Food processor with spiralizer feature
AssigneeSunbeam Products, Inc.
InventorsJulian Aramburo, Joseph Palermo
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Abstract
A food processor for cutting a food ingredient includes: a motorized base for generating a rotational force; a processor bowl removably attached to the motorized base; a spindle within the processor bowl in which the spindle can be rotated by the rotational force from the motorized base; a spiralizer cutter attached to the spindle within the processor bowl, the spiralizer cutter having a blade along a radius of the spiralizer cutter; a lid for the processor bowl, the lid having a center position corresponding to the spindle and a radial position between the center position and an edge of the lid; and a feed tube for positioning at one of the center position and the radial position, wherein the feed tube can be repositioned between the center and radial positions.
Claims6
A food processor for cutting a food ingredient, comprising:
- a motorized base for generating a rotational force;
- a processor bowl removably attached to the motorized base;
- a spindle within the processor bowl in which the spindle can be rotated by the rotational force from the motorized base;
- a spiralizer cutter attached to the spindle within the processor bowl, the spiralizer cutter including a vertical blade positioned about a central axis of rotation and a horizontal blade positioned along a radius of the spiralizer cutter;
- a lid positionable on the processor bowl, the lid including a feed tube movable between a center position and a radial position, wherein in the center position the feed tube is aligned with the central axis of rotation of the spiralizer cutter, and in the radial position the feed tube is positioned proximate an edge of the lid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.