Slicer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11224985-B2
Application number	US-201916567808-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 11, 2019
Priority date	Sep 11, 2018
Publication date	Jan 18, 2022
Grant date	Jan 18, 2022

Abstract

A bagel slicer includes a frame. A pusher assembly translates along a slicing path within the frame between an open position and a sliced position. At least one blade is positioned within the slicing path. Movement of the pusher assembly along the slicing path from the open position to the sliced position translates a bagel along the slicing path about the at least one blade to slice the bagel. Movement of the pusher assembly along the slicing path from the sliced position to the open position returns the sliced bagel to the open position of the pusher assembly.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A bagel slicer comprising:
a frame;
a pusher assembly translatable along a slicing path within the frame between an open position and a sliced position;
at least one blade positioned within the slicing path;
a crown caddy having a body and an aperture through the body, the crown caddy connected to the pusher assembly; and
a sled connected to the pusher assembly, the sled aligned with and spaced apart from the crown caddy;
wherein the pusher assembly is configured to translate a bagel along the slicing path about the at least one blade to slice the bagel and the pusher assembly is configured to return the sliced bagel to the open position of the pusher assembly.

2. The bagel slicer of claim 1 , wherein the sled comprises a depression formed into the body of the sled, the depression of the sled in alignment with the aperture of the crown caddy.

3. The bagel slicer of claim 2 , wherein the crown caddy is spaced apart from the sled by a distance to receive the at least one blade therebetween.

4. The bagel slicer of claim 1 , further comprising a cover secured across the frame to enclose at least a portion of the bagel slicer.

5. The bagel slicer of claim 4 , wherein the cover encloses an area about the crown caddy and the sled when the pusher assembly is in the sliced position.

6. The bagel slicer of claim 1 , wherein the pusher assembly further comprises:
a pusher structure comprising a handle at one end and an end plate at an end opposite the handle;
an inside cover secured to the pusher structure and extending over the end plate, wherein the crown caddy engages the end plate and the inside cover; and
a heel cover secured to the pusher structure, the heel cover comprising a tie that extends past the at least one blade and comprising a planar portion that extends from the tie at a position that translates with the pusher assembly along a side of the at least one blade opposite from the pusher structure, wherein the sled engages the heel cover.

7. The bagel slicer of claim 1 , wherein the at least one blade is a pair of blades angled towards a centerline of the frame and away from the pusher assembly in the open position.

8. The bagel slicer of claim 7 , wherein the pair of blades comprise blade arms secured to the frame.

9. The bagel slicer of claim 8 , wherein the blade arms are secured on an exterior of the frame and the pair of blades extend through respective slots in the frame to an interior of the frame.

10. A bagel slicer comprising:
a frame having first and second sides extending from a base;
a pusher assembly translatable along a slicing path within the frame between an open position and a sliced position;
a pair of blades positioned within the slicing path, the pair of blades secured to the frame and angled towards a centerline of the frame and away from the pusher assembly in the open position;
a sled connected to the pusher assembly; and
a crown caddy having a body and an aperture through the body, the crown caddy connected to the pusher assembly;
wherein the crown caddy is spaced apart from the sled by a distance configured to receive the pair of blades therebetween as the pusher assembly translates along the slicing path between the open position and the sliced position; and
wherein the pusher assembly is configured to translate a bagel along the slicing path about the pair of blades to slice the bagel and the pusher assembly is configured to return the sliced bagel to the open position of the pusher assembly.

11. The bagel slicer of claim 10 , further comprising a pair of rails that extend internal the frame, wherein the pusher assembly is movably secured to and translates along the pair of rails.

12. The bagel slicer of claim 10 wherein the pusher assembly comprises a pusher structure comprising a handle at one end and a depending plate, a planar plate, and an end plate arranged at an end opposite the handle.

13. The bagel slicer of claim 12 , further comprising:
a rail that extends internal the frame;
aligned apertures through the depending plate and the end plate of the pusher structure;
a coaxial spacer extending between the aligned apertures; and
wherein the rail extends through the aligned apertures and the coaxial spacer.

14. The bagel slicer of claim 12 , further comprising a heel cover secured at a heel cover body to the pusher structure, the heel cover narrowing from the heel cover body to a tie, the tie connected to a planar portion of the heel cover that translates along a side of the pair of blades opposite the heel cover body.

15. The bagel slicer of claim 14 , wherein the sled is connected to the pusher assembly at the heel cover.

16. The bagel slicer of claim 12 , further comprising an inside cover secured at an inside cover body to the pusher structure, the inside cover extending over the depending plate, the planar plate, and the end plate, the inside cover comprising a cover flange that extends along the end plate of the pusher structure.

17. The bagel slicer of claim 16 , wherein the crown caddy is connected to the pusher structure by engagement between the crown caddy and the cover flange and the end plate.

18. A method of slicing a bagel comprising:
providing a slicer of claim 10 ;
moving the pusher assembly to the open position;
loading an unsliced bagel through the aperture of the crown caddy to rest on the sled;
moving the pusher assembly along the slicing path to the sliced position to move the crown caddy and the sled past the pair of blades on opposite sides of the pair of blades; and
slicing the bagel into a crown portion and a heel portion as the pair of blades moves between the crown caddy and the sled.

19. The method of slicing a bagel of claim 18 , further comprising:
moving the pusher assembly from the sliced position to the open position along the slicing path;
moving the crown portion of the bagel and the crown caddy along a first side of the pair of blades and moving the heel portion of the bagel and the sled along a second side of the pair of blades; and
providing the crown portion and the heel portion of the bagel on the sled with the pusher assembly in the open position.

Assignees

• Prince Castle LLC
• Marmon Foodservice Technologies Inc

Inventors

• Kasner Rebecca
• Sweeney Caitlin
• Bauer Richard
• Falkos Jeremy

Classifications

• B26D3/30 Primary

  Halving devices, e.g. for halving buns · CPC title

• B26D7/0608

  by pushers (B26D7/0616, B26D7/0625 and B26D7/0641 take precedence) · CPC title

• B26D1/03 Primary

  with a plurality of cutting members · CPC title

• B26D2210/06

  for bread, e.g. bread slicing machines for use in a retail store · CPC title

• B26D5/10

  Hand or foot actuated means · CPC title