Rotary food processing tool having offset hub

A novel rotary food processing tool for a food processor of the type having a working bowl for enclosing a rotary food processing tool and motor drive means which is adapted to rotate a tool within said bowl and a removable cover adapted to be secured in position on said bowl with a feed tube mounted thereon forming a passageway for feeding food items through said cover into said bowl and in which a food pusher can be plunged into said passageway for pushing food items toward the rotary food processing tool, said novel rotary food processing tool comprising:

• (a) an elongated hub having an upper head and a lower drive coupling portion adapted to be coupled to and rotated by said motor drive means,
• (b) said head of said hub being offset radially from the axis of rotation of said lower drive coupling portion,
• (c) said upper head having a horizontal disc-like cutting member secured thereto for rotation therewith with said head being offset from the center of said horizontal disc-like cutting member, and
• (d) said disc-like cutting member having a cutting surface which extends from near the center to the periphery thereof, whereby the offset hub accommodates a long effective radial extent of cutting surface, thereby accommodating the cutting of larger food items.

A novel rotary food processing tool for use in a food processor of the type having a housing with a work bowl mountable on the housing and in which the rotary tool has an elongated hub with a head to which a disc-like member is secured and with a lower end including coupling means removably engageable with the drive means for rotating the tool in the bowl about the axis of rotation of the coupling means:

• said novel rotary food processing tool including a head of the elongated hub which is offset radially to one side of the axis of rotation;
• a disc-like member which is secured to said hub head at a position offset radially to the same side of the axis of rotation as said head for causing said disc-like member to rotate about its true center in spite of said offset hub;
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• cutting means on said disc-like member located generally on the opposite side of the axis of rotation from the location of said offset hub head,
• whereby said cutting means may have an effective radial extent comparable in size with the radius of said disc-like member.

A rotary food processing tool for use in the working bowl of a food processor, said tool having a disc-like member and an elongated hub including coupling means adapted to be coupled to tool drive means for rotating the tool, said elongated hub having its head attached to said disc-like member, said rotary tool comprising:

• said hub head being attached to said disc-like member at a position which is offset from the center of said disc-like member,
• an offset shank portion of said elongated hub connecting said offset hub head with a second portion of said elongated hub which includes said coupling means,
• said second portion of said elongated hub being aligned with the center of said disc-like member for rotation of said disc-like member about an axis of rotation passing through the center of said disc-like member, and
• cutting means on said disc-like member located generally between the center of said member and its periphery and being located generally on the opposite side of said disc-like member from said offset hub head,
• whereby said cutting means may have a working active zone comparable in radial extent with the radius of said disc-like member.

In a food processor of the type including tool drive means, a bowl for enclosing a rotatable tool within said bowl, said rotary tool being driveable by said tool drive means, the invention comprising:

• said rotatable tool having an axis of rotation with a hub head radially offset from the axis of rotation,
• said rotatable tool including coupling means for engagement with said drive means, said coupling means being concentric with said axis of rotation,
• said rotatable tool including a shank connecting said coupling means with said hub head, said shank extending offset from said axis of rotation,
• said rotatable tool including a disc-like member attached to said offset hub with the center of said disc-like member positioned on said axis of rotation, and
• cutting means on said disc-like member located generally in the area of said disc-like member on the opposite side from said offset hub.