FOODSTUFF COMMINUTION SYSTEM

Abstract

The invention relates to a foodstuff comminution system having a foodstuff comminution device having a main part which has a receptacle for a cutter part, and having an activation part which is connected in an articulated manner to the main part and which for squeezing foodstuff material to be comminuted through a cutter part inserted in the receptacle is pivotable from a placing position towards the cutter part to a closing position and subsequently from the closing position back to the placing position. The foodstuff comminution system is distinguished by an additional comminution tool which is capable of being secured in an operating position on the foodstuff comminution device and which has a fastening portion as well as a tool portion, wherein the fastening portion in the operating position is jammed in a form-fitting manner between the main part and the activation part and wherein the tool portion in the operating position is disposed outside the receptacle.

Claims

1. A foodstuff comminution system comprising: a foodstuff comminution device having a main part which has a receptacle for a cutter part, and having an activation part connected to the main part for squeezing foodstuff material to be comminuted through a cutter part inserted in the receptacle, wherein the activation part is pivotable towards the cutter part from a placing position to a closing position and subsequently from the closing position back to the placing position, and an additional comminution tool securable in an operating position on the foodstuff comminution device, the additional comminution tool having a fastening portion and a tool portion, wherein the fastening portion in the operating position is jammed in a form-fitting manner between the main part and the activation part and wherein the tool portion in the operating position is disposed outside the receptacle.

2. The foodstuff comminution system according to claim 1, wherein a. the fastening portion is fittable into the receptacle in a form-fitting and/or latching manner; or b. the fastening portion is fittable into the receptacle in place of the cutter part in a form-fitting and/or latching manner.

3. The foodstuff comminution system according to claim 1, wherein the activation part has a press die which faces the main part.

4. The foodstuff comminution system according to claim 3, wherein the fastening portion has a frame fittable into the receptacle and in which frame the press die engages in a form-fitting manner when the additional comminution tool is in the operating position.

5. The foodstuff comminution system according to claim 1, wherein the additional comminution tool is securable on the foodstuff comminution device without the main part and/or the activation part having to be previously modified or separated from one another for securing the additional comminution tool on the food comminution device.

6. The foodstuff comminution system according to claim 1, wherein a. the additional comminution tool is configured as a mandolin slicer or as a grater; or b. the additional comminution tool in the operating position, conjointly with at least one component of the foodstuff comminution device, forms a mandolin slicer or a grater.

7. The foodstuff comminution system according to claim 6, wherein foodstuff material which is to be comminuted by means of the mandolin slicer or the grater is guided back and forth on a sliding track, and wherein the foodstuff comminution device provides the sliding track, or at least one part of the sliding track.

8. The foodstuff comminution system according to claim 7, wherein an external side of the activation part that faces away from the main part comprises the sliding track or the part of the sliding track.

9. The foodstuff comminution system according to claim 6, wherein the additional comminution tool has a further receptacle into which a cutter or grater insert is fittable in a non-destructive releasable and/or latching manner.

10. The foodstuff comminution system according to claim 9, wherein the cutter or grater insert has at least one mandolin slicer blade, or a plurality of Julienne blades, or a plurality of grater projections.

11. The foodstuff comminution system according to claim 9, wherein the foodstuff comminution system has a plurality of different cutter or grater inserts which are selectively fittable into the further receptacle.

12. The foodstuff comminution system according to claim 1, wherein the foodstuff comminution device has a coupling device for coupling the foodstuff comminution device to a container.

13. The foodstuff comminution system according to claim 12, wherein a container coupled to the foodstuff comminution device by the coupling device automatically catches foodstuff material comminuted by the foodstuff comminution device.

14. The foodstuff comminution system according to claim 1, wherein the additional comminution tool has a further coupling device for coupling the additional comminution tool to a container.

15. The foodstuff comminution system according to claim 14, a container coupled to the additional comminution tool by the further coupling device automatically catches foodstuff material comminuted by the additional comminution tool.

16. The foodstuff comminution system according to claim 12, wherein the additional comminution tool has a further coupling device for coupling the additional comminution tool to a container, and the coupling device and the further coupling device are of identical configuration.

17. The foodstuff comminution system according to claim 16, wherein the foodstuff comminution system comprises at least one container capable of being coupled selectively to the foodstuff comminution device by the coupling device, or to the additional comminution tool by the further coupling device.

18. The foodstuff comminution system according to claim 1, wherein the foodstuff comminution device is a hand-held apparatus which in a comminution procedure is configured and specified for being held by hand or by hands without being set down on a worktop.

19. The foodstuff comminution system according to claim 18, wherein the main part has a first handle part and the activation part has a second handle part, both the first and second handle parts being disposed so as to be collectively encompassed and mutually compressible by the fingers of one hand.

20. The foodstuff comminution system according to claim 7, wherein the additional comminution tool has a support foot arranged to support the additional comminution tool on a worktop, whereby in a comminution procedure a foodstuff material to be comminuted is guided by one hand back and forth on the sliding track while the foodstuff comminution device situated in the closing position is simultaneously freely held by the other hand.

21. The foodstuff comminution system according to claim 1, wherein the tool portion in the operating position is disposed outside a pivoting range of the activation part.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING VIEWS

[0028] The subject matter of the disclosure is illustrated in an exemplary and schematic manner in the drawing and will be described hereunder by means of the figures, wherein identical elements or elements of equivalent function are in most instances provided with the same reference signs even in different exemplary embodiments. In the figures:

[0029] FIGS. 1 to 6 show a first exemplary embodiment of a foodstuff comminution system according to the disclosure;

[0030] FIGS. 7 to 12 show a second exemplary embodiment of a foodstuff comminution system according to the disclosure;

[0031] FIGS. 13 to 17 show a third exemplary embodiment of a foodstuff comminution system according to the disclosure; and

[0032] FIGS. 18 to 22 show a fourth exemplary embodiment of a foodstuff comminution system according to the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0033] FIGS. 1 to 6 show a first exemplary embodiment of a foodstuff comminution system according to the disclosure, which has a foodstuff comminution device 1 having a main part 2 and an activation part 3.

[0034] The main part 2 has a receptacle 4 for a cutter part 10, 11. The activation part 3 has a press die 5 and is connected in an articulated manner to the main part 2. The activation part 3 for squeezing foodstuff material to be comminuted through the cutter part 10, 11 can be pivoted from a placing position towards the cutter part 10, 11 to a closing position and subsequently from the closing position back to the placing position.

[0035] The foodstuff comminution device 1 is configured as a hand-held apparatus such that said foodstuff comminution device 1 in a comminution procedure in which the activation part 3 in the closing position is pushed against the main part 2 can be held by one or two hands.

[0036] The main part 2 has a first handle part 6, while the activation part 3 has a second handle part 7. The first handle part 6 and the second handle part 7 in a comminution procedure can be conjointly encompassed by the fingers of one hand such that the first handle part 6 and the second handle part 7 can be mutually compressed in the manner of pliers.

[0037] The foodstuff comminution device 1 has a coupling device 8 for coupling to a container 9. The container 9 by means of the coupling device 8 can be coupled in such a manner that the comminuted foodstuff material squeezed through the cutter part 10, 11 is automatically caught by the container 9 coupled thereto. The container 9 can be retrieved in a non-destructive manner without tools, and can be coupled again, for example after an emptying procedure. To this end, the coupling device 8 has a latching device (not illustrated in more detail).

[0038] The foodstuff comminution device 1 can contain very different cutter inserts 10, 11.

[0039] In the exemplary embodiment illustrated, either a single cutter part 10 or a combination cutter part 11 can be selectively inserted into the receptacle 4. Alternatively or additionally, however, cutter inserts of other types may also be present.

[0040] The single cutter part 10 has cutting blades (not visible in this figure) which are supported by a holding frame and intersect in a centre point. A foodstuff material can be cut into wedge-shaped strips by way of the single cutter part 10.

[0041] Alternatively, a combination cutter part 11 which is composed of an upper part 12 and a lower part 13 can also be inserted into the receptacle 4. The combination cutter part 11 is distinguished in that the upper part 12 and the lower part 13 have in each case mutually parallel cutting blades. The cutting blades of the upper part 12 are aligned so as to be mutually parallel. The cutting blades of the lower part 13 are also aligned so as to be mutually parallel. The upper part 12 as well as the lower part 13 have in each case one holding frame which supports the cutting blades. The holding frames are provided with projections and concavities which permit the holding frames to be placed on top of one another in a form-fitting manner. It is prevented in this way that the holding frames are unintentionally mutually displaced.

