Patent ID: 8474359
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: A47J,B26B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A grape cutter, comprising: a base having an enclosed recess for holding a plurality of foodstuffs; a selectively mountable cover having an enclosed recess to cover an upper portion of the foodstuffs, the cover being adapted for mounting over the base and pressing the foodstuffs within the base, the cover and the base defining a slicing gap therebetween, the slicing gap permitting passage of a knife for a slicing operation; a height adjustment assembly for adjusting relative height between the base and the cover in order to accommodate foodstuffs of various sizes and to set height of the slicing gap, the height adjustment assembly being disposed at one end of the base and cover; and a knife stop formed in the enclosed recess of the base at the height adjustment assembly end of the base, the knife stop preventing further movement of the knife during the slicing operation, the knife stop being adjacent the height adjustment assembly; whereby the plurality of foodstuffs is sliced into sections in a single pass of the knife while being held down by the cover; wherein said cover and said base each comprises an outwardly extending flange surrounding the recess thereof; wherein the height adjustment assembly comprises: