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US 12,042,773 B2Granted
Food processor with cleaning accessory amd methods of using same
AssigneeHamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
InventorKoen Aidan Ambrose
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Abstract
An apparatus and method of cleaning a food processor including providing a food processor base that includes a rotary power driver having a rotatable shaft. A bowl is mounted on the base. A food processing blade attached to the shaft within the bowl. A cleaning accessory is placed in the bowl above the food processing blade. A cleaning fluid is introduced into the bowl, and the food processing blade with the rotatable shaft agitate the cleaning fluid in conjunction with the cleaning accessory.
Claims15
A self-cleanable food processor, comprising:
- a base that includes a rotary power driver having a rotatable shaft;
- a bowl mounted on the base;
- a food processing blade attached to the shaft within the bowl;
- and
- a cleaning accessory mountable on the bowl for sliding contact relative thereto and above the food processor blade, the cleaning accessory including a generally horizontal panel and projections mounted on and protruding from a lower surface of the panel, each of the projections extending in its greatest dimension in the radial direction.
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A self-cleanable food processor, comprising:
- a base that includes a rotary power driver having a rotatable shaft;
- a bowl mounted on the base;
- a food processing blade attached to the shaft within the bowl;
- and
- a cleaning accessory configured to clean the food processing blade and mountable on the bowl for sliding contact relative thereto and above the food processing blade, the cleaning accessory including a generally horizontal panel with a plurality of openings.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.