Abstract: A vertical slicer includes a frame having a cover plate with a central opening and a hopper positioned over the opening. A carriage having a deck and a main cutting blade is attached to a spring-loaded plunger for reciprocating vertical movement within the frame. A tray collects food items cut by the main blade, which can be selectively adjusted to change a slicing thickness. A locking switch is configured to lock the plunger and carriage in a lowered locked position.

Abstract: A wedger includes a housing and a plunger. The housing includes an interior blade assembly and handles extending laterally away from the housing. The plunger and housing cooperate to enable the plunger to push a food item through the blade assembly and the housing. The inclusion of the handles makes the wedger invertible, so that the housing may be pushed downward toward the plunger by grasping the handles.

Abstract: Interlocking knives are provided. The interlocking knives include at least a first knife and a second knife. The first knife includes a blade and a handle. At least one slot may be formed through the blade of the first knife. The second knife also includes a blade and a handle. The second knife includes at least one slot. The at least one slot of the second knife interlocks with the at least one slot on the first knife. A swivel plate may be pivotally connected to the first knife. The swivel plate is operable to pivot towards the second knife into a locked position, securing the second knife to the first knife.

Abstract: A novel and useful food chopper that includes a cutter having cutting edges arranged to form one or more cells and spring loaded plungers disposed and supported within the cells. The plungers include wipers extending around the circumference of the plungers at or near their bottoms. During a chopping cycle, the plungers are pushed back by the food to be chopped and compress their associated spring. When released, the wipers on each plunger squeegee the inner walls of the cell thereby achieving a cleaning action. Chopped food waste is minimized by careful placement of the wipers on the body of the plungers, placement of the plungers within the cells and by having a substantially flat bottom surface of the plungers which are mostly flush with the cutting edges of the cutter. Use of the wiper permits the food chopper to achieve very efficient chopping with minimal waste and a self-cleaning mechanism.

Abstract: A food cutter has a base and at least two transverse panels extending from the base and sized to complement a pan. The panels may form a grid with an upper end located in the base. The grid has a lower end with cutting edges adapted to cut food. The upper end may be concave and the lower end is flat. The base is formed from a smooth rigid material and may be covered in a soft pliable material. The grid may be coated with a food safe, non-stick material.

Abstract: An avocado tool includes a handle having a first end and a second end, with a different tool head on each end. At the first end, the tool head is in the form of a tool configured for slicing avocados. At the second end, the tool head is in the form of a masher.

Abstract: An exhaust system for use with a combustion engine is disclosed. The exhaust system may have an exhaust passage, a reduction catalyst disposed within the exhaust passage, and an injection device configured to inject reductant into the exhaust passage upstream of the reduction catalyst. The exhaust system may also have a dosing channel forming a portion of the exhaust passage. The dosing channel may have a thermal conductivity different than adjacent upstream and downstream portions of the exhaust passage and extend a distance upstream of the injection device sufficient to transfer enough heat to an extension of the dosing channel downstream of the injection device to cause vaporization of reductant that impinges on the downstream extension.

Abstract: A device and method for chopping organic matter includes a chopping device consisting of a handle and a plurality of flat, sharpened blades attached radially around one end of the handle's axis; a chopping board, which acts as a chopping surface and conforms to the inside, bottom shape of a containment vessel; and the containment vessel, which stores, contains, and transports organic matter for chopping and handling. The chopping board is placed on the inside bottom surface of the containment vessel, organic matter is placed into the containment vessel and on top of the chopping board, and the chopping device is placed inside the containment vessel. The chopping device is repeatedly thrust downward, chopping the organic matter between the chopping board and the chopping device. Embodiments of the chopping device and the chopping board may be scaled proportionally to fit predetermined sizes of containment vessels.

Abstract: An avocado pitting device comprises a housing having an inner surface defining a recess. The recess is configured to receive a pit of an avocado. An engagement member projects inwardly from the housing inner surface. The engagement member is configured to engage the pit and retain the pit within the recess such that the pit is removable with the housing from the avocado.