[0042] The upper part 12 and the lower part 13 for cutting a foodstuff material into fine slices can be disposed on top of one another in the receptacle so as to have identically aligned cutting blades. Alternatively, it is also possible for the upper part 12 and the lower part 13 to be fitted into the receptacle so as to be mutually rotated by 90 degrees, thus so as to have a crossed arrangement of the cutting blades, in order for a foodstuff material to be able to cut into slivers which are square in the cross section.

[0043] The foodstuff comminution system moreover has an additional comminution tool 14 which is capable of being secured in an operating position (illustrated in more detail in FIGS. 3, 4, and 5) on the foodstuff comminution device 1 and which has a fastening portion 15 as well as a tool portion 16.

[0044] In order for the operating position to be initiated, the fastening portion 15, in place of one of the cutter parts 10, 11, is inserted into the receptacle 4, and the activation part 3 is moved to the closing position. On account thereof, the fastening portion 15 is jammed in a form-fitting manner between the main part 2 and the activation part 3, wherein the tool portion 16 in the operating position is disposed outside the receptacle 4.

[0045] In order for the additional comminution tool 14 to be released from the foodstuff comminution device 1 again, the user has only to pivot the activation part 3 from the closing position back to the placing position such that the fastening portion 15 configured in the shape of a frame can be retrieved from the receptacle 4 again.

[0046] The foodstuff comminution device 1 has a locking device 26 by means of which the main part 2 and the activation part 3 in the closing position can be locked relative to one another. The locking device 26 has an operating button 27 by means of which switching can take place between a locking position and a releasing position. The locking device 26 has the very particular advantage that the user does not have to permanently hold the first handle part 6 and the second handle part 7 closed by hand in order to ensure that the fastening portion 15 remains jammed between the main part 2 and the activation part 3. The user by means of the operating button 27 can in fact move the locking device 26 to a locking position which has the effect that the main part 2 and the activation part 3 in the placing position are locked relative to one another, and the fastening portion 15 is not unintentionally released.

[0047] The fastening portion 15 (as opposed to the embodiment illustrated) could additionally also be configured as a cutter part and have cutting blades such that the foodstuff comminution device 1 could also be operated with the fastening portion 15 functioning as a further cutter part.

[0048] The additional comminution tool 14 in the operating position (illustrated in particular in FIGS. 3 to 5), conjointly with a component of the foodstuff comminution device 1, forms a mandolin slicer or a grater. The foodstuff comminution device 1 provides a part of a sliding track 17 of the mandolin slicer or of the grater. A further part of the sliding track 17 is a component part of the tool portion 16.

[0049] The additional comminution tool 14 in the region of the tool portion 16 has a further receptacle 18 into which a cutter or grater insert is capable of being fitted, in particular in a non-destructive releasable and/or latching manner. The cutter or grater insert 19 can be configured as a mandolin slicer insert 20 which has a mandolin slicer blade 21, for example. The cutter or grater insert 19 can also be configured as a Julienne insert 22 which has a plurality of Julienne blades 23, for example. The cutter or grater insert can also have a multiplicity of grater projections, for example.

[0050] In the operating position, a foodstuff material to be comminuted can be moved back and forth along the sliding track 17 such that the foodstuff material to be comminuted is repeatedly guided across the cutter or grater insert 19 and is thus successively comminuted.

[0051] The additional comminution tool 14 has a further coupling device 24 for coupling to a further container 25. The further container 25 by means of the further coupling device 24 can be coupled in such a manner that foodstuff material comminuted by means of the additional comminution tool 14 is automatically caught by the further container 25 coupled thereto. The further coupling device 24 is preferably configured in such a manner that the further container 25 can be coupled and uncoupled without tools and in each case in a non-destructive manner. A latching device is preferably present to this end.

[0052] The coupling device 8 and the further coupling device 24 are of identical configuration. The container 9 and the further container 25 are likewise of identical configuration. The foodstuff comminution system illustrated therefore has the very particular advantage that the container 9 can selectively also be coupled to the further coupling device 24, and/or that the further container 25 can selectively also be coupled to the coupling device 8. It is also possible for a total of only one container 9, 25 to be used, wherein said container 9, 25 is coupled either to the coupling device 8 or to the further coupling device 24, depending on whether foodstuff material is currently being comminuted by means of the foodstuff comminution device 1 or by means of the additional comminution tool 14.

