French fry cutter for food processors
US4367667A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 27, 1981 |
| Grant date | Jan 11, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 27, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T83/8791
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A French fry rotary cutter tool is provided for use in food processors having a hub removably engageable with the drive means of the food processor and a disc-like member secured to the hub having an opening extending from a region near the hub to a region near the periphery with an elevated portion located behind the opening. A cutting structure is positioned in the opening for producing multiple, elongated rectangular cuts in food applied thereto which pass through the opening into the bowl of the processor. The cutting structure is formed of a continuous strip of blade metal bent into a rectangular-wave shape having alternating, spaced flat, lower and lower portions which are secured, respectively, to the underside and elevated portions of the disc-like member. The bent strip defines a plurality of spaced, parallel blades which have a square-wave appearance. The leading edge of the blade strip is sharpened before it is bent into shape such that sharp edges face the direction of rotation of the disc for simultaneously producing horizontal and vertical cutting in food items for forming elongated, rectangular shaped French fry cuts. The cutting structure is ruggedized by a flat bla…
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