Food processor bowl cover dynamic sealing assembly
AssigneeConair Corporation
InventorsCharles Z. Krasznai, Joseph J. Laskowski, David J. Wanat, James A. Sandor
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Abstract
A food processor bowl 1 has a pouring lip 2, a sidewall 4, a handle 5, a floor 6 and bowl neck 7 with an opening 3. The bowl 1 has an upper rim 8 and pair of hinge slots 9, 10 adapted to receive corresponding hinge pins 17, 18 that are attached to the cover 13. The bowl neck 7 is adapted to receive a driven motor shaft (not shown) through its opening 3. A conventional blade assembly (not shown) is mounted to the driven shaft to rotate therewith in order to chop and mix food product.
Claims5
A food processor bowl cover sealing assembly that enables a single lid to functionally cover a plurality of food processor bowls of varying sizes when used either alone or used simultaneously in nested fashion, said assembly comprising
- a lid adapted to cover a food processor bowl;
- a flexible sealing ring that is mounted to a lower surface of said lid, along the perimeter of said lid, said sealing ring being adapted to contact and compress against the upper lip of a food processor bowl;
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- a plurality of folds in said sealing ring, said folds adapted to flex in a bellows fashion so that it may be compressed vertically and will return to original shape, when released from compression, by the material's spring force.
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