Salad spinner dryer apparatus rotated by speed reducing friction drive for use wih food processors
US4702162A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 14, 1987 |
| Grant date | Oct 27, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 14, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47J43/06
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A salad spinner dryer attachment is provided for a food processor having a base housing containing an electrical motor drive with a deck located on top of the base housing for removably mounting a working bowl thereon in predetermined engaged fixed position and having a tool drive shaft projecting vertically above the deck which drive shaft is rotatable by the motor drive at a first rotational speed around a main vertical axis of rotation. The attachement has an upstanding auxiliary bowl removably mountable upon the deck in place of the working bowl in the predetermined engaged fixed position. This auxiliary bowl has an uninterrupted side wall and a bottom trough for catching and holding any water which drains down its inside surface. A slotted basket is rotatably mountable in the auxiliary bowl to rotate around the main vertical axis at a second rotational speed substantially less than the first rotational speed of the tool drive shaft. A removable coupling sleeve is engageable with the tool drive shaft for rotating thereby about the main axis and has an exterior friction drive surface concentric with the main vertical axis with a radius "r" from this vertical axis. The auxiliary …
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