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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
David A. Holcomb, Seattle, WA (US);
Martin Gaard, Edmonds, WA (US);
Assignee:
Chef'n Corporation, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A21C 1/504 ; A21C 5/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A21C 1/504 ; A21C 5/08 ;
Abstract
A one hand-operated citrus fruit segmenter having a handle with a grip on one end and a triangular blade with diverging segmenting surfaces on the other end, a scoop moveable toward the segmenting surfaces to form a closed compartment to entrap a fruit segment for removal from the fruit, an operating mechanism having a pair of finger pads connected to a drive rack that drives a driven rack via a pinion gear, the driven rack connected to the scoop to pivot the scoop toward the fixed blade, the heel of the user's hand pressing against the grip to hold the handle while the fingers of the same hand pull on the finger pads.