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Document | Title | Date |
20080196603 | Food Slicing Machines Having Moveable Gates - A food slicing machine is described which has a slicing blade ( | 08-21-2008 |
20080210104 | Meat Processing Machine Comprising a Fat Analyzing Device - The invention relates to a meat processing machine, with the aid of which fresh and/or frozen meat is chopped and which comprises a fat analyzing device for determining the fat content in the meat. | 09-04-2008 |
20080223228 | Horizontal Meat Slicer with Bandsaw Blade - A horizontal meat slicer includes a frame and a lower conveyor belt having forward and rearward ends, the lower conveyor belt operative to receive a meat product thereon and transport it into and through the device. An upper pressing conveyor belt includes forward and rearward ends, the upper pressing conveyor belt and the lower conveyor belt cooperating such that meat product is compressed between the lower conveyor belt and the upper pressing conveyor belt. At least one bandsaw blade is rotatably mounted on the frame, a cutting section of the bandsaw blade traveling between the upper belt and lower belts. Finally, at least one drive device such as a motor is operatively connected to each of the conveyor belts and the bandsaw blade to drive them to pull the meat product through the device and cut the meat product via the cutting edge of the bandsaw blade. | 09-18-2008 |
20080229938 | Toddler Food Slicer - Disclosed is both an apparatus and method for slicing a toddler's food into small bite sized portions for reducing the chance of choking and increasing a toddler's ease of eating the food. The food slicer includes a frame which fits around the food to be reduced and cutting blades fitted within the frame. The food is reduced into small bite sized portions by pressing the food slicer into the food and then removed. The blades of the food slicer can cut the food into bite sized cubes or slices depending upon the configuration of the blades with the frame. | 09-25-2008 |
20080245243 | Apparatus and Method for Trimming the Surface of Meat as Well as Apparatus for Processing Meat Having an Apparatus for Surface Trimming - The invention relates to a device for trimming the surface of meat, in particular fish fillets, comprising a transporting element by means of which the products which are to be processed are conveyed continuously in the transporting direction T into the region of a knife head, also comprising an element for detecting the position of the products, as well as a knife head for trimming the products and a means of controlling the movement of the knife head in dependence on the information and data determined by the position-detecting element, the device being distinguished in that the knife head is designed for automatically executing free trimming cuts along the surface contour of the products. The invention also relates to an apparatus for processing meat using a device mentioned above, and to a corresponding surface-trimming method. | 10-09-2008 |
20080250943 | Systems and Methods for Dispensing Food - An apparatus comprises a housing defining a chamber with a first chamber end and a second chamber end, the chamber configured to hold food components. A pressure mechanism is in communication with the chamber and is configured to push the food components toward the second chamber end. The apparatus includes a cutting mechanism coupled to the housing and configured to cut the food components. | 10-16-2008 |
20080250944 | Sheet Interleaver For Slicing Apparatus - A sheet interleaver is provided for a slicing machine that includes a slicing plane for slicing an elongated food product and a sheet from web material beneath the elongated product. The interleaver includes a supply of web material, a drawing station, a feed station, and a controller. The drawing station has a first driver for drawing web material from the supply. The feed station has a second driver for receiving web material from the drawing station and driving the web material through a cutting nip into the slicing plane. The controller is in signal-communication with at least one of the first and second drivers to drive web material at select differential speeds by the first and second drivers such that tension between the drawing station and the feed station is controlled to allow a slackened length of web material between the drawing station and the feed station. | 10-16-2008 |
20080250945 | FOOD PROCESSING APPARATUS AND OPERATING THEREOF - Food processing apparatus is provided for use in the division of a food product such as cheese or meat in separate portions prior to packing of the portions into individual packs for sale. The apparatus comprises a machine for dividing the food products into portions, a control arrangement ( | 10-16-2008 |
