Food processor with a pulse button motor control arrangement

Abstract

A food processor of the blender or mixer type that includes a machine stand (1), a basin (2) for receiving the foodstuff or foodstuffs to be prepared, a basin lid (3), and one or more knives located on the bottom of the basin and driven by a drive shaft that projects up vertically through the bottom of the basin. The processor is adapted to operate at a speed set by a setting device (5) by virtue of a control circuit (6) or like device that is adapted to cause the motor (7) of the processor to rotate at a speed set by the setting device. The control circuit (6) functions to control the motor (7) to its full speed from a selected, set speed in response to an electric signal (9) from a pulse button (8) for the duration of the signal from the pulse button (8); and in that the control circuit (6) is adapted to control the motor (7) back to the set selected speed when the signal (9) from the pulse button (8) ceases.

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