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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2012
David J. Gushwa, Mishawaka, IN (US);
Euan Skinner Macleod, New Territories, HK;
Edith M. Wine, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
David J. Gushwa, Mishawaka, IN (US);
Euan Skinner MacLeod, New Territories, HK;
Edith M. Wine, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A container and system for holding a cutting tool of a food processing device is disclosed. The container includes a shell defining a chamber sized to receive one of at least a first cutting tool and a second cutting tool. The shell has a slot that receives a stem of the first cutting tool when the first cutting tool is positioned in the chamber and another slot that receives a stem of the second cutting tool when the second cutting tool is positioned in the chamber. The shell also has a plurality of openings that are sized to permit fluid to pass into the chamber.