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EP0271689A1
EP0271689A1 EP87116127A EP87116127A EP0271689A1 EP 0271689 A1 EP0271689 A1 EP 0271689A1 EP 87116127 A EP87116127 A EP 87116127A EP 87116127 A EP87116127 A EP 87116127A EP 0271689 A1 EP0271689 A1 EP 0271689A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D3/00—Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut made; Apparatus therefor
    • B26D3/24—Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut made; Apparatus therefor to obtain segments other than slices, e.g. cutting pies
    • B26D3/26—Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut made; Apparatus therefor to obtain segments other than slices, e.g. cutting pies specially adapted for cutting fruit or vegetables, e.g. for onions
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26B—HAND-HELD CUTTING TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • B26B3/04—Hand knives with fixed blades for performing several incisions simultaneously; Multiple-blade knives

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  • the invention relates to a device for cutting mushrooms into slices, in particular fresh mushrooms.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a device for cutting mushrooms into slices, especially fresh mushrooms, with which smooth slices can be cut from the full mushroom shape, the device should also be used for mushrooms of very different sizes.
  • the invention provides that the cutting device consists of two articulated arms which are articulated at their rear end, can be gripped with one hand and can be compressed against a return spring, with a gun arm at the front end carrying a cutting grid which is aligned with a receiving trough on the other gun arm that the receiving trough is round, for receiving one on the mushroom standing upside down has a suitable trough shape, that the cutting grid consists of sharpened stainless steel knives and that both pliers arms have projecting grip projections at the front, on which the pliers arms can also be grasped and compressed with the second hand.
  • the possibility provided according to the invention of being able to apply the cutting pressure with both hands allows, on the one hand, very sensitive work and, on the other hand, also the cutting of relatively tough mushrooms.
  • the mushroom upside down, is cut, so that the cutting grid first cuts into the mushroom stem, which has a relatively high toughness.
  • the mushroom head In order to avoid excessive crushing or breakage of the mushroom, the mushroom head must lie fully in its central area on the trough bottom, which is why, according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the receiving trough has a slightly curved, more than 2/3 of the diameter of the trough opening extending floor and only then has steep edges.
  • the size and bulge of the trough-shaped receiving trough is chosen in accordance with the largest commercially available mushrooms, so that there is a perfect support of their central head area for the largest and also for all smaller mushrooms.
  • the cutting device has an odd number of knives, e.g. B. seven knives at a distance of about 5.5 millimeters. Since the mushrooms are normally placed in the center of the trough, mushroom stalks with a diameter of less than 11 to 12 millimeters are only divided by a single knife, so that unbroken mushroom slices of full mushroom shape are produced even with small mushrooms.
  • the invention provides that the knife receiving grooves of the receiving troughs are narrower than the intermediate mushroom support webs, each of which has a broad, upper side lying in the trough contour.
  • the grooves are V-shaped in cross section, the side walls of the grooves each lying in one plane.
  • the sliced mushroom slices must later be placed in a pan or other container, whereby they should be isolated, i.e. no more should stick to each other.
  • the invention provides that the knife edges are immersed in the grooves of the receiving troughs when the cutting frame strikes a limit stop, while the knife backs are still between the cut disks.
