Grater and method of making a grating device
US6315224A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 13, 2000 |
| Grant date | Nov 13, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 13, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47J43/25
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A cheese grating plate having a plurality of staggered rows of apertures, each aperture formed by fitting an insert into a hole or pushing a member into the hole, the aperture having a sharp raised edge around a substantial portion of at least one end of each aperture. In one embodiment the sharp raised edges being formed by a member pushed into the hole. The height of the sharp raised edges extends out no further than twenty thousands of an inch and preferably only ten thousand of an inch. In one embodiment the member forming the sharp raised edge is tapered, cylindrical and has circumferentially spaced edges. In other embodiments the member is a drill bit, or a tapered member that is rocked in the hole. In other embodiments the insert is pressed into the hole and extends out from the plate to form the raised edge.
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