[0053] FIG. 2 shows parts of the foodstuff comminution system according to the disclosure in the procedure of initiating the operating position. No cutter part 10, 11 is inserted in the receptacle 4 of the foodstuff comminution device 1. Instead, the fastening portion 15 of the additional comminution tool 14 is fitted into the receptacle 4 in order for the operating position to be initiated, while the activation part 3 is situated in the placing position. The activation part 3 is subsequently moved to the closing position such that the fastening portion 15 configured in the shape of a frame is held in a form-fitting manner between the wall of the receptacle 4 and the press die 5 of the activation part 3, this being illustrated in FIGS. 3 to 5.

[0054] FIGS. 3 to 5 show the foodstuff comminution device 1 having the additional comminution tool 14 coupled thereto in a lateral view, in a view from above, and in a perspective illustration. It can be clearly seen that the activation part 3 by way of the upper side thereof provides a part of the sliding track 17, a foodstuff material to be comminuted being able to be guided back and forth along said sliding track 17.

[0055] The additional comminution tool 14 at the end thereof that faces away from the fastening portion 15 has a support foot 28 which is configured so as to be U-shaped and which in a comminution procedure in which a foodstuff material to be comminuted is guided by one hand back and forth across the sliding track 17 can be placed on a worktop 29, for example a tabletop, while the foodstuff comminution device 1 which is situated in the closing position is simultaneously freely held by the other hand, this being illustrated in FIG. 6.

[0056] The additional comminution tool 14 is capable of being secured in a non-destructive releasable manner in an operating position on the foodstuff comminution device 1, wherein the tool portion 16 in the operating position is disposed outside the receptacle 4 and outside the pivoting range of the activation part 3 which is connected in an articulated manner to the main part 2.

[0057] FIGS. 7 to 12 show a second exemplary embodiment of a foodstuff comminution system according to the disclosure, which has a foodstuff comminution device 1 having a main part 2 and an activation part 3.

[0058] The main part 2 has a receptacle 4 for a cutter part 10, 11. The activation part 3 has a press die 5 and is connected in an articulated manner to the main part 2. The activation part 3 for squeezing foodstuff material to be comminuted through the cutter part 10, 11 can be pivoted from a placing position towards the cutter part 10, 11 to a closing position and subsequently from the closing position back to the placing position.

[0059] The foodstuff comminution device 1 is configured as a hand-held apparatus such that said foodstuff comminution device 1 in a comminution procedure in which the activation part 3 in the closing position is pushed against the main part 2 can be held by one or two hands.

[0060] The main part 2 has a first handle part 6, while the activation part 3 has a second handle part 7. The first handle part 6 and the second handle part 7 in a comminution procedure can be conjointly encompassed by the fingers of one hand such that the first handle part 6 and the second handle part 7 can be mutually compressed in the manner of pliers.

[0061] The foodstuff comminution device 1 has a coupling device 8 for coupling to a container 9. The container 9 by means of the coupling device 8 can be coupled in such a manner that the comminuted foodstuff material squeezed through the cutter part 10, 11 is automatically caught by the container 9 coupled to said container 9. The container 9 can be retrieved in a non-destructive manner without tools, and can be coupled again, for example after an emptying procedure. To this end, the coupling device 8 has a latching device (not illustrated in more detail).

[0062] The foodstuff comminution device 1 can contain very different cutter inserts 10, 11.

[0063] In the exemplary embodiment illustrated, either a single cutter part 10 or a combination cutter part 11 can be selectively inserted into the receptacle 4. Alternatively or additionally, however, cutter inserts of other types may also be present.

[0064] The single cutter part 10 has cutting blades (not visible in this figure) which are supported by a holding frame and intersect in a centre point. A foodstuff material can be cut into wedge-shaped strips by way of the single cutter part 10.

[0065] Alternatively, a combination cutter part 11 which is composed of an upper part 12 and a lower part 13 can also be inserted into the receptacle 4. The combination cutter part 11 is distinguished in that the upper part 12 and the lower part 13 have in each case mutually parallel cutting blades. The cutting blades of the upper part 12 are aligned so as to be mutually parallel. The cutting blades of the lower part 13 are also aligned so as to be mutually parallel. The upper part 12 as well as the lower part 13 have in each case one holding frame which supports the cutting blades. The holding frames are provided with projections and concavities which permit the holding frames to be placed on top of one another in a form-fitting manner. It is prevented in this way that the holding frames are unintentionally mutually displaced.