  • the mushroom slices are still held on the cutting device after cutting, and by tilting the cutting device in the manner of a spoon, the mushroom slices can be transferred directly into a pan or the like, the disk pack now bursting apart and the slices occasionally falling into the pan or the like .
  • the aforementioned limit stop also ensures that the knife edges themselves do not hit the wall of the receiving trough, thus preventing the knives from becoming prematurely blunt. Practical tests have shown that the use of very sharp knives is very important for the present application.
  • the cutting grid frame has a round frame part which, when the device is closed, encloses the receiving trough, on the rear arch region of which the knives are each fastened with one end, that the knives with their front end on the underside of the approximately cutting grid-wide grip projection are fastened, an arch-shaped bead approximately parallel to the rear arch region being advantageously formed on the underside of the grip projection, in which the front knife ends sit and which is aligned with a counter stop on the top of the handle projection of the other pliers arm.
  • the receiving trough is formed in a frustoconical base body, which sits with its larger base surface on the essentially straight gun arm.
  • the device can also be placed on a table with its receiving-arm side and handled as a table-top device if particularly tough material to be cut is to be processed.
  • the cutting device consists of two pincer arms 2, 3 which are articulated at their rear end and can be gripped with one hand and can be pressed together against a return spring 1, the pincer arm 2 carrying a cutting grid 4 at the front end which is aligned with a receiving trough 5 on the other pincer arm 3.
  • the receiving trough 5 has a round trough shape 6 suitable for receiving a mushroom standing upside down.
  • the bottom 7 of the trough is only slightly curved, and the steep trough edges 8 lie only in an outer sixth-diameter region.
  • the cutting grid 4 consists of seven, parallel stainless steel knives 9, which are assigned seven receiving grooves 10 with a slightly V-shaped cross section on the trough bottom.
  • Both pliers arms 2, 3 are each extended at the front beyond the cutting grid 4 or the receiving trough 5 and there have grip projections 11, 12 of approximately the width of the cutting grid 4.
  • the device is gripped and actuated in the position according to FIG. 1, for example with the right hand in the area of the tong arms 2, 3.
  • the grip projections 11, 12 allow an additional cutting pressure to be exerted with the second hand.
  • the receiving trough 5 is formed in a frustoconical base body 13, which sits with its lower, larger base surface on the essentially straight tong arm 3.
  • a stop 14 is formed on the top of the front handle projection 12, adjacent to the receiving trough, onto which an arcuate bead 15 arranged on the underside of the handle projection 11 of the other tong arm strikes when the cutting grid is pressed down before the cutting of the knives 9 on the floor the receiving grooves 10 hit; see. Fig. 4, in which the end position of the knife 9 is indicated.
  • the receiving grooves 10, in particular in the region of the trough bottom 7, are significantly narrower than the mushroom support webs 16 lying between them, each of which has a broad upper surface lying in the trough contour.
  • the cutting grid frame has a round frame part 17 which, when the device is closed, surrounds the receiving trough 5, on the rear arch region 18 of which the knives 9 are each fastened with one end.
  • the cutting grid frame also has, on the underside of its grip projection 11, an arcuate bead 19 which is approximately parallel to the rear arch region and in which the front ends of the knives 9 are seated and which in its central region also serves as a counter-stop 15 for the stop 14.
  • all knives 9 have the same length, the excess lengths of the knives being accommodated and covered here by the grip projection 11.
  • the cutting device is also equipped with a hinge lock 20, as described in more detail, for example, in DE-AS 11 77 086 and which allows the device to be locked in the closed position so that it can be stored in a space-saving manner.

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A device for cutting, for example, mushrooms, and, especially, champignons, including two pincer arms articulated together at rear ends thereof, with the cutting device being adapted to be held in one hand of the user, and with the arm being compressible against a return spring. One pincer arm includes a cutting grid at a forward end thereof, with the cutting grid being aligned with the receiving depression for receiving the mushroom and disposed on the other pincer arm. The receiving depression includes a round trough shape which is constructed to receive a mushroom such as a champignon on a cap side thereof. The cutting grid includes sharpened stainless steel blades and both of the pincer arms include handle projections extending forwardly beyond the cutting grid and receiving depression, by which the pincer arms are grippable and compressible by the other hand of the user of the cutting device.

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Gerät zum Schneiden von Pilzen in Scheiben, insbesondere von frischen Champignons.The invention relates to a device for cutting mushrooms into slices, in particular fresh mushrooms.

Pilze werden von der Hausfrau bisher fast aus­schließlich mit dem Küchenmesser in Scheiben geschnitten, wobei aber die geometrisch komplizierte Form, die inhomogene Zähigkeitsverteilung und die Brüchigkeit des Pilzes eine gute Geschicklichkeit verlangen, wenn glatte Pilzscheiben erreicht werden sollen. Es sind zwar zahlreiche Schneidgeräte bekannt, die aus zwei an ihrem hinteren Ende gelenkig ver­bundenen, einhändig zu greifenden und gegen eine Rückstellfeder zusammendrückbaren Zangenarmen be­stehen, wobei ein Zangenarm am vorderen Ende ein Schneidgitter trägt, welches auf eine Aufnahmemulde am anderen Zangenarm ausgerichtet ist. Diese bekannten Geräte sind zum Schneiden von gekochten Eiern, Pellkartoffeln, rote Beeten und ähnlichen Lebens­mitteln geeignet, jedoch fallen bei Versuchen, frische Champignons mit diesen bekannten Geräten zu schneiden, nur sehr unregelmäßig gestaltete Scheiben an, deren Ränder vielfach ausgerissen oder ausgefranst sind, wobei oft die Scheiben auch infolge zu starker Quetschung des Pilzes beim Schneiden in viele Bruch­stücke auseinanderfallen. Bessere Ergebnisse erhält man, wenn man ein Schneidgerät mit ebener Schneid­gutauflage verwendet und axial halbierte Pilze mit ihrer glatten Schnittfläche auf die Schneidgutauflage legt und dann die Pilzhälften mit dem Schneidgitter in eine Gruppe von Scheiben zertrennt. Allerdings fallen hierbei nur halbierte Pilzscheiben an, was im allgemeinen unerwünscht ist.So far, the housewife has sliced mushrooms almost exclusively with the kitchen knife, but the geometrically complicated shape, the inhomogeneous distribution of toughness and the brittleness of the mushroom require good skill if smooth mushroom slices are to be achieved. Numerous cutting devices are known which consist of two tongs arms which are articulated at their rear ends, can be gripped with one hand and can be compressed against a return spring, with a tongs arm at the front end carrying a cutting grid which is aligned with a receiving trough on the other tongs arm. These well-known Devices are suitable for cutting boiled eggs, jacket potatoes, beetroot and similar foods, but attempts to cut fresh mushrooms with these known devices only result in very irregularly shaped slices, the edges of which are often torn out or frayed, often with the slices also due to excessive crushing of the mushroom when cutting into many fragments. Better results can be obtained if you use a cutter with a flat cutting surface and place axially halved mushrooms with their smooth cut surface on the cutting surface and then cut the mushroom halves into a group of disks with the cutting grid. However, there are only halved mushroom slices, which is generally undesirable.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, ein Gerät zum Schneiden von Pilzen in Scheiben, insbesondere von frischen Champignons, zu schaffen, mit welchem glatte Scheiben aus der vollen Pilzform geschnitten werden können, wobei das Gerät auch für Pilze stark unter­schiedlicher Größe verwendbar sein soll.The invention has for its object to provide a device for cutting mushrooms into slices, especially fresh mushrooms, with which smooth slices can be cut from the full mushroom shape, the device should also be used for mushrooms of very different sizes.

Zur Lösung dieser Aufgabe ist erfindungsgemäß vorge­sehen, daß das Schneidgerät aus zwei an ihrem hinteren Ende gelenkig verbundenen, einhändig zu greifenden und gegen eine Rückstellfeder zusammendrückbaren Zangen­armen besteht, wobei ein Zangenarm am vorderen Ende ein Schneidgitter trägt, welches auf eine Aufnahme­mulde am anderen Zangenarm ausgerichtet ist, daß die Aufnahmemulde eine runde, für die Aufnahme eines auf dem Kopf stehenden Champignons geeignete Trogform auf­weist, daß das Schneidgitter aus geschärften Edel­stahlmessern besteht und daß beide Zangenarme vorne über das Schneidgitter bzw. die Aufnahmemulde hinaus­ragende Griffvorsprünge aufweisen, an denen die Zangenarme zusätzlich mit der zweiten Hand faßbar und zusammendrückbar sind.To solve this problem, the invention provides that the cutting device consists of two articulated arms which are articulated at their rear end, can be gripped with one hand and can be compressed against a return spring, with a gun arm at the front end carrying a cutting grid which is aligned with a receiving trough on the other gun arm that the receiving trough is round, for receiving one on the mushroom standing upside down has a suitable trough shape, that the cutting grid consists of sharpened stainless steel knives and that both pliers arms have projecting grip projections at the front, on which the pliers arms can also be grasped and compressed with the second hand.

