Food slicing disc with adjustable vertical and horizontal blades
AssigneeConair Corporation
InventorsANTHONY KIT LUN LEUNG, KIN MAN LAI
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Abstract
A slicing disc assembly for use with an electrically powered food processor appliance includes a disc body having a top surface, a bottom surface, a central hub, a circumferential edge, a first opening in the disc body between the central hub and the circumferential edge, and a second opening in the disc body between the central hub and the circumferential edge, a horizontal slicing blade associated with the first opening, and a vertical blade assembly associated with the second opening, the vertical blade assembly being moveable between a slicing position and a retracted position.
Claims19
A slicing disc assembly for use with an electrically powered food processor appliance, comprising:
- a disc body having a top surface, a bottom surface, a central hub, a circumferential edge, a first opening in the disc body between the central hub and the circumferential edge, and a second opening in the disc body between the central hub and the circumferential edge;
- a horizontal slicing blade associated with the first opening;
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- a vertical blade assembly associated with the second opening, the vertical blade assembly being moveable between a slicing position and a retracted position.
A method of operating a food processing device having a collection container, a slicing disc received atop the collection container, the slicing disc having a horizontal slicing blade, and a lid received atop the collection container, the method comprising the steps of:
- rotating a vertical slicing blade assembly associated with a second opening in the slicing disc between a slicing position and a retracted position, wherein in the slicing position a first plurality of blades of the vertical slicing blade assembly extend above a top surface of the slicing disc, and in the retracted position the first plurality of blades of the vertical slicing blade assembly are positioned below the top surface of the slicing disc.
A rotatable slicing disc assembly for use with an electrically powered food processor appliance, comprising:
- a disc body having an opening;
- an adjustable vertical blade assembly associated with the opening, the vertical blade assembly being moveable between a slicing position and a retracted position;
- wherein in the slicing position a first plurality of blades of the vertical blade assembly extend above a top surface of the slicing disc, and in the retracted position the first plurality of blades of the vertical slicing blade assembly are positioned below the top surface of the slicing disc.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.