CARVING SET (VERSIONS) Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC B26B3/00 

FIELD: kitchen equipment for cutting and producing of ornamental articles from vegetables and fruits used for decoration of table and dishes.

SUBSTANCE: carving set has container incorporating functional cutting tools formed as scissors and knives with flat working members secured by means of shanks in holders. Container is additionally equipped with knives having three-dimensional working members, with part of said members being made in the form of semi-circular troughs with different curvature radius and beveled semi-circular front end cutting edge, part of said members being made in the form of angular troughs with different angles between walls, whose free ends are beveled at different acute angles to trough rib so as to form cutting edges, and part of said members being made in the form of hollow semi-spheres having different diameters and cutting edges along their circular line, each of said semi-sphere being fixed on flat shank formed as rectangular plate, and each of working members being fixed with its shank in individual holder. Some of flat working members are made in the form of rectangular triangle with cutting edge extending along hypotenuse of triangle and slightly rounded toward free end, some are made acinaciform, with concave cutting edge, and some are made profiled, of sharpened elongated shape with concave arcuate outer end, stepped inner end with rounded angle at stepped base. Holders for knives with three-dimensional working members and acinaciform working member are made barrel-shaped and equipped with metal caps having cuts for passage of working member shanks. Holders for other knives with flat working members have trapezium-shaped section slightly widening with its lateral faces toward free end. Holders have rounded ribs and hand stop on their lower arcuate surface and also beveled and rounded free ends. Holder for knives with three-dimensional working members formed as hollow spheres is made oval-shaped in its section, narrowing toward flat shanks. Carving set is provided with instructions for vegetable and fruit carving process.

EFFECT: wider operational capabilities, reduced labor intensity, increased speed and improved quality of cutting vegetables and fruits.

46 dwg