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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7721449 | Vegetable peeler The invention relates to a vegetable peeler having two gripping surfaces connected to each other by a peeling blade as well as a cross-piece. According to the invention, the two lateral gripping surfaces and the interconnecting cross-piece are forming a holder, the ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7631429 | Handheld peeler with removable multi-blade cartridge A handheld peeler with removable multi-blade holder for peeling, or slicing food products. The tool includes a main handle made from steel or any other suitable tough metal or plastic, a button, a blade cartridge, two or more blades, a top blade holder, a bottom bla... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7421787 | Thumb utensil with cutting board A utensil for a digit of a hand includes a cutting board for disposition between a thumb and an index finger. The cutting board is attached to a retainer that receives and retains the thumb such that a cutting surface of the cutting board is oriented toward the inde... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7415769 | Vegetable peeler with pivoting head An improved peeler or scraper is disclosed with a pivoting head that can be pivoted between a longitudinal position where the cutting or scrapping blade is in general alignment with the handle to a transverse position where the cutting blade is disposed perpendicula... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7263776 | Fruit and vegetable seed removing device A fruit seed removing device includes a body, a sleeve, a button, a positioning block, a toggle, a pull rod, a connecting block and a knife. By pulling a hand of a pull rod, the pull rod will drive the knife to move inwards or expand outwards. Then the button is rot... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7185436 | Multi-position peeler apparatus A peeler apparatus is provided having an ergonomic handle and a blade that can be rotated relative to the handle to accommodate different peeling styles. The blade can be rotated in order to position the blade in a variety of positions relative to the handle. Such p... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7140111 | Food peeler The present invention provides for a food peeler having a removable blade that includes an end received in a bore of the food peeler handle and a resilient member is mounted adjacent to the end of the blade and allows for the blade to be moved between a centered and... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7080454 | Devices and methods for use in preparing certain fruits for consumption Devices for removing and/or slicing a meat of fruit are disclosed. In one embodiment, the device has a handle portion and a working portion having an elongated blade and a pair of lateral extensions. The elongated blade has a cross-sectional shape adapted to facilit... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7065882 | Low-waste peeler The present invention provides a cost-saving and space-saving combination of a low-waste peeler and an auxiliary tool. The low-waste peeler comprises an elongate grip and a fork-like mounting pivotally and movably connected to the grip. The mounting is provided with... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6971291 | Connecting compensating device of multiangular wrench socket A connection compensating device of multiangular wrench socket, including a main body and a connecting section. The main body is a cylindrical body. The outer circumference of the main body between two ends thereof is formed with several radially arranged flutes whi... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6935941 | Fish pin bone remover The fish pin bone remover has a handle and a blade member. The blade member is formed from a V-shaped blade blank. The blade blank has a left leg, a right leg and a bridge portion interconnecting the legs. The legs have inside edges and outside edges. The bridge por... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6905290 | Hand rasp with groove blade and adjustable guide for scoring construction material An improved hand rasp comprises a planar plate with an anterior surface and an opposing posterior surface. An ergonomic handle is affixed to the anterior surface of the plate. A groove blade is removably affixed to the posterior surface of the plate by attachment me... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6874236 | Culinary peeler A culinary peeler having an elongate blade bent or curved in its lateral dimension having at least one longitudinal opening extending along its length with a sharp cutting region adjacent the opening, wherein the blade is of curved form in its longitudinal direction... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6834579 | Palm food processor A palm food processor includes a casing and a knife seat. The casing is composed of an upper cover and a lower cover detachably joined to each other oppositely with a receiving chamber formed between the two covers, a top side of the upper cover having a hand grip p... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6722042 | Pumpkin decorative surface carving tool A pumpkin carving tool that has a cutter in the form of a loop projecting a selected distance from an edge of an open annular frame. In the simplest form the cutter is fixed to the frame. In an alternate embodiment the cutter is detachably mounted on the frame. The ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6619194 | Omni-bearing peeler An omni-bearing peeler includes a knife holder, a handle and a catch device. The knife holder has a wing part at two opposite lateral sides thereof respectively and two frame plates at a lower portion thereof with a frame groove in between. The frame groo... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6473974 | Knives A safety knife for removing flashing from plastics mouldings, or other similar operations, comprises a handle and two blades mounted to project side-by-side from the handle. The cutting edge of each blade is substantially parallel to, and slightly spaced ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6360442 | Grapefruit knife A grapefruit knife for use in cutting sections of edible fruit from the less desirable membrane and peel is disclosed. The present invention includes a handle having two opposing ends, a single cutting blade attached to one end of the handle, and a scoopi... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6336271 | Retractible peeler A peeler having a blade extendible for use and retractible for compact storage, a substantially hollow handle having a forward end and a rearward end, the forward end having an enlarged blade receiving opening, the handle having opposed sides, a top and a... