Food processor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9107539-B2
Application number	US-201313781743-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 28, 2013
Priority date	Apr 9, 2012
Publication date	Aug 18, 2015
Grant date	Aug 18, 2015

Abstract

A food processor includes at least two different types of blades to process foods. A processing assembly includes a shaft, a set of pureeing blades attached to the shaft, and a set of substantially horizontal blades attached to the shaft. Each substantially horizontal blade may have a rearwardly curved leading cutting edge. The substantially horizontal blades are positioned higher with a food processing container than the pureeing blades. In some embodiments, upwardly angled blades may be included to induce vertical circulation and/or vorticial flow of the processed food.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A food processor blade assembly comprising:
a shaft having an axis of rotation;
a first, lower set of blades rotatable by the shaft about the axis of rotation; and
a second, higher set of blades rotatable by the shaft about the axis of rotation, the second set of blades positioned higher on the shaft than the first set of blades;
wherein:
the first, lower set of blades includes first and second blades, each blade having at least a portion angled downw…

Assignees

• Euro Pro Operating Llc

Inventors

• Rosenzweig Mark
• Audette David M

Classifications

• A47J43/04

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• B01F2013/108

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• A47J43/0722 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• B01F7/00641

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• A47J43/046

  Human Necessities · mapped topic