Attachment for food cutters
US4219165A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 10, 1978 |
| Grant date | Aug 26, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 10, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB26D7/0641
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The specification discloses an attachment for a food cutting machine which facilitates perpendicular cutting and chopping of food. The attachment is designed for ready attachment to a conventional food cutter of the type having a rotatable cutting cone with cutting edges defined on the surface thereof and of the type also having a hopper disposed adjacent the cone for retaining and feeding food to the cutting edges thereof. The attachment, designed to position food approximately normally the cutting edges of the cone, includes a supporting surface adapted to be supported by the walls of the hopper and a bearing surface extending into the hopper short of the cone at an angle to the supporting surface. The attachment may also have structure for removably locking the attachment to the hopper including a ridge extending from the lower face of the supporting surface adapted to abut with the inside back wall of the hopper and a downwardly turned cylindrical lip extending from the edge of the supporting surface for engaging a flange extending from the back wall of the hopper. The abutting ridge and lip cooperate to prevent movement of the attachment relative to the hopper when food is pus…
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