Cheese crumbling device
US8091810B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 13, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jan 10, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 4, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47J43/255
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An apparatus and method for crumbling a food product such as a block of cheese into irregularly shaped food particles. One embodiment of the apparatus consists of a chute-shaped housing that contains two opposing plates with a plurality of smooth, rounded, finger-like protrusions on their faces, where the plates are closer together towards the bottom of the chute. When food is inserted into the top of the chute and one of the plates is moved in an up-and-down motion, the protrusions on the opposing plates crumble the food into progressively smaller food particles until the crumbled particles drop through the gap between the bottoms of the plates and out the bottom of the chute. Other embodiments are described and shown.
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