Food slicer

• US 4,055,099 A
• Filed: 02/24/1976
• Issued: 10/25/1977
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Chubukoki Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Chubukoki Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Mitsubayashi, Yoshihiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Simpson, Othell M.
• Application Number:
  US05/660,924
• Time in Patent Office: 609 Days
• Field of Search: 241/DIG. 17, 241/242, 241/99, 241/222, 241/95, 99/589, 99/594, 99/595, 83/403, 83/411 R, 83/425
• US Class Current: 83/403
• CPC Class Codes: B26D 3/18 to obtain cubes or the like ice harvesting F25C5/02
• CPC Class Codes: F25C 5/12 Ice-shaving machines
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 241/17 Ice crushers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/6473 Centrifugal feed to tangential tool [e.g., "Beria" type]

Abstract

A foodstuff slicer which is particularly useful for shaving ice, frozen fruits and the like is disclosed. The foodstuff slicer is provided with a rotor composed of a downwardly diverging hood, a plurality of carrier-arms and a boss connected to a vertical driving shaft. The carrier-arms extend radially and upwardly in spaced relation with a wall of a conical case which diverges upwardly. A cutting blade is attached to a upper portion of the conical case. Centrifugal forces acting on lumps of foodstuff become nearly maximum at the position of the cutting blade to slice the foodstuff steadily.

Claims

1. A slicer for foodstuffs, comprising

a. an upwardly diverging conical case with a slot in an upper part thereof for discharging sliced foodstuff and with a recess for receiving a bearing at its bottom;

b. a flat ring attached to the top end of the conical case to cover its upper portion;

c. a cutting blade attached to the conical case at a portion of the case above said slot to slice lumps of foodstuff;

d. a rotor assembly consisting of a downwardly diverging hopper as an upper member, a plurality of carrier-arms as intermediate members and a boss as a bottom-member, the hopper being provided with an outwardly extending wide flange at its bottom, and the carrier-arms being connected at their top-ends and at the bottom ends to the said flange and said boss, respectively; and

e. a vertical shaft connected to the rotor and its driving means including an electric motor.

2. A foodstuff slicer according to claim 1, wherein the cutting blade is carried by a pivotally mounted lever, and wherein an adjusting means to rotate said lever about the axis of its pivotal mounting is provided.