HAMBURGER PRESS PATTY EXPRESS

Abstract

The purpose of this invention is to take a given food product such as loose hamburger meat and form it into multiple patty shapes with the use of a compacter within a container and a cutter. The patties should be formed without the user having any direct contact with raw meat.

Claims

1. A hamburger making apparatus comprising: a hinged container 20, configured to retain therein ground meat; a plunger configured to pack meat in the container; said container comprising: a plurality of parallel slots therein; a cutter comprising: a cutter base; a plurality of spaced apart and parallel cutting blades coupled to said cutter base, configured in registration with said plurality of parallel slots; and said cutter and said container configured in combination so that when said blades are inserted in said slots of said container when said container is filled with ground meat, a plurality of individual meat patties are formed.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said plurality of spaced apart and parallel cutting blades are each individually detachably coupled with said cutter base.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 where said hinged container 20 is a cylinder divided in a first piece 26 and second piece 28 with hinges 27 coupling one side of each vertical piece to the other.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 where only one of said piece 26 and piece 28 has said slots therein.

5. A method of making hamburgers comprising the steps of: providing a hinged container 20, configured to retain therein ground meat; providing a plunger configured to pack meat in the container; wherein said container comprises: a plurality of parallel slots therein; providing a cutter comprising: a cutter base; a plurality of spaced apart and parallel cutting blades coupled to said cutter base, configured in registration with said plurality of parallel slots; said cutter and said container being configured in combination so that when said blades are inserted in said slots of said container when said container is filled with ground meat, a plurality of individual meat patties are formed; providing a quantity of ground material; packing said ground material in said hinged container with a plunger; inserting said plurality of cutting blades into said slots in said hinged container; opening said hinged container while retaining said blades in said slots; and serially removing said blades each with a meat patty disposed thereon.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0007] FIG. 1 is a side perspective view of a hamburger press of our new design;

[0008] FIG. 2 is a top view of the cutter partially inside of the container;

[0009] FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of the cutter;

[0010] FIG. 4 is a side view of the plunger;

[0011] FIG. 5 is a side view of the open container that shows the side insert;

[0012] Photos of a prototype of these are also shown.

[0013] Like numerals in the text, drawings, and photos refer to like matter throughout.

[0014] FIG. 6 is a top perspective view of the present invention with the apparatus in a partially opened configuration.

[0015] FIG. 7 is a side view of a portion of the present invention.

[0016] FIG. 8 is a side view of a portion of the apparatus of FIG. 6.

[0017] FIG. 9 is a side view of a portion of the FIG. 6 in a fully opened configuration.

[0018] FIG. 10 is a side view of the apparatus of FIG. 8 partially inserted into the apparatus of FIG. 9 which is in a partially opened configuration.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

[0019] The first part of the hamburger press is the plunger 10; which is the utensil used for compressing the meat to pack it in for compact meat patties. The second part is the cutter 30; which is the utensil used for slicing the meat into individual patties. The cutter is inserted into the side 28 of the hinged container 20 through the slots 29. The third part is to remove the patties; the individual cutting blades 34 are removed from the cutter base 32. Once the cutter base 32 is removed, the container can be opened allowing for the individual cutting blades 34 to be lifted out one by one with the patties attached.