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6318222 | Apparatus and method for uniform even slicing A cutting implement with a blade, a handle, and a tip, used in conjunction with a planar support surface upon which food or a similar substance rests. The handle and tip cooperate to maintain the blade parallel to, and a pre-determined distance from, the ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 5865110 | Peeler for fruits and vegetables A peeler for fruits and vegetables having a handle for gripping the peeler and having a pair of head portions which diverge from a fore end of the handle and between which a cutting blade is supported. An elongated, generally rectangular plate member such... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5864953 | Tool to remove surgical instrument identification tape A cutting tool is described for cutting an encircling band of identification tape from a surgical instrument handle. The tool housing has an elongated guide slot with a cutting blade mounted in the housing on a circumference of the guide slot exposed dist... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5794349 | Potato and vegetable peeler A potato-vegetable peeler structured with a longitudinally disposed shaftway to secure the peeler blade and facilitate cleaning of the peeler and shaftway and a method for making the peeler.... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5745999 | Food slicer device A food slicer device (10) comprising a food receiving container (12) having an open top (14) with an inner ledge (16) about the open top (14). A working platform (18) has a pair of low rear insert tracks (20), a high forward seat (22) and an open area (23... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5659962 | Peeling device The peeling device includes a base body and a peeling blade. The base body has a thumb fitting part designed to fit with a palm side of a user's thumb and a holding part with which the device is held on the thumb. The thumb fitting part and the holding pa... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5471746 | Vegetable/fruit peeler and method of use In a preferred embodiment, a vegetable/fruit peeler, including: a body portion having a cavity defined therein; a cover plate closing a portion of the cavity; and an exposed knife edge extending through an opening defined in the cover plate, the knife edg... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5325593 | Double-blade peeler A double-blade peeler includes two elongated, arched handles joined at one end by a pin and retained in an open position by a spring, and two cutter blades respectively fastened to the handles on an inner side by respective threaded rods. The tension of t... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5148731 | Device for cutting fruit, vegetables or the like into slices The invention is directed to a device for cutting fruit, vegetables or the like into slices, comprising a blade-holding plate at whose leading edge a V-shaped cutter blade is arranged, comprising two framing ledges arranged essentially parallel that are c... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5075973 | Device for cutting fruit, vegetables, or the like into slices Device for cutting fruit, vegetables or the like into slices, comprising a blade-holding plate at whose front edge a V-shaped cutter blade is arranged, the latter being composed of two knife blades; comprising two framing ledges arranged essentially paral... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5001835 | Waffle-style cutter for cutting fruit, vegetables or the like Waffle-style cutter for slicing fruit, vegetables or the like, comprising a blade-holding plate at whose front edge a wave-shaped cutter blade is arranged, comprising two frame ledges arranged essentially parallel, and comprising a slide plate adjoining t... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4790488 | Utensil for cutting food materials A kitchen utensil for cutting vegetables, in particular potatoes, into strips. The kitchen utensil comprises a base plate, which has provided on the upper side thereof at least one slide surface and, when seen in the direction of cutting, behind said slid... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4630367 | Produce knife with depth-limiting and peel aiding fence A tool for performing cuts of controlled depth in orange rinds and the like for aiding in peeling same comprises a knife (28) with a side-cutting sharpened edge and fence means (30, 66) for limiting the depth of cut which can be made by said knife. The fe... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4592140 | Combination food peeler and slicer A combination food peeler and slicer having parallel peeler and slicer blades. The peeler blade is rotatably mounted in the handle so that it can rock through a limited angular range. The slicer blade is slidably mounted for movement into and out of the h... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4587734 | Grating tool A cheese grating tool comprises a handle shaft (1) and a plate (2) connected thereto. The plate (2) comprises a generally single-curved portion (22) with a plurality of apertures (31) which are distributed over the width of the blade (2) generally in the ... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4457222 | Kitchen utensil A kitchen utensil has threaded end portion, a substantially straight middle portion connected to the threaded end portion and a plain portion disposed at an angle to the middle portion. A cutting member with a front cutting edge, a back edge and an apertu... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4290196 | Apparatus for cutting foodstuffs The invention relates to apparatus for cutting foodstuffs, comprising a substantially flat body having a fixed cutting blade lying generally in the plane of the body and two separate substantially flat plates each with blades projecting from the plate, on... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4286384 | Paneling cutter tool A manually actuated tool for cutting openings in sheet paneling from the room side after the paneling is secured in place. The basic construction consists of a pair of cooperating sharp blades at the forward end of the frame of the tool located in overlap... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4180908 | Grooving tool A grooving tool has a support provided with a handle formed on its lower surface with a substantially flat sliding face and having a pair of generally parallel slots opening at this face and extending in a predetermined direction. A blade is secured in ea... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4073060 | Potato spiral cutter A hand held potato spiraler is disclosed having a handle, a blade extending parallel to the handle, a plurality of cutter bars extending perpendicular to and between the blade and handle, and a spike having an auger extending perpendicularly from the base... | 02/14/1978 |
| 3956825 | Potato and vegetable peelers A vegetable peeler in one version that is pushed against the vegetable and removes the skin by an impressed blade; in another version, a relatively long blade is rotatable in a frame to remove a variable thickness of the vegetable at each stroke.... | 05/18/1976 |