Die erfindungsgemäß vorgesehene Möglichkeit, mit beiden Händen den Schneiddruck aufbringen zu können, erlaubt einerseits ein sehr feinfühliges Arbeiten und andrerseits auch das Zerteilen verhältnismäßig zäher Pilze. Bei dem Gerät nach der Erfindung wird der Pilz, auf dem Kopf stehend, geschnitten, so daß also das Schneidgitter zunächst in den Pilzstiel einschneidet, der eine verhältnismäßig hohe Zähigkeit besitzt. Um zu starke Quetschungen oder einen Bruch des Pilzes zu vermeiden, muß der Pilzkopf hierbei in seinem zen­tralen Bereich voll auf dem Muldenboden aufliegen, weshalb nach einer bevorzugten Ausführungsform der Erfindung die Aufnahmemulde einen nur leicht ge­wölbten, über mehr als 2/3 des Durchmessers der Muldenöffnung sich erstreckenden Boden und daran anschließend erst steile Ränder aufweist. Die Größe und Ausbauchung der trogförmigen Aufnahmemulde wird hierbei entsprechend den größten handelsüblichen Champignons gewählt, so daß für die größten und auch für alle kleineren Pilze eine einwandfreie Auflage ihres zentralen Kopfbereiches gegeben ist.The possibility provided according to the invention of being able to apply the cutting pressure with both hands allows, on the one hand, very sensitive work and, on the other hand, also the cutting of relatively tough mushrooms. In the device according to the invention, the mushroom, upside down, is cut, so that the cutting grid first cuts into the mushroom stem, which has a relatively high toughness. In order to avoid excessive crushing or breakage of the mushroom, the mushroom head must lie fully in its central area on the trough bottom, which is why, according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the receiving trough has a slightly curved, more than 2/3 of the diameter of the trough opening extending floor and only then has steep edges. The size and bulge of the trough-shaped receiving trough is chosen in accordance with the largest commercially available mushrooms, so that there is a perfect support of their central head area for the largest and also for all smaller mushrooms.

Beim ersten Schneidabschnitt, bei dem also der Pilz­stiel geschnitten wird, kommen nur wenige Messer zum Einsatz. Gemäß einer bevorzugten Ausführungsform der Erfindung besitzt das Schneidgerät eine ungerade Zahl von Messern, z. B. sieben Messer, in einem Abstand von etwa 5,5 Millimetern. Da die Pilze normalerweise mittig in die Mulde eingesetzt werden, werden also Pilzstiele unter 11 bis 12 Millimeter Durchmesser nur von einem einzigen Messer geteilt, so daß auch bei kleinen Pilzen unzerbrochene Pilzscheiben von voller Pilzform anfallen.Only a few knives are used in the first cutting section, in which the mushroom stem is cut. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the cutting device has an odd number of knives, e.g. B. seven knives at a distance of about 5.5 millimeters. Since the mushrooms are normally placed in the center of the trough, mushroom stalks with a diameter of less than 11 to 12 millimeters are only divided by a single knife, so that unbroken mushroom slices of full mushroom shape are produced even with small mushrooms.

Beim weiteren Schneidvorgang dringen die Messer durch die weiche Unterseite in den Pilzkopf ein, wobei jetzt der Pilzkopf je nach seiner Zähigkeit mehr oder weniger stramm gegen den Muldenboden gepreßt wird, bis die Messer die Pilzhaut durchteilen. Damit die Pilz­scheiben an ihren kopfseitigen Rändern nicht aus­fransen, ist der Erfindung zufolge vorgesehen, daß die Messeraufnahmerillen der Aufnahmemulden schmaler als die dazwischenliegenden Pilzauflagestege sind, welche jeweils eine breitflächige, in der Trogkontur liegende Oberseite aufweisen. Die Rillen sind im Querschnitt V-förmig, wobei die Seitenwände der Rillen jeweils in einer Ebene liegen. Infolgedessen sind die Rillen im zentralen Bodenbereich sehr schmal, im Bereich der Ränder aber so breit, daß ihre Reinigung unproblematisch ist.During the further cutting process, the knives penetrate into the mushroom head through the soft underside, the mushroom head now being pressed more or less tightly against the trough bottom, depending on its toughness, until the knives cut through the mushroom skin. So that the mushroom slices do not fray on their head-side edges, the invention provides that the knife receiving grooves of the receiving troughs are narrower than the intermediate mushroom support webs, each of which has a broad, upper side lying in the trough contour. The grooves are V-shaped in cross section, the side walls of the grooves each lying in one plane. As a result, the grooves in the central bottom area are very narrow, but so wide in the area of the edges that cleaning them is unproblematic.

