Patents Assigned to Boerner Kunststoff- und Metallwarenfabrik GmbH
  • Patent number: 7966737
    Abstract: A kitchen appliance for cutting cuttable material such as vegetables, fruit, etc., with a main body. The appliance comprises a guide surface on which the cuttable material can be moved to and fro, and a blade which, for cutting, is arranged offset in relation to the guide surface so that a piece is cut off from a cuttable material moved on the guide surface in the guide direction toward the blade. The offset between the blade and the guide surface determines the cutting thickness. The appliance further comprises an exchangeable insert for modifying the cutting thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Boerner Kunststoff- und Metallwarenfabrik GmbH
    Inventor: Juergen Boerner
  • Patent number: 7802366
    Abstract: A reversal insert for a slicer for chopping up items such as fruit, vegetables, etc. has a base plate, of which one side is designed as a bearing surface. In a first reversal position of the insert the item can be guided longitudinally on the bearing surface onto a cutting edge of a blade of the slicer. The insert includes first fastening elements in order for the insert to be secured on a basic body of the slicer in the first reversal position, and second fastening elements in order for the insert to be secured on the basic body in a second reversal position. The second fastening means are arranged such that, in the second reversal position, the insert covers the cutting edge of the blade from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Boerner Kunststoff-und Metallwarenfabrik GmbH
    Inventor: Juergen Boerner
  • Patent number: 7461803
    Abstract: A multi grater for material to be grated, such as fruit, vegetables, cheese, nuts, etc. comprises at least three, but preferably four or six grating devices which each have a specific grating function and are connected to one another at their edges. Thus, a grater body of polygonal cross section is formed with a cavity into which grated material is discharged. The grater body further comprises an insert which can be inserted into the cavity and is suitable for receiving the grated material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Boerner Kunststoff-und Metallwarenfabrik GmbH
    Inventor: Juergen Boerner
  • Patent number: 7322112
    Abstract: A kitchen slicer for cutting items to be cut such as fruit, vegetables etc. is proposed, with a base, to which a blade is fixed, which is arranged on an edge of a discharge plate, and an exchangeable insert, which can be fixed to the base in different positions for setting different cutting thicknesses. The insert forms a guide surface on which the items to be cut can be moved toward the blade. The different positions including a safety position in which an end side of the insert is arranged adjacent to the blade, in particular in such a way that the guide surface lies at the level of the blade or above it. In this connection, the insert comprises on its rear end side at least one projection which lies below the blade in the safety position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Boerner Kunststoff-und Metallwarenfabrik GmbH
    Inventor: Juergen Boerner
  • Patent number: 7146737
    Abstract: A kitchen appliance for cutting cuttable material such as vegetables, fruit, etc., with a main body. The appliance comprises a guide surface on which the cuttable material can be moved to and fro, and a blade which, for cutting, is arranged offset in relation to the guide surface so that a piece is cut off from cuttable material moved on the guide surface in the surfaced in the guide direction toward the blade. The offset between the blade and the guide surface determines the cutting thickness. The appliance further comprises an exchangeable insert for modifying the cutting thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Boerner Kunststoff- und Metallwarenfabrik GmbH
    Inventor: Juergen Boerner
  • Patent number: D542604
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Boerner Kunststoff- und Metallwarenfabrik GmbH
    Inventor: Richard Zirbes
  • Patent number: D581220
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Boerner Kunststoff-und Metallwarenfabrik GmbH
    Inventor: Juergen Boerner
  • Patent number: D610414
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Boerner Kunststoff- und Metallwarenfabrik GmbH
    Inventor: Juergen Boerner