Abstract: A device for cutting food into bite-sized portions includes a first component that includes a base section having a plurality of individual, separate food-receiving slots that are defined by a plurality of walls and are open at both ends thereof. At least some of the walls have arcuate shaped bottom edges. The first component further includes a handle that extends beyond the base section for grasping. Each food receiving slot is formed to have a predetermined shape. The device also includes a second component, separate from the first component, that includes a plurality of fingers that have closed bottom ends. The fingers are sized and shaped to be received within the individual, separate food-receiving slots for ejecting food that is contained in the food receiving slots.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A collapsible multiblade throwing weapon incorporates a first blade having a shank from which a blade portion extends with a butt portion extending from the shank opposite the blade portion. The shank incorporates an aperture for a first axle and an eyelet extending from the butt portion for a second axle. Second and third blades each have an aperture which receives the first axle for rotation of the blade on the axle and each blade has a closed position engagement cutout and an open position engagement cutout. First and second pawls, associated with the second and third blades respectively, each have an eyelet receiving the second axle. The pawls rotate about the second axle for resiliently engaging the closed position engagement cutout with the associated blade in a closed position and the open position engagement cutout with the associated blade in an open position.

Abstract: A cutting device is disclosed. The cutting device includes a handle having an outer surface, the outer surface having a first end and a second end and defining a width. The cutting device further includes a plurality of blades coupled to the handle and extending from the first end. Each of the plurality of blades is spaced apart from another of the plurality of blades in a generally width-wise direction. The cutting device further includes a channel defined in the handle extending from the first end generally towards the second end. The channel is spaced from the neighboring blades in the generally width-wise direction and comprising a recess and an opening. The outer surface defines the opening. The channel allows movement of at least one of the plurality of blades in the generally width-wise direction with respect to another of the plurality of blades.

Abstract: A concave tapered food product includes a cross section and a second end having a shape defined by a generally concave arc and a generally convex arc. The concave tapered food product has a first side and a second side shaped by a longitudinal cut along the foodstuff. A cutter assembly for cutting a foodstuff to form the concave tapered food product includes a housing member. The cutter assembly also includes a curvilinear blade including a cutting edge for cutting the foodstuff, the cutting edge defining an arc along a first portion of the curvilinear blade and a foot positioned at an end of the curvilinear blade for supporting the curvilinear blade. The foot is configured for being received and secured in the housing member. The housing member is configured for at least partially enclosing the curvilinear blade.

Abstract: A collapsible multiblade throwing weapon incorporates a first blade having a shank from which a blade portion extends with a butt portion extending from the shank opposite the blade portion. The shank incorporates an aperture for a first axle and an eyelet extending from the butt portion for a second axle. Second and third blades each have an aperture which receives the first axle for rotation of the blade on the axle and each blade has a closed position engagement cutout and an open position engagement cutout. First and second pawls, associated with the second and third blades respectively, each have an eyelet receiving the second axle. The pawls rotate about the second axle for resiliently engaging the closed position engagement cutout with the associated blade in a closed position and the open position engagement cutout with the associated blade in an open position.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A cutting head for a string trimmer, the cutting head being rotationally driven through a drive shaft, the cutting head comprising a bowl; a trimmer string secured to the bowl; and a blade attached to the outer circumference of the bowl.

Abstract: A food processor having a food processing path accessible through a slot in which is received at least one food processing tool removably received within the slot such that food passing along the food processing path is processed by the tool.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A concave tapered food product includes a cross section and a second end having a shape defined by a generally concave arc and a generally convex arc. The concave tapered food product has a first side and a second side shaped by a longitudinal cut along the foodstuff. A cutter assembly for cutting a foodstuff to form the concave tapered food product includes a housing member. The cutter assembly also includes a curvilinear blade including a cutting edge for cutting the foodstuff, the cutting edge defining an arc along a first portion of the curvilinear blade and a foot positioned at an end of the curvilinear blade for supporting the curvilinear blade. The foot is configured for being received and secured in the housing member. The housing member is configured for at least partially enclosing the curvilinear blade.

Abstract: A pizza cutting apparatus and portions of the apparatus, and methods of forming the apparatus and of disassembly. The apparatus includes a simple frame assembly made from sheet metal, an actuator assembly and a cutting assembly. The cutting assembly includes a central hub, a number of attached blade and guard combinations, a shaft with a flange and an elastic band. Each blade includes two spaced apart openings, one to receive the flange and the other to be engaged by the band so as to restrain the blades mounted in the hub. Each guard includes perforations for easy gripping by an operator. A blade is removed by having the operator safely grip each guard to stretch the band so as to disengage the blade from the flange and then return and rotate the blade to disengage the blade from the band.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: An adjustable cake cutter includes an one-piece cutter body that allows adjustment of the cut size, and a bearing bar pivoted to the cutter body and turnable to the bottom side of the space defined within the cutter body to bear the cut piece of cake for enabling the user to carry the cut piece of cake to a dish directly with the adjustable cake cutter.

