Patent ID: 7690285

Claim:
A manual safety vegetable cutter comprising: a frame which is supported on feet, and which is provided with two parallel longitudinal uprights which define two guiding rails and which delimit, at an inner portion thereof, a space for receiving vegetables to be cut, said guiding rails being connected by an adjusting plate which is mounted so as to be moveable in translation between the uprights, perpendicularly to a displacement axis of the vegetables to be cut in order to allow a cutting thickness to be adjusted, at least one cutting blade which is mounted transversely between the longitudinal uprights facing an edge or first edge of the adjusting plate in order to define an aperture for the passage of the cut vegetables, and at least one disc-cutting cartridge comprising a substantially flat removable element which is adapted to be inserted longitudinally between the frame uprights and which comprises a first edge on which the cutting blade is mounted, a second edge facing the first edge, and two lateral edges, the disc-cutting cartridge being provided with gripping means which co-operate with positioning means which are provided on the frame, wherein the gripping means comprise elements in a region of the second edge of the disc-cutting cartridge for retaining the disc-cutting cartridge, wherein the elements for retaining the disc-cutting cartridge comprise two resiliently deformable hooks which are located facing each other on the respective lateral edges of the disc-cutting cartridge and which are each provided with a retaining stud which is adapted to be snapped into holes in the uprights of the frame, and wherein the gripping means comprise two safety notches which are located facing each other on the respective lateral edges of the disc-cutting cartridge close to the second edge of the disc-cutting cartridge and by which the cartridge is gripped when positioning the cartridge and wherein the positioning means comprise at least two pairs of longitudinal lugs which are located facing each other on an inner face of each respective upright in order to define guiding slides for the lateral edges of the disc-cutting cartridge, close to the first edge of the disc-cutting cartridge which is provided with the cutting blade, and which cooperate with a pair of transverse lugs which form a stop for the first edge, wherein the longitudinal lugs are between the transverse lugs and the second edge of the disc-cutting cartridge, and wherein inserting the disc-cutting cartridge longitudinally comprises inserting the disc-cutting cartridge between the two pairs of longitudinal lugs in a direction towards the transverse lugs.