US 10,485,060 B2Granted

Food processing apparatus

OwnerRaymond Anthony Joao, Mary Antonette Spanoinventors

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Abstract

An apparatus, including a cooking pot; and a food processor including a housing having a first section and second section, a food processing attachment, and a plate. The first section houses an electric motor. The second section is elongate in shape and houses a portion of a rotating member. The second section has a first end portion, connected or attached to the first section, and a second end portion. The food processing attachment contains a food processing element connected or attached to the second end portion of the second section. The rotating member is mechanically connected or coupled to the food processing attachment. The plate is sized to be placed on, or attached to, a top of the cooking pot. The plate contains an opening for receiving the second section which is capable of being slideably moved in and through the opening in the plate in both directions.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus, comprising:

a food processor, comprising:
a food processor housing, wherein the food processor housing comprises a first food processor housing section and a second food processor housing section, wherein the first food processor housing section houses an electric motor, and further wherein the second food processor housing section is elongate in shape and houses at least a portion of a rotating member, wherein the second food processor housing section has a first end portion and a second end portion, and further wherein the first end portion of the second food processor housing section is connected or attached to the first food processor housing section;
a food processing attachment, wherein the food processing attachment contains at least one food processing element, wherein the food processing attachment is connected to or attached to the second end portion of the second food processor housing section, and further wherein the rotating member is mechanically connected or coupled to the food processing attachment;
and
a plate, wherein the plate contains an opening for receiving the second food processor housing section, wherein the second food processor housing section is capable of being slideably moved in and through the opening in the plate in both directions by moving the second food processor housing section vertically up or down through the opening in the plate during a cooking operation or during a food processing operation, and further wherein the apparatus further comprises:
a cooking pot, comprising:
a cooking pot housing;
an inner cooking pot situated within the cooking pot housing;
a heating element located at a bottom portion of an interior of the cooking pot housing or located around and against an exterior side wall of the inner cooking pot,
wherein the heating element is capable of providing heat for performing a cooking operation on or regarding a food, a food ingredient, or a liquid, and further wherein the electric motor is capable of driving a rotation of the rotating member, and further wherein the rotating member is capable of driving a rotation of the food processing attachment and the at least one food processing element in order to perform a food processing operation on or regarding the food, the food ingredient, or the liquid, prior to, during, or after, a completion of the cooking operation, and further wherein a vertical position of the at least one food processing element is moveable from a first position to a second position within the inner cooking pot during a cooking operation or during a food processing operation by slideably moving the second food processor housing section up or down through and along the opening in the plate.

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An apparatus, comprising:

a cooking pot;
and
a food processor, wherein the food processor further comprises:
a food processor housing, wherein the food processor housing comprises a first food processor housing section and a second food processor housing section, wherein the first food processor housing section houses an electric motor, and further wherein the second food processor housing section is elongate in shape and houses at least a portion of a rotating member, wherein the second food processor housing section has a first end portion and a second end portion, and further wherein the first end portion of the second food processor housing section is connected or attached to the first food processor housing section;
a food processing attachment, wherein the food processing attachment contains at least one food processing element, wherein the food processing attachment is connected to or attached to the second end portion of the second food processor housing section, and further wherein the rotating member is mechanically connected or coupled to the food processing attachment;
and
a plate, wherein the plate is sized to be placed on, or attached to, a top portion of the cooking pot, wherein the plate contains an opening for receiving the second food processor housing section, wherein the second food processor housing section is capable of being slideably moved in and through the opening in the plate in both directions by moving the second food processor housing section vertically up or down through the opening in the plate during a cooking operation in the cooking pot or during a food processing operation inside the cooking pot.

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An apparatus, comprising:

a food processor, wherein the food processor further comprises:
a food processor housing, wherein the food processor housing comprises a first food processor housing section and a second food processor housing section, wherein the first food processor housing section houses an electric motor, and further wherein the second food processor housing section is elongate in shape and houses at least a portion of a rotating member, wherein the second food processor housing section has a first end portion and a second end portion, and further wherein the first end portion of the second food processor housing section is connected or attached to the first food processor housing section;
a food processing attachment, wherein the food processing attachment contains at least one food processing element, wherein the food processing attachment is connected to or attached to the second end portion of the second food processor housing section, and further wherein the rotating member is mechanically connected or coupled to the food processing attachment;
and
a plate, wherein the plate is sized to be placed on, or attached to, a top portion of a cooking pot, wherein the plate contains an opening for receiving the second food processor housing section, wherein the second food processor housing section is capable of being slideably moved in and through the opening in the plate in both directions by moving the second food processor housing section vertically up or down through the opening in the plate during a cooking operation in the cooking pot or during a food processing operation inside the cooking pot.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/406,435Filed 13 Jan 2017 · continuation
Priority: 3 Jun 2014
Published: US 2017/0127885 A111 May 2017
Granted: 19 Nov 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification22 codes

H05B 3/68
Ohmic-resistance heating: heating arrangements specially adapted for cooking plates or analogous hot-plates
A23L 5/10
Preparation or treatment of foods or foodstuffs, in general; Food or foodstuffs obtained thereby; Materials therefor: general methods of cooking…
A47J 27/002
Cooking-vessels: construction of cooking-vessels; Methods or processes of manufacturing specially adapted for cooking-vessels
A47J 27/004
Cooking-vessels: with integral electrical heating means

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Application62/007,099Us provisional application · filed 3 Jun 2014
Application62/027,630Us provisional application · filed 22 Jul 2014
Application14/717,303Parent of this continuation · filed 20 May 2015
US 2017/0127885 A1Pre-grant publication · published 11 May 2017
US 9,668,304 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2015/0342413 A1Published application
US 10,485,060 B2This patent

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