Abstract: An improved tactical knife comprises a first portion, including a pair of substantially identical projections, each one of the pair of substantially identical projections including a left sharpened curved side and a right sharpened curved side, the left sharpened curved side and the right sharpened curved side of each projection meeting to form a respective piercing point. Preferably, the first portion is structured and arranged such that an area between the projections forms a trap sufficient to hold and immobilize a human limb. The improved tactical knife further comprises a second portion, including a handle for holding the knife and a third portion, including a guard for preventing slippage, the third portion situate between the first portion and the second portion. Preferably, the area between the projections includes a separate, inwardly curved edge for cutting the human limb trapped therein.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for preparing a jerky food product. The method comprises: (a) preparing a raw meat to obtain a moldable meat dough; (b) contacting at least a portion of the meat dough with a jerky mold apparatus having a pre-determined geometric configuration, wherein a plurality of sectors are spatially separated and defined by supported partitions arranged in a pre-determined pattern; (c) causing at least one of the partitions of the jerky mold to impale the meat dough to dispose portions of the meat dough into at least one of the sectors, thus separating the meat dough into a plurality of meat segments having a size and shape corresponding to that of the sectors; (d) removing the meat segments from the jerky mold; and (e) treating the meat segments to produce a plurality of jerky pieces.

Abstract: The cutter of a juicer includes a cutter set provided with a first cutter and a second cutter. The first cutter has its opposite ends respectively slanting to one side of the diagonal edges and forming an upward cutting member having their diagonal edges respectively formed with a cutting edge and their outer ends respectively bent upward to form a flow-guiding wall with a cutting edge at a diagonal edge. The second cutter is S-shaped and positioned over the first cutter, having the diagonal edges of its opposite sides respectively provided with a cutting edge. The first and the second cutter are secured on a rotating shaft, and an included angle between the first and the second cutter is less than 60 degrees. Vegetable and fruit can quickly and evenly be cut and crushed into juice by the cutter set rotating at high speed.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A trimmer head configured to receive fixed-length segments of trimmer line has a main housing with a cylindrically shaped side wall forming an open end with diametrically opposed trimmer line holes formed therein. The main housing is rotatable about its central axis by means of a drive shaft. The trimmer head receives an insert body in its open end that is rotated by the main housing. The insert body has an arcuate channel extending from the first line hole adjacent one side of the insert body to the second line hole adjacent the diametrically opposed side of the insert body when the insert body is in a load/unload position with respect to the main housing. In this position, there is a substantially direct guide path between the first and second line holes that allows for easy movement of the line segment along the path. The insert body is rotatable and movable axially with respect to the main housing to an operational position.

Abstract: A device for slicing the tip from an elongated food product having an elongated housing with a longitudinally extending channel open at one end and closed at its second end. The channel is dimensioned to receive the food product through the first open end of the housing. A plunger assembly is slidably mounted to the housing adjacent the second end of the housing and in the direction transverse to the channel axis. The plunger assembly includes a blade moveable between a retracted position in which the blade is retracted from the channel and an extended position in which the blade extends across the channel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and devices for cutting produce, such as onions and other vegetables. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods and devices for minimizing exposure to noxious and irritating gasses that are emitted from certain freshly cut produce, such as the syn-propanethial-S-oxide gas that is emitted by freshly cut onions. In certain preferred embodiments of the invention, a device is provided for cutting onions, which comprises (i) an open-ended container that is adapted to hold a liquid and (ii) a slicer that is capable of cutting onions when submerged in the liquid that is housed within the container.

Abstract: A foldable blade assembly enables users to section and display a food preparation within a food preparation container. The blade assembly comprises radially orientable cutting blades sized and shaped to fit within a food preparation container for sectioning and displaying the food preparation. A centralized hinge structure hingedly connects the cutting blades providing structure for pivotally changing the relationship between the cutting blades from radially orientable blade configuration to a substantially coplanar arrangement for storage. A manually removable handle assembly is provided to enable manual force perpendicular to the cutting blades for sectioning the food preparation.

Abstract: An avocado slicer includes a frame having a proximal end and a distal end, and a plurality of slicing elements extending from the proximal end of the frame to the distal end of the frame. Each slicing element is substantially parallel to an adjacent slicing element.

Abstract: An apparatus for slicing fruit or other items is provided. The apparatus includes a top interlocking blade, a middle interlocking blade, and a bottom interlocking blade, each having an apex and two downward sloping edges of approximate equal length. The blades have slots at each side that fit into slots in a circumferential ring. The blades form a cutting surface within the circumferential ring that allows a lime or other item to easily cut into equal-sized sections.

