EP1776214B1 - Insert for a slicer - Google Patents

Abstract

A reversal insert for a slicer for chopping up items such as fruit, vegetables, etc. has a base plate, of which one side is designed as a bearing surface. In a first reversal position of the insert the item can be guided longitudinally on the bearing surface onto a cutting edge of a blade of the slicer. The insert includes first fastening elements in order for the insert to be secured on a basic body of the slicer in the first reversal position, and second fastening elements in order for the insert to be secured on the basic body in a second reversal position. The second fastening means are arranged such that, in the second reversal position, the insert covers the cutting edge of the blade from above.

Description

The present invention relates to a reversible insert for a kitchen slicer for mincing cutting material such as fruit, vegetables, etc., with a base plate, one side of which is designed as a bearing surface, in order in a first turning position of the insert the cutting material in the longitudinal direction of a cutting edge of a To guide knife of the kitchen slicer with first fasteners to determine the use in the first turning position on a base of the kitchen plane, and with second fastening means to set the use in a second turning position to the main body.

The present invention further relates to a kitchen slicer with such an insert.

Such a reversible insert for a kitchen slicer is known for example for the so-called V-planer of the present applicant (see model "Trend-Line" on www.boerner-germany.de).

A kitchen slicer is used to chop up items such as fruit, vegetables, etc. In this case, the food to be cut is generally guided onto a knife on a support surface. Behind the knife is a ramp surface on which the remaining cut material "leaks". Cut slices fall down from the bottom of the slicer. Particularly good cutting results can be achieved with the aforementioned V-planer.

In the above-mentioned model "Trendline" of the V-planer is an insert in a first and a second turning position, i. rotated by 180 °, can be fixed to a base body. The main body stores the knife and forms the outlet surface. The insert forms the bearing surface on which the material to be cut is guided to the knife. By turning the insert while the cutting thickness is changed.

In another kitchen slicer (model "V4" on www.boerner-germany.de), an insert is also mounted on a base body. However, the use is adjustable for cutting thickness as a whole in a plurality of locking positions on the body without having to turn it.

A problem with kitchen planing is the safety, since the used knives are very sharp. During a cutting process, a so-called fruit holder is often used which eliminates the risk of injury to the knife during cutting. However, a not insignificant danger exists even when the kitchen slicer is stored or lying around freely. In this case, the planer in particular represents a danger to children.

The planer "Trend-Line" is intended to accommodate this in a planer holder, through which the knife is covered against access from the outside. In the planer "V4" a position of the insert is provided on the base body, in which the insert rests immediately adjacent to the cutting edge. In this case, the use of the cutting edge in this safety position even exceed something to reduce the risk of injury even further.

From the EP 1 264 669 A1 a device is known which comprises a plastic injection molded part formed as a main body, in which two plates are arranged one behind the other between two longitudinal edges. The plate receives an insert which, by its design and thickness, determines the thickness of the slices cut by the knife. Below the plane of the first plate, a safety slide is arranged, which prevents its edge from touching the cutting edge of the knife. If the said insert is pushed onto the guides provided for it, it comes to legs of the safety slide to the plant and brings it from its protective position to a release position in which its edge is located at a horizontal distance from the cutting edge below the plate.

The object of the present invention is to provide an improved reversible insert for a kitchen slicer and a kitchen slicer with such an insert, wherein the risk of injury is reduced even further.

This object is achieved in the above-mentioned reversible insert in that the second fastening means are arranged so that the insert in the second turning position covers the cutting edge of the knife from above.

In the kitchen planer mentioned above, the object is achieved by combination with such an insert. By the measure to arrange the second fastening means so that the use in the second turning position covers the cutting edge of the knife from above, a significantly improved protection against injury can be realized. Even if a person in the second turn position presses on the insert from above, the insert can not be moved past the cutting edge to expose it. Rather, the insert in the second turning position is arranged so that it covers the cutting edge from above, so that a push-through is not possible.

It is understood that the insert can thus not be used for cutting in the second turning position. The kitchen slicer with the insert can be stored in the second turning position without risk of injury, for example, in a drawer into which even children, if necessary, carelessly in reach.

