JP3072716U - Fruit knife - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] Conventional knife-shaped fruit knives cannot be easily and safely peeled by anyone, and there is a risk of being misused as a weapon. SOLUTION: A thin and blade-shaped blade body 3 rich in rigidity and flexibility is protruded from a tip end of a handle 2 and has a saw blade shape extending several centimeters at the rear end of one side end of the blade body 3. The blade 4 is formed to form a saw blade-shaped cutting blade 6 over the entire length of the other end of the blade body 3. Protruding centimeters and the stripping blade 4
And a notch 8 is formed at the tip of the handle 2 to avoid interference between the handle 2 and the fruit F.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the invention belongs] The present invention relates to a fruit knife that allows anyone to easily and safely peel the skin of fruits such as apples and pears and has no danger of being misused as a weapon.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, knife-shaped fruit knives have been used to peel fruits such as apples and pears. When peeling an apple or the like with this conventional fruit knife, put the thumb of the right hand holding the fruit knife on the surface of the apple, move the fruit knife toward the thumb, and peel the part. . In other words, the right thumb is used as a guide for the fruit knife to peel.

[0003] However, not everyone can immediately do the work of peeling fruits such as apples with such a conventional fruit knife. This is a difficult task, especially for small children. In addition, the thumb is attached to the fruit, and the fruit knife is moved toward the thumb, so that the thumb is easily injured. Children who are not accustomed to peeling are particularly at risk. Furthermore, conventional fruit knives have a knives-like shape, a relatively sharp cutting edge and high rigidity. Therefore, they can be misused as weapons.

[0004]

[Problem to be solved by the invention] The problem to be solved is that the conventional knife-shaped fruit knife cannot be easily and safely peeled by anyone, and there is a risk that it will be misused as a weapon. There is also.

[0005]

A description will be given with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. The fruit knife 1 of the present invention has a thin and blade-like blade 3 protruding from the tip of the handle 2 and having a saw blade shape extending several centimeters at the rear end of one side end of the blade 3. A cutting blade portion 4 having a saw blade shape is formed over the entire length of the other end of the blade body 3, and the stripping blade portion 4 extends from the tip of the handle 2 to the blade body 3. A substantially semicircular guide rod 5 projecting a few centimeters from the side of the handle 2 and surrounding the peeling blade 4 is formed. A notch 8 is formed at the tip of the handle 2 to avoid interference between the handle 2 and the fruit F. Do it.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION One embodiment of a fruit knife 1 according to the present invention is shown in FIGS. The fruit knife 1 has a thin and blade-shaped blade 3 that is hard and flexible and protrudes from the tip of a handle 2. The handle 2 is made of wood and the blade 3 is made of metal. Then, a stripping blade portion 4 is formed in the shape of a saw blade over a length of about 3 cm at the rear end of one side end of the blade body 3. This length is necessary and sufficient to peel the fruit F such as an apple. Usually, a few centimeters is a suitable length.

The other end of the blade body 3 has a saw blade shape over its entire length to form a cutting blade section 6. Furthermore, a guide rod 5 made of wire having a substantially semicircular shape and extending around the stripping blade 4 from the tip end of the handle 2 to the blade body 3 by about 1.5 cm and surrounding the stripping blade 4. It is erected. This projection width is a length suitable for peeling a fruit F such as an apple or a pear of a normal size, and usually several centimeters is a suitable length. Further, a notch 8 is formed at the tip of the handle 2 in order to avoid interference between the handle 2 and the fruit F when peeling the fruit F.

[0008] The operation of the fruit knife 1 will be described. First, when the skin of the fruit F such as an apple is peeled off spirally, the guide bar 5 and the peeling blade 4 are applied to the surface of the fruit F while holding the handle 2. Next, while maintaining this state, the guide bar 5 is used as a guide for the blade body 3 and the blade body 3 is pushed forward (toward the guide bar 5). Thereby, the peel of the fruit F is peeled by the peeling blade part 4 (see FIG. 4).

At this time, since the guide rod 5 is in contact with the surface of the fruit F, its posture is always stable. Therefore, the peeling blade 4 can always peel only the skin with a constant thickness without cutting into the fruit F at an acute angle. Further, since the peeling blade portion 4 is formed in a saw blade shape, the contact resistance with the fruit F is smaller than that of a simple straight blade, so that the skin can be easily peeled with a light force.

