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Culinary press

  • US 20040134362A1
  • Filed: 10/17/2003
  • Published: 07/15/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A culinary press comprising first and second elongate members pivotably connected to each other near a pressing end at a first pivot point, the first member at least in part defining a food receiving chamber, and with a perforated surface provided against which food to be crushed is pressed, and a pivotably mounted plunger disposed between the elongate members to be pivotable about a second pivot point into said chamber, wherein the plunger is mounted so that its second pivot point is disposed on the opposite side of the first pivot point from the majority of the chamber, and wherein the second elongate member is formed with an actuating surface which bears on the plunger, whereby the actuating surface bears on the plunger at a position increasingly distant from its pivot on progressive closing as food is being crushed.

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