Food processor

A food processor comprising:

• a housing comprising a container accommodating chamber, a door for opening and closing a lateral side of the container accommodating chamber, and a driver accommodating chamber;
• a containing tank put in the container accommodating chamber or taken out of the container accommodating chamber through the lateral side of the container accommodating chamber opened by the door, formed with an opening through which a food ingredient is put therein, and comprising an accommodating space formed to accommodate the food ingredient put through the opening and a processing member provided to be rotatable to process the food ingredient inside the accommodating space;
• a cover detachably coupled to the containing tank, closing the opening while being coupled to the containing tank, and comprising an exhausting portion formed to communicate with the accommodating space;
• a vacuum pump provided in the driver accommodating chamber;
• a vacuum port switched over between a first state to be in closed contact with the exhausting portion and a second state to be spaced apart from the exhausting portion in the container accommodating chamber, and connected to communicate with the vacuum pump and the exhausting portion in the first state;
• a cooling plate provided in a vertical wall partly defining the container accommodating chamber;
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• a cold energy generator provided in the driver accommodating chamber and transferring cold energy to the cooling plate.