Electric food press processor appliance

An electric food press processor for vertically pressing food material comprising:

• a body of vertical frames and horizontal platforms of high density material assembled as a support system for an electric food press processor;
• an electric motor provides the mechanical power for processing food materials;
• a vertical rod whose upper end is connected to the shaft of the drive motor;
• said shoulder abutment of said vertical rod seats against the upper inner race rim of the ball bearing assembly wherein appropriate hardware secures the lower inner race firmly contained in a vice like grip thus forming a rotatable hub when activated in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction;
• the ball bearing assembly a horizontally placed wherein the inner race as opposed to the outer race, the latter being the race immobilized by upper and lower platforms, is free to rotate in whatever direction selected;
• appropriate hardware secure the low end of the inner race firmly against the vertical rod upper shoulder abutment thus locking said vertical rod and said ball bearing inner race into a rotational mode whenever selected;
• said vertical rod is externally threaded to its lower end point wherein it connects to an internally threaded vertical shaft compatible with external threads of said vertical rod;
• a horizontal press plate is adjoined to said vertical shaft and stabilizing rods;
• said press plate is fitted with vertical stabilizing rods on each side of the shaft wherein the shaft, stabilizing rods and press plate comprise a press assembly;
• a bank of external switches initiate control options of which descend, ascend, stop, and pause/start are externally placed and accessible;
• a printed circuit board serves to direct selected function choices, is programmed to alert the user if a malfunction should result;
• two horizontal platforms guide descend and ascend action of the press assembly;
• said horizontal upper platform, secured to the frame, has three holes, one specific to the vertical shaft circumference, and two specific to the stabilizing rods circumference thus serve as guides and stabilize descend and ascend motion;
• said horizontal lower platform of exact dimensions as the upper said horizontal platform, secured to said frame, has three holes, one specific to the vertical shaft circumference, and two specific to the stabilizing rod circumference thus working in conjunction with the upper horizontal platform as stabilizing factors;
• said horizontal platforms have micro switches placed in proximity to each of said stabilizing rod guide holes;
• said micro switches serve to inactivate or activate electric current though the deactivate actually ends the automation process of the press assembly and it stops;
• said micro switch activation does not start the press assembly ascend or descend, that can be done only by the appropriate switch situated externally at the top of the food press processor's outer cover, it activates current to the control switch and thus end the press process but cannot activate the press process;
• the upper guide platform is specific to the ascend function;
• when said ascend switch is activated into an automatic mode it ends when the top of the stabilizing rods top presses against the protruding button tip of the micro switches thus recessing the button that deactivates electric current thus ending the ascend motion;
• conversely, when the descend switch is activated, the press assembly is put in motion and the press assembly descends;
• said stabilizing rods descend until they reach said lower micro switches whose buttons remain recessed until the stabilizing rods slide past the lower micro switch recessed tips, when said buttons not longer are in contact with the stabilizing rods they protrude thus deactivating electric and the press assembly stops;
• said press assembly has completed its descending motion thus food material is dispensed through the processing receiving receptacle;
• said processed food is collected from whatever container has been placed and the process is complete;
• said electric current has ended for the descend mode, and will remain so until the ascend switch is activated and the stabilizing rods ascend and activate descend by the stabilizing rods contact with the micro switch button located on the upper horizontal platform;
• said horizontal lower guide platform is specific to the descend function when the stabilizing rods descend below the buttons of the micro switches;
• said ascend switch when activated sends the top of the stabilizing rods upward and once they pass against the micro switch button and recess them electric current can be activated by the descend control switch but remains inactive until activated the upper micro switch;
• as said stabilizing rods descend or ascend thus making contact to or withdrawing contact from micro switch buttons that control current within said micro switches, electric current is activated or deactivated but have no direct activation control to actually initiate the press plate into action, such action is linked to external switches accessible from the external cover of the electric food press processor;
• programmed into the printed circuit board is a failsafe feature whereby current is deactivated should both micro switches fail;
• said printed circuit board is linked with any malfunction of electric components should electric failure occur therein an alert light is activated;
• said food receiving receptacle is selected according to the requirements of the operator regarding size, shape and texture;
• a processing receptacle that slides and seats onto a horizontal frame for processing produce into selected configurations according to the processing disk or cup selected;
• said receiving platform at the base of the body for collecting completed processed food matter either on the horizontal receiving platform or a dish or tray used for that purpose;
• a printed circuit board to monitor and direct activation choices, descend, ascend, pause/start, stop and may include speed control or other features;
• a frame that keeps all horizontal platforms securely in place;
• an external cover of appropriate material with open entry for easy access to the horizontal base platform upon completion of the press process wherein a disk or tray can serve to collect processed food material.