Food cutting apparatus
The present invention relates to a device for cutting material, mainly foods, vegetables or fruits. The device comprises housing with a cutting chamber having open top, inside the cutting chamber there is a movable first cutter and at the bottom of the chamber a stationary second cutter. Device comprises a lever attached pivotally to the housing, wherein the lever is attached in an articulated manner to a first cutter such that when lever is pivoted, the first cutter is moved along the bottom of the chamber from one end of the chamber towards the first material ejector. The further movement of the lever moves the first cutter into the first material ejector for ejecting material from between the cutting edges of the first cutter and moves the second ejector also attached to the lever into the cutting chamber for ejecting material through the cutting edges of the second cutter.
1. A device for cutting material, mainly foods, vegetables or fruits, said device comprising:
a housing, said housing comprising a rectangular cutting chamber with an open top, in the cutting chamber there is a movable first cutter with a plurality of first cutting edges and at a bottom of the cutting chamber there is a stationary second cutter with a plurality of second cutting edges, and at one end of the cutting chamber there is a first material ejector for ejecting a material between the plurality of first cutting edges of the first cutter; and
a lever attached pivotally around a pivoting axle to the housing, wherein said first cutter is attached in an articulated manner to the lever such that when the lever is pivoted around the pivoting axle, the first cutter is caused to move linearly and parallel to the bottom of the cutting chamber from one end of the cutting chamber towards the first material ejector, wherein
further pivotal movement of the lever causes the first cutter to move into the first material ejector for ejecting material between the plurality of first cutting edges of the first cutter, and wherein
by further pivotal movement of the lever a second ejector attached to the lever is made to move through the cutting chamber between the plurality of second cutting edges of the second cutter for pushing the material through the plurality of second cutting edges of the second cutter.
2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of first cutting edges are substantially parallel and uniformly spaced.
3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of second cutting edges includes a first cutting plane with a first subset of parallel cutting edges and a second cutting plane with a second subset of parallel cutting edges positioned at a right-angle relative to the first cutting plane.
4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of first and second cutters are attached detachably to the housing of the device.