The task is thus completely solved.

Preferably, the insert rests on the knife in the second turning position.

As a result, the insert is supported when a pressure is exerted downward on the knife and it can be avoided that the insert is guided past the cutting edge and exposes it.

According to a further preferred embodiment, the second fastening means are arranged so that the base plate of the insert in the second turning position covers the cutting edge of the knife from above or rests on the knife.

In this embodiment, the shape of the base plate can be adapted to the course of the cutting edge of the knife. Furthermore, the insert does not need to have its own projection or section that is specifically designed to cover the knife from above in the second turning position.

It is further preferred if the first fastening means are first latching means in order to fix the insert in the first turning position so as to latch onto the base body.

In a corresponding manner, it is preferred if the second fastening means are second locking means in order to be able to fix the insert in the second turning position so as to latch onto the base body.

This simplifies the operation of the kitchen slicer and the insert.

It is also advantageous if longitudinal guide means are provided in order to be able to displace the insert in the longitudinal direction on the main body of the kitchen slicer at least between a latching position and a release position.

Furthermore, it is advantageous if the second latching means Axialrastmittel have to set the insert in the longitudinal direction of the main body latching.

This is particularly advantageous if, furthermore, the longitudinal guide means are provided, so that the latching position can be achieved by a simple longitudinal movement of the insert on the base body.

Furthermore, it is preferred if the second latching means have transverse stop means which, in the second turning position, prevent the insert from moving on the base body in a direction transverse to the cutting plane of the blade.

It can be provided that the transverse stop means prevent movement of the insert down. However, the transverse stop means may alternatively or additionally also be provided to prevent movement of the insert in an upward direction. Here, the transverse stop means may form part of the second locking means, so serve to set the use detent on the body.

Overall, it is also advantageous if the first and second attachment means are spaced apart from one another at the insert in the cutting direction by a distance.

As a result, in each case the same latching section can be used on the main body for the first as well as the second reversing position.

It is particularly preferred if the relative position of the fastening means is such that the insert is displaced further in the second turning position to the front, so further towards the knife, so that he can cover this preferably.

In the first turning position, however, the leading edge of the insert is approximately aligned with the cutting edge, so that the cut-off discs can easily fall out down. It is understood that the features mentioned above and those yet to be explained below can be used not only in the particular combination given, but also in other combinations or in isolation, without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Fig. 1

eine schematische Schnittansicht einer ersten Ausfüh- rungsform eines erfindungsgemäßen Küchenhobels in einer ersten Wendeposition;

Fig. 2

eine der Fig. 1 entsprechende Ansicht des Küchenhobels in der zweiten Wendeposition;

Fig. 3

eine Draufsicht auf eine weitere Ausführungsform eines erfindungsgemäßen Einsatzes für einen Küchenhobel; und

Fig. 4

eine Schnittansicht entlang der Linie IV-IV in Fig. 3.

Embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the drawings and are explained in more detail in the following description. Show it:

Fig. 1

a schematic sectional view of a first embodiment of a kitchen planer according to the invention in a first turning position;

Fig. 2

one of the Fig. 1 corresponding view of the kitchen slicer in the second turning position;

Fig. 3

a plan view of another embodiment of an insert according to the invention for a kitchen planer; and

Fig. 4

a sectional view taken along the line IV-IV in Fig. 3 ,

In the Fig. 1 and 2 is a first embodiment of a kitchen planer according to the invention generally designated 10.

The kitchen slicer has a base body 12 and an insert 14.

The base body 12 and the insert 14 may be made of plastic. Alternatively, it is also possible to use the basic body 12 and the insert 14 made of metal, eg stainless steel to produce.

The main body 12 usually has two parallel longitudinal members (not shown). Between the longitudinal members, a handle 16 is formed at the rear end. Following this, a receiving plate 17 is provided between the longitudinal members, on which an insertable into the base body 12 insert 14 is supported in a first turning position. At the front end of the body, the side members are connected by a ramp surface 18 with each other. The outlet surface 18 is offset parallel to the receiving plate 17. At the rear edge of the outlet surface 18, a cutting blade 20 is arranged, which may be, for example, a V-blade. The cutting edge of the knife 20 is shown at 22.

