Auxiliary container for salad spinner
AssigneeWKI Holding Company, Inc.
InventorsPaul Mulhauser, Tucker Fort
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Abstract
A food drying device of the type which includes an outer housing, a perforated main container in the housing and a drive apparatus on the housing for rotating the main container relative to the housing, includes a perforated auxiliary container disposable in the main container, and including an open-top bowl-shaped base and a removable lid. The bottom of the base has plural radial grooves which mate with radial ribs on the bottom of the main container so that they rotate together without slippage. A central hub on the main container lid is receivable in a central recess on the auxiliary container lid to limit relative axial movement.
Claims22
An auxiliary container removably receivable in a rotatable main container of a food drying device, the auxiliary container comprising:
- a wall structure defining a closed food-containing cavity and having apertures formed therein and communicating with the cavity;
- the wall structure having a section movable between open and closed conditions to define a closeable access port into the cavity;
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- control structure on the wall structure adapted for interface with an associated rotatable main container of a food drying device.
In a food drying device including an outer housing, a perforated main container in the housing and a drive apparatus on the housing for rotating the main container relative to the housing, the improvement comprising:
- a perforated auxiliary container disposable in the main container and having a closeable access port;
- first and second engagement structures respectively on the main container and the auxiliary container for engagement with each other to effect rotation of the auxiliary container with the main container,
- the main container and the auxiliary container having a common axis of rotation, and
- first and second retaining structures respectively on the main container and the auxiliary container for cooperation to limit relative axial movement thereof.
In a food drying device including an outer housing, a perforated main container in the housing and a drive apparatus on the housing for rotating the main container relative to the housing, the improvement comprising:
- a perforated auxiliary container disposable in the main container,
- the auxiliary container including an open-top base having side and bottom portions and a lid removably mountable on the base for closing the open top of the base;
- first hand second engagement structures respectively on the main container and the auxiliary container for engagement with each other to effect rotation of the auxiliary container with the main container,
- the main container and the auxiliary container having a common axis of rotation, and
- first and second retaining structures respectively on the main container and the auxiliary container for cooperation to limit relative axial movement thereof.
The device of claim, 17, wherein the main container has a top portion, the first and second retaining structures being respectively formed on the top portion and the lid. structure including recesses formed on the base of the auxiliary container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.