Foods and beverages: apparatus – Means to treat food – Subdividing into plural products
Reexamination Certificate
2003-08-04
2004-10-19
Simone, Timothy F. (Department: 1761)
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Means to treat food
Subdividing into plural products
C083S856000, C083S857000, C083S932000, C099S588000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06805044
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a vegetable cutting utensil and in particular to a vegetable cooking utensil which is provided with a flat blade and a comb blade, constructed so as to shred vegetables and the like.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The present applicant has already filed a patent application regarding this conventional type of vegetable cutting utensil now U.S. Pat. No. 4,733,588, and this vegetable cutting utensil is explained according to
FIGS. 6
to
11
. In
FIG. 6
, the reference numeral
1
denotes a vegetable cutting utensil, and this vegetable cutting utensil
1
consists of a vegetable cutting utensil main body
2
which is made of a hard synthetic resin formed into a roughly rectangle in a plan view, a metal flat blade
3
which is removably attached to the vegetable cutting utensil main body
2
, and a metal comb blade
4
which is removably attached parallel to the flat blade
3
. The vegetable cutting utensil main body
2
consists of left and right frame parts
5
,
5
provided to be spaced apart at a predetermined space, a reception plate
6
fixed on a front half portion (a left half portion in the drawing) between the left and right frame parts
5
,
5
, a regulating reception plate
7
rotatably arranged on a rear half portion (a right half portion in the drawing) between the left and right frame parts
5
,
5
, and a graspable holding body
8
which is arranged across the left and right frame parts
5
,
5
so as to couple them on a rear half portion of the left and right frame parts
5
,
5
.
Further, the vegetable cutting utensil main body
2
has grooves
9
,
9
which are oppositely disposed in a diagonal direction and which are drilled in a horizontal direction on approximately central portions in the longitudinal direction of the left and right frame parts
5
,
5
, so that the flat blade
3
shown in
FIG. 7
is inserted from one of the grooves
9
,
9
so that both end portions
3
a
,
3
a
of the flat blade
3
are positioned on the grooves
9
,
9
, and a middle part of the flat blade
3
is supported in a removable way on a step portion
6
a
which is formed on a rear end of the reception plate
6
.
The vegetable cutting utensil main body
2
is constructed so that the flat blade
3
can be fixed on the grooves
9
,
9
by providing screw tubes
10
,
10
on positions which are on undersides of the left and right frame parts
5
,
5
and on positions of the grooves
9
,
9
as shown in
FIG. 8
, screwing respective screws
11
,
11
from the undersides of the screw tubes
10
,
10
, and pressing the flat blade
3
against upper wall surfaces of the grooves
9
,
9
while pressing both respective end portions of the flat blade
3
by distal end portions of the screws
11
,
11
.
The comb blade
4
is juxtaposed with the flat blade
3
so as to be perpendicular to the flat blade
3
while being spaced apart from the flat blade
3
at a predetermined space, and the comb blade
4
is disposed across the left and right frame parts
5
,
5
and is fixed by means of comb blade fixing screws
12
,
12
which are screwed from side portions of the left and right frame parts
5
,
5
toward the inner side.
Further, as shown in
FIG. 9
, pivot pins
13
,
13
protrude on rear end portions of the side portions of the regulating reception plate
7
, while as shown in
FIG. 10
, pivot grooves
14
,
14
which are opened to the inner side and rear sides of the left and right frame parts
5
,
5
are formed on rear ends of the left and right frame parts
5
,
5
so that the pivot pins
13
,
13
of the regulating reception plate
7
are inserted into the pivot grooves
14
,
14
.
Moreover, the vegetable cutting utensil main body
2
is constructed so that shredding thickness of a vegetable can be changed by providing a stay
15
, which is disposed across the left and right frame parts
5
,
5
, on an underside of the regulating reception plate
7
as shown in
FIG. 8
, by screwing a regulation screw
16
from an underside of a central portion of the stay
15
so that a distal end of the regulation screw
16
removably holds the bottom surface of the regulating reception plate
7
, and by varying screwing amount of the regulation screw
16
so that respective protruding lengths of the comb blade
4
and the flat blade
3
protruding upwardly from a sliding movement guiding surface that is the upper surface of the regulating reception plate
7
are regulated.
As shown in
FIG. 11
, protruding portions
17
,
17
which protrude forwardly are formed near both end portions of the front surface of the holding body
8
, and holes
18
,
18
extending vertically are drilled in the protruding portions
17
,
17
while holding body fixing holes
19
,
19
are threaded on rear ends of the left and right frame parts
5
,
5
shown in FIG.
10
. After the pivot pins
13
,
13
are inserted into the pivot grooves
14
,
14
, the protruding portions
17
,
17
provided on the holding body
8
are inserted so that positioning of the holes
18
,
18
drilled in the protruding portions
17
,
17
and the holding body fixing holes
19
,
19
are performed. Thereafter, screws
20
,
20
shown in
FIG. 6
are screwed into the holding body fixing holes
19
,
19
and the holes
18
,
18
of the protruding portions
17
,
17
to fix the holding body
8
.
Thus, rear end opening portions
14
a
,
14
a
of the pivot grooves
14
,
14
are closed by the protruding portions
17
,
17
, and detachment of the pivot pins
13
,
13
is restricted, and as a result, the regulating reception plate
7
can vertically rotate, taking the pivot pins
13
,
13
as supporting points of the rotation.
When a vegetable or the like is cut while being slidingly rubbed with the upper surfaces of the reception plate
6
and the regulating reception plate
7
, the comb blade
4
scores, and long, thin shredded pieces sliced by the flat blade
3
fall from a gap between the edges of the comb blade
4
and the flat blade
3
. It is also possible to remove the comb blade
4
and use only the flat blade
3
. In this case, belt-like thin pieces can be obtained.
The above described conventional vegetable cutting utensil is constructed in such a manner that the pivot grooves which are opened to the inner side and the rear sides of left and right frame parts are formed on the rear ends of the left and right frame parts of the vegetable cutting utensil main body, that the pivot pins of a regulating reception plate are inserted into the pivot grooves, and that the protrrding portions provided on the holding body are inserted so that the regulating reception plate can rotate freely, taking the pivot pins as supporting points of the rotation.
However, when a vegetable is employing the vegetable cutting utensil, it is easy for fine vegetable scraps to go into the pivot grooves and cause clogging, and at that time it is necessary to remove the vegetable scraps in the pivot grooves.
In order to remove the vegetable scraps in the pivot grooves, it is necessary to remove the holding body after removing the screws by means of a screwdriver or the like and to remove the regulating reception plate, and thus such operation is extremely troublesome.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, a technical problem to be solved occurs in order that vegetable scraps and the like which have gone into holes and the like to cause clogging are removed easily in a vegetable cutting utensil which is constructed in such a manner that a flat blade and a comb blade are provided to shred a vegetable and the like, and it is an object of the present invention to solve this problem.
The present invention is proposed in order to attain the object, and a first aspect of the invention is a vegetable cutting utensil constructed in such a way that grooves which are oppositely disposed in a diagonal direction and which are drilled in a horizontal direction on approximately central portions of left and right frame parts in the longitudinal direction of a cutting utensil main body are provided
Benriner Co., Ltd.
Fattibene Arthur T.
Fattibene Paul A.
Fattibene & Fattibene
Simone Timothy F.
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