Culinary press
First Claim
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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Abstract
A culinary press comprises first and second elongate members (4,6) pivotably connected to each other near a pressing end at a first pivot point (8), the first member (4) at least in part defining a food receiving chamber (9), and with a perforated surface provided against which forced to be crushed is pressed, and a pivotably mounted plunger (30) disposed between the elongate members to be pivotable about a second pivot point (28) into said chamber (9), wherein the plunger is mounted so that the second pivot point (28) is disposed on the opposite side or the first pivot point from the chamber (9), and wherein the second elongate member (6) is formed with an actuating finger (16) which bears on the plunger (30).
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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.
- 8. A culinary press comprising first and second elongate members pivotably connected to each other near a pressing end, 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 plunger mounted disposed between the elongate members to be pivotable into said chamber towards the perforated surface, the second elongate member being adapted to act on the plunger on one side of its pivot to move the plunger towards the perforated surface, and wherein the second elongate member is further adapted to act on the plunger on the opposite side of its pivot as the first and second members are moved apart on opening of the press in order to drive the plunger out of the chamber.
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