FR2600574A1 - Dish-shaped pressing pad on a knife blade - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a device making it possible to facilitate application of the index finger or of another finger to the back of the blade of a knife in order to facilitate its penetration into the material to be cut or cut up. It consists of a dish-shaped part 2, 6 whose upper part has slight concavity, substantially matching the shape of the tip of the finger. The dish-shaped part may be made from the same material as the blade, being produced as a single part, or formed from a special component which will be fixed by various methods to the blade; it is envisaged, when the handle is made separately from the blade, for the dish-shaped part to be incorporated with the extended handle or fastened to the fitting. Uses envisaged: table knives, kitchen cutting utensils, tools for cutting up various materials, or as an aid to individuals who have had their index finger amputated or have a weakness in their hand.

Description

KNIFE HOLDER ON KNIFE BLADE
The present invention essentially relates to the blade tip of a cup or pad on the back of the blade having a slightly concave shape allowing a finger, normally the index finger, to press more easily. strongly to obtain a better penetration of the blade in the cutting matryere, without the finger being exposed to slip or to -ressentir some pain due to the back of the blade.

 The technical field concerned is primarily cutlery for household use and for restaurants. Cutlery of the kind that will be made according to the invention will allow diners to cut certain meats but also pizzas and other dishes presented on a support pie pie. Hence the extension to a larger knife model for cutting pies or that cooks can use for all sorts of decoupage. In a table knife it will be particularly useful for persons with amputations of the index or with a weakness of the hand, The use on board ships or in any place subject to agitation will also be very indicated.

 We can also consider the extension> the cutlery for industrial use for the cutting of rather resistant materials.

 It will be convenient to have a knife of this kind when the access of the hand is difficult and a cutting plier is not suitable.

 Figure 1 shows, in elevation, the knife made with the cup (2) forming a single piece with the blade (1), the connection (4) is without sharp corners between blade and cup. The rim of the cup, for aesthetic reasons, is slightly waved bye model of the knife, type stainless serrated knife with chamfer (5) is purely indicative, of course, and the author reserves to vary the shapes- of blades and handles.

 Figure (2) shows the knife Nuri device Plan, seen from above.

Figures 3,4 and 5 show a variant: the cup made separately from the blade7and intended to be fixed thereto by a rivet or a screw, the orifices (10) of Figure: 3, (16) of the figure 5 being adapted to the chosen mode
Figure 5 which corresponds to the section AA of Figure 4 shows the jaw 17 enclosing the blade. This jaw, then deprived of orifices, which is mentioned above can still ensure the fixation is by pinching or by magnetic effect
In a second variant, not shown on the board, corresponding to a knife where the blade is fixed to the handle by a penetrating silk, maladapted. the cup may be integral with the ferrule.

 A third variant is to make the cup integral with the handle itself, the upper portion of which would be extended in proportion without overlapping, in principle, more than one third of the blade, in the direction of the length.

 The author reserves the right to carry out the studies, with regard to these two variants according to the precise applications that the manufacturers wish.

 The industrial applications envisaged are: 1 - in luxury cutlery, for projects that can be presented with 20- gifts in cutlery commonly used for table and kitchen; 30- for cutlery for industrial use for cutting in the workshop or for making cuts in places not easily accessible by hand.

 40- in the production of plastic, wooden or bone articles, making picnic knives, in principle serving only once.

Claims (7)

 1) Metal device comprising a cup (2) on the back of the blade of a knife and secured to this blade to ensure the support of a finger to obtain easier penetration of the blade, toothed or not; the blade and the device are of the same metal.  2) Device defined in claim 1 but realized, as well as the knife, wood, bone, ivory or any plastic material. and in one piece.  3) Cup-shaped device with a jaw, intended to be fixed to a blade for the use defined in claim 1, this fixing being made by riveting or screwing or pinching on the blade - FIGS.  4) Apparatus defined in claim 3, the fixing being made on the shell of a knife having a handle connected to the blade by a silk from and the penetrant.  5) Device defined in claim 3 with jaw fixing by magnetic effect and subsequently removable.  6) Device defined in claim 3 but made solissaire the handle, the latter made separately from the blade, its upper part being elongated in proportion and wrapping the upper part of the blade, in principle, on less than a third of its length.  7) The device, in the variants of the above claims, may be made at different scales from those on the board 1/1.