Patent ID: 9119498
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A culinary tool comprising: a housing; a ram having a longitudinal ram axis, the ram disposed in the housing and moveable along a ram path; a cutting grid positioned at an end of the ram path; an elongated handle pivotally joined with housing at a pivot; and a blade joined with the handle distal from the pivot; wherein the handle is moveable along a forward stroke in which the handle incrementally moves the ram toward the cutting grid along the ram path, wherein the handle pivots about the pivot, and at least a portion of the handle moves generally toward the ram axis during the forward stroke, wherein the blade moves along a blade path that is adjacent the cutting grid during the forward stroke of the handle, wherein the blade is connected to the handle so the blade moves with the handle during the forward stroke of the handle, whereby the blade minces a food material extruded by the cutting grid during the forward stroke of the handle, wherein the housing includes a backlash pawl that selectively engages the ram to prevent the ram from regressing away from the cutting grid after the forward stroke of the handle.