[0066] The upper part 12 and the lower part 13 for cutting a foodstuff material into fine slices can be disposed on top of one another in the receptacle so as to have identically aligned cutting blades. Alternatively, it is also possible for the upper part 12 and the lower part 13 to be fitted into the receptacle so as to be mutually rotated by 90 degrees, thus so as to have a crossed arrangement of the cutting blades, in order for a foodstuff material to be able to cut into slivers which are square in the cross section.

[0067] The foodstuff comminution system moreover has an additional comminution tool 14 which is capable of being secured in an operating position (illustrated in more detail in FIGS. 9, 10, 11, and 12) on the foodstuff comminution device 1 and which has a fastening portion 15 as well as a tool portion 16.

[0068] The fastening portion 15 contains two elongate carriers 30.

[0069] The activation part 3 has a mating fastening means 31 which is configured and specified for interacting with the fastening portion 15 of the additional comminution tool 14 so as to secure the additional comminution tool 14 in the operating position on the activation part 3. The mating fastening means 31 is composed of two elongate recesses 38 into which the carriers 30 can be pushed in a form-fitting manner for initiating the operating position. FIG. 8 shows parts of the foodstuff comminution system according to the disclosure in the procedure of initiating the operating position.

[0070] In order for the additional comminution tool 14 to be released from the foodstuff comminution device 1 again, the user has only to extract the carriers 30 from the recesses 38 again.

[0071] The foodstuff comminution device 1 has a locking device 26 by means of which the main part 2 and the activation part 3 in the closing position can be locked relative to one another. The locking device 26 has an operating button 27 by means of which switching can take place between a locking position and a releasing position. The locking device 26 has the very particular advantage that the main part 2 and the activation part 3 in the closing position can be locked relative to one another, when the foodstuff comminution device 1 is to be stored in a drawer. It is avoided in this way that the foodstuff comminution device 1 unintentionally opens.

[0072] The additional comminution tool 14 in the operating position (illustrated in particular in FIGS. 9 to 12), conjointly with a component of the foodstuff comminution device 1, forms a mandolin slicer or a grater. The foodstuff comminution device 1 provides a part of a sliding track 17 of the mandolin slicer or of the grater. A further part of the sliding track 17 is a component part of the tool portion 16.

[0073] The additional comminution tool 14 in the region of the tool portion 16 has a further receptacle 18 into which a cutter or grater insert is capable of being fitted, in particular in a non-destructively releasable and/or latching manner. The cutter or grater insert 19 can be configured as a mandolin slicer insert 20 which has a mandolin slicer blade 21, for example. The cutter or grater insert 19 can also be configured as a Julienne insert 22 which has a plurality of Julienne blades 23, for example. The cutter or grater insert can also have a multiplicity of grater projections, for example.

[0074] In the operating position, a foodstuff material to be comminuted can be moved back and forth along the sliding track 17 such that the foodstuff material to be comminuted is repeatedly guided across the cutter or grater insert 19 and is thus successively comminuted.

[0075] The additional comminution tool 14 has a further coupling device 24 for coupling to a further container 25. The further container 25 by means of the further coupling device 24 can be coupled in such a manner that foodstuff material comminuted by means of the additional comminution tool 14 is automatically caught by the further container 25 coupled thereto. The further coupling device 24 is preferably configured in such a manner that the further container 25 can be coupled and uncoupled without tools and in each case in a non-destructive manner. A latching device is preferably present to this end.

[0076] The coupling device 8 and the further coupling device 24 are of identical configuration. The container 9 and the further container 25 are likewise of identical configuration. The foodstuff comminution system illustrated therefore has the very particular advantage that the container 9 can selectively also be coupled to the further coupling device 24, and/or that the further container 25 can selectively also be coupled to the coupling device 8. It is also possible for a total of only one container 9, 25 to be used, wherein said container 9, 25 is coupled either to the coupling device 8 or to the further coupling device 24, depending on whether foodstuff material is currently being comminuted by means of the foodstuff comminution device 1 or by means of the additional comminution tool 14.

[0077] FIGS. 9 to 11 show the foodstuff comminution device 1 having the additional comminution tool 14 coupled thereto in a lateral view, in a view from above, and in a perspective illustration. It can be clearly seen that the activation part 3 by way of the upper side thereof provides a part of the sliding track 17, a foodstuff material to be comminuted being able to be guided back and forth along said sliding track 17.

