Dicing tool for domestic food processing device
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsDAVID J. GUSHWA, ZACHARY A. LOWNDS, JEFFREY CARL LOEBIG, EUAN SKINNER MACLEOD, LEONG HIN YUNG, JAMES FAN ZHAO, HUANG YONG HANG
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Abstract
A food processing device includes a dicing kit adapted to be received in a bowl which is coupled to a base. The dicing kit includes a dicing grid disposed within a frame which is coupled to a cover member having a rotating slicing tool disposed there between. The slicing tool is positively captured between the dicing grid frame and the cover member and is further adapted to rotate as powered by a motor disposed in the base portion of the food processor.
Claims20
A food processor comprising:
- a bowl assembly having a landing portion, the bowl assembly configured to receive processed food;
- an upper housing configured to receive food for processing and in communication with the bowl assembly to at least partially define a food processing path from the upper housing to the bowl assembly;
- a carrier member supported on the landing portion of the bowl assembly;
- a dicing gird received in the carrier member and disposed along the food processing path;
- a cover member operably coupled to the carrier member to define a food processing chamber between the cover member and the carrier member;
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- a cutting tool disposed within the food processing chamber between the carrier member and the cover member, the cutting tool selectively movable through the food processing path to cut food as it passes through the food processing path;
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- a drive mechanism coupled to the cutting tool to rotate the cutting tool within the food processing chamber.
A food processor comprising:
- a bowl assembly having an upper coupling portion and a lower coupling portion, the bowl assembly defining a receptacle configured to receive processed food;
- an upper housing removably mounted to the upper coupling portion of the bowl assembly, the bowl assembly and upper housing collectively defining a food processing path along which the receptacle is located;
- a base having a motor, the base coupled to the lower coupling portion of the bowl assembly, wherein the motor is adapted to rotatably drive a drive shaft;
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- a dicing tool assembly, comprising;
- a carrier member having a dicing grid disposed along the food processing path, the carrier member supported on the upper coupling portion of the bowl assembly;
- a cover member operably coupled to the carrier member to define a food processing chamber between the cover member and the carrier member;
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- a cutting tool disposed within the food processing chamber between the carrier member and the cover member, the cutting tool engaged with the output drive and selectively movable through the food processing path to cut food as it passes through the food processing path.
A dicing tool assembly, comprising:
- a carrier member;
- a dicing gird received in the carrier member along a food processing path, the dicing grid having multiple dicing elements defining multiple dicing openings through which a food substrate may pass;
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- a cover member operably coupled to the carrier member in a generally spaced-apart relationship to define a food processing chamber between the cover member and the carrier member;
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- a cutting tool disposed within the food processing chamber, the cutting tool selectively movable through the food processing path to cut the food substrate as it passes through the food processing path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.