing or shredding in general B02C; cutting wire, making pins or nails B21F, B21G; of the kind used formetal B23; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; hand-held cutting tools B26B; perforating, cutting-out, stamping-out or punching, or severing by means other than cutting B26F; for wood B27; for stone B28D; working of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29; making boxes, cartons, envelopes or bags, of paper or similarly worked materials, e.g. metal foil, B31B; article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices B65H35/00; for leather or upholstery B68, C14B; for glass C03B; making matches C06F; for peat C10F; for sugar C13B45/00; for textile materials D06H; civil engineering, building, mining, see Section E; for light guides G02B6/25; cutting processed photographic material G03D15/04) - A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES ## Abstract The machine disclosed herein is a vegetable cutting machine. It includes a base that houses a motor which activates the drive shaft of the cutting disks; a cover that closes off the base and that houses a cutting disk; a food feeder part joined to the cover in a way that allows dismounting; a food feeder mouth; and a curvilinear presser with a cylindrical tube projecting therefrom which is housed inside the feeder mouth. The presser is dismountable as a result of removable shaft. The presser has a turning handle at the end opposite the folding end thereof. The machine also includes a blocking device between the food feeder and the cover. The machine further incorporates a single support for the motor and all of the driving and motion transmission components. Lastly, the presser incorporates a safety lever which activates the power supply switch of the motor. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A food cutting machine comprising: a base; a motor mounted on a motor support and housed in the base; motion transmission components; a cover attached to a top of the base which houses a cutting disk mounted on a shaft in the motion transmission components; a food feeder attached to a top of the cover, wherein the food feeder has a mouth which extends orthogonally from the food feeder; a blocking device formed as part of the food feeder and designed to cover a food discharge section of the cover; a presser with a curvilinear shape along its longitudinal axis and mounted on a top of the food feeder wherein the presser includes a cylindrical tube configured such that when the machine is in operation, the cylindrical tube is positioned in the mouth of the food feeder; and a plunging device designed for insertion through the cylindrical tube on the presser. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The food cutting machine of claim 1 wherein the food feeder is connected to the cover by a pivoting, removable shaft. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The food cutting machine of claim 2 wherein the presser is attached at one end to the food feeder by means of a pivoting, removable shaft. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The food cutting machine of claim 3 wherein a machine support is attached to the outer surface of the food feeder at the pivoting end of the presser; wherein the pivoting end of the presser and the machine support have aligned through-holes, through which the removable shaft is inserted; the through holes of the machine support incorporate ferrules. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The food cutting machine of claim 4 where in the ferrule of the machine support through hole at the end opposite where the removable shaft is inserted includes an annular projection in the surface thereof which houses an annular undercut in the removable shaft. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The food cutting machine of claim 4 wherein an activating lever is secured to the presser at the pivoting end thereof, wherein said activating lever contains a through hole aligned with the through holes of the presser and machine support to allow the removable shaft. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The food cutting machine of claim 3 wherein the end of the presser opposite the end attached to the food feeder is a turning handle capable of rotating along its longitudinal axis. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The food cutting machine of claim 7 wherein the mouth part is of a semi-cylindrical shape and is positioned over the turning axis and is sized such that it envelopes the turning axis. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The food cutting machine of claim 8 wherein the presser and the plunging device are capable of being mechanically interlocked. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The food cutting machine of claim 9 wherein a tab with a sloped thickness protrudes orthogonally from the outer surface of the plunging device and a fastener is positioned near the mouth, wherein said fastener has a slot sized to receive the tab of the plunger in a bayonet mounting type of configuration. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The food cutting machine of claim 9 wherein the blocking device consists of a lock piece attached to the food feeder, wherein one end of the lock piece is in the shape of a hook, and said hook couples with a pin attached to the cover. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The food cutting machine of claim 11 wherein there is a fastening support secured to the food feeder and aligned with the lock piece; wherein said fastening support has a cavity which houses a spring that acts on a ball and wherein the lock piece has on its internal face two cavities sized to partially admit said ball, wherein the position of the cavities in the lock piece corresponds to the locked and unlocked positions of the lock piece. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The food cutting machine of claim 1 wherein the motion transmission components and the motor are mounted on opposite sides of the motor support.