Abstract: Devices for removing and/or slicing a meat of fruit are disclosed. In one embodiment, the device has a handle portion and a working portion having an elongated blade and a pair of lateral extensions. The elongated blade has a cross-sectional shape adapted to facilitate movement of the elongated blade through the meat of the fruit. The working portion of the device has a resting configuration in which the elongated blade has a first radius of curvature, and at least one of the lateral extensions is manipulable under a manual force during use to deform the working portion from the resting configuration to a displaced configuration in which the elongated blade has a second radius of curvature, selectively conforming to the curvature of the skin before and as the elongated blade moves through the meat of the fruit.

Abstract: A knife assembly for use in a food cutting apparatus includes a compression ring adapted for threaded engagement with a base ring. The compression ring includes a threaded collar that tapers thinner towards its leading edge. The blade support ring tapers thinner towards a leading edge of the support ring sidewall. The blade support ring includes a sidewall having a plurality of blade second end receiving slots. At least two blades are connected at their first ends to a central cutter element and at their second ends to the blade support ring. As the compression ring engages the base ring, the advancing and opposing surfaces of the tapered sidewall of the compression ring and the tapered sidewall of the blade support ring cooperate imparting a compressive force against the ends of the blades, securing the blade with respect to the compression ring and the cutter element.

Abstract: A housing with elongate chambers for hot dogs and transverse guide channels extending all the way through the chambers, a longitudinal blade assembly having sets of four radially arranged longitudinal blade sections positioned within the chambers and connected to each other so that the blades simultaneously slide longitudinally between a first position and a second position to slice the hot dogs longitudinally into quarters, and a transverse blade assembly having transverse blades that are received in the channels and connected to each other so that the blades simultaneously slide transversely between a first position and a second position to slice the hot dogs transversely into pieces.

Abstract: An avocado slicer having a handle, a curved blade, and a plurality of internal cutting blades. The blade separates the meat of the avocado from the peel while the internal cutting blades simultaneously slice the meat into separate slices. In a preferred form, the avocado slicer includes an adapter with an integrally formed internal handle, all constructed from plastic. The adapter includes internal ribs and channels configured to receive and firmly retain the base of the blade. A santoprene outer handle is over-molded onto the internal handle to provide a non-slip grip.

Abstract: A foldable cutter for sectioning an entire food item within a baking pan into smaller sections. The cutter has an orthogonally arranged lattice of cutting blades sized and shaped to fit within a baking pan having an upright side for sectioning an entire food item within the food preparation container into a plurality of smaller sections. A plurality of hinge connections hingedly connects the cutting blades providing means for pivotally changing the relationship between the cutting blades from the orthogonal arrangement to a substantially coplanar arrangement for storage. The end portions of the cutting blades are angled to compensate for angularity of the upright side of the baking pan during use. A removable handle is used for providing manual force perpendicular to the cutting blades during use.

Abstract: A blade assembly for cutting a food product such as potatoes or vegetables in a wedge configuration. The blade assembly includes a blade head to which a blade is attached and tensioned by a tensioning assembly. The blade is attached to the blade head with a first end restrained by a first end retainer, a second end restrained by a second end retainer, a first bend positioned about a first return of the blade head, a second bend positioned about a second return of the blade head. The blade also includes a first leg segment extending in a first plane across an aperture of the blade head, and a second leg segment extending across the aperture of the blade head in a second plane at an angle to the first leg segment. The blade assembly for cutting a food product may also include a blade failure sensing device.

Abstract: An electric cutting utensil adapted to receive a variety of shaped attachments for cutting any of a variety of foods into fanciful shapes is disclosed. The cutting utensil includes a housing having an ergonomically designed external shape adapted to comfortably fit in a user's hand. The housing contains an electric motor having an output shaft connected to an attachment-receiving tip by an oscillation-generating coupling. The attachment-receiving tip includes a chuck lock assembly for receiving a plurality of variously sized and shaped interchangeable cutting heads. Each cutting head includes a projecting knife-like edge formed into a fanciful shape, such as a heart or a star, or any other suitable shape. The electric motor may be powered by one or more batteries contained within the housing, or by direct connection to an electrical outlet using a power cord. A base is provided for storage of the device and attachments.

Abstract: An egg dicing board comprising of a rectangular framework having a crisscrossed grid welded onto the top of the framework. On the underside a number of projecting loops, which can be made of various sizes and shapes, stabilizes the egg dicing board over the rim of an open container. The board also provides a contoured handgrip for increased control. The egg to be diced is placed over the grid, and is forced through by applying downward pressure with the palm of a hand. The diced egg drops directly into a receptacle below and is ready for use.