20080271614 | Manual Food Processor - A manual food processor comprises a main body including a base and an upper cover, wherein the base is formed by an open housing having a cylindrical cavity in which a mounting flange is provided, and the upper cover is fitted on the base and having an opening for feeding food, and a cranking bar hole is provided on a side wall of the main body; a cutter unit including an annular cutter frame on the periphery of which an annular bevel gear is formed and a cutter fixed on the cutter frame, wherein the cutter unit is horizontally mounted on the mounting flange of the base; and a cranking bar unit including a cranking bar, a rotational shaft which is fitted in the cranking bar hole, and a bevel gear which is mounted on a tip of the rotational shaft of the cranking bar and engaged with the annular bevel gear of the cutter frame. | 11-06-2008 |
20080282909 | Automated Method for Placing Sliced Food Stacks in Packages - A system and method are provided that allow meat logs to be manually loaded into a slicing station and thereafter be continuously automatically processed at the slicing station, a harping station, and an insertion station for automated packaging thereof without the need for handling of the meat stacks by workers. To this end, the slicing station is effective to form smaller sections or chubs from the meat logs and to do so such that the chubs are provided with substantially parallel flat end-faces to ensure that high quality meat slices are generated therefrom. The chubs are then transported to the harping station where each of the chubs undergoes a single cutting operation, thus simultaneously forming the meat slices therefrom and substantially maintaining the slices in the configuration of the chubs for generating well-formed stacks of the slices. Thereafter, the stacks are received at the insertion station where they are transferred to their packages, on an automated basis without the need for manual handling thereof. This is enabled due to the well-formed stacks generated by the harping station which allows the stacks to be dropped into the packages aligned therebelow. | 11-20-2008 |
20080307980 | SHAPING APPARATUS FOR FRUITS AND ROOT AND TUBEROUS VEGETABLES - An apparatus is disclosed which can shape fruits and root and tuberous vegetables. The shaping apparatus is operated in such a manner that: when root and tuberous vegetable or fruit is placed in a cutting blade case and rotated, the object is spirally tracked and the spirally tracked object is removed from the lower side of the cutting blade case, so that the spirally tracked object is picked up by an additional stick and then ornamented into various forms. The shaping apparatus allows fruits and root and tuberous vegetables to be easily treated in a variety of ways, as per the second process, thereby enhancing the product value of processed foodstuffs produced from the first process. | 12-18-2008 |
20090038485 | Food grinding and chopping devuce & method - A mortar and pestle and a chopping bowl are provided with bottom walls which can engage one another when one is placed atop of the other when the bottom unit is upside-down. The combined units provide a stable surface to either grind or chop food articles on, and provide for compact storage of the items when not in use. | 02-12-2009 |
20090044708 | Device for cutting fruit and vegetables, in particular onions - The invention relates to a device for cutting fruit and vegetables, in particular onions, having a cutter member ( | 02-19-2009 |
20090064876 | LUBRICATION SYSTEM FOR A FOOD PRODUCT SLICER - A food product slicer includes ( | 03-12-2009 |
20090090254 | DEVICE FOR PROCESSING FOODSTUFFS - The present disclosure relates to a working unit or a device that includes a working unit of this type for processing foodstuffs. The working unit can be driven and made to rotate by means of a drive unit of said device. The working unit preferably has at least two working elements that are situated on a working axis and that act in the peripheral direction of said working axis. At least one of the working elements can be pivoted about the working axis in relation to at least one additional working element within a restricted pivoting angle. The pivoting mobility of the blades, which are preferably interspaced and positioned axially one above the other, permits said blades to be brought into a common radial resting position in order to fill the container with the product to be cut, in such a way that practically the entire container volume is exposed and can be filled. The pivoting mobility of the second blade on the bearing axis allows the initial expenditure of energy to be significantly reduced in the start phase, as not all the blades are required to start cutting simultaneously. | 04-09-2009 |
20090101026 | SYSTEM FOR CUTTING FOOD PRODUCTS FOR PACKING PURPOSES - The invention relates to a system for cutting food products for packing purposes, comprising an area at which large blocks of the products are supplied, followed by a cutting zone in which the blocks are divided into flat slices which are distributed through parallel cutting channels, in which the slices are divided into pieces which are in turn cut into a quadrangular portion which is conveyed to a packing chain by means of an unloading device. | 04-23-2009 |
20090126582 | Meat Cutter - A meat cutter, a blade head and an associated cutter blade ( | 05-21-2009 |
