Knife
AssigneeStart Food-Tech NZ Limited
InventorsReuben Jon Davis, Derek Richard Senior
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Abstract
A knife blade with a back, and a cutting edge with a shoulder, characterised in that the knife blade has a blade profile perpendicular to the blade edge that, starting at the shoulder and moving towards the back, has the following thickness, as ground prior to any polishing or subsequent steps, at the position indicated: at the shoulder a thickness of AA; at about 1/16″ from the shoulder a thickness of BB; and at about ⅛″ from the shoulder a thickness of CC; where AA is about 16 to 23 thousandths of an inch (0.41 mm to 0.58 mm); BB is AA plus about 3 thousandths of an inch (0.076 mm); and CC is BB plus about 2 thousandths of an inch. (0.051 mm).
Claims17
A stainless steel knife blade with a back, and a cutting edge with a shoulder, characterised in that the knife blade has a blade profile perpendicular to the blade edge that, starting at the shoulder and moving towards the back, has the following thickness, as ground prior to any polishing or subsequent steps, at the position indicated:
- at the shoulder a thickness of AA;
- at about 1/16″ from the shoulder a thickness of BB;
- and
- at about ⅛″ from the shoulder a thickness of CC;
- where AA is about 16 to 23 thousandths of an inch (0.41 mm to 0.58mm);
- BB is AA plus about 3 thousandths of an inch (0.076 mm);
- and
- CC is BB plus about 2 thousandths of an inch (0.051 mm).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.