Paul C Tsay

US Patent:

20040194601, Oct 7, 2004

Filed:

Apr 5, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/816819

Inventors:

Chang Lin - Taipei, TW
Paul Tsay - Vancouver WA, US

International Classification:

B26F003/02
B65D065/00
B26D007/00

US Classification:

083/650000, 225/038000

Abstract:

A food wrap cutter comprises a base body disposed under a slot on the front wall of a main body, a guiding element with elastic moving function each disposed on both ends of the base body, and a guiding wedge of the two guiding elements coupled to a cam slot at a lower panel; the base body is fixed to a cutter having a plurality of sawteeth, and the sawteeth of the cutter have different heights to facilitate the tearing of the food wrap without tangling; an upper panel is disposed on the front wall of the main body, and both of the upper and lower panels jointly constitute the space for letting the food wrap pass; when the guiding element is pressed, the lower panel is lifted by the action of the guiding element on the cam groove such that the upper edge of the lower panel is higher than the upper edge of the cutter; the guiding element drives the upper panel to lift and separate the upper and lower panels in order to protect user hand from being cut or scratched while pulling out the food wrap; when opening the guiding element, the spring in the guiding element resumes its original position of the guiding element such that the upper edge of the lower panel is lower than the upper edge of the cutter and both of the upper and lower panels are mutually engaged to fix the food wrap in a position.