20090133587 | Food Dicer - A manual food dicer includes a frame equipped with a cross blade and two guiding rails, a carriage movable in translation, and a longitudinal cutting knife equipped with triangular blades, wherein the knife cooperates with positioning mechanism enabling it to be elastically mounted between a working position in which the triangular blades jut out over the upper surface of the frame, and wherein a retracted position in which the triangular blades are retracted, the translation of the carriage causing the knife to move into retracted position. | 05-28-2009 |
20090133588 | FOOD PRODUCT SLICER WITH GAUGE PLATE BASED SHUTDOWN OPERATION - A food product slicer includes a carriage assembly is mounted to the base for reciprocal movement back and forth past a cutting edge of a knife. An adjustable gauge plate provides variable slice thickness for food product carried by the carriage assembly. During automatic slicing, when the gauge plate is moved from the open position to the closed position, a slicer controller automatically shuts down the carriage drive in a controlled manner that causes the carriage to stop at its most forward position. | 05-28-2009 |
20090158941 | Combined Food Processor - A combined food processor comprising a housing, a motor, a cutter, a container and a switch unit, one end of the housing formed a handle, the other end formed a connecting portion, an opening formed on the connecting portion, the motor has a output shaft and mounted in the housing, the output shaft extending out of the housing and positioned in the opening of the connecting portion of the housing, the cutter has at least a blade and mounted in the opening of the connecting portion of the housing, the container mounted on the connecting portion of the housing, the blade of the cutter arranged in the container, the switch unit mounted on the housing and electrically connecting to the motor; thereby, the users can place food or drink into the container and turn on the switch unit, then the motor will begin to work to drive the blade to rotate so as to cut and mix the food or drink in the container sufficiently. | 06-25-2009 |
20090193983 | FOOD CUTTING DEVICE - A food cutting device has a frame defining an aperture within the frame and cutting blades located within the frame and extending across the aperture. The cutting blades are arranged in a lattice structure and have cutting edges facing in a common cutting direction. At least some of the cutting blades intersect with one another intersecting positions and include portions between at least some of the intersecting positions having reduced blade material, reducing contact area of the cutting blades with food when the food is being cut. | 08-06-2009 |
20090255418 | FOOD PRODUCT SLICER WITH TIMED SHARPENING OPERATION - A food product slicer with a rotatable slicer knife includes a knife sharpener and a control for providing a timed sharpening operation. The control effects rotation of the slicer knife for a set knife sharpen time period when a knife sharpen input of the slicer is triggered. | 10-15-2009 |
20090277343 | Smart food chopper - A smart food chopping or slicing device comprising at least two moveable blade sets arranged in a grid like configuration. In an embodiment, the blade sets are configured orthogonally such that the cutting edges of both the blade sets remain substantially in the same plane. In another embodiment, the movement of one set of blades is independent of the movement of another set of blades. Yet, in another embodiment, said moveable blade sets are configured for lateral reciprocal movement. In a preferable embodiment, the plane of the lateral reciprocal movement of the cutting edges of the blade sets and the plane of the cutting edges of the blade sets are substantially the same or parallel planes. Yet, in another preferable embodiment, the blade sets are removeably mounted on a means capable of providing lateral reciprocal movement to the blade sets. | 11-12-2009 |
20090282990 | APPARATUS FOR CUTTING FOOD ITEMS - An apparatus for cutting a food item includes a first portion defining an opening and a second portion having a blade. The second portion is at least partially received by the opening when in a storage position, and is at least partially received in the opening when in a cutting position that is inverted relative to the storage position. | 11-19-2009 |
20090308265 | Food processing device - To have the tool ( | 12-17-2009 |
20090308266 | APPARATUS FOR STORING AND DISPENSING SPREADABLE FOOD ITEM - An apparatus for storing and dispensing a spreadable food item onto a substrate. The apparatus includes an elongated member, a powering cabinet, and a plunger mechanism. The elongated member includes a grated base portion, and a projecting portion. The projecting portion extends vertically from the grated base portion for configuring a cavity portion. The cavity portion is capable of storing the spreadable food item. Further, the powering cabinet is detachably coupled to the elongated member for supplying power to heat the grated base portion. Furthermore, the plunger mechanism is operatively coupled to the elongated member. The plunger mechanism is capable of being actuated to push the spreadable food item stored within the cavity portion towards the grated base portion for dispensing the spreadable food item through the grated base portion heated by the powering cabinet onto the substrate. | 12-17-2009 |
