Food dicer

Claim 1

A FOOD DICING DEVICE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A U-SHAPED HOUSING HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED PARALLEL WALLS AND A TRANSVERSE WALL CONNECTING SAID PARALLEL WALLS; A PLURALITY OF GRIDS REMOVABLY MOUNTED IN SAID PARALLEL WALLS OF SAID HOUSING AND EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO AND SUBSTANTIALLY EQUALLY SPACED FROM EACH OTHER SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO SAID WALLS THROUGH THE SPACE DEFINED BETWEEN SAID WALLS, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID GRIDS AT ONE END OF SAID PLURALITY OF GRIDS BEING A CUTTING GRID PROVIDED ON THE SIDE THEREOF FACING AWAY FROM THE GRID ADJACENT THERETO WITH CUTTING EDGES; A CUTTING KNIFE UNIT COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF CUTTING KNIVES HAVING EACH AN AREA SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THAT OF SAID GRIDS AND A THICKNESS SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE SPACING BETWEEN SAID GRIDS, SAID KNIVES BEING CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER AT ONE END THEREOF AND BEING ARRANGED PARALLEL TO AND SPACED FROM EACH OTHER A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE THICKNESS OF EACH OF SAID GRIDS, SAID KNIVES OF SAID CUTTING KNIFE UNIT ARRANGED TO MOVE BETWEEN SAID GRIDS; A PRESSURE PLATE SPACED FROM AND FACING SAID ONE GRID; LEVER MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID HOUSING AND CONNECTED TO SAID PRESSURE PLATE FOR MOVING THE LATTER TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID ONE GRID FOR PRESSING FOOD TO BE DICED AGAINST SAID ONE GRID; AND EJECTOR MEANS FACING THE GRID ON THE OTHER END OF SAID PLURALITY OF GRIDS AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF FINGERS ADAPTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE GRIDS FOR EJECTING DICED FOOD PARTICLES THEREFROM.