Abstract: A kitchen appliance for cutting material, preferably fruit or vegetables, into strips is disclosed. The kitchen appliance includes a base plate with sliding faces provided on its upper side and at least one row of blades is arranged between said sliding faces and extends essentially transversely to the cutting direction of the appliance. The blades thereof have upper cross webs that form cutting edges which project beyond the sliding faces in height and are fashioned open toward the underside of the base plate. The upper cross webs also include an essentially centrally arranged depressions extending in a direction toward the underside of the base plate. An approach channel is provided on the upper cross web of each of the blades, in front of the depression, for cutting guide channels into the material to be cut. In one embodiment, the channel cutter includes at least one v-shaped approach channel pointing in the direction of the underside of the base plate.

Abstract: Device for cutting fruit, vegetables or the like into slices, comprising a blade-holding plate at whose front edge a V-shaped cutter blade is arranged, the latter being composed of two knife blades; comprising two framing ledges arranged essentially parallel that are connected to one other by the blade-holding plate and by at least one further transverse web; and comprising an introducible slide plate guided parallel to the blade-holding plate at the framing ledges, whereby a narrow gap remains between the back section of the slide plate and the cutter blade. In accord with the invention, the circumferential edge of the knife blades--at least the back region thereof adjoining the V-tip of the cutter blade--are held with form-fit by applied plastic billets in the form of a lying U-profile.

Abstract: Raw food cutter for cutting raw food into strips, with a base plate on whose top surface are provided two butting faces located in one plane and between which is arranged at least one knife row running substantially at right angles to the cutting direction and whose knives with approximately inverted U-shaped cutting edges that project above the butting faces and are open towards the underside of the base plate. The underside of the knife is at least partly inclined towards the base plate, the knife row is constructed in arcuate meander-like manner and preferably in one piece from a thin metal band. The thin metal band includes upper and lower transverse webs and lateral webs linking them and is fixed with the lower transverse webs in the base plate.