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US 10,028,620 B2Granted
Dicing tool for domestic food processing device
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsDavid J. Gushwa, Zachary A. Lownds, Jeffrey Carl Loebig, Euan Skinner Macleod, Leong Hin Yung, James Fan Zhao, Huang Yong Hang
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Abstract
A food processing device includes a dicing kit adapted to be received in a bowl which is coupled to a base. The dicing kit includes a dicing grid disposed within a frame which is coupled to a cover member having a rotating slicing tool disposed there between. The slicing tool is positively captured between the dicing grid frame and the cover member and is further adapted to rotate as powered by a motor disposed in the base portion of the food processor.
Claims9
A food processor comprising:
- a bowl assembly having a landing portion, the bowl assembly configured to receive processed food;
- an upper housing configured to receive food for processing and in communication with the bowl assembly to at least partially define a food processing path from the upper housing to the bowl assembly;
- a carrier member supported on the landing portion of the bowl assembly, wherein the carrier member includes a body portion;
- a cleaning tool pivotally supported on the body portion of the carrier member, wherein the cleaning tool includes a plurality of ribs and is operable between open and closed positions;
- a dicing grid received in the carrier member and disposed along the food processing path, wherein the plurality of ribs of the cleaning tool are received within slots defined along the dicing grid when the cleaning tool is in the closed position;
- a cover member operably coupled to the carrier member to define a food processing chamber between the cover member and the carrier member;
- a cutting tool disposed within the food processing chamber between the carrier member and the cover member, the cutting tool selectively movable through the food processing path to cut food as it passes through the food processing path;
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- a drive mechanism coupled to the cutting tool to rotate the cutting tool within the food processing chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.