JP2002000970A - Kitchen knife - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a kitchen knife that has simple structure, is inexpensive, can be used easily, and can prevent food to be cooked from adhering to the kitchen knife reliably. SOLUTION: A kitchen knife 1 is provided with a guide member 10 where a thin magnet member 14 where plastic 15 is laminated onto one surface is attracted detachably by magnetic force along an edge body 2 of the kitchen knife 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a kitchen knife, and more particularly to a kitchen knife that prevents cut vegetables from adhering to the side of the blade of a kitchen knife when cutting vegetables or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When cutting a cucumber or sashimi into thin slices, everyone has experienced that the cut pieces adhere to the blade of the kitchen knife. Doing so or performing the cooking operation while attached to the kitchen knife, which is extremely troublesome.
Moreover, because it frequently adheres to the kitchen knife, it is inefficient and
Furthermore, when the cut-off cucumbers and sashimi become a certain amount, they fall from the kitchen knife and fall apart, so it was time-consuming to prepare them and refill them neatly.

Conventionally, in order to prevent this, a rib 30 is provided on the blade as shown in FIG. 7 and a rib hole (through hole) 31 is provided therein so that the rib 30 can be easily separated by the rib hole 31. As shown in FIG. 8, there is a type in which ribs 32 and 33 are provided on the side surface of the blade so that even if the blade is thinly sliced, the ribs 32 and 33 are surely separated by the double ribs 32 and 33.

[0004] However, in the former case of the rib hole 31, the production cost is increased because the rib hole 31 is provided, and bacteria are easily generated because the inside of the rib hole 31 is difficult to wash.
It is not desirable for hygiene. The latter double rib method has the disadvantage that the weight of the blade increases and the material and manufacturing costs increase.It is unnecessary when cutting a piece that does not adhere to the cut, and the cutting becomes thicker instead. There are difficult disadvantages.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and has an extremely simple structure, is inexpensive, is easy to use, and reliably prevents food from being attached to a kitchen knife. It is intended to provide a kitchen knife capable of performing such operations.

[0006]

In order to achieve this object, a kitchen knife according to the present invention detachably attaches a thin magnet member having plastic attached to one surface thereof along a blade of the kitchen knife by a magnetic force. It is characterized by having a guide member configured as described above.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state where a guide member is attached to a kitchen knife, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of a use state of the kitchen knife, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the guide member. 4 and 5
6 is a sectional view showing another embodiment of the guide member.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a kitchen knife, 2 is a blade,
3 is a handle. The blade 2 is made of a magnetic material such as steel, has a sharp cutting edge 4, and has a thick ridge 5 on the opposite side. Reference numeral 10 denotes a guide member which is attached to the blade 2 of the kitchen knife 1 and has a substantially rectangular shape including a short side 11 and a long side 12. The guide member 10 is formed to be thin and flat as a whole, and one surface thereof is a contact surface 13 that adheres to the blade 2 by magnetic force.

As shown in FIG. 3, the guide member 10 has a thin magnetic member (rubber magnet) as shown in FIG. 3 in order to have a magnetic force sufficient to make close contact with the blade 2 and to have appropriate elasticity, rigidity and good corrosion resistance. 14 is formed by laminating plastic 15. Magnet member 1
The surface 4 (the side opposite to the bonding surface) is the contact surface 13. A pattern or the like can be printed on the surface of the plastic 15 so that the appearance is beautiful and cooking is fun. The guide member 10 is a magnet member 1
4 and the plastic 15 can be laminated and then punched out by a mold or the like, so that a large number can be made at a time, the manufacturing cost is low, and the shape of the mold is variously changed. 1
You can create 0 and elaborate the taste.

Although the total length of the guide member 10 depends on the magnetic force, it is preferably about one half of the total length of the blade 2 in order to increase the degree of adhesion, but it may be longer or shorter. Further, the width of the guide member 10 is preferably about half of the width of the blade 2, but may be longer or shorter.

When the thickness of the magnet member 14 and the plastic 15 when they are laminated is large, it is more preferable to form a tapered surface 16 as shown in FIG. The thickness of the tapered surface 16 gradually increases from the cutting edge 4 side, and the tapered surface 16 is formed in a wedge-shaped cross section over the entire length of the guide member 10 in the longitudinal direction. It is formed to about one-half in the width direction of ten. The tapered surface 16 may be formed to be wider than one half in the width direction of the guide member 10 or may be formed to be narrower. Further, in addition to forming the tapered surface 16, the surface of the plastic 15 is provided with an uneven surface 17 like a wave as shown in FIG. 5, or a hole 18 is formed in the plastic 15 as shown in FIG. It is also effective.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 20 denotes an object to be cut by the kitchen knife 1, such as a cucumber.
Reference numeral 21 denotes a cucumber sliced in a round slice.

Next, the procedure for using the kitchen knife 1 of the present invention will be described.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, the guide member 10 is mounted on the blade 2 of the kitchen knife 1. That is, when the guide member 10 is mounted on the blade 2, the cutting edge 4 of the kitchen knife 1 and the guide member 1
0 so that the long side 12 faces in the same direction.
3 gradually approaches blade 2. When the two members are gradually brought closer to each other, when a predetermined distance is reached, the close contact surface 13 and the blade 2 made of a magnetic material are attracted to each other by the magnetic force of the magnet member 14, and the two adhere to each other, so that the guide member 10 does not come off from the blade 2. .

When the cucumber 20 or the like is thinly sliced as shown in FIG. 2 with the guide member 10 mounted on the blade 2 of the kitchen knife 1, the thinly cut cucumber 21 deflects against the guide member 10 and the blade 2 Is guided in a direction away from the cutting edge 4. Thereafter, the cucumber 21 is detached from the blade 2 by its own weight as shown by an arrow, and the cucumber 21 can be continuously sliced. When the guide member 10 shown in FIG. 4 is mounted, the cutting edge 4 of the kitchen knife 1 and the tapered surface 1 of the guide member 10 are also used.
6 so that they face in the same direction, and
And gradually bringing them into close contact with each other. in this case,
Since the tapered surface 16 formed so that the thickness of the guide member 10 gradually increases is provided, the thinly cut cucumbers 21 are gradually pulled along the tapered surface 16 in the direction away from the blade 2 without fail. It is. Thereby, the cucumber 20 can be cut while being gradually deformed, and further stable continuous cutting can be performed. The same applies to the case where the guide member 10 shown in FIG. 5 or FIG. 6 is mounted, and the thinly cut cucumbers 21 form an air layer due to the uneven surface 17 or the hole 18, which enables more reliable and stable continuous cutting. Become.

On the other hand, when cutting a piece that does not adhere, the guide member 10 is removed and used. To remove the guide member 10 from the blade 2 of the kitchen knife 1, the guide member 1
This can be easily performed by pulling the blade 2 in the vertical direction while rotating or moving it while holding it at zero. When the user is right-handed, the guide member 10 is attached to the handle 3 of the kitchen knife 1.
When viewed from the blade 2, it is mounted on the right side. If the user is left-handed, the blade 2
The guide member 10 is attached so as to be located on the left side of.

[0017]

As described above, according to the kitchen knife of the present invention,
The following effects are obtained. 1. Since the guide member is attached to the knife blade of the kitchen knife using magnetic force, it is easy to attach and detach, easy to use, and when the guide member is attached, it does not adhere even when cutting vegetables etc. . In the case of cutting a piece that does not adhere, the guide member can be removed and used like a normal kitchen knife. 2. As vegetables can be cut without attaching to the kitchen knife,
The trouble of cutting can be eliminated and the efficiency of cooking work can be improved. In addition, since the cut vegetables and the like are arranged neatly, they can be served as they are, thereby improving the beauty of the dishes. 3. Since the guide member has a simple structure in which the magnet member and the plastic are laminated, the manufacturing cost is not so high and the cost is low. 4. Since the guide member is detachable, only the left-handed person as well as the right-handed person can be used by simply reversing the mounting direction of the guide member with respect to the blade.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state where a guide member is attached to a kitchen knife.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a use state of a kitchen knife.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a guide member.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing another example of the guide member.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a guide member having a plastic surface having an uneven surface.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a guide member in which a hole is made in plastic.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a use state of a conventional kitchen knife provided with rib holes.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing a use state of a conventional kitchen knife provided with a double rib.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Knife 2 Blade 3 Handle 4 Cutting edge 5 Minute 10 Guide member 11 Short side 12 Long side 13 Adhesive surface 14 Magnet member 15 Plastic 16 Tapered surface 17 Uneven surface 18 Hole 20 Cucumber 21 Cucumber cut into a circle

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A kitchen knife comprising a guide member configured to detachably attach a thin magnet member having plastic on one surface thereof to a detachable magnetic force along a knife blade of the kitchen knife.