20090314168 | ADJUSTABLE WIDTH SLICING DISC FOR A FOOD PROCESSOR - A rotatable slicing disc | 12-24-2009 |
20100011973 | Plantain slicer - A utensil or tool specifically adapted for manually slicing ripened plantains, overcoming the previous method of a single blade knife, producing one slice at a time. The plantain slicer includes a frame which encompasses an area generally conforming to the shape and size of a typical plantain as well as other similar shaped vegetables and fruits. The frame has two opposing arched longitudinal sides which are interconnected with a multitude of spaced, substantially parallel arranged ribs, set at a diagonal. The ribs are sufficiently thin to cut diagonally through a pealed ripened plantain, vegetable and fruit. The user will have the ability to grasp the utensil by the handles which are located at each end of the frame and slice through the plantain by pushing down. The end result is uniform diagonal slices in one single action, allowing for even cooking. Openings in the handles permit the hanging of the utensil for storage. | 01-21-2010 |
20100071568 | Integrated Cleaning and Cutting Device - An integrated cleaning and cutting device includes a case, a cover sealed the case, a basket received in the case, and a basket shelter mounted on the basket. A plurality of palings is formed on the basket. A drive mechanism is accumulated in the cover for driving the basket to rotate in the case. A cutting mechanism is fitted in the cover for cutting salad material. The cutting mechanism includes a blanking hole communicating with the basket in the case. The salad material is cleaned in the basket by the rotating of the basket in the case. On the other hand, the salad material can be cut and stored in the device, in which the basket and the cutting mechanism are equipped. Since the device has multiple functions such as cleaning, cutting and storage, it is utilitarian in use. | 03-25-2010 |
20100089254 | FOOD SLICER AND ASSOCIATED FOOD PRODUCT PUSHER - A food slicer includes a support member having a base portion and an upstanding portion. A rotatable cutting blade is secured to the upstanding portion for slicing food product. A food product table is mounted for movement past the cutting blade for holding product while being sliced by the cutting blade. An adjustable gage plate enables slice thickness adjustment. A pusher assembly is configured to provided gravity induced movement of the pusher assembly along the slide rod toward the gage plate. | 04-15-2010 |
20100101434 | CUTTING DEVICE FOR BLOCK-SHAPED FOOD - The present invention relates to a cutting device for block-shaped food, comprises a container main body, a tube-shaped cutting mechanism having a grinding plate, an extruding mechanism composed by a screw rod and an extruding sheet, and a sealing cover connected to the top end of the container main body. An accommodating chamber having a polygonal cross section shape provided inside the container main body is served to accommodate block-shaped food; the tube-shaped cutting mechanism is connected to the bottom end of the container main body so the grinding plate thereof is provided adjacent to an opening at the bottom end of the container main body, and the bottom end and the top end of the screw rod are respectively fastened and pivotally connected to the grinding plate and the sealing cover, and the screw rod is screw-fitted with the extruding sheet in the accommodating chamber; when a relative movement is generated between the container main body and the cutting mechanism, the extruding sheet is downwardly moved along the screw rod, so the food is pressed toward the grinding plate and the food is cut to a power, strip or thin-sheet status; when the extruding sheet is upwardly moved along the screw rod and the resilient buckling member is buckled on the buckling flange provided inside the sealing cover, when the sealing cover is separated from the top end of the container main body, the extruding sheet is also separated from the screw rod, so block-shaped food is able to be refilled. | 04-29-2010 |
20100147163 | HAND-HELD FOOD PROCESSOR AND BLADE ASSEMBLY - A blade assembly for use with a food processor includes a hub configured to be coupled to a drive shaft of the food processor, a first blade rotatably coupled to the hub and configured to rotate with respect to the hub at least up to a predetermined angle with respect to a second blade, which is fixedly coupled to the hub. The first blade is rotatable between a first position in which it is in phase with the second blade for receiving a blade guard protecting both blades, and a second position, in which the first blade is out of phase with the second blade for optimally processing a food item in the food processor, the blade assembly also including a biasing member for returning the first blade to the first position after use. | 06-17-2010 |
