And Means To Prevent Tool In-feed Patents (Class 83/760)
  • Patent number: 5974934
    Abstract: A device for hollowing out food products such as loaves of hemispherically shaped bread for the purpose of using the hollowed out loaf as a bowl for food. The device has a knife for cutting into the loaf and a loaf platform for holding the loaf of bread. The platform and knife are angled so that the cutting action removes a uniform sized conical section of bread from the central region of the loaf. The knife is mounted in restricted manner so that it will penetrate the loaf for cutting of the cone but will not pass through the loaf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Inventor: Charles Woods