Produce cutter

Claim 1

An improved produce cutter including, in combination: a base portion having a produce-receiving chamber therein, said chamber having a first internal width dimension and a first internal length dimension; a first knife rack supported in said base portion in alignment with said chamber and in communication therewith and having a second width dimension and a second length dimension, each at least equal to a respective one of said first dimensions, said first knife rack having a first plurality of mutually parallel knives each having thickness and all having their upper edges lying in a common first cutting plane, said knives being spaced by a third dimension; a cutting die having a plurality of die elements, each of square cross section and spaced from the other by at least said knife thickness, said elements being disposed symmetrically about a center line of said cutting die and each having a flat outer end which, in operation, is parallel to and facing said cutting plane, each such outer end having cross-sectional dimensions which are less than said third dimension; said cutting die having overall transverse dimensions which are less than said first internal width and length dimensions and being supported slidably in said base portion with said die elements aligned with the spaces between said knives for movement of said die elements into and out of said chamber in a direction normal to said cutting plane; the lengths of said die elements increasing symmetrically over 360° and incrementally outwardly from said center line to the edges of said cutting die; and cutting-die moving means coupled to said cutting die for imparting motion thereto.