20100154658 | FOOD PROCESSOR WITH DICING TOOL - A food processor defining a food processing path through which are movable a cutting tool and a dicing tool for processing a food item. The dicing tool has multiple dicing elements selectively movable through the food processing path, between the cutting tool and the receptacle, to dice the food cut by the cutting tool. | 06-24-2010 |
20100154659 | FOOD PROCESSOR WITH CLEANING TOOL - A food processor having a dicing tool and an automatic cleaning tool to clean out the dicing tool. | 06-24-2010 |
20100154660 | FOOD PROCESSOR WITH DICING TOOL - A food processor defining a food processing path comprises a frame having a first compartment located within the food processing path and a second compartment located out of the food processing path and at least one dicing element configured to be received in both of the first and second compartments. When the dicing element is received in the first compartment, the dicing element dices food passing through the food processing path, and when the dicing element is received in the second compartment, the dicing element is stored out of the food processing path. | 06-24-2010 |
20100170404 | Multiple Blade Accessory for a Food Processor - A multiple blade accessory device for a food processor is provided. The accessory has a hollow hub that is adapted to carry a pair of lower blades and a pair of upper blades. The lower blades and the upper blades being similar, each formed from a single blank. Each blank is formed to present two cutting edges, diametrically opposed. The upper blade pair is moulded into a separate sleeve. The hub is adapted to be assembled with the sleeve. | 07-08-2010 |
20100175568 | Method And Apparatus For Cutting Food Product - A cutter apparatus for cutting a block of food product into smaller blocks. The cutter apparatus includes a support assembly and a plurality of cutting assemblies. The cutting assemblies are pivotally coupled to the support assembly. At least one of the cutting assemblies includes a handle and a cutting member being assembled to the handle. Each of the other cutting assemblies includes a handle and a plurality of cutting members being assembled to the handle. | 07-15-2010 |
20100175569 | Egg Slicer - An apparatus for partitioning a food mass, such as a solidified egg, is disclosed including a base, a holder for supporting the food mass, and a plurality of cutting members for partitioning the food mass, wherein the holder is rotatable to permit the cutting members to partition the food mass in a first orientation and in a second orientation. The apparatus further includes a retainer positionable on a top surface of the food mass having passageways permitting the cutting members to pass through a portion thereof. The apparatus may include a cleaning plate receivable by portions of the holder in a position below the food mass, the cleaning plate being removable from the holder to remove food matter from between the support portions. The apparatus may include a lock for securing apparatus in a closed or lowest position for storage. | 07-15-2010 |
20100180778 | SLICING DEVICE - A food slicing device includes a container for containing a food product for slicing. The container has an open bottom end and is arranged so that a food product can be fed by gravity in a direction towards the bottom end. A movable slicer is provided as well as driving means to move the slicer. Supporting means support the food product contained within the container. The supporting means includes at least two supports, a first of the supports having a fixed position relative to the container and a second of the supports being movable with the slicer. The second support being arranged to slide across a downward facing surface of the food product as the slicer slices through the food product. The supporting means is arranged so that as the slicer slices through the food product, the food product slice can fall away from the food product under gravity. | 07-22-2010 |
20100180779 | KNEADED DOUGH DIVIDING APPARATUS - A kneaded dough dividing apparatus has a divider vessel body ( | 07-22-2010 |
20100180780 | APPARATUS FOR THE MANUAL CUTTING OF FOODS - An apparatus for the manual cutting of foods includes a first basic element and a second basic element, wherein the first and second basic elements are pivotably movable relative to one another about a pivot axis from a non-usage setting into a work setting, wherein the first and second basic elements each have a front side and a rear side, each of the front and rear sides having a functional surface configured as a guideway and as a cutting zone for food, and wherein the first and second basic elements lie one against the other in the non-usage setting. The apparatus also has an integrated latching device disposed in a region of the pivot axis configured to secure defined angular settings of the first and second basic elements. | 07-22-2010 |
