Patent ID: 9073229
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: A21C,A47J,B26B,B26D

Abstract:
1. A food chopper for chopping foodstuff, comprising: a housing; a cutting grid having a plurality of cutting edges arranged to form a plurality of cells, each of the cells having a plurality of inner walls; a plurality of plungers, each of the plungers having a wiper portion in contact with the inner walls of a respective ones of said cells; a spring coupled to each of the plungers whereby each of the plungers is independently suspended and springedly moveable within the respective ones of said cells; and wherein the wiper portion of each of the plungers is operative to remove food from the inner walls of the respective ones of said cells in response to a downward movement of the plungers due to lifting of the housing off a chopping surface by a user.