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US 6,622,618 B1Granted
Salad spinner
AssigneeBojour, Inc.
InventorsDov Z. Glucksman, Laura J. Nickerson, Gary P. McGonagle
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Abstract
A battery-operated two-speed salad spinner. The bowl receives one of two differently sized baskets. A cover includes a driving mechanism that rotates a selected bowl through a driving wheel.
Claims19
A salad spinner comprising:
- A) a bowl having an open top and a closed bottom with a central pivot,
- B) an open-top lattice first basket with a bottom portion carrying a central bearing for engaging said central pivot upon insertion into said bowl,
- C) a second basket for insertion into said bowl with a different size from said first bowl,
- D) a removable cover spanning said open top of said bowl and including an electric drive with a centrally disposed drive shaft emerging from said cover toward said bowl, and
- E) a drive wheel having a central hub engaging said drive shaft and first and second driving surfaces for engaging said first and second baskets, respectively, in a positive driving relationship whereby energizing said electric drive causes said drive wheel to spin a selected one of said baskets relative to said bowl.
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A salad spinner comprising:
- A) a bowl having an open top and a closed bottom with a central pivot,
- B) an open-top lattice basket with a bottom portion carrying a central bearing for engaging said central pivot upon insertion into said bowl,
- C) a removable cover spanning said open top of said bowl and including an electric drive with a centrally disposed drive shaft emerging from said cover toward said bowl,
- D) a drive wheel having a central hub engaging said drive shaft and a driving surface for engaging said basket in a positive driving relationship whereby energizing said electric drive causes said drive wheel to spin said basket relative to said bowl,
- E) a centrally located drain in the bottom of said bowl thereby to discharge any water collected in said bowl.
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A salad spinner for facilitating the washing of salad ingredients comprising:
- A) a bowl having an open top and a closed bottom with a central pivot,
- B) an open-top lattice basket with a bottom portion carrying a central bearing for engaging said central pivot upon insertion into said bowl,
- C) a removable cover spanning said open top of said bowl and including an electric drive with a centrally disposed drive shaft emerging from said cover toward said bowl wherein said cover additionally comprises a passage therethrough for allowing water to be added to said bowl when said cover is in place on said bowl,
- D) a drive wheel having a central hub engaging said drive shaft and a driving surface for engaging said basket in a positive driving relationship whereby energizing said electric drive causes said drive wheel to spin said basket relative to said bowl, and
- E) a drain and drain valve in the bottom of said bowl thereby to control the discharge of water from said bowl through said drain.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.