The insert 14 has a base plate 23. The top of the base plate 23 is formed as a support surface 24. The underside 26 of the base plate 23 is in the inserted state on the upper side 28 of the receiving plate 17.

For cutting or planing cutting material 30, it is moved in a direction S from the rear to the front, wherein it is pressed onto the support surface 24. In this case, slices 32 are cut off from the slicing material 30 and the cutting material residue runs in continuation of the movement along the direction S on the outlet surface 18.

This basic structure of the kitchen slicer 10 and its operation are well known.

In Fig. 1 the insert 14 is shown in a first turning position, in which the support surface 24 is arranged with respect to the knife 20, that a cutting of cutting material 30 is possible.

In the first turning position of the insert 14 is locked to the base body 12 by means of a first latching device 34.

The latching device 34 includes a first lug 36 (as a first latching means) on the underside of the base plate 23 of the insert 14. On the base body 12, a corresponding recess 38 is provided, into which the nose 36 engages in the latching position. Further, a transverse stop 40 is provided on the base body 12, which is designed to fix the base plate 23 in a direction perpendicular to the cutting plane. The receiving plate 17 together with the transverse stop 40 forms a kind of longitudinal guide. To insert the insert 14 in the base body 12, the base plate 23 is guided in this longitudinal guide until the nose 36 engages in the recess 38. In this state, the insert 14 is mounted on the base body 12 latching. To release the insert 14, this is to be raised at the rear end to free the nose 36 from the recess 38 and then pull it out to the rear.

The nose 36, the recess 38 and the transverse stop 40 are each shown as individual elements. In general, however, these elements are provided both in the region of the first and the second longitudinal member, so that the insert 14 is guided between the longitudinal members.

In Fig. 1 is further shown that, starting from the base plate 23 at least one upwardly projecting web 41 is provided. The height of the web 41 corresponds approximately to the distance between the base plate 23 and the knife 20th

At the top of the web 41, a second lug 44 is provided, which is spaced from the first lug 36 in the longitudinal direction by a distance D.

The nose 44 forms second latching means of a second latching device 42, which sets the insert 14 latching to the base body 12 in a second reversing position, as in Fig. 2 is shown. In the second turning position of the insert 14 is rotated by 180 ° on the base body 12 fixed. In this case, the second nose 44 engages in the recess 38. Further, a pocket 46 is provided on the web 41, which receives the transverse stop 40.

In the second turning position, the edge of the web 41 spaced from the base plate 23 rests on the receiving plate 17, so that the base plate 23 is spaced so far from the receiving plate 17, that it lies above the outlet surface 18, as in Fig. 2 is shown.

Due to the distance D, the insert 14 in the second reversing position is set farther in front of the main body 12, so that the base plate 23 covers the cutting edge 22 of the knife 20 from above, more precisely rests on the knife 20.

Consequently, in the second turning position, the kitchen slicer 10 can not be used for cutting cutting material. Rather, the second turning position is a safety position in the the insert 14 covers the knife 20 (or its cutting edge 22) from above.

It is understood that in a preferred embodiment on the sides of the base plate 23 in each case a web 41 is provided and correspondingly at each web a second nose 44 and a pocket 46th

In this case, a space is formed in the second turning position between the base plate 23 and the receiving plate 17, which can serve for example for receiving other accessories for the kitchen slicer.

In turn, the insert 14 is released from the second turning position by lifting the insert 14 at the rear end to free the second tab 44 from the recess 38, and then pulling the insert 14 rearwardly so that the pocket 46 is subtracted from the transverse stop 40.

It is understood that the knife 20 may be a normal knife, which is aligned transversely to the cutting direction S. However, the knife 20 may also be a V-blade, which tapers in a V-shape in the cutting direction S, as is known per se in the prior art.

The insert 14 can be used as an accessory in the already known planer "Trend-Line" of the Applicant.

However, it is also conceivable that an embodiment of the insert according to the invention is used in conjunction with the planer V4 of the applicant.