Die geschnittenen Pilzscheiben müssen später in eine Pfanne oder einen sonstigen Behälter gegeben werden, wobei sie vereinzelt sein sollen, also nicht mehr aufeinanderkleben sollen. In Weiterbildung sieht die Erfindung vor, daß die Messerschneiden bei Auftreffen des Schneidgitterrahmens auf einen Begrenzungsanschlag in die Rillen der Aufnahmemulden eingetaucht sind, während die Messerrücken noch zwischen den geschnittenen Scheiben liegen. Infolgedessen sind die Pilzscheiben nach dem Schneiden noch am Schneidgerät festgehalten, und durch Auskippen des Schneidgerätes nach Art eines Löffels können die Pilzscheiben unmittelbar in eine Pfanne oder dgl. übergeben werden, wobei das Scheibenpaket nunmehr auseinandersprngt und die Scheiben vereinzelt in die Pfanne oder dgl. fallen.The sliced mushroom slices must later be placed in a pan or other container, whereby they should be isolated, i.e. no more should stick to each other. In a further development, the invention provides that the knife edges are immersed in the grooves of the receiving troughs when the cutting frame strikes a limit stop, while the knife backs are still between the cut disks. As a result, the mushroom slices are still held on the cutting device after cutting, and by tilting the cutting device in the manner of a spoon, the mushroom slices can be transferred directly into a pan or the like, the disk pack now bursting apart and the slices occasionally falling into the pan or the like .

Durch den vorerwähnten Begrenzungsanschlag wird ferner sichergestellt, daß die Messerschneiden selbst nicht auf die Wandung der Aufnahmemulde auftreffen, womit einem vorzeitigen Stumpfwerden der Messer vorgebeugt ist. Praktische Versuche haben gezeigt, daß die Ver­wendung von sehr scharfen Messern für den vorliegenden Anwendungsfall sehr wesentlich ist.The aforementioned limit stop also ensures that the knife edges themselves do not hit the wall of the receiving trough, thus preventing the knives from becoming prematurely blunt. Practical tests have shown that the use of very sharp knives is very important for the present application.

Bei dem Schneidgerät nach der Erfindung ist in weiterer Ausgestaltung vorgesehen, daß der Schneid­gitterrahmen einen runden, bei geschlossenem Gerät die Aufnahmemulde umschließenden Rahmenteil aufweist, an dessen hinteren Bogenbereich die Messer jeweils mit einem Ende befestigt sind, daß die Messer mit ihrem vorderen Ende an der Unterseite des etwa schneid­gitterbreiten Griffvorsprunges befestigt sind, wobei vorteilhafterweise an die Unterseite des Griff­vorsprungs ein zum hinteren Bogenbereich etwa paralleler bogenförmiger Wulst angeformt ist, in dem die vorderen Messerenden sitzen und der auf einen Gegenanschlag an der Oberseite des Griffvorsprunges des anderen Zangenarmes ausgerichtet ist. Bei einer solchen Ausbildung können gleich lange Messer verwendet werden, wodurch sich eine erhebliche Rationalisierung bei den Herstellkosten ergibt.In the cutting device according to the invention it is provided in a further embodiment that the cutting grid frame has a round frame part which, when the device is closed, encloses the receiving trough, on the rear arch region of which the knives are each fastened with one end, that the knives with their front end on the underside of the approximately cutting grid-wide grip projection are fastened, an arch-shaped bead approximately parallel to the rear arch region being advantageously formed on the underside of the grip projection, in which the front knife ends sit and which is aligned with a counter stop on the top of the handle projection of the other pliers arm. With such a design, knives of the same length can be used, which results in considerable rationalization of the manufacturing costs.

Schließlich kann der Erfindung zufolge noch vorgesehen werden, daß die Aufnahmemulde in einem kegelstumpf­förmigen Grundkörper ausgebildet ist, welcher mit seiner größeren Basisfläche auf dem im wesentlichen geraden Zangenarm sitzt. Bei einer solche Ausbildung kann das Gerät auch mit seinem aufnahmemuldenseitigen Arm auf einen Tisch aufgelegt und als Tischgerät gehandhabt werden, wenn besonders zähes Schneidgut bearbeitet werden soll.Finally, according to the invention, it can also be provided that the receiving trough is formed in a frustoconical base body, which sits with its larger base surface on the essentially straight gun arm. With such a design, the device can also be placed on a table with its receiving-arm side and handled as a table-top device if particularly tough material to be cut is to be processed.

