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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 1983
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1981
Gary E Van Deursen, Upper Saddle River, NJ (US);
General Electric Company, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a food processer of the slicer/shredder type having a power base L-shaped housing and a second feed chute offset from the upstanding base and rotatably attached to the L-shaped housing to extend above it in an operative positive position over the L with the chute foldable in a box-like position for compact and convenient storage. A cylindrical hollow cutter disposed in one end of the chute and an axially aligned cylindrical outlet with a detachable spout is disposed adjacent the cutter. A clutch around the shaft rotatably connects the chute and housing together and the shaft is slanted down up to 10.degree. below and over the L-portion with housing and chute having abutting spaces offset substantially the same amount from the vertical for food to easily exit the outlet. An interlocking control connects the clutch so the chute is partly rotated from the vertical operative position in one direction about the shaft for removal and cleaning and/or it may be rotated substantially 180.degree. in the other direction from the vertical while aligning the chute and housing together box-like for compact inoperative storage. A pusher is provided in the chute to force food against the cutters and locking the chute in inoperative position.