Patent ID: 6851192

Claim:
A pastry cutter comprising: a rotor having opposite left and right sides, a central axis through the two sides and a periphery extending around the central axis; a handle supporting the rotor for rotation about the central axis; and a plurality of cutting moulds individually connected to the periphery at substantially equi-angular positions around the central axis; wherein each cutting mould comprises a generally flat cup-shaped body having a cutting rim and includes a stem connecting the body to the periphery in a spaced apart relationship therefrom and in a substantially radial direction with respect to the central axis, such that the bodies lie in an annular arrangement around the rotor, with their cutting rims facing outwards, each said stem having an outer end connected to the corresponding body and an inner end releasably connected to the periphery, wherein the periphery of the rotor at each of the equi-angular positions includes a recess and the inner end of the corresponding stem is inserted into the recess in a substantially radial direction and thus engaged therewith; and, wherein the rotor has co-axially interconnected left and right rotor members which are movable axially apart into an open condition and against each other into a closed condition, said rotor members having an interface intercepting with the recesses such that the recesses are widened when the rotor members are in the open condition to release the stems.