# US 11,439,278 B2 · Spiral cutting accessory > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,439,278 B2 - Document ID: US11439278B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/779,817 - Filed: 2016-12-16 - Published: 2018-12-13 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2015-12-18 - Assignees: Breville Pty Limited - Applicants: Breville Pty Limited - Inventors: Margaret Antkowiak; Mark Thomas - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11439278B2 ## CPC - A47J 43/085: {for machines with tools driven from the lower side (A47J43/087, A47J43/09 take precedence)} - A47J 43/0722: {Mixing, whipping or cutting tools} - B26D 3/11: to obtain pieces of spiral or helical form - A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES - 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) ## Abstract A cutting accessory for a food processor has a body that fits within the food processor's bowl and lid. The body supports a cutting disc that is offset to the food processor's spindle. The cutting disc is driven by the rotation of the spindle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A food processor, comprising: a lid; a bowl; a spindle rotatably arranged with the bowl; and an accessory device, the accessory device comprising: a body having an exterior shaped to cooperate with an interior surface of the bowl such that the body is immobilized against rotation relative to the bowl and the lid; the body having a first opening that receives an end of the spindle and a second through opening for locating a cutting disc, wherein the cutting disc is a spiral cutting disc; when the cutting disc is aligned with the second through opening, the cutting disc is offset from a rotational center of the spindle; and rotation of the spindle causes rotation of the cutting disc relative to the body, such that a food is processable by the food processor to a spiral cut food. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The food processor of claim 1, wherein: the bowl has an internal rim and the accessory device rests on the rim. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The food processor of claim 1, wherein: the accessory device fits within the bowl when the lid is on. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The food processor of claim 1, wherein: the first opening is a through opening. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The food processor of claim 1, wherein: the spindle passes through the first opening so that a tip of the spindle is stabilized by a bush accessible from an underside of the lid. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The food processor of claim 5, wherein: the bush is supported by a resilient polymer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The food processor of claim 5, wherein: the lid has a feed tube with an insert that aligns with the second opening and that cooperates with a safety cut-out mechanism. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The food processor of claim 7, wherein: the safety cut-out mechanism passes through a handle of the bowl. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The food processor of claim 1, wherein: a locating key extends between the body and the bowl. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The food processor of claim 1, wherein: a rotational speed of the cutting disc is less than a rotational speed of the spindle. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The food processor of claim 1, further comprising an output gear supported for rotation by the second through opening in the body, whereby rotation of the spindle results in rotation of the output gear. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The food processor of claim 11, wherein: the output gear has a second bore in which the cutting disc is removably received, the second bore aligning with the second opening. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The food processor of claim 1, wherein: the body supports a drive gear that cooperates with the first opening for engaging the end of the spindle, whereby rotation of the drive gear causes rotation of the cutting disc. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The food processor of claim 13, wherein: the drive gear is part of a planetary gear train. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The food processor of claim 14, wherein: the body is sealed such that the cutting disc is isolated from the planetary gear train. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The food processor of claim 14, wherein: the planetary gear train has one or more fixed planet gears.