Der Gegenstand der Erfindung wird im folgenden anhand eines in der Zeichnung dargestellten Ausführungsbei­spieles näher beschrieben. In der Zeichnung zeigen :

  • Fig 1 das Pilzschneidegerät in einer perspekti­vischen Ansicht,
  • Fig. 2 eine Draufsicht auf die Aufnahmemulde in Richtung des Pfeiles II in Fig. 1 gesehen,
  • Fig 3 eine Draufsicht auf das Schneidgitter in einer Blickrichtung gemäß Pfeil III in Fig.1 und
  • Fig 4 einen Schnitt durch die Aufnahmemulde gemäß der Schnittlinie IV-IV in Fig 2.
The object of the invention is described below with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawing. The drawing shows:
  • 1 the mushroom cutting device in a perspective view,
  • 2 is a plan view of the receiving trough in the direction of arrow II in FIG. 1,
  • 3 shows a plan view of the cutting grid in a viewing direction according to arrow III in FIG. 1 and
  • 4 shows a section through the receiving trough along the section line IV-IV in FIG. 2.

Das Schneidgerät besteht aus zwei an ihrem hinteren Ende gelenkig verbundenen, einhändig zu greifenden und gegen eine Rückstellfeder 1 zusammendrückbaren Zangen­armen 2, 3, wobei der Zangenarm 2 am vorderen Ende ein Schneidgitter 4 trägt, welches auf eine Aufnahmemulde 5 am anderen Zangenarm 3 ausgerichtet ist.The cutting device consists of two pincer arms 2, 3 which are articulated at their rear end and can be gripped with one hand and can be pressed together against a return spring 1, the pincer arm 2 carrying a cutting grid 4 at the front end which is aligned with a receiving trough 5 on the other pincer arm 3.

Die Aufnahmemulde 5 weist eine runde, für die Aufnahme eines auf dem Kopf stehenden Champignons geeignete Trogform 6 auf. In einem über etwa 2/3 des Durch­messers der Muldenöffnung sich erstreckenden Bereich ist der Boden 7 des Troges nur leicht gewölbt, und erst in einem äußeren Sechstel-Durchmesserbereich liegen die steilen Trogränder 8.The receiving trough 5 has a round trough shape 6 suitable for receiving a mushroom standing upside down. In a region that extends over approximately 2/3 of the diameter of the trough opening, the bottom 7 of the trough is only slightly curved, and the steep trough edges 8 lie only in an outer sixth-diameter region.

Das Schneidgitter 4 besteht beim Ausführungsbeispiel aus sieben, parallelen Edelstahlmessern 9, denen am Muldenboden sieben, im Querschnitt leicht V-förmige Aufnahmerillen 10 zugeordnet sind.In the exemplary embodiment, the cutting grid 4 consists of seven, parallel stainless steel knives 9, which are assigned seven receiving grooves 10 with a slightly V-shaped cross section on the trough bottom.

Beide Zangenarme 2, 3 sind vorne jeweils über das Schneidgitter 4 bzw. die Aufnahmemulde 5 hinaus ver­längert und weisen dort Griffvorsprünge 11, 12 von etwa der Breite des Schneidgitters 4 auf. Das Gerät wird in der Stellung nach Fig. 1 beispielsweise mit der rechten Hand im Bereich der Zangenarme 2, 3 ge­griffen und betätigt. Die Griffvorsprünge 11, 12 erlauben es, mit der zweiten Hand einen zusätzlichen Schneiddruck auszuüben.Both pliers arms 2, 3 are each extended at the front beyond the cutting grid 4 or the receiving trough 5 and there have grip projections 11, 12 of approximately the width of the cutting grid 4. The device is gripped and actuated in the position according to FIG. 1, for example with the right hand in the area of the tong arms 2, 3. The grip projections 11, 12 allow an additional cutting pressure to be exerted with the second hand.

Die Aufnahmemulde 5 ist in einem kegelstumpfförmigen Grundkörper 13 ausgebildet, der mit seiner unteren größeren Basisfläche auf dem im wesentlichen geraden Zangenarm 3 sitzt. An der Oberseite des vorderen Griffvorsprunges 12 ist, angrenzend an die Aufnahmemulde, ein Anschlag 14 angeformt, auf den ein an der Unterseite des Griffvorsprunges 11 des anderen Zangenarmes angeordneter bogenförmiger Wulst 15 beim Niederdrücken des Schneidgitters auftrifft, ehe die Schneiden der Messer 9 auf den Boden der Aufnahmerillen 10 auftreffen; vgl. Fig. 4, in welcher die Endstellung der Messer 9 angedeutet ist.The receiving trough 5 is formed in a frustoconical base body 13, which sits with its lower, larger base surface on the essentially straight tong arm 3. A stop 14 is formed on the top of the front handle projection 12, adjacent to the receiving trough, onto which an arcuate bead 15 arranged on the underside of the handle projection 11 of the other tong arm strikes when the cutting grid is pressed down before the cutting of the knives 9 on the floor the receiving grooves 10 hit; see. Fig. 4, in which the end position of the knife 9 is indicated.

