Machine tool for processing food products, having improved latching means, and machine equipped with such a tool

A machine for processing food products, comprising a body and a tool which can be secured in a dismountable manner to the body, the tool comprising a cover tube, and a shaft for driving in rotation a member for processing the products, which shaft is mounted in the cover tube,

• wherein the body defines an axial bore which is to receive a first end portion of the cover tube and which is provided with a shoulder,
• wherein the cover tube is provided at a first end with dismountable means for latching onto a machine body, which means comprise, at the first end, at least one flexible axial resilient arm which is provided with a hook which can cooperate with the complementary shoulder of the body, in such a manner as to form a snap-in connection, and
• wherein cover tube has, at the first end, a plurality of axial projections distributed in a peripheral manner,
• the machine further comprising a block of resilient material interposed between the base of the bore of the body and the first end of the cover tube, when the cover tube is latched onto the body, the block having a bearing face for the first end of the cover tube, said face having axial recesses which are substantially complementary with the axial projections of the cover tube.