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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7337997 | Food slicing device A hand-held device for reducing the size of food items, for example by slicing or grating. The disclosed device has a slicing drum transversally inserted into an aperture on a lateral wall of a casing. Preferably, both the drum and its size reducing members, such as... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7318558 | Devices and systems for cutting food and products originally in block form A refillable cutting container device is described for whole block food products to be dispensed in the grated, shredded or flake form, of the type comprising: a container body suitable for receiving a food product in the form of one or more whole blocks; a cutting ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7293588 | Woodworking tools A rotary shaper tool for use in conjunction with a power tool used to rotate the shaper tool in which a cutter panel is formed about a cylindrical framework. The cutter panel is formed with rows or sets of cutter teeth and an array of vent holes. Chips formed by the... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293501 | Press with compact worm unit A press includes an arm mechanism to input force transferred to upper and lower rollers by a worm unit. The worm unit occupies less space so that even if the size of the press is increased, the worm unit can be used without too much change. The handle is located on ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7258289 | Combination food cutting, storage, and shredder apparatus A combination food cutting, storage and shredder apparatus, having a cutting board and storage box containing a knife drawer and a garbage disposal drawer. A shredder is positioned just above the garbage disposal drawer and just below the cutting board for holding s... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252252 | Food processor lid A lid for a bowl of a food processor for processing a relatively large size or large volume of foodstuff including a top lid wall and a feed tube extending from the top lid wall along a feed axis. The feed tube including an inner feed surface defining a feed cavity ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7223431 | Method for shredding blocks of material A method of shredding a block of material, which can be a block of cheese, includes moving blades about an axis and feeding a block of material in a feed plane toward the moving blades in a feeding direction, where the feeding direction is substantially perpendicula... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7210511 | Intermediate product, method and device for producing wood chips The invention relates to an intermediate product, a method for processing the intermediate product and a wood chipping device for processing the intermediate product. The intermediate product is substantially rod shaped and is sized in a range that includes between ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7137581 | Methods and apparatus for an improved rotary grater A hand-held rotary grating device is configured to grate soft cheeses that have traditionally been exceedingly difficult or impossible to grate. A cylindrical grating barrel is rotateably inserted within a grater housing. The barrel has an advantageous barrel aspect... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7100854 | Chopper A food chopper includes a housing for receiving a food item, a blade assembly including a blade movable within the housing for chopping the food item, a shaft attached to the blade assembly for movement therewith, a plunger assembly coupled to the shaft for effectin... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7011259 | Apparatus for working and processing materials A system for working and processing material, for example, for disintegrating different material, especially elastomers, in different branches of industry for lowering quantity of waste. The apparatus includes a housing with: branch pipes for introducing initial mat... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7007875 | Electric pepper mill An electric pepper mill includes a base member with a chamber defined therein and a grind blade is supported in the chamber. A connection shaft extends from the grind blade. A main section has a motor received therein and an output shaft of the motor extends from on... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7007874 | Shroud assembly for waste processing machine A shroud assembly for a waste processing machine includes a shroud for attachment to an engine of the waste processing machine. The shroud assembly also includes a plurality of fasteners for attaching the shroud to the engine of the waste processing machine, whereby... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6908053 | Ice shaver An ice shaver machine that includes a hopper for receiving ice, a blade and scraper for drawing the received ice across the blade, thereby producing thin, snow-like ice shavings or flakes, which are scraped to a spout, which, in turn, is provided for delivering the ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6766972 | Rotary cheese grater with press plate seal A rotary hand grater has a housing which defines a hopper communicating with an open-ended cylindrical grating chamber in which a grating drum rotates for grating the contents of the hopper. The chamber is closed at one end by handle structure for rotating the grati... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6757952 | Ring slicer with easily removable knife and knife assembly A ring slicer having an easily removable knife and knife assembly. Within the scope of the invention, there is an apparatus for cutting an article of wood, comprising a ring assembly comprising two end plates and a plurality of knife assemblies. Each knife assembly ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6722597 | Apparatus and method for shredding blocks of material An apparatus and method for shredding a block of material, the apparatus includes at least one cutting blade. A drive unit rotates the cutting blade about an axis, and a feed unit moves the block of material toward the cutting blade. The axis about which the cutting... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6666395 | Apparatus for wiredrawing vegetables or dicing them into three dimensional shapes An apparatus for wiredrawing vegetables or cutting them into three dimensional shapes, comprising a base frame, a first container supported by said base frame for collecting residues, a drum mounted for rotation about an axis on the surface of die cells, ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6606939 | Crank operated fruit and vegetable cutting and squeezing device A crank operated device for cutting, shaving, mincing, grinding, and squeezing foods has an outer housing element with a first disc element positioned therein. An inner shaft element is slidably positioned within the outer housing element and has a crank ... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6604454 | Fruit and vegetable cutting and squeezing device A device for cutting, shaving, mincing, grinding, and squeezing foods has an outer housing element with a first disc element positioned therein. An inner shaft element is slidably positioned within the outer housing element. The inner shaft element has on... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6539847 | Food processing device A food processing device comprising a pan for receiving processed food and having an open top, a support plate for location on said open top of said pan, a plurality of food processing elements each for location on said support plate, a food holder mounta... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6536692 | Apparatus for shredding blocks of material An apparatus and method for shredding a block of material, the apparatus includes at least one cutting blade. A drive unit rotates the cutting blade about an axis, and a feed unit moves the block of material toward the cutting blade. The axis about which ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6527212 | Ice shaver An ice shaver machine that includes a hopper for receiving ice, a blade and scraper for drawing the received ice across the blade, thereby producing thin, snow-like ice shavings or flakes, which are scraped to a spout, which, in turn, is provided for deli... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6464156 | Mill, a method for producing bone transplantation material and use of a mill for such production A mill comprises a casing having an opening for supply of material to be milled and a rotor rotatably supported in the casing and provided with cutting members (3) for disintegrating action on the material. The cutting members (3) are arranged in a plural... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6340490 | Apparatus and method for shredding blocks of cheese An apparatus and method for shredding a block of cheese, the apparatus includes at least one cutting blade. A drive unit rotates the cutting blade about an axis, and a feed unit moves the block of cheese toward the cutting blade. The axis about which the ... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6318651 | Mill, in particular for milling of bone, as well as a drum, provided with cutting members, applicable in the mill A mill comprises a housing (3) and a drum (15), provided with cutting members (17), which is rotatably located inside the housing. The cutting members and the drum are made from one piece and the cutting members are formed by local thickenings of the wall... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6315224 | Grater and method of making a grating device A cheese grating plate having a plurality of staggered rows of apertures, each aperture formed by fitting an insert into a hole or pushing a member into the hole, the aperture having a sharp raised edge around a substantial portion of at least one end of ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6244529 | Manually-operated garlic grater Disclosed is a manually-operated garlic grater which is very easy to use and very efficient to grate cloves of garlic. This garlic grater has a casing defining a tubular cavity having a lateral opening. A handle is removably mounted in a rotatable manner ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6032707 | Drum assembly for a wood chipper A drum assembly for a wood chipper includes a drum rotatable about a horizontal axis and a plurality of pockets disposed circumferentially about the drum. The drum assembly also includes a plurality of blades operatively connected to the drum, one of the ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5970860 | Food processor A food processor includes a food processing unit and a separate base for holding the food processing unit in position for operation. The food process unit and base have respective portions for releasable inter-connection. The base includes a bottom suctio... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5865384 | Spice grinder Spice is ground into variable particle sizes by a manually or electrically grinder including a housing, a spindle, a grinding device, a particle size adjusting device, and a driving device. The housing has a housing ring at an upper portion and a partitio... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5836528 | Chipper A chipper has a housing formed with an intake defining a feed direction, a hollow drum rotatable in the housing in a rotational sense about an axis transverse to the feed direction and formed with a plurality of angularly spaced, radially throughgoing, an... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5803378 | Rotary grater An improved hand-held, hand-crank operated rotary drum-type grater for cheese and the like is provided which has a housing that has portions which are slidably engagable with mouth adjacent lip portions of a predetermined collection vessel for grated mate... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5702061 | Food grater A food grater is provided. The food grater includes a housing sidewall and a grater blade disposed adjacent to the housing sidewall. The grater further includes a moveable door having an extension, the moveable door being connected to the housing sidewall... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5680997 | Food processor An appliance for processing food items including a first housing and a second housing releasably attached to the first housing. The first housing has a handle to facilitate hand-held use. A cutting member is mounted in the second housing and apparatus is ... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5673539 | On-line shredder and loader An apparatus and method are providing for shredding and loading pre-portioned quantities of products, typically food products such as cheeses. The food product or the like is shredded at an on-line location which is a component of a filling and sealing li... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5660341 | Rotary grater An improved hand-held, hand-crank operated rotary drum-type grater for cheese and the like is provided. The grater is adapted to incorporate molded plastic or metal components but preferably utilizes a cage-type drum body having a cylindrical surface defi... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5364037 | Electric cheese grater with spring-loaded cheese compartment An electric hand-held cheese grater device has a hinged spring-loaded cheese compartment door. The upper portion houses the power unit, which is activated by a button on the top of the unit. The lower portion houses a vertically-oriented grater blade in t... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5242125 | Portable snow cone maker A portable snow cone maker that includes a housing with a mounting plate arranged to receive studs that extend at right angles outwardly from a drive shaft end of an electric motor, the studs fitted through holes in the mounting plate with nuts turned the... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5197681 | Apparatus for safe high speed slicing/shaving of a food product A slicing/shaving machine particularly adapted for high speed slicing/shaving or food products in which at least one slicing/shaving blade defines a slicing/shaving edge of a generally arcuate configuration. The blade is carried by a slicing/shaving drum ... | 03/30/1993 |