In the 3 and 4 is a further embodiment of the insert 14 'according to the invention for a kitchen planer shown. The general structure and operation of the insert 14 correspond to those of the insert 14 of Fig. 1 and 2 , For this reason, only differences will be discussed below. Further, like reference numerals are used for like elements.

The insert 14 'of 3 and 4 is especially designed for use in connection with the planer "Trend-Line" of the applicant. The base plate 23 is provided with a plurality of extending in the cutting direction S ribs 50. The top of the ribs forms in this case, the support surface on which the cut material 30 is guided. The insert 14 'is formed in the front region of a V-shaped tapered. In the region of the V-tip, an elliptical surface is present, the upper side of which is aligned with the upper side of the ribs 50.

Below the elliptical surface 52 thus an approximately finger-sized recess 54 is formed. This can serve to detach the insert 14 'from the second turning position of the associated body by being pressed against a slope 56 which is formed between the elliptical surface 52 and the base plate 23.

The pockets 46 are laterally provided on the outside of the webs 41, so that they can take in the transverse stops 40, which are provided on inner lateral surfaces of the two side members of the base body (not shown).

The webs 41 taper apart in the frontward direction in order to have available in the region of the pockets 46 a sufficient volume for forming the same. For injection molding technical reasons (the insert 14 'is made of plastic) while more lateral recesses 58 are provided in the webs 41.

In the rear region, the webs are spaced from the base plate 23 by slots 62, so that the webs 41 are formed in the rear region in the manner of a tongue 60. This facilitates handling, since the second lug 44 is formed on the tongue 60 and thus easier to move into the latching position.

Claims (10)

1. A reversible insert (14) for a slicer (10) for chopping up items (30) such as fruit, vegetables, etc., having a base plate (23), of which one side is designed as a bearing surface (24) in order, in a first reversal position of the insert (14), for the item (30) to be guided longitudinally on this surface onto a cutting edge (22) of a blade (20) of the slicer (10), having first fastening means (34, 36, 38, 40) in order for the insert (14) to be secured on a basic body (12) of the slicer (10) in the first reversal position, and having second fastening means (42, 38, 44) in order for the insert (14) to be secured on the basic body (12) in a second reversal position, characterized in that the second fastening means (42, 38, 44) are arranged such that, in the second reversal position, the insert (14) covers the cutting edge (22) of the blade (20) from above.
2. The insert as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that, in the second reversal position, the insert (14) rests on the blade (20).
3. The insert as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the second fastening means (42, 38, 44) are arranged such that, in the second reversal position, the base plate (23) of the insert (14) covers the cutting edge (22) of the blade (20) from above and rests on the blade (20), respectively.
4. The insert as claimed in one of claims 1-3, characterized in that the first fastening means (34, 36, 38, 40) are first latching means (34, 36, 38, 40) in order for it to be possible to secure the insert (14) on the basic body (12) with latching action in the first reversal position.
5. The insert as claimed in one of claims 1-4, characterized in that the second fastening means (42, 38, 44) are second latching means (42, 38, 44) in order for it to be possible to secure the insert (14) on the basic body (12) with latching action in the second reversal position.
6. The insert as claimed in one of claims 1-5, characterized by longitudinal-guidance means (26, 28, 40) in order for it to be possible to shift the insert (14) longitudinally on the basic body (23) of the slicer (10) at least between a latching position and a release position.
7. The insert as claimed in one of claims 1-6, characterized in that the second latching means (42, 38, 44) have axial latching means (42, 38, 44) in order to secure the insert (14) longitudinally on the basic body (12) with latching action.
8. The insert as claimed in one of claims 1-7, characterized in that the second latching means (42, 38, 44) have transverse stop means which, in the second reversal position, prevent movement of the insert (14) on the basic body (12) in a direction transverse to the cutting plane of the blade (20).
9. The insert as claimed in one of claims 1-8, characterized in that the first and the second fastening means (34, 36, 38, 40) (42, 38, 44) are arranged on the insert (14) at a distance (D) apart from one another in the cutting direction.
10. A slicer (10) having a basic body (12) and an insert (14) as claimed in one of claims 1-9.

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