In addition, since the guide bar 5 is used as a guide for the blade body 3 in contact with the surface of the fruit F instead of the conventional thumb, the thumb is not accidentally damaged. Therefore, even a person who is unfamiliar with peeling, such as a child, can peel the fruit F easily and safely.

Since the notch 8 is formed at the tip of the handle 2, the tip of the handle 2 does not hit the fruit F when peeling, so that the peeling operation can be performed smoothly. It can be carried out.

In addition, since the rear end of the guide rod 5 is fixed to the handle 2 and the front end thereof is fixed to the blade 3, the peeling blade 4 does not swing when peeling the skin, The positional relationship between the blade 4 and the guide bar 5 is always kept constant. This makes it possible to more reliably peel the skin with a constant thickness.

When the peeling of the fruit F is completed, the fruit F is cut vertically by the cutting blade 6 (see FIG. 6). Since the cutting blade portion 6 is formed over the entire length of the blade body 3, it can be cut at a time using the entire length. Further, since the cutting blade portion 6 has a saw blade shape, the contact resistance with the fruit F is small, so that the cutting can be easily performed with a light force.

In the present embodiment, a case has been described in which the peel of the fruit is first spirally peeled and then cut vertically, but the cut is first cut vertically and then the peel is cut vertically. Can also be used when peeling.

The blade body 3 of the fruit knife 1 is a thin plate which is hard but highly flexible. Therefore, even if the fruit knife 1 is abused to injure a person, for example, it is bent by an extremely small force, It will bend. Therefore, there is no danger of abusing the fruit knife 1 as a weapon and injuring a person.

Since the peeling blade portion 4 and the cutting blade portion 6 are both saw-toothed to reduce the contact resistance with the fruit F, it is not necessary to sharpen the cutting edge as in a conventional fruit knife. This also ensures the safety of the fruit knife 1 and there is no danger of misuse. In addition, the front part of the stripping blade part 4 does not form a blade, but is formed as a non-sharp blunt part 7, and the tip part of the blade body 3 is formed as a circular arc part 9. This also ensures that the fruit knife 1 is safe and free from abuse.

[0017]

[Effect of the Invention] In the present invention, when peeling the fruit F, the guide bar 5 is in contact with the surface of the fruit F, so that only the skin can be peeled. Further, since the peeling blade portion 4 has a saw blade shape, the contact resistance with the fruit F is small, and therefore, the peeling can be performed with a light force. Further, since the guide bar 5 is used as a guide for the blade body 3, there is no possibility that the thumb is accidentally hurt. Therefore, even a person unfamiliar with peeling, such as a child, can easily and safely peel the fruit F. In addition, since the notch 8 is formed at the tip of the handle 2, the tip of the handle 2 does not hit the fruit F when peeling, so that the peeling operation can be performed smoothly. . Further, since the cutting blade 6 is also saw-toothed, the contact resistance with the fruit F is small, and cutting can be easily performed with a light force.

Since the blade body 3 of the fruit knife 1 is a thin plate having high rigidity but high flexibility, there is no danger that the blade 3 is bent by an extremely small force, thereby causing injury.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a fruit knife according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the fruit knife shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is another side view of the fruit knife shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a state where fruits are peeled by the fruit knife shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a state where fruits are cut by the fruit knife shown in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Fruit knife 2 Handle 3 Blade body 4 Stripping blade part 5 Guide rod 6 Cutting blade part 7 Blunt part 8 Notch part 9 Arc part F Fruit

Claims (1)

[Utility model registration claims] 1. A hard and flexible thin plate-shaped blade body (3) protrudes from the tip of a handle (2), and extends over several centimeters at the rear end of one side end of the blade body (3). A saw blade-shaped peeling blade (4) is formed, and a saw blade-shaped cutting blade (6) is formed over the entire length of the other end of the blade body (3). And a blade (3), a semi-circular guide rod (5) projecting several centimeters to the side of the stripping blade (4) and surrounding the stripping blade (4) is provided.
A fruit knife having a notch (8) formed at the tip of the handle to avoid interference between the handle (2) and the fruit (F).