Flip-top washing device for vegetables and fruits

A flip-top washing device for vegetables and fruits comprising:

• a cover assembly having
• an upper cover;
• a lower panel combined with the upper cover;
• an upper pivotal seat disposed on a rear end of the upper cover;
• a fastening part formed on a front end of the lower panel;
• and
• an assembling portion fabricated on a center portion of the cover assembly;
• a housing assembly being hollow and having
• a housing having an upper opening;
• a top panel mounted at the upper opening of the housing and combined with the housing;
• a pivot mechanism fabricated on a top portion of the housing assembly and having a lower pivotal seat, and the lower pivotal seat located on a rear portion of the housing assembly, mounted on a rear end of the top panel, and pivotally connected with the upper pivotal seat of the cover assembly, wherein the cover assembly is pivotally connected with the housing assembly via the pivot mechanism so as to open or close the cover assembly;
• an open-close mechanism installed on the top portion of the housing assembly and having a fastening seat, and the fastening seat mounted on a front end of the top panel and corresponding in position to the fastening part of the cover assembly, wherein the fastening seat detachably engages with the fastening part of the cover assembly when closing the cover assembly onto the housing assembly;
• and
• a stabilizing shaft protruding from a bottom portion defined inside the housing assembly;
• a driving assembly mounted on the cover assembly and having
• a base securely positioned on the assembling portion of the cover assembly;
• a motor installed on the base;
• and
• a driving member installed on the base, connected with the motor, driven by the motor, and having multiple driving blocks, the driving blocks separately arranged in a circle, and each of the driving blocks formed with a vertical surface and an inclined surface extending to connect with each other;
• an agitating panel assembly mounted on the housing assembly and comprising
• a base panel having an inner sidewall;
• multiple combination tabs protruding down from a lower surface of the base panel;
• a connecting recess formed in a center portion of the base panel, wherein the inner sidewall of the base panel is defined around the connecting recess;
• and
• multiple connecting blocks protruding from the inner sidewall of the base panel and separately arranged in a circle, and each of the connecting blocks formed with a vertical surface and an inclined surface extending to connect with each other;
• and
• a washing basket being hollow, mounted in the housing assembly, and having
• an upper opening;
• an upper end edge defined around the upper opening of the washing basket;
• a pivot seat disposed on a bottom of the washing basket and rotatably mounted around the stabilizing shaft;
• multiple orifices formed through the washing basket;
• and
• multiple engaging recesses formed in an inner side surface of the washing basket, disposed adjacent to the upper end edge of the washing basket, and engaging with the combination tabs of the agitating panel assembly.