[0078] The additional comminution tool 14 at the end thereof that faces away from the fastening portion 15 has a support foot 28 which is configured so as to be U-shaped and by way of which the foodstuff comminution system in a comminution procedure in which a foodstuff material to be comminuted is guided by one hand back and forth across the sliding track 17 can be supported on a worktop 29, for example a tabletop, while the foodstuff comminution device 1 which is situated in the closing position is simultaneously freely held by the other hand, this being illustrated in FIG. 12.

[0079] The additional comminution tool 14 is capable of being secured in a non-destructive releasable manner in an operating position on the foodstuff comminution device 1, wherein the tool portion 16 in the operating position is disposed outside the receptacle 4 and outside the pivoting range of the activation part 3 which is connected in an articulated manner to the main part 2.

[0080] FIGS. 13 to 17 show a third exemplary embodiment of a foodstuff comminution system according to the disclosure, which has a foodstuff comminution device 1 having a main part 2 and an activation part 3.

[0081] The main part 2 has a receptacle 4 for a cutter part 10, 11 (not visible in FIGS. 13 to 17). The activation part 3 has a press die 5 and is connected in an articulated manner to the main part 2. The activation part 3 for squeezing foodstuff material to be comminuted through the cutter part 10, 11 can be pivoted from a placing position towards the cutter part 10, 11 to a closing position and subsequently from the closing position back to the placing position.

[0082] The foodstuff comminution device 1 is configured as a hand-held apparatus such that said foodstuff comminution device 1 in a comminution procedure in which the activation part 3 in the closing position is pushed against the main part 2 can be held by one or two hands.

[0083] The main part 2 has a first handle part 6, while the activation part 3 has a second handle part 7. The first handle part 6 and the second handle part 7 in a comminution procedure can be conjointly encompassed by the fingers of one hand such that the first handle part 6 and the second handle part 7 can be mutually compressed in the manner of pliers.

[0084] The foodstuff comminution device 1 has a coupling device 8 for coupling to a container 9 (not visible in FIGS. 13 to 17). The container 9 by means of the coupling device 8 can be coupled in such a manner that the comminuted foodstuff material squeezed through the cutter part 10, 11 is automatically caught by the container 9 coupled thereto. The container 9 can be retrieved in a non-destructive manner without tools, and can be coupled again, for example after an emptying procedure. To this end, the coupling device 8 has a latching device (not illustrated in more detail).

[0085] The foodstuff comminution device 1 can contain very different cutter inserts 10, 11.

[0086] The foodstuff comminution system moreover has an additional comminution tool 14 which is capable of being secured in an operating position (illustrated in more detail in FIGS. 15, 16, and 17) on the foodstuff comminution device 1 and which has a fastening portion 15 as well as a tool portion 16.

[0087] The additional comminution tool 14 is capable of being secured in a non-destructive releasable manner in an operating position on the foodstuff comminution device 1, wherein the tool portion 16 in the operating position is disposed outside the receptacle 4 and outside the pivoting range of the activation part 3 which is connected in an articulated manner to the main part 2.

[0088] The activation part 3 has a mating fastening means 31 which is configured and specified for interacting with the fastening portion 15 of the additional comminution tool 14 so as to secure the additional comminution tool 14 in the operating position on the activation part 3. The fastening portion 15 and the mating fastening means 31 form a bayonet connection.

[0089] In order for the operating position to be initiated, a bayonet projection 32 of the fastening portion 15 is introduced into a bayonet receptacle 33 of the mating fastening means 31, and a rotation by approx. 30 degrees is subsequently carried out, on account of which a fixed connection is established.

[0090] In order for the additional comminution tool 14 to be released from the foodstuff comminution device 1 again, the user has to rotate the additional comminution tool 14 relative to the foodstuff comminution device 1 by approx. 30 degrees again, and can then retrieve the bayonet projection 32 of the fastening portion 15 from the bayonet receptacle 33 of the mating fastening means 31 again.

[0091] The foodstuff comminution device 1 has a locking device 26 by means of which the main part 2 and the activation part 3 in the closing position can be locked relative to one another. The locking device 26 has an operating button 27 by means of which switching can take place between a locking position and a releasing position. The locking device 26 has the very particular advantage that the main part 2 and the activation part 3 in the closing position can be locked relative to one another, when the foodstuff comminution device 1 is to be stored in a drawer. It is avoided in this way that the foodstuff comminution device 1 unintentionally opens.

[0092] The additional comminution tool 14 is configured as a mandolin slicer having a sliding track 17 and a mandolin slicer blade 21.

