2 and 4, the slicing blade 14 is a large wide, thin flat body having an upper end 31 and a lower end 32 and forward and rear sides.
To release the pins, the finger grips 28 are compressed toward one another which withdraws the detent pins from the recesses allowing the blade holder to be moved to the storage folded position.Īs best shown in FIGS. The lower ends of the blade holder are also provided with ramps 30 which slide over the detent pins compressing them until the pins are beyond the ramps and are pushed outwardly into the recesses 24 by the spring 26 Thus, the blade holder is automatically locked into its upright position when it is raised.
5 the pins are pushed into the recesses by a spring 26 having finger grips 28. The blade holder is held in its upright position by spring biased detent pins 22 which are received in recesses 24. 3 to the phantom line storage position shown in FIG. Thus, the blade holder can move from the upright position shown in FIG. The blade holder 12 is pivotally mounted to the forward end of the base by pivot pins 20. Rubber cushioning pads 18 are connected to each of the four support legs. The flat base 10 is a rigid plastic member having support legs 16. 1, the cheese slicer has a flat base 10, an upright blade holder 12, a wide, flat blade 14 slidably secured in the blade holder. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTSĪs best shown in FIG. 4 is a fragmentary front elevation of the cheese slicer with parts broken away for clarity.įIG.
3 is a side elevation of the cheese slicer.įIG. 2 is a schematic illustration showing the blade separating a slice of cheese from a block of cheese.įIG. 1 is an isometric of the cheese slicer with the blade holder in an upright position.įIG. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES OF THE DRAWINGSįIG. For storage, the blade holder folds down to a compact position taking much less space that in its upright position. With this invention, the slicing of cheese is done very quickly with smooth separation of the slices from the block of cheese. The separating surface terminates downwardly along a plane parallel to the flat, wide slicing blade and terminates into a blunt edge of a shape roughly equivalent to a cheese slicing wire. The blade has an upper end with a large flat handle and a lower end with a downwardly and rearwardly sloping separating surface. Detents hold the blade holder in its upright slicing position. The blade holder is provided with opposed slots which receive a large flat, wide slicing blade. Still another object of this invention is to provide a cheese slicing blade having a wide, flat body with a lower end which smoothly separates the slice of cheese from the block of cheese.īasically, these objects are achieved by having a flat base with a pivotally mounted cheese slicing blade holder on the base. It is another object of this invention to provide a cheese slicer where the slicing blade is easily removed for cleaning. It is an object of this invention to provide an improved cheese slicer having a wide, flat blade and a blade holder which can be pivoted from an upright slicing position to a folded collapsible position for storage. These cheese slicers, however, have been somewhat awkward to handle or create storage problems. An example of a cutting blade is shown in U.S. An example of a wire cheese slicer is shown in U.S. Heretofore cheese cutters have used knife blades or wires. There is a need for a cheese slicer of the type capable of cutting smoothly a slice of cheese from a block of cheese. This invention relates generally to slicers for slicing soft food products, such as cheese, butter, paté and the like.
This application is a continuation of U.S.
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