Abstract: Dough cutting apparatus including a plurality of spaced apart blades the lower edges of which are uniformly curved from one end of said blades to the other and a plurality of intersecting spaced apart blades the lower edges of which are straight. The blades cooperate to form multiple uniformly sized cavities therebetween. A handle is attached to the blades for engagement by the user of the apparatus for rocking the apparatus along the lower edges of the curved blades to separate a layer of dough into separate multiple dough products.

Abstract: A cutting utensil for flat, round foodstuffs comprises a cruciform blade mechanically coupled to a shaft and handle for pushing the blade into the food. A housing encloses the upper and top surfaces of the blade and is coupled to the shaft and handle via a spring so that after cutting, the blade will retract back to a resting position within the housing. In the preferred embodiment, the cruciform blade has eight arms for cutting eight equal sectors, and the housing is star shaped with blade arms directed to the points.

Abstract: A semi-automatic tool cuts pizzas into pieces of the same size. A platform has a supporting column provided with a cantilever arm terminating with a sleeve and a slidable rod is within the sleeve. The rod has a base with a series of radial blades on its lower face and a control lever on its upper face by means of which said rod is pressed downwards against the force of a return spring mounted on the rod.

Abstract: An impact actuated bakery grid device 10 for producing uniform portions of baked goods wherein the grid device 10 includes a force generating unit 13 operatively associated with a handle member 30 which is connected at widely spaced locations on a grid member 20 for forcibly ejecting the portions of baked goods from within the confines of a plurality of compartments 24 within the grid member 20.

Abstract: A cutting and serving apparatus for cutting and serving baked goods comprising a front isosceles triangular hollow section; an angled back segment coupled to the front isosceles triangular hollow section wherein the angled back segment cuts a back portion and crust of a pie; and a handle member coupled to the angled back segment. The front isosceles triangular hollow section comprises two leg members wherein left and right sides thereof have a plurality of equally spaced serrations formed therein for cutting a pie, cake or other pastries into wedged segments. The angled back segment comprises parallel angulated blades for cutting a back portion and crust of a pie.

Abstract: An egg cutter comprising a rectangular base plate which has webs running parallel to a first lateral edge and separated by gaps, the profile of which webs forms an elliptical depression in which to place an egg, and comprising a cutting frame which is pivotable about a second lateral edge, oriented perpendicularly to the first lateral edge, of the base plate and has parallel-tensioned wires aligned with the gaps between the webs, for cutting slices. The technical problem is to provide an egg cutter suitable both for cutting eggs into slices and for cutting them into pieces. A second cutting frame for cutting pieces is pivotable about an axis parallel to the second lateral edge and has cutting wires arranged in the shape of a star, and cross slots are provided in the webs of the base plate to correspond to the cutting wires. FIG. 1.

Abstract: A hand-operated device for separating moist, fatty ground meat while said meat is being cooked on a heated cooking surface. Said device includes an elongated handle having a distal blade attachment end and a proximal free end. Four non-metallic separating blades are provided with each having substantially parallel front and rear surfaces bounded by an inner side edge, an outer side edge, a top edge and a bottom edge. Said bottom edge is in said form of an angled surface. Said four blades are integrated at their inner side edges oriented at about right angles to each other to form an X or cross pattern. Each blade has a critical minimum thickness of at least 5/16 inch thick between said blade front and rear surfaces to ensure separation of said moist, fatty ground meat as said blade passes entirely through said meat, and to prevent reagglomeration of said separated moist, fatty ground meat as said blade is removed therefrom.

Abstract: A cake slicer and divider includes a core with a plurality of arms detachably securable thereto to project radially from the core. The core includes locators, such as slots to support the arms, the locators being positioned in an array on the core whereby a plurality of arms may be attached to the core to extend radially from the core. Each pair of adjacent arms defines a segment and the number of segments is variable in dependence on the number of arms that are attached to the core. Each arm is an elongate planar member with a cutting edge on its under edge. A force transmitting member is provided at an upper end of the core whereby hand pressure on the force transmitting member imparts a downward force on the core and arms to cause the cutting edges of the arms to slice the cake into segments enclosed between adjacent planar members so that the slicer and divider when in situ with the sliced cake protects the segments from air contact.

Abstract: An apparatus to effect the dicing of credit cards to prevent their inadvertent and unauthorized use is provided to include confronting faces, with the first face of a first housing having a matrix of lug members in a parallel relationship received within lug openings defined by orthogonally intersecting rows of first and second cutter blades. The apparatus is arranged to include slide drawer structure to permit the selective accommodation for disposal of the pieces thusly cut.