Device for cutting food and multi-functional device for the kitchen

摘要

A device for cutting food, such as fruit and vegetables, comprising a cutting part having several blades and an actuation part, the parts being mounted, so that they can pivot counter to each other by means of a pivot bearing, and the actuation part is pressed against the cutting part in order to cut the food to be cut, and a multifunctional kitchen device comprising this device. The device may also have a cover part for that is affixed onto a collecting container for the cut food, whereby the lid part has an opening with a passage for the cut food. A pivot bearing can be accommodated in the opening.

主权项

1. A device for cutting food such as fruit and vegetables, the device comprising:
a cutting part having several blades, the several blades including at least a first blade and a second blade that intersect each other so as to form a cutting grid; an actuating part, said cutting part and actuating part being mounted so that they can pivot counter to each other by a pivot bearing and wherein the actuating part is pressed against the cutting part in order to cut the food to be cut; a lid that is adapted to be detachably affixed onto a collecting container for cut food, the lid including an opening with a passage for the cut food; and means adapted to reinforce the lid in the vicinity of the opening, wherein the reinforcing means are formed by at least one reinforcement part that at least partially spans the opening, wherein the cutting grid and the pivot bearing are both accommodated in the opening such that a pivot axis of the pivot bearing and the cutting grid are recessed with respect to a top of the lid; wherein the actuating part has a width and the lid has a width, the width of the lid being about 1.5 to 3.5 times the width of the actuating part, and wherein the reinforcement part has a raised web section preferably with lateral insertion slits into each of which a side wall of the actuating part is lowered during a pivoting motion.