Food Grater

Abstract

A food grater (10) is disclosed as including a first arm (12) and a second arm (14), the first arm (12) including a grating plate (18), the second arm (14) including a wall (23) and a press plate (36) for confining movement of food, and the first arm (12) and second arm (14) are engaged with each other and pivotable relative to each other to grate the food by the grating plate (18).

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

A preferred embodiment, of the present invention will now be described by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a cheese grater according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, in a first configuration;

FIG. 2 is a top perspective view of the cheese grater of FIG. 1 in a second configuration;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the cheese grater of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the cheese grater of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the cheese grater of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing positioning of a lump of cheese in the cheese grater of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 shows operation of the cheese grater of FIG. 1 for grating a lump of cheese;

FIG. 8 is a further top view of the cheese grater of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along the line A-A of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along the line B-B of FIG. 8;

FIG. 11 is a further sectional view similar to FIG. 10, but with the cheese grater in a different configuration;

FIG. 12 is an enlarged view of part of FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a top view of a first exemplary grating plate of the cheese grater of FIG. 1;

FIG. 14 is a sectional view taken along the line C-C of FIG. 13;

FIG. 15 is a bottom view of the grating plate of FIG. 13 as supported by an end piece;

FIG. 16 is sectional perspective view taken along the line D-D;

FIG. 17 is an enlarged view of the part encircled in FIG. 16;

FIG. 18 is a partial bottom view of the arm with the grating plate with a lock in a first position;

FIG. 19 corresponds to FIG. 18 with the lock in a second position;

FIG. 20 is a front bottom exploded perspective view showing the grating plate and the cheese grater of FIG. 1;

FIG. 21 is a front bottom perspective view showing the grating plate as engaged with the cheese grater;

FIG. 22 is a bottom view of the cheese grater of FIG. 1, engaged with a second exemplary grating plate;

FIG. 23 is a bottom view of a third exemplary grating plate; and

FIG. 24 is a bottom view of a fourth exemplary grating plate.

Claims

1. A food grater including a first arm member and a second arm member, wherein said first arm member includes a grating member, wherein said second arm member includes means for confining movement of food, and wherein said first arm member and said second arm member are engaged with each other and pivotable relative to each other to grate said food by said grating member.

2. A food grater according to claim 1 wherein said grating member is generally planar with a plurality of grating elements.

3. A food grater according to claim 1 wherein a surface of said grating member supports said food during operation.

4. A food grater according to claim 3 including means for biasing said food towards said grating member.

5. A food grater according to claim 4 wherein said biasing means includes a leg member and a plate member which is adapted to abut said food.

6. A food grater according to claim 5 wherein said leg member and said plate member are swivellable relative to each other.

7. A food grater according to claim 5 wherein said plate member is movable between a first position in which at least part of said plate member is within said cavity and a second position in which said plate member is clear of said cavity.

8. A food grater according to claim 7 wherein said plate member is biased towards said first position.

9. A food grater according to claim 1 wherein said first arm member is releasably engaged with said grating member.

10. A food grater according to claim 10 wherein said first arm member includes a lock member movable between a first position in which said grating member is fixedly, engaged with said first arm member and a second position in which said grating member is detachable from said first arm member.

11. A food grater according to claim 1 wherein at least part of an end of said grating member is supported by at least one roller.

12. A food grater according to claim 11 wherein said at least one roller is carried by an end piece fixedly engaged with said second arm member.

13. A food grater according to claim 1 wherein each of said first arm member and second arm member includes a respective handle portion, said handle portions being adapted to be held by a hand of a user.

14. A food grater according to claim 1 wherein said confining means includes a wall member.

15. A food grater according to claim 1 wherein said confining means includes a plate member.

16. A food grater according to claim 1 wherein said first arm member and second arm member are pivotable relative to each other about an axis which is substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said first arm member.

17. A food grater according to claim 2 wherein a surface of said grating member supports said food during operation.