[0093] In the operating position, a foodstuff material to be comminuted can be moved back and forth along the sliding track 17 such that the foodstuff material to be comminuted is repeatedly guided across the cutter or grater insert 19 and is thus successively comminuted.

[0094] The additional comminution tool 14 has a further coupling device 24 for coupling to a further container 25. The further container 25 by means of the further coupling device 24 can be coupled in such a manner that foodstuff material comminuted by means of the additional comminution tool 14 is automatically caught by the further container 25 coupled thereto. The further coupling device 24 is preferably configured in such a manner that the further container 25 can be coupled and uncoupled without tools and in each case in a non-destructive manner. A latching device is preferably present to this end.

[0095] The coupling device 8 and the further coupling device 24 are of identical configuration. The container 9 and the further container 25 are likewise of identical configuration. The foodstuff comminution system illustrated therefore has the very particular advantage that the container 9 can selectively also be coupled to the further coupling device 24, and/or that the further container 25 can selectively also be coupled to the coupling device 8. It is also possible for a total of only one container 9, 25 to be used, wherein said container 9, 25 is coupled either to the coupling device 8 or to the further coupling device 24, depending on whether foodstuff material is currently being comminuted by means of the foodstuff comminution device 1 or by means of the additional comminution tool 14.

[0096] FIGS. 15 to 17 show the foodstuff comminution device 1 having the additional comminution tool 14 coupled thereto in a lateral view, in a view from above, and in a perspective illustration.

[0097] FIGS. 18 to 22 show a fourth exemplary embodiment of a foodstuff comminution system according to the disclosure, which has a foodstuff comminution device 1 having a main part 2 and an activation part 3.

[0098] The main part 2 has a receptacle 4 for a cutter part 10, 11 (not visible in FIGS. 18 to 22). The activation part 3 has a press die 5 and is connected in an articulated manner to the main part 2. The activation part 3 for squeezing foodstuff material to be comminuted through the cutter part 10, 11 can be pivoted from a placing position towards the cutter part 10, 11 to a closing position and subsequently from the closing position back to the placing position.

[0099] The foodstuff comminution device 1 is configured as a hand-held apparatus such that said foodstuff comminution device 1 in a comminution procedure in which the activation part 3 in the closing position is pushed against the main part 2 can be held by one or two hands.

[0100] The main part 2 has a first handle part 6, while the activation part 3 has a second handle part 7. The first handle part 6 and the second handle part 7 in a comminution procedure can be conjointly encompassed by the fingers of one hand such that the first handle part 6 and the second handle part 7 can be mutually compressed in the manner of pliers.

[0101] The foodstuff comminution device 1 has a coupling device 8 for coupling to a container 9 (not illustrated in FIGS. 18 to 22). The container 9 by means of the coupling device 8 can be coupled in such a manner that the comminuted foodstuff material squeezed through the cutter part 10, 11 is automatically caught by the container 9 coupled thereto. The container 9 can be retrieved in a non-destructive manner without tools, and can be coupled again, for example after an emptying procedure. To this end, the coupling device 8 has a latching device (not illustrated in more detail).

[0102] The foodstuff comminution device 1 can contain very different cutter inserts 10, 11.

[0103] The foodstuff comminution system moreover has an additional comminution tool 14 which is capable of being secured in an operating position (illustrated in more detail in FIGS. 20, 21, and 22) on the foodstuff comminution device 1 and which has a fastening portion 15 as well as a tool portion 16.

[0104] The additional comminution tool 14 is capable of being secured in a non-destructive releasable manner in an operating position on the foodstuff comminution device 1, wherein the tool portion 16 in the operating position is disposed outside the receptacle 4 and outside the pivoting range of the activation part 3 which is connected in an articulated manner to the main part 2.

[0105] The activation part 3 has a mating fastening means 31 which is configured and specified for interacting with the fastening portion 15 of the additional comminution tool 14 so as to secure the additional comminution tool 14 in the operating position on the activation part 3. The fastening portion 15 and the mating fastening means 31 in this exemplary embodiment form a latching connection. To this end, the fastening portion 15 has two projections 34 which, emanating obliquely from above, can be plugged into recesses 35 of the mating fastening means 31. The additional comminution tool 14 is subsequently pivoted about the end, which comprises the plugged-in projections 34, towards the mating fastening means 31, such that a latching cam 36 comes to engage with a latching opening 37, on account of which a fixed connection is established.