Wie aus Fig. 4 ersichtlich, sind die Aufnahmerillen 10 insbesondere im Bereich des Muldenbodens 7 deutlich schmäler als die dazwischenliegenden Pilzauflagestege 16, welche jeweils eine breitflächige, in der Trogkontur liegende Oberseite aufweisen.As can be seen from FIG. 4, the receiving grooves 10, in particular in the region of the trough bottom 7, are significantly narrower than the mushroom support webs 16 lying between them, each of which has a broad upper surface lying in the trough contour.

Der Schneidgitterrahmen weist einen runden, bei ge­schlossenem Gerät die Aufnahmemulde 5 umschließenden Rahmenteil 17 auf, an dessen hinteren Bogenbereich 18 die Messer 9 jeweils mit einem Ende befestigt sind. Der Schneidgitterrahmen weist ferner an der Unterseite seines Griffvorsprunges 11 einen zum hinteren Bogenbereich etwa parallelen, bogenförmigen Wulst 19 auf, in dem die vorderen Enden der Messer 9 sitzen und der in seinem mittleren Bereich zugleich als Gegen­anschlag 15 für den Anschlag 14 dient. Wie aus Fig. 2 ersichtlich ist, weisen alle Messer 9 gleiche Länge auf, wobei die Überschußlängen der Messer hier durch den Griffvorsprung 11 aufgenommen und abgedeckt sind.The cutting grid frame has a round frame part 17 which, when the device is closed, surrounds the receiving trough 5, on the rear arch region 18 of which the knives 9 are each fastened with one end. The cutting grid frame also has, on the underside of its grip projection 11, an arcuate bead 19 which is approximately parallel to the rear arch region and in which the front ends of the knives 9 are seated and which in its central region also serves as a counter-stop 15 for the stop 14. As can be seen from FIG. 2, all knives 9 have the same length, the excess lengths of the knives being accommodated and covered here by the grip projection 11.

Das Schneidgerät ist ferner noch mit einer Scharnier­sperre 20 ausgerüstet, wie diese beispielsweise in der DE-AS 11 77 086 näher beschrieben ist und die es er­laubt, das Gerät in geschlossener Stellung zu arretieren, so daß es raumsparend aufbewahrt werden kann.The cutting device is also equipped with a hinge lock 20, as described in more detail, for example, in DE-AS 11 77 086 and which allows the device to be locked in the closed position so that it can be stored in a space-saving manner.

