# US 10,766,158 B2 · Oscillating blade for food processor system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,766,158 B2 - Document ID: US10766158B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/605,321 - Filed: 2017-05-25 - Published: 2017-11-30 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2016-05-25 - Assignees: SharkNinja Operating LLC - Applicants: SharkNinja Operating LLC - Inventors: Ross Douglas Arriens; Charles Stewart Brunner - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10766158B2 ## CPC - B26D 1/29: with cutting member mounted in the plane of a rotating disc, e.g. for slicing beans - B26D 3/22: using rotating knives - A47J 43/0722: {Mixing, whipping or cutting tools} - B26D 7/0641: {using chutes, hoppers, magazines} - B26D 3/185: {Grid like cutters} - B26D 2007/0018: {Trays, reservoirs for waste, chips or cut products} - B26D 2210/02: for cutting food products, e.g. food slicers - B26D: CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING (for growing crops or plants A01D, A01G; for fodder or straw A01F; for bulk butter A01J; for dough A21C; slaughtering A22B; for tobacco, cigars or cigarettes A24; marking-out, perforating or making buttonholes A41H25/00; manufacturing footwear A43D; brushmaking A46D; surgery A61B; disintegrating, mincing or shredding in general B02C; cutting wire, making pins or nails B21F, B21G; of the kind used formetal B23; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; hand-held cutting tools B26B; perforating, cutting-out, stamping-out or punching, or severing by means other than cutting B26F; for wood B27; for stone B28D; working of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29; making boxes, cartons, envelopes or bags, of paper or similarly worked materials, e.g. metal foil, B31B; article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices B65H35/00; for leather or upholstery B68, C14B; for glass C03B; making matches C06F; for peat C10F; for sugar C13B45/00; for textile materials D06H; civil engineering, building, mining, see Section E; for light guides G02B6/25; cutting processed photographic material G03D15/04) - A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES ## Abstract A food processing system includes a food processor wherein an initial operation of said food processor is configured to cut a food item in a first, generally vertical direction and a later operation of said food processor is configured to cut said food item in a second direction. The second direction is distinct from the vertical direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A food processing system, comprising: a food processor base; a container connectable to said food processing base, said container having a processing chamber and a first open end; a rotatable assembly disposed within said processing chamber; and at least one cutting assembly for performing a food processing operation, said at least one cutting assembly being operably coupled to said rotatable assembly; wherein an initial operation of said at least one cutting assembly is configured to cut a food item in a first, generally vertical direction, said at least one cutting assembly including an oscillating blade for performing said initial operation, said oscillating blade being driven by rotation of said rotatable assembly about an axis; and wherein a later operation of said at least one cutting assembly is configured to cut said food item in a second direction, said second direction being distinct from said vertical direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The food processing system according to claim 1, wherein said first direction and said second direction are generally perpendicular to one another. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The food processing system according to claim 1, wherein said second direction includes a generally horizontal direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The food processing system according to claim 1, wherein said blade plate is stationary and said plurality of blades is arranged about a periphery of said blade plate. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The food processing system according to claim 4, wherein said at least one cutting assembly further comprises a blade assembly operably coupled to a rotatable component of said food processor, said blade assembly being arranged adjacent an underside of said blade disc. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The food processing system according to claim 5, wherein said blade assembly is configured to further cut said food item in said second direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The food processing system according to claim 4, wherein said blade plate is mounted within said processing chamber of said container. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The food processing system according to claim 7, further comprising at least one smaller container removably coupled to said container such that said smaller container is disposed within said hollow chamber, each smaller container being associated with one of said plurality of blades of said blade disc. ### Claim 9 (depends on 4) The food processing system according to claim 4, further comprising a lid including an opening arranged in communication with said food processor, wherein at least one of said opening and said blade plate is movable between a plurality of positions such that said opening is associated with one of said plurality of blades of said blade plate. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The food processing system according to claim 1, wherein movement of said oscillating blade is partially restricted by a lid connectable to said first open end of said container. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The food processing system according to claim 1, wherein said at least one cutting assembly further comprises a rotatable assembly, and movement of said oscillating blade is driven by rotation of said rotatable assembly about an axis. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The food processing system according to claim 1, wherein said oscillating blade includes a plurality of first blades oscillating along a first axis and a plurality of second blades oscillating along a second axis, said second axis having a different orientation than said first axis. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The food processing system according to claim 1, wherein a second operation of said food processor is configured to cut said food item in another vertical direction, distinct from said vertical direction of said initial operation, said second operation occurring after said initial operation and before said later operation.