MAGNETIC KNIFE BLADE WIPER

摘要

A magnetic knife blade wiper, for use with knives of standard types and sizes, has a pair of wiper blades spaced apart in parallel to fit onto the side surfaces of a knife blade. A device housing is attached to upper ends of the pair of wiper blades and has a permanent magnet carried in a cavity therein for holding the wiper magnetically on the spine of the knife blade. The wiper can be moved along the blade toward the knifepoint to wipe off any food debris on the side surfaces of the blade. The wiper blade length is sized to be less than the height of the blade so that the wiper can remain in position proximate the hilt of the knife without interfering with cutting operations. The wiper blades have a thin profile so that, when positioned proximate the hilt of the knife, they do not project beyond the girth of the knife in order not to interfere with the user's sightlines or cutting operations.

主权项

1. A magnetic knife blade wiper, for use with a knife of the type having a handle, a blade made of metal that is mounted to a mounting end of the handle and having a given blade height at a maximum proximate a hilt at the mounting end of the handle between an upper blade spine and a lower blade edge, opposite side surfaces tapering edgewise respectively from the upper blade spine to the lower blade edge, and a blade length that extends along a longitudinal axis of the blade from the hilt to a knifepoint on a distal end thereof, comprises:
a pair of wiper blades disposed approximately in parallel spaced apart by a wiper gap sufficient to enable the wiper blades to fit onto the side surfaces of the blade of the knife straddled edgewise therein, each wiper blade having an elongated shape extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the knife blade with a wiper blade length that does not exceed the height of the blade at a position proximate the hilt of the knife, a device housing attached to upper ends of the pair of wiper blades for holding them apart in a fixed relation substantially in parallel with each other separated by the wiper gap therebetween, said device housing having a permanent magnet carried in an interior space therein, wherein said magnetic knife blade wiper is adapted for use on the knife by the pair of wiper blades being fitted proximate the hilt onto the side surfaces of the blade straddled edgewise therein, and the device housing with its permanent magnet being seated on the upper blade spine and held in magnetic attraction therewith, so that the magnetic knife blade wiper can be moved longitudinally along the blade toward the knifepoint to wipe off any food debris on the side surfaces of the blade.