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1. Gerät zum Schneiden von Pilzen in Scheiben, insbesondere von frischen Champignons, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß es aus zwei an ihrem hinteren Ende gelenkig verbundenen, einhändig zu greifenden und gegen eine Rückstellfeder (1) zusammendrück­baren Zangenarmen (2, 3) besteht, wobei ein Zangenarm (2) am vorderen Ende ein Schneidgitter (4) trägt, welches auf eine Aufnahmemulde (5) am anderen Zangenarm (3) ausgerichtet ist, daß die Aufnahmemulde (5) eine runde, für die Aufnahme eines auf dem Kopf stehenden Champignons geeignete Trogform (6) aufweist, daß das Schneidgitter (4) aus geschärften Edelstahlmessern (9) besteht und daß beide Zangenarme (2, 3) vorne über das Schneidgitter (4) bzw. die Aufnahmemulde (5) hinausragende Griffvorsprünge (11, 12) aufweisen, an denen die Zangenarme (2, 3) zusätzlich mit der zweiten Hand faßbar und zusammendrückbar sind.1. Apparatus for cutting mushrooms into slices, in particular fresh mushrooms, characterized in that it consists of two pincer arms (2, 3) which are articulated at their rear end, can be gripped with one hand and can be compressed against a return spring (1) Forceps arm (2) at the front end carries a cutting grid (4) which is aligned with a receiving trough (5) on the other tongs arm (3), that the receiving trough (5) has a round trough shape suitable for receiving a mushroom standing on its head (6) that the cutting grid (4) consists of sharpened stainless steel knives (9) and that both pliers arms (2, 3) have grip projections (11, 12) projecting beyond the cutting grid (4) or the receiving trough (5) at the front, where the tong arms (2, 3) can be gripped and compressed with the second hand. 2. Schneidgerät nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekenn­zeichnet, daß die Aufnahmemulde (5) einen nur leicht gewölbten, über mehr als 2/3 des Durch­messers der Muldenöffnung sich erstreckenden Boden (7) und erst daran anschließend steile Ränder (8) aufweist.2. Cutting device according to claim 1, characterized in that the receiving trough (5) has only a slightly curved, extending over more than 2/3 of the diameter of the trough opening bottom (7) and only then steep edges (8). 3. Schneidgerät nach Anspruch 1, gekennzeichnet durch eine ungerade Zahl von Messern (9), z. B. sieben Messer, in einem Abstand von etwa 5,5 Millimetern.3. Cutting device according to claim 1, characterized by an odd number of knives (9), z. B. seven knives, at a distance of about 5.5 millimeters. 4. Schneidgerät nach den Ansprüchen 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Messeraufnahmerille (10) der Aufnahmemulde (5) im Querschnitt V-förmig und insbesondere im Bereich des Muldenbodens (7) schmaler als die dazwischenliegenden Pilz­auflagestege (16) sind, welche jeweils eine breitflächige, in der Trogkontur liegende Oberseite aufweisen.4. Cutting device according to claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the knife receiving groove (10) of the receiving trough (5) in cross section V-shaped and in particular in the region of the trough bottom (7) narrower than the intermediate mushroom support webs (16), which are each have a wide top, lying in the trough contour. 5. Schneidgerät nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Messerschneiden (9) bei Auftreffen des Schneidgitterrahmens auf einen Begrenzungsanschlag (14) in die Rillen (10) der Aufnahmemulde (5) eingetaucht sind, während die Rücken der Messer (9) noch zwischen den ge­schnittenen Scheiben liegen.5. Cutting device according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the knife edges (9) are immersed in the grooves (10) of the receiving trough (5) when the cutting grid frame hits a limit stop (14) while the back of the knives ( 9) still lie between the cut slices. 6. Schneidgerät nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Schneidgitter­rahmen einen runden, bei geschlossenem Gerät die Aufnahmemulde (5) umschließenden Rahmenteil (17) aufweist, an dessen hinterem Bogenbereich (18) die Messer (9) jeweils mit einem Ende befestigt sind, daß alle Messer gleich lang sind und daß die Messer mit ihrem vorderen Ende an der Unterseite des etwa schneidgitterbreiten Griffvorsprunges (11) befestigt sind.6. Cutting device according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the cutting grid frame has a round frame part (17) surrounding the receiving trough (5) when the device is closed, on the rear arch region (18) of which the knives (9) each have a Are fastened at the end, that all knives are of equal length and that the knives are fastened with their front end to the underside of the handle projection (11), which is approximately the width of the cutting grid. 7. Schneidgerät nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekenn­zeichnet, daß an die Unterseite des Griffvor­sprunges (11) ein zum hinteren Bogenbereich (18) etwa paralleler bogenförmiger Wulst (19) angeformt ist, in dem die vorderen Messerenden sitzen und der auf den Gegenanschlag (14) an der Oberseite des Griffvorsprunges (12) des anderen Zangenarmes (3) ausgerichtet ist.7. Cutting device according to claim 6, characterized in that on the underside of the handle projection (11) to the rear arc region (18) approximately parallel arc-shaped bead (19) is formed in which the front knife ends sit and which is aligned with the counter-stop (14) on the top of the handle projection (12) of the other pliers arm (3). 8. Schneidgerät nach den Ansprüchen 6 und 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Aufnahmemulde (5) in einem kegelstumpfförmigen Grundkörper (13) ausgebildet ist, welcher mit seiner größeren Basisfläche auf dem im wesentlichen geraden Zangenarm (3) sitzt.8. Cutting device according to claims 6 and 7, characterized in that the receiving trough (5) is formed in a frustoconical base body (13) which sits with its larger base area on the substantially straight pliers arm (3).
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