Food processing device
AssigneeConair Corporation
InventorROBERT F. CANDLER
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Abstract
A food processing device includes a lower container, a processing plate received atop the lower container, the processing container having a floor, a peripheral sidewall, and at least first and second apertures formed in the floor, the lower container and the processing plate defining a collection volume therebetween, a lid received atop the processing plate and defining a processing volume interior to the lid and the processing plate, a first cutting member positioned in the first opening of the processing plate, and a second cutting member positioned in the second opening of the processing plate.
Claims20
A food processing device, comprising:
- a lower container;
- a processing plate received atop said lower container, said processing container having a floor, a peripheral sidewall, and at least first and second apertures formed in said floor, said lower container and said processing plate defining a collection volume therebetween;
- a lid received atop said processing plate and defining a processing volume interior to said lid and said processing plate;
- a first cutting member positioned in said first opening of said processing plate;
- and
- a second cutting member positioned in said second opening of said processing plate.
The food processing device 10, further comprising:
- a second guard arranged on the underside of said processing plate below said second opening, said guard having a plurality of slotted openings formed in said second guard.
A method of operating a food processing device having a collection container, a processing plate received atop the collection container, and a lid received atop the processing plate, said method comprising the steps of:
- inserting a first cutting member into a first opening in a floor of said processing plate;
- inserting a second cutting member into a second opening in said floor of said processing plate;
- rotating said first cutting member within said first opening to expose a slicing blade to a processing chamber above said processing plate;
- and
- rotating said second cutting member within said second opening to expose a first plurality of julienne blades to said processing chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.