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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1985
Stephen L Whittenburg, Overland Park, KS (US);
David S Morris, Kansas City, MO (US);
Albert V Edmonds, Kansas City, MO (US