20100212517 | FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SLICER - A fruit or vegetable slicer, particularly suitable for slicing between the edible portion of a watermelon and its rind. The slicer comprises a cutting blade made a thin flexible or bendable food compatible material and having at least one cutting edge; a positioning strip; and a connector mechanism for operably connecting distal ends of the cutting blade and positioning strip to each other and adapted to allow the positioning strip and cutting blade to swivel relative to the connector mechanism. | 08-26-2010 |
20100212518 | Cutting Apparatus - One embodiment of a cutting apparatus for edibles may include a base member. The cutting apparatus may also include a pair of sliding assemblies mounted on opposite edges of a top surface of the base member. The cutting apparatus may further include a cutting assembly slidably carried by the pair of sliding assemblies. The cutting assembly may include a pair of side plates mounted on the pair of sliding assemblies. The cutting assembly may also include a plurality of spacers mounted between the pair of side plates in a spaced apart relation. Further, the cutting assembly may include a plurality of blades held by the plurality of spacers, press-fitted between the pair of side plates. The cutting apparatus may also include a handle assembly mounted between the cutting assembly and the pair of sliding assemblies and adapted for slidably moving the cutting assembly over the base member. | 08-26-2010 |
20100263556 | Rolling Cookie, Pastry, Pizza, and Pasta Tool - A multi-functional cooking utensil that is configurable as a roller, cutter, or docker. In some embodiments, cookie cutters attach to a roller accessory via magnets. In some embodiments, spacers and additional cutting discs are used to adjust a pasta cutter accessory. The utensil has adjustable arms and handle to facilitate easy exchange and use of accessories. | 10-21-2010 |
20100294142 | Container for Electrical Household Food Preparation Appliance Comprising a Lower Transmission Component - A working container for electrical household food preparation appliances including a lower transmission component connected by a shaft to a rotary working tool arranged in a receptacle, wherein the shaft runs through the bottom of the receptacle and is rotatably mounted in a bearing housed in the bottom of the receptacle by virtue of the lower transmission component having an upper flange ring forming a reservoir around the shaft. The inner wall of the flange ring enables the collection of oil coming from the bearing and prevents the projection of oil onto a wall of the working container and permits the oil to drain to the bottom of the reservoir. | 11-25-2010 |
20100307348 | DISTRIBUTOR FOR GROUND COFFEE DISPENSERS - The invention relates to a distributor for ground coffee dispensers comprising a swinging trapdoor for the temporary retention of the dispensed amount of ground coffee inside an outlet duct, an actuator element associated with the rotating shaft of the swinging trapdoor and able to rotate between two angular end positions, and a motor conveying to said actuator element a rotating movement with a determined amplitude by means of a wheel and a belt; and wherein said actuator element has a configuration in the form of a circular sector the rotating shaft of which is located in correspondence with a point of the bisector close to the angle or vertex of said circular sector; the curved profile of the actuator element forming a support surface for supporting the belt for conveying the rotating movement of the motor and the rotation of the actuator element towards one of the angular end positions being determined. | 12-09-2010 |
20100326291 | APPARATUS FOR CUTTING FOOD - This invention relates to an apparatus for cutting food comprising a rack and a knife rest set on the rack and further comprising: a nipper for gripping food. A slideway is designed on the rack, provided with a slide rail and a guide rail that match each other between the slideway and the bottom of the nipper. The nipper for gripping food of the food cutter avoids sliding along the slideway with hands directly holding food to effectively prevent hands from being scratched by the knife rest and provide safer and more labor-saving use. Moreover, the slide rail and the guide rail that match each other between the slideway and the bottom of the nipper prevent the nipper from deviating when sliding along the slideway for more labor-saving use. This invention further discloses that it is a food cutter that can cut food into more shapes. | 12-30-2010 |
20110011281 | FOOD PROCESSOR - A food processor includes a base, a container having a side wall and an open end including a rim, and a lid for engaging the open end of the container in an operating position and a storage position. The lid has a top wall with a first and second principal surface, an annular ledge with a first and second side, and a food chute extending from the first principal surface generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the top wall. The food chute has a length and extends away from the container with the second side of the annular ledge contacting the rim of the container when the lid is in the operating position. When the lid is in the storage position, the food chute extends into an interior of the container with the first side of the annular ledge contacting the rim of the container. | 01-20-2011 |
