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US 4,309,823 AGranted
Rotary kitchen utensil
AssigneesVincent Angelo, Joseph Angelo
InventorsAngelo Antolino, Vincent Angelo, Joseph Angelo
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AssigneesVincent Angelo, Joseph Angelo
InventorsAngelo Antolino, Vincent Angelo, Joseph Angelo
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A hand-held kitchen utensil having a manually operable rotary drive mechanism including a helical grooved spindle housed within a tubular protective sleeve. The drive mechanism is actuated by the alternate application of a substantially vertically directed downward force which slidably displaces the sleeve. Upon removal of said force, a restoring spring force returns the protective sleeve to its initial position. This reciprocal sleeve movement is effective for rotating the spindle and an attached circular blade in respective clockwise and counterclockwise directions. A plurality of arcuate support bands extend from the circular blade and form auxiliary food mixing elements. The invention also encompasses the selective utilization of interchangeable blades which can be attached for specific food processing requirements.
A hand-held kitchen utensil adapted for processing foods comprising manually operable drive means for converting linear to rotary motion, said drive means being coupled to a blade subassembly for rotation therewith in each of two directions, said drive means being housed within a protective tubular sleeve to prevent contact with the food substances being processed, the blade subassembly further having a barrel section interfitting with said tubular sleeve whereby the tubular sleeve is received within the barrel section during vertical displacement thereof.
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