CHEESE BOX WITH SLICE MECHANISM

Abstract: Cheese box for housekeeping, which partly serves as a storage box (1, 4 and 5), and partly as a slicing mechanism, where the thickness of the slice can be choosen by one or more activations of a knob (16), and cutting of the slice can be done with the movable lid (1), which also serves as a slicing device with a cutting wire (2) and hooks for transportation (3). Before insertion of the cheese into the set, all the cheese rind has to be removed. Then the cheese is placed on the platform and pushed down into the box.

Description: CHEESEBOX WITH SLICE MECHANISM. The actuel invention deals with a device, which at the same time can be used for keeping the cheese as well as a mechanism for slicing, because the movable box lid is constructed as a cutting- and transporting device. It is furthermore possible to choose a slice of individual thickness just by pressing a knob on the top of the box part. Cheeseboxes, where the cheese is coming upward either in big jumps or with only one possible slice thickness, are known. A lift technique based on a threaded rod is also well known. The disadvantages of these systems are compared to the actual invention, only one selectable slice thickness or a difficult rearrangement of the set, before a new piece of cheese can be inserted. Well known cheese boxes are furthermore constructed in such a way, that no part of the set can be used for carrying away the cutted slice. This invention is special, because the movable lid contains a slicing mechanism, which can also be used for carrying away the cutted slice The slicing mechanism is further arranged for that special purpose of cutting just that part of the cheese, which is reaching up over the edge of the box part. In this way a very simple and clean cutting- and carrying away process is achieved, without needless movements and contact with the cheese. The invention is furthermore special, because the feed mechanism is working in small steps by pressing a knob. That makes indi¬ vidual wishes for slice thickness possible, because learning how many ti¬ mes the knob has to be pushed for getting the wished slice thickness goes very fast. The daily handling of cheese in private housekeeping as well as in hotels etc. will be more easy with this invention . The function is as follows: A piece of cheese of any size but smaller than the hole in the set is cut out, and all of the cheese rind is removed. Then the piece is placed on the platform in the box part and pushed down into the set, which is then ready for use. When a slice of cheese is wanted, the lid with the cutting wire is moved from the top of the set, the knob is pushed one or more times, until the cheese has reached the choosen position over the box edge. Then the slice is cut off with the cutting wire and taken away from the set hanging on one of the hooks at the end of the cutting wire. After com¬ pleting the cutting, the lid has to be layed on, and the cheese is ready for storage in the refrigerator. The drawing shows a cheese box according to the invention. Figure 1 shows the box in perspective, and Figure 2 shows the same in sectional view. The set consists of a movable lid 1, which on one long side is shaped as a slicing device with a cutting wire 2 and two hooks for transportation 3. The lower part of the set consists of a bottom part 4 and a top part 5, which are joint together by a snap action device at the dividing line 6 (not shown). This catch can be released by a pressure on the sides of the bottom part which makes cleaning of the set more easy. The inner part of the set is fastened to the top 5. This consists of some suppor¬ ting rods 7, connecting the top 5 with the inner bottom 8. The platform 9 on which the cheese is standing, is sliding on the supporting rods. The platform, which is supported of springs 10, is in one end equiped with half bearings 11, which sticks on the rods by turning the platform clock- wise, and goes free, when the platform is turned anticlockwise. In the other end of the platform is a turnable latch 12, which mesh with a toothed bar 13. On the sides of the toothed bar are some triangular studs 14, which are laying against a sliding bolt 15, which in one end goes into a knob 16. The toothed bar is pressed against the latch 12 and the sliding bolt 15, by the springs 17. The mode of action is as follows: By pushing the knob 16, the sliding bolt 15 is pushed against the trian¬ gular studs 14. This makes the toothed bar coming against the springs 17 and thereby getting free of the latch 12, and the platform 9 is jumping upward until the other side of the toothed bar is meshed with the latch 18. When the knob is released, the springs 17 will push the toothed bar out of mesh with the latch 18, and the platform jumps upward until mesh with the latch 12. In this way the top of the cheese jumps upward in small steps, and therefore the thickness of the slice depends on how many times the knob is pushed. The cutting wire 2 is now pulled through the cheese in the direction away from the knob. When the slice is cut off, it can be moved from the set by one of the hooks 3, without touching it by the fingers. After use the lid is layed on, and the cheese is protected until next time.

Claims: C L A I M S 1. Cheese storage box with slicing mechanism, consisting of a storage box (1,4 and 5) and a slicing mechanism, i d e n t f i e d by, that a movable lid, belonging to the box, is arranged with a cutting wire (2) and hooks for transportation (3), and that the slicing mechanism is arranged especially for cutting that part of the cheese, which reaches up over the upper edge on the box part. 2. Cheese storage box according to claim 1, i d e n t i f i e d by, that a knob placed on the box part is arranged for raising the cheese when pushed, resulting in that the cheese is reaching a particular decided hight up over the upper edge of the box part.

Inventors: DYBBRO ARNE-OLE, DYBBRO, ARNE-OLE
Applicants: DYBBRO ARNE OLE, DYBBRO, ARNE-OLE
Application year: 1985
Main classification: A47G19
IPC codes: A47G19, B26B27, B26D1