Border Of Opening Limits Cutting Depth, E.g., Peeler Patents (Class 30/279.6)
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Patent number: 10842307Abstract: A kitchen tool having a straight blade peeler, a gouge and a base having at least one blade for trimming a root or crown from a vegetable. The at least one blade can be within a cavity in the base or in a cavity at an end of a handle. In a further example embodiment, the at least one blade is a pair of blades configured as a scissors or as a chopper.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Inventor: Carolyn Shapiro-Wall
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Patent number: 10791864Abstract: A cactus cleaning tool comprising a handle and a cleaning section at one end of the handle for safely, quickly and easily cleaning a section of cactus. The cleaning section has a body member with a proximal end at the handle and a distal end outwardly disposed from the handle. The handle is angled upward relative to the body member. The tool has a scooping tip with an edge configured to allow the user to scoop out thorns. The tool has a slicing section with a slot defining a pair of longitudinally disposed sharpened cutting edges for removing the cactus skin. The top of the body member is open. The tool has a outwardly disposed tapper near its distal end to allow the user to tap the tool against a hard surface and dislodge cactus debris stuck on the tool. The tool is particularly useful for cleaning mission cactus.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2009Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Inventor: Henry Ramos
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Patent number: 10414056Abstract: A cooking knife includes: a handle, a plurality of blades and a sheath. The plurality of blades is disposed on the first portion and the second portion of the handle. The sheath includes two sheath shells and a pivot shaft, the two sheath shells being pivotally connected to each other by the pivot shaft in such a manner that the two sheath shells pivotally rotate by the pivot shaft in reverse direction to get close to each other or draw away from each other.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Inventor: Tung-Hsien Lee
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Patent number: 10405685Abstract: The present invention provides a peeler that is switchable between a T peeler mode wherein the cutting blade is perpendicular to the handle, and an I peeler mode wherein the cutting blade is parallel to the handle. The peeler of the present invention includes a ballpoint pen mechanism for easily actuating the switching between the T peeler mode and the I peeler mode.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2016Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: KING'S FLAIR DEVELOPMENT LTD.Inventor: Siu Wah Wong
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Patent number: 10334978Abstract: A cutting tool is provided having a cupped, double-edged blade and a handle. The knife blade is configured to be generally āCā-shaped in cross-section, curving upwardly on opposing longitudinal sides from a central portion. A longitudinal edge of the curved blade may have a serrated cutting edge. A protective handle is disposed at a rear of the blade.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2016Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Inventor: Yelena V. Pogosian
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Publication number: 20150075011Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the invention, an apparatus for peeling and cutting vegetables and other foods is provided. A plurality of blades form an aperture within a frame. This aperture expands as the vegetable passes through it. This method of food surface removal expedites the process by removing all sides of the vegetable surface at the same time, providing heightened safety features for users, allowing users to easily clean the apparatus, and allowing users to easily remove and replace broken blades or change blade types for a variety of culinary purposes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2013Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventor: Johnny Todd Harris
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Patent number: 8689452Abstract: A grooving sled for use with a pre-formed groove blade and hot knife, for making grooves in expanded polystyrene foam boards or walls. The grooving sled includes a built-in straight edge guide, one of two cutting position margins, and a stabilizer plate that fits inside a freshly-cut groove to keep the grooving sled straight while operating along the cutting layout line established on the board or wall. The stabilizer plate aligns with the groove blade by use of an angular adjuster, and if necessary, an insert bar. The stabilizer plate can also be adjusted vertically.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2009Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Inventor: Tina V. Truong
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Publication number: 20110083329Abstract: A manually operated vegetable cutting utensil having a stand for keeping it in an inclined position on a horizontal worktop, where a support bracket, in particular in the form of a stirrup, installed at the bottom of the stand of the utensil is provided to butt, in the use position, against an edge of the worktop so as to stabilize the utensil even if the worktop is wet or greasy.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2010Publication date: April 14, 2011Applicant: BRON COUCKE S.A.Inventor: DIDIER COUCKE
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Publication number: 20110030221Abstract: The purpose of the Multi-Purpose Utensil is to provide one tool that has a plurality of functions such as a peeler, julienne, sharpener, pitter, among others and, does not occupy any more space than a conventional peeler. A further object of the Multi-Purpose Utensil is to provide an ergonomic handle that can comfortably be used by the left- or right-handed user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2010Publication date: February 10, 2011Inventor: Matthew Frank
