Patent ID: 7637445
Filing Date: 2009-12-29
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A food cutting device for cutting food items into smaller pieces, comprising: a receptacle having an entrance through which food items can be introduced into the receptacle and an exit through which smaller pieces of the food items can be dispensed from the receptacle; a rotary cutter comprising a cylindrical hollow body having a wall and cutting apertures passing through the wall for cutting the food items into the smaller pieces, the rotary cutter being located in the receptacle for cutting the food items into the smaller pieces; a handle connected to the receptacle, for holding and carrying of the food cutting device with only one hand of a user; a presser hingedly joined to the receptacle for pivotal movement between a first direction pressing food items against the cutter and a second direction, opposite the first direction, exposing the cutter; a spring element resiliently biasing the presser in the first direction, towards the cutter; and a driving mechanism located between the cutter and the handle for manual operation by the user to operate the cutter, including an operating member that is located at the handle for movement and operation by the one hand holding and carrying the food cutting device, wherein the operating member is hinged for pivotal movement in opposite directions, the handle has a first part connected with the receptacle and a second part which is distal from the first part and to which the operating member is hinged, and the handle is elongate, has a first end as the first part connected with the receptacle, and has a second end, opposite the first end, as the second part to which the operating member is hinged.