20110023729 | MAGNETIC BLOCK FOR A WATER KNIFE - A magnetic knife block is provided for temporary installation along a hydraulic flow conduit of a cutting system, in lieu of a conventional hydraulic water knife fixture, for collecting metal debris attributable to construction and/or maintenance activity. The magnetic knife block includes at least one and preferably multiple magnets for collecting metal debris upon initial water flow through the cutting system. The magnetic water knife block is then removable from the hydraulic flow conduit and replaced by the conventional water knife fixture for normal cutting operation, such as cutting a succession of raw potatoes into elongated French fry strips. | 02-03-2011 |
20110072985 | CUTTING DEVICE FOR LETTUCE AND OTHER FOOD - A food cutting device has a raised platform with both food preparation surfaces and an opening through the platform through which cuttings may be forced or dropped. Across the opening are stationary blades that preferably do not move during operation. Pivotally connected to the platform is at least one moving blade that is swung toward the opening to both cut the food and force the food to and past the stationary blades. The moving blade may be part of a pivotal jaw that is manually swung down on top of food placed on, or overhanging, the stationary blades and opening. The jaw provides leverage to the user swinging the jaw, and the combination of generally parallel stationary blades in the platform and the moving blade, perpendicular to the stationary blades, allows quick swings of the jaw in succession to cut or shred the food as desired. A container may be provided underneath the platform to catch the cuttings. By cutting the food into the opening, by means of the stationary and moving blades, or sliding cut food from the food preparation surfaces to the opening, the user need not grasp cut food to transfer it to a strainer or bowl. The food preparation surfaces may be integral top surfaces of the platform and/or may include a removable cutting board(s). | 03-31-2011 |
20110139017 | FOOD PROCESSOR WITH AN EXTERNAL CONTROL FOR ADJUSTING CUTTING THICKNESS - A food processor includes a bowl with a removable lid. Food items are advanced into the bowl through a feed tube formed in the lid where they are cut by a cutting assembly. The cutting assembly is adjustable to vary the thickness of the cut food items. A user-operated control device adjusts the cutting thickness of the cutting assembly. The control device is located outside of the bowl. | 06-16-2011 |
20110154998 | Vegetable and Fruit Cutting Device - A vegetable and fruit cutting device comprising a rack; a slide-rail adapted for moving vertically mounted on the rack; a platform mounted on the slide-rail; a serrated-blade assembly; a flat-blade assembly; and an escalating device adapted for adjusting vertical movement of the platform. The escalating device comprises an eccentric cam assembly mounted below the platform and a knob adapted for driving the eccentric cam assembly mounted to the side of the body, a first aperture is positioned below the platform, the eccentric cam assembly comprises a shaft mounted between the top of the rack and the bottom of the platform, the shaft comprises an eccentric cam which is fixed to the shaft, the eccentric cam is adapted to be received by the first aperture, the serrated-blade assembly is mounted to the bottom of the platform, and the platform has a second aperture for receiving a serrated-blade of the serrated-blade assembly. | 06-30-2011 |
20110162538 | PEPPER MILL - A pepper mill includes a driving member coupled rotatably to a container body and cooperating with the container body to define a receiving space, a grinding unit, a planetary gear mechanism, and an adjusting component. The grinding unit includes a coupling shaft extending rotatably and being movable in the receiving space, a stationary first grinding seat, and a second grinding seat co-rotatable with the coupling shaft. The size of a grinding space between the first and second grinding seats is adjusted when the coupling shaft and the second grinding seat move axially relative to the first grinding seat. The planetary gear mechanism includes a driving gear unit and a driven gear unit driven rotatably by the driving gear unit to drive rotation of the coupling shaft. The adjusting component is connected threadedly to the coupling shaft and is operable to drive the axial movement of the coupling shaft and the second grinding seat. | 07-07-2011 |
20110168035 | Carving station assembly - A carving station assembly having an adjustable lamp assembly, wherein the assembly is adjustable by way of a telescoping post arm, an adjustment knob, and pivotal lamp head. | 07-14-2011 |
20110179956 | Frozen Food Item Separation Tool - A frozen food item separation tool for separating individual frozen food items from a frozen food item stack. The frozen food item separation tool comprises an upper lever, including wedge-shaped portion, and a lower lever, which is pivotally attached to the upper lever. | 07-28-2011 |
20110192290 | VEGETABLE CUTTER - A container includes an internal plate having slicing blade supported by a lower container and covered by a lid. A threaded axle is connected to a hand crank extending from the top of the lid and urges a pusher downward toward the blade as the crank is turned. A food item carried on the pusher is thereby forced downward and rotated against the blade and cut in accordance with the size of the threads on the axle. Additional interchangeable plates are provided, including cheese grating and juice reaming plates. | 08-11-2011 |
20110214577 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING CONFECTIONERY - Provided is an apparatus for producing confectionery including a grain supply unit installed on a main body and uniformly supplying grains inserted from the outside, a grain processing unit rotatably installed on the main body, receiving the grains and crushing the grains using a rotating spiral, and simultaneously discharging the grains in a jellylike state using frictional heat generated during collision of the grains, and a drive unit for driving the grain processing unit and the grain supply unit. | 09-08-2011 |
20110226140 | DEVICE FOR PROCESSING FOODSTUFFS - The present disclosure relates to a working unit or a device that includes a working unit of this type for processing foodstuffs. The working unit can be driven and made to rotate by means of a drive unit of said device. The working unit preferably has at least two working elements that are situated on a working axis and that act in the peripheral direction of said working axis. At least one of the working elements can be pivoted about the working axis in relation to at least one additional working element within a restricted pivoting angle. | 09-22-2011 |
20110239874 | DRIVE SYSTEM - A drive unit that is movable between an unfired and a fired position. The drive unit comprises a handle member, a first drive gear having a first axis of rotation, and a second drive gear, engaged to the first drive gear at a mesh point, and having a second axis of rotation. The mesh point moves with respect to the axes of rotation as the handle member moves from the unfired position to the fired position. The drive unit drives an implement only when it is moved from the unfired position to the fired position. | 10-06-2011 |
20120060702 | APPARATUS FOR UNBINDING A MASS OF MUTUALLY STICKED NOODLES - Within a housing, a rotating shaft extends horizontally, and curved unbinding rods are secured to the rotating shaft at diagonally opposed positions to extend in radial directions. Within the housing, an inner wall surface is arranged along a circular arc whose center is aligned with an axis of the rotating shaft and whose diameter is slightly larger than a diameter of a circle drawn by rotating tips of the unbinding rods. A portion of the inner wall surface is formed as an unbinding surface having a circular arc cross sectional shape facing the unbinding rods with a small clearance. A mass of noodles for one meal charged into the housing from the inlet is sent in the counter-clockwise direction by the unbinding rods rotated at a high speed and is hit by the unbinding rods repeatedly to perform an effective unbinding function. | 03-15-2012 |
20120090480 | VEGETABLE CUTTER - A cutter used to spirally slice a vegetable including a frame; a shaft supported on the frame, the shaft being freely rotatable and movable along an axis; a holder attached at one end of the shaft; a cutting assembly supported opposite the holder having a first annular blade defining a first bore adapted to form a first peel, a cross cutter adapted to break the first peel into a segment, and a second annular blade defining a second bore, wherein the second annular blade is spaced axially outward from the first blade relative to the holder and wherein the second blade has a diameter smaller than a diameter of the first blade and is adapted to cut a second peel from the core left by the first blade. | 04-19-2012 |
20120285339 | DEVICE FOR SEPARATING MATERIALS OF VARYING FLOWABILITY THAT ARE MIXED TOGETHER - The invention relates to an apparatus for separating materials of different flowability that are mixed together, comprising a housing having side walls, a hollow drum driven rotationally and mounted on the side walls and having a perforated peripheral surface M, an endless compression belt that can be pressed against the peripheral surface M from the outside, wrapping around a portion of the circumference of the hollow drum, a product intake wedge for feeding a product flow, a supporting apparatus for the compression belt having at least one support element disposed on the side of the compression belt opposite the hollow drum, and a stripping means for stripping off the compressed material from the hollow drum, which is distinguished in that the stripping means is disposed in the area of the product intake wedge. | 11-15-2012 |
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