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Patent number: 7866243Abstract: A food slicer having a blade is disclosed having a runway for supporting food prior to cutting by the blade and a landing for supporting the blade and the food after being cut. The runway and landing are adjustable for selecting a thickness of a food slice. The runway and landing are simultaneously adjusted, by a single mechanism, so that the blade and runway are maintained generally parallel with respect to each other. The adjusting mechanism includes a plurality of rotatable cam portions that engage with respective portions on the runway and landing so that each of the runway and landing may be oppositely pivoted around an end to maintain the parallel relationship. The food slicer also includes on-board storage for inserts, such as julienning or cubing inserts. The storage is located on a bottom of the runway, which is pivoted upward for storage.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2009Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Helen of Troy LimitedInventor: Dean DiPietro
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Publication number: 20100162576Abstract: Disclosed is a food peeler that has a longitudinally aligned conical body having upper and lower sections, and a recess in the upper half thereof in which a blade is rotatably mounted. The recess defines an area having a flat base and opposed, parallel, vertical sides. The blade is fixed to a blade holder that is rotatably mounted between the opposing vertical sides of the recess. The position of the blade holder can be reversed thereby enabling the peeler to be used by a right handed or left handed person.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2008Publication date: July 1, 2010Inventor: Thomas John Scimone
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Patent number: 7743690Abstract: An apparatus facilitating a cutting operation includes a knife; and a hand-mountable cutting board utensil. The utensil includes: a cutting board for disposition between the thumb and an index finger of the hand, the cutting board having an exposed cutting surface for orienting toward the index finger and a second surface for orienting toward the thumb; and a retainer having two lateral sides and being configured to receive and releasably retain the thumb along a longitudinal length of the retainer. The cutting board includes portions that extend transversely to a direction defined by the longitudinal length respectively beyond the two lateral sides of the retainer, each portion having exposed, oppositely facing front and back surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2008Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Wonder Thumb Products, LLCInventors: Jackson Wells White, Thomas James Philpott, Daniel Lee Bizzell
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Patent number: 7721449Abstract: The invention relates to a vegetable peeler having two gripping surfaces connected to each other by a peeling blade as well as a cross-piece. According to the invention, the two lateral gripping surfaces and the interconnecting cross-piece are forming a holder, the dimension of the legs (L) of the U-shaped holder being shorter in peeling direction (A) than the distance (B) between the gripping surfaces. In this way, direct guiding the peeling blade is enabled without any lever arm. The peeling blade, when used, is directly between the fingers and, therefore, can be guided in an extremely precise, handy and safe way.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2003Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Inventors: Iwan Roland Rasa, Nousha Rasa
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Patent number: 7712402Abstract: A food slicer for slicing a food product is provided. The slicer may have an adjustable surface and a stationary surface with a blade interposed therebetween. The food product may be sliced with a specific thickness via the blade by traversing the food product from the adjustable surface to the stationary surface. A trailing edge of the adjustable surface and an edge of the blade may define a gap distance which determines a slicing thickness of the food product. A cam may contact an underside of the adjustable surface to set the gap distance. The gap distance may be reset by rotating the cam. More particularly, the cam may have a plurality of cam surfaces. Each of the cam surfaces may have a different distance to a rotating axis of the cam. The gap distance may be changed by rotating the cam such that a different cam surface contacts the adjustable surface's underside.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2005Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Kyocera Tycom CorporationInventor: Takayuki Ishii
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Publication number: 20100037471Abstract: In order to set the cutting thickness in kitchen slicers, it is a known procedure to arrange a feed plate at a slant relative to the blade. As an alternative, solutions are known according to which the feed plates are changed so that a suitable feed plate is provided for each cutting thickness that can be set. The objective of the invention is to provide a simple alternative. Towards this end, the invention proposes that the feed plate (11) can be moved surface-parallel to a fixed plate (12) that is connected to the blade (13). This movement can be effectuated by means of a combination of vertical and horizontal movements of the feed plate and of a positioning slide (14) associated with said feed plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2008Publication date: February 18, 2010Inventor: Cedomir Repac
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Patent number: 7631429Abstract: A handheld peeler with removable multi-blade holder for peeling, or slicing food products. The tool includes a main handle made from steel or any other suitable tough metal or plastic, a button, a blade cartridge, two or more blades, a top blade holder, a bottom blade holder, an axle, a retaining ring, and a knob.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2007Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: Freshlink Product Development, LLCInventors: Dean Chapman, Paul Goetz, Ed Kilduff, Gareth Brown
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Publication number: 20090199414Abstract: A cactus cleaning tool comprising a handle and a cleaning section at one end of the handle for safely, quickly and easily cleaning a section of cactus. The cleaning section has a body member with a proximal end at the handle and a distal end outwardly disposed from the handle. The handle is angled upward relative to the body member. The tool has a scooping tip with an edge configured to allow the user to scoop out thorns. The tool has a slicing section with a slot defining a pair of longitudinally disposed sharpened cutting edges for removing the cactus skin. The top of the body member is open. The tool has a outwardly disposed tapper near its distal end to allow the user to tap the tool against a hard surface and dislodge cactus debris stuck on the tool. The tool is particularly useful for cleaning mission cactus.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2009Publication date: August 13, 2009Inventor: Henry Ramos
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Publication number: 20090038159Abstract: An apparatus facilitating a cutting operation includes a knife; and a hand-mountable cutting board utensil. The utensil includes: a cutting board for disposition between the thumb and an index finger of the hand, the cutting board having an exposed cutting surface for orienting toward the index finger and a second surface for orienting toward the thumb; and a retainer having two lateral sides and being configured to receive and releasably retain the thumb along a longitudinal length of the retainer. The cutting board includes portions that extend transversely to a direction defined by the longitudinal length respectively beyond the two lateral sides of the retainer, each portion having exposed, oppositely facing front and back surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2008Publication date: February 12, 2009Inventors: Jackson Wells WHITE, Thomas James Philpott, Daniel Lee Bizzell
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Patent number: 7421787Abstract: A utensil for a digit of a hand includes a cutting board for disposition between a thumb and an index finger. The cutting board is attached to a retainer that receives and retains the thumb such that a cutting surface of the cutting board is oriented toward the index finger. The cutting surface protects the thumb during cutting of items against the cutting surface. Optionally, one or more tools are defined by, or attached to, the cutting board. In a particular example, a utensil for a digit of a hand having a cutting board is useful at least for cleaning, zesting, peeling, and paring or chopping a fruit or vegetable.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2005Date of Patent: September 9, 2008Assignee: Wonder Thumb Products, LLCInventors: Jackson Wells White, Daniel Lee Bizzell, Tom J. Philpott
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Patent number: 7415769Abstract: An improved peeler or scraper is disclosed with a pivoting head that can be pivoted between a longitudinal position where the cutting or scrapping blade is in general alignment with the handle to a transverse position where the cutting blade is disposed perpendicular to the handle or in a āTā configuration.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2004Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Assignee: Rubbermaid IncorporatedInventor: W. Scott Hughes
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Publication number: 20080052918Abstract: A food peeler/slicing system permitting the orderly use or disposal of sliced, grated, or peeled food matter. The invention includes a handle, one or more caps, one or more blades, the blade in an embodiment being interchangeable, and one or more receptacle chambers, the chamber in an embodiment being removable. Sliced, grated, or peeled food mater is collected in the receptacle chamber for later use or disposal. The present invention discloses a variety of receptacle chamber shapes and a variety of caps which optionally may be utilized for zesting or grating food material.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2007Publication date: March 6, 2008Inventor: Annette Marie Sanchez
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Patent number: 7263776Abstract: A fruit seed removing device includes a body, a sleeve, a button, a positioning block, a toggle, a pull rod, a connecting block and a knife. By pulling a hand of a pull rod, the pull rod will drive the knife to move inwards or expand outwards. Then the button is rotate through an angle to drive the positioning block to rotate. Then the pull rod is tightened and positioned. Therefore, the size of a ring for removing seeds is set. The adjustment of the size of the ring can be performed quickly and easily according to the range of the seeds in a fruit. Thereby no pulp will adhere to the user's hand. The operation is retained in clean state and can be performed easily and conveniently.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2006Date of Patent: September 4, 2007Assignee: Hausco Enterprises Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jaw-Chyi Shieh
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Publication number: 20070186423Abstract: The present invention is a handheld peeler with removable multi-blade cartridge for peeling, or slicing food products. The tool comprises in combination: a main handle made from steel or any other suitable tough metal or plastic, button, blade cartridge, two or more blades, a top blade holder, bottom blade holder, an axle, a retaining ring, and a knob.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2007Publication date: August 16, 2007Inventors: Dean Chapman, Paul Goetz, Ed Kilduff, Gareth Brown
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Patent number: 7185436Abstract: A peeler apparatus is provided having an ergonomic handle and a blade that can be rotated relative to the handle to accommodate different peeling styles. The blade can be rotated in order to position the blade in a variety of positions relative to the handle. Such positions include perpendicular, parallel left, parallel right, 45 degree left, and 45 degree right positions. Variations of the peeler can be provided which enable rotations of 180 degrees, 360 degrees, and/or other angles as desired. A user-operable knob cooperatively engaged with a yoke permits the yoke and a blade secured to the yoke to rotate relative to the handle in response to rotation of the knob. A peeler having a blade fixed at approximately 45 degrees relative to the handle is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2004Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Assignee: Kyocera Tycom CorporationInventors: Mark Phillip Murphy, Belinda Martinez, Christopher Lawrence Hawker, Takayuki Matsuo, Patrick Joseph Bertke, Steven Andrew Sauer, Catherine Healy Shaw, Kristen Karl Hedstrom
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Patent number: 7140111Abstract: The present invention provides for a food peeler having a removable blade that includes an end received in a bore of the food peeler handle and a resilient member is mounted adjacent to the end of the blade and allows for the blade to be moved between a centered and offset position so that the blade may be removed and replaced. A tool is provided in order to remove and replace the blade.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2003Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignee: Helen of Troy LimitedInventors: Anthony Di Bitonto, Mark Prommel, Kevin Lozeau, Arsenio Garcia, Juan Escobar, Alec Drummond
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Patent number: 7065882Abstract: The present invention provides a cost-saving and space-saving combination of a low-waste peeler and an auxiliary tool. The low-waste peeler comprises an elongate grip and a fork-like mounting pivotally and movably connected to the grip. The mounting is provided with two prongs, and a swinging blade is attached between the prongs. The mounting is pivotally and movably connected to the auxiliary tool as one piece, while the grip is a separate part. The mounting and the auxiliary tool are pivotally and movably attached to the grip. In the peeling position, the auxiliary tool is accommodated in the grip of the peeler.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2003Date of Patent: June 27, 2006Inventor: Michael Haberstroh
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Patent number: 6874236Abstract: A culinary peeler having an elongate blade bent or curved in its lateral dimension having at least one longitudinal opening extending along its length with a sharp cutting region adjacent the opening, wherein the blade is of curved form in its longitudinal direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2003Date of Patent: April 5, 2005Assignee: MaxPat Trading & Marketing (Far East) LimitedInventors: Robin Levien, Anthony Harrison-Griffin
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Patent number: 6834579Abstract: A palm food processor includes a casing and a knife seat. The casing is composed of an upper cover and a lower cover detachably joined to each other oppositely with a receiving chamber formed between the two covers, a top side of the upper cover having a hand grip part and a bottom of the lower cover having a cover opening. The knife seat provides a size and a shape thereof corresponding to the cover opening for engaging with the cover opening and a bottom thereof having a cutter. Once a hand holds the handgrip part and the cutter contacts a treated food, the treated food can be cut, sliced, peeled or ground into processed products through repeated motions of the food processor and the processed products can be received in the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2002Date of Patent: December 28, 2004Inventor: Huo Feng Hsia Kuan
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Publication number: 20040216307Abstract: The present invention provides for a food peeler having a removable blade that includes an end received in a bore of the food peeler handle and a resilient member is mounted adjacent to the end of the blade and allows for the blade to be moved between a centered and offset position so that the blade may be removed and replaced. A tool is provided in order to remove and replace the blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2003Publication date: November 4, 2004Inventors: Anthony Di Bitonto, Mark Prommel, Kevin Lozeau, Arsenio Garcia, Juan Escobar, Alec Drummond
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Publication number: 20040128841Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing protection in connection with the cutting edge of a blade of a generally Y-shaped conventional kitchen peeler or cutter comprising a guard pivotally attached to the extension arms extending from the handle of the peeler, whereby the guard is pivotal between a guarding position immediately adjacent the cutting edge of the peeler blade and a non-guarding position exposing the cutting edge of the peeler blade for use.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2003Publication date: July 8, 2004Inventors: Mark Prommel, Alec Drummond, Noah Zamansky
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Publication number: 20040117991Abstract: The present invention provides a cost-saving and space-saving combination of a low-waste peeler and an auxiliary tool. The low-waste peeler comprises an elongate grip and a fork-like mounting pivotally and movably connected to the grip. The mounting is provided with two prongs, and a swinging blade is attached between the prongs. The mounting is pivotally and movably connected to the auxiliary tool as one piece, while the grip is a separately part. The mounting and the auxiliary tool are pivotally and movably attached to the grip. In the peeling position, the auxiliary tool is accommodated in the grip of the peeler.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2003Publication date: June 24, 2004Inventor: Michael Haberstroh
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Patent number: 6722042Abstract: A pumpkin carving tool that has a cutter in the form of a loop projecting a selected distance from an edge of an open annular frame. In the simplest form the cutter is fixed to the frame. In an alternate embodiment the cutter is detachably mounted on the frame. The detachable cutter can be adjustably varied in the amount it projects from the frame to make different depths of carvings. The cutter is a narrow thin band of metal sharp enough to cut carvings in the outer surface of a pumpkin but not sharp enough to cut the users skin.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2000Date of Patent: April 20, 2004Assignee: Perfect Pumpkin Inc.Inventors: Earl J. Naville, Jr., Richard M. Haller, Phillip R. Masden
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Patent number: 6619194Abstract: An omni-bearing peeler includes a knife holder, a handle and a catch device. The knife holder has a wing part at two opposite lateral sides thereof respectively and two frame plates at a lower portion thereof with a frame groove in between. The frame groove at two opposite ends thereof is provided with a cap hole and a cover hole respectively. The handle provides a step hole at an end thereof being received in the frame groove and between the cap hole and the cover hole. The step hole at a circumferential edge thereof provides at least two guide grooves and a step ring groove arranged at lower portions of the guide grooves so as to communicate with the guide grooves. The catch device has a button with an upper cap and a lower stop ring.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2002Date of Patent: September 16, 2003Inventor: Huo Feng Hsia Kuan
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Publication number: 20030070298Abstract: The present invention consists of a safety cutter for peeling green bananas or plantains wherein a handle portion is provided adjacent a head portion which carries a peeling element with dual opposing peeling blades. The dual opposing peeling blades are relatively widely spaced apart at approximately {fraction (5/16)}″ to allow the peeling element to cut through the tough, thick skins of a green banana or plantain. The present invention is also provided with an elongate retractable cutting blade which is used to first cut off either end of the green banana or plantain to allow it to be easily peeled. The plantain or green banana peeler is preferably provided into two halves secured by a bolt which allows either the peeling element and/or the retractable blade to be changed by the user when they become dull or worn.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2001Publication date: April 17, 2003Inventor: Lenscott F. Ruiz
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Patent number: 6473974Abstract: A safety knife for removing flashing from plastics mouldings, or other similar operations, comprises a handle and two blades mounted to project side-by-side from the handle. The cutting edge of each blade is substantially parallel to, and slightly spaced from, the cutting edge of the ether blade, and the general planes of the blades diverge as they extend away from their cutting edges. When the knife is not in use each bade serves us a guard for the other blade so as to reduce the risk of accidental injury.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2000Date of Patent: November 5, 2002Inventor: William Alfred Ireland
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Patent number: 6360442Abstract: A grapefruit knife for use in cutting sections of edible fruit from the less desirable membrane and peel is disclosed. The present invention includes a handle having two opposing ends, a single cutting blade attached to one end of the handle, and a scooping blade attached to the other end of the handle. Each of these blades has two cutting edges. On the cutting blade the two cutting edges are aligned serially, in a plane, to cut in the same direction, while on the scooping blade the cutting edges are opposingly arranged.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 1998Date of Patent: March 26, 2002Assignee: The Pampered Chef, Ltd.Inventors: Thomas O'Brien, Michael Neshat, Chuck Visocky
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Patent number: 6336271Abstract: A peeler having a blade extendible for use and retractible for compact storage, a substantially hollow handle having a forward end and a rearward end, the forward end having an enlarged blade receiving opening, the handle having opposed sides, a top and a bottom, an extendable blade holder within said handle when in a retracted position, a blade held in said blade holder, a locking mechanism for locking the blade in extended and retracted positions, a spring to automatically extend the blade, said blade holder having a forward end having a closure tip for closing the blade receiving opening, the closure tip extends downwardly beyond the blade to provide a buffer for the blade when the blade holder is extended, the handle has an ergonomic external shape for ease of use, the forward end of the handle tapering inwardly along its sides, top, and bottom for allowing the fingers of the user's hand to tightly hold the handle and more precisely manipulate the extended blade, the locking mechanism including an enType: GrantFiled: September 21, 2000Date of Patent: January 8, 2002Assignee: Chef'n CorporationInventors: Todd Owen Rider, Lance L. Hood
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Patent number: 6318222Abstract: A cutting implement with a blade, a handle, and a tip, used in conjunction with a planar support surface upon which food or a similar substance rests. The handle and tip cooperate to maintain the blade parallel to, and a pre-determined distance from, the support surface during a reciprocal horizontally-translating slicing motion, thus ensuring that slices are produced with two parallel planar surfaces which are uniformly of a pre-determined thickness.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1999Date of Patent: November 20, 2001Inventor: Joseph Bernard Weinman, Jr.