[0106] In order for the additional comminution tool 14 to be released from the foodstuff comminution device 1 again, the user has to release the latching cam 36 from the latching opening 37, and can then retrieve the additional comminution tool 14 from the foodstuff comminution device 1 again.

[0107] The foodstuff comminution device 1 has a locking device 26 by means of which the main part 2 and the activation part 3 in the closing position can be locked relative to one another. The locking device 26 has an operating button 27 by means of which switching can take place between a locking position and a releasing position. The locking device 26 has the very particular advantage that the main part 2 and the activation part 3 in the closing position can be locked relative to one another, when the foodstuff comminution device 1 is to be stored in a drawer. It is avoided in this way that the foodstuff comminution device 1 unintentionally opens.

[0108] The additional comminution tool 14, depending on the cutter or grater insert 19 used, is configured as a mandolin slicer or a grater having a sliding track 17.

[0109] The additional comminution tool 14 in the region of the tool portion 16 has a further receptacle 18 into which a cutter or grater insert is capable of being fitted, in particular in a non-destructive releasable and/or latching manner. The cutter or grater insert 19 can be configured as a mandolin slicer insert 20 which has a mandolin slicer blade 21, for example. The cutter or grater insert 19 can also be configured as a Julienne insert 22 which has a plurality of Julienne blades 23, for example. The cutter or grater insert can also have a multiplicity of grater projections, for example.

[0110] In the operating position, a foodstuff material to be comminuted can be moved back and forth along the sliding track 17 such that the foodstuff material to be comminuted is repeatedly guided across the cutter or grater insert 19 and is thus successively comminuted.

[0111] The additional comminution tool 14 has a further coupling device 24 for coupling to a further container 25. The further container 25 by means of the further coupling device 24 can be coupled in such a manner that foodstuff material comminuted by means of the additional comminution tool 14 is automatically caught by the further container 25 coupled thereto. The further coupling device 24 is preferably configured in such a manner that the further container 25 can be coupled and uncoupled without tools and in each case in a non-destructive manner. A latching device is preferably present to this end.

[0112] The coupling device 8 and the further coupling device 24 are of identical configuration. The container 9 and the further container 25 are likewise of identical configuration. The foodstuff comminution system illustrated therefore has the very particular advantage that the container 9 can selectively also be coupled to the further coupling device 24, and/or that the further container 25 can selectively also be coupled to the coupling device 8. It is also possible for a total of only one container 9, 25 to be used, wherein said container 9, 25 is coupled either to the coupling device 8 or to the further coupling device 24, depending on whether foodstuff material is currently being comminuted by means of the foodstuff comminution device 1 or by means of the additional comminution tool 14.

[0113] FIGS. 20 to 22 show the foodstuff comminution device 1 having the additional comminution tool 14 coupled thereto in a lateral view, in a view from above, and in a perspective illustration.

[0114] The additional comminution tool 14 at the end thereof that faces away from the fastening portion 15 has two support feet 28 by way of which the foodstuff comminution system in a comminution procedure in which a foodstuff material to be comminuted is guided by one hand back and forth across the sliding track 17 can be supported on a worktop 29, for example a tabletop, while the foodstuff comminution device 1 which is situated in the closing position is simultaneously freely held by the other hand.

LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS

[0115] 1 Foodstuff comminution device [0116] 2 Main part [0117] 3 Activation part [0118] 4 Receptacle [0119] 5 Press die [0120] 6 First handle part [0121] 7 Second handle part [0122] 8 Coupling device [0123] 9 Container [0124] 10 Single cutter part [0125] 11 Combination cutter part [0126] 12 Upper part of the combination cutter part 11 [0127] 13 Lower part of the combination cutter part 11 [0128] 14 Additional comminution tool [0129] 15 Fastening portion [0130] 16 Tool portion [0131] 17 Sliding track [0132] 18 Further receptacle [0133] 19 Cutter or grater insert [0134] 20 Mandolin slicer insert [0135] 21 Mandolin slicer blade [0136] 22 Julienne insert [0137] 23 Julienne blade [0138] 24 Further coupling device [0139] 25 Further container [0140] 26 Locking device [0141] 27 Operating button [0142] 28 Support foot [0143] 29 Worktop [0144] 30 Carrier [0145] 31 Mating fastening means [0146] 32 Bayonet projection [0147] 33 Bayonet receptacle [0148] 34 Projection [0149] 35 Recess [0150] 36 Latching cam [0151] 37 Latching opening [0152] 38 Elongate recess