Manually drivable apparatus for comminuting foods

A manually drivable apparatus for comminuting food, comprising:

• a vessel substantially rotationally symmetrical about a central axis for receiving a material to be cut;
• a removeable cover comprising,
• (a) a base mounted non-rotatably on the vessel,
• (b) a drive part rotatable about the central axis of the vessel, and
• (c) a gear including a gear ring non-rotatably connected to the drive part,
• (d) a central wheel concentrical to the gear ring, and
• (e) at least one rotatable intermediate wheel engaging with the gear ring and the central wheel;
• a shaft rotatably mounted at an underside of the base and extending along the central axis of the vessel, the shaft being non-rotatably connected to the central wheel, and
• a blade configuration including at least one blade mounted to the shaft and projecting approximately at a right angle from the same, where on a first longitudinal edge of the at least one blade a first cutting edge facing in a first direction of rotation is provided and on a second longitudinal edge of the at least one blade a second cutting edge facing in a second direction of rotation opposite to the first direction of rotation is provided.

A manually drivable apparatus for comminuting food, comprising:

• a vessel substantially rotationally symmetrical about a central axis for receiving a material to be cut;
• a removeable cover including,
• (a) a base mounted non-rotatably on the vessel,
• (b) a cap covering the base and rotatable about the central axis of the vessel,
• (c) a gear including a gear ring non-rotatably connected to the cap,
• (d) a central wheel concentrical to the gear ring, and
• (e) at least one rotatable intermediate wheel engaging with the gear ring and the central wheel;
• a shaft rotatably mounted at an underside of the base and extending along the central axis of the vessel, the shaft being non-rotatably connected to the central wheel,
• a blade configuration comprising at least one blade mounted to the shaft and projecting approximately at a right angle from the shaft, where at least one cutting edge is provided on the at least one blade.