Centrifuge for drying salad greens and the like
OwnerWilliam Koffinventor
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Abstract
A food damp drying centrifuge for commercial use comprises a rollably supported cylindrical housing, removably supported within which is a cylindrical food spinner basket. A drive motor affixed to the underside of the housing has a drive shaft extending through the housing bottom and terminating in an octagonal drive head interconnectably receivable within a complementary recess integrally formed in the underside of the spinner basket. A pair of mutually coaxially journalled, separable cover members cover and enclose the housing and spinner basket, respectively, for placing the centrifuge in condition for centrifuging food placed in the spinner basket upon energization of the drive motor.
Claims7
A centrifuge for drying salad greens and the like, comprising, in combination, a vertically-extending, hollow cylindrical body member having a bottom wall at its lower end and being open at its upper end, a cylindrical spinner basket coaxially receivable within said hollow cylindrical housing member, drive means secured with respect to the underside of said bottom wall of said cylindrical housing member and having a rotary drive shaft extending vertically upwardly through an opening in said bottom wall, means for releasably interconnecting said drive shaft with the bottom wall of said spinner basket for rotating said spinner basket in unison with said drive shaft, a removable cover for said spinner basket for covering the upper end thereof, a removable cover for said cylindrical housing member for covering the upper end thereof, mechanism coaxially journalling said spinner basket cover with respect to said housing member cover to permit rotation of said spinner basket cover independently of said housing member cover, said basket cover and said housing cover each having downwardly projecting peripheral skirt portions adapted to snugly embrace upper marginal end portions at the outsides of said spinner basket and said housing member, respectively, and drainage openings in said spinner basket and said cylindrical body member bottom walls for draining centrifuged water to the outside, said drive shaft interconnecting means comprising an octagonal drive cap secured to the upper end of said drive shaft, and a complementary octagonal recess in the bottom wall of said spinner basket, said octagonal drive cap being integrally formed and comprising a bottom section having mutually parallel opposite side walls and a comparatively long frustoconical portion merging therewith the lines of planar surface junction of which are smoothly rounded.
A centrifuge for drying salad greens and the like, comprising, in combination, a vertically-extending, hollow cylindrical body member having a bottom wall at its lower end and being open at its upper end, a plurality of cylindrical spinner baskets coaxially receivable, one at a time, selectively, within said hollow cylindrical housing member, drive means secured with respect to the underside of said bottom wall of said cylindrical housing member and having a rotary drive shaft extending vertically upwardly through an opening in said bottom wall, means for releasably interconnecting said drive shaft with the bottom wall of one at a time, selectively, of said spinner baskets for rotating a selected spinner basket in unison with said drive shaft, a removable cover for each of said spinner baskets for covering the respective upper ends thereof, a removable cover for said cylindrical housing member for covering the upper end thereof, manually operable mechanism for coaxially journalling a selected spinner basket cover with respect to said housing member cover to permit rotation of said selected spinner basket cover independently of said housing member cover, said basket covers and said housing cover all having downwardly projecting peripheral skirt portions adapted to snugly embrace upper marginal end portions at the outsides of said spinner baskets and said housing member, respectively, and drainage openings in said spinner baskets and said cylindrical body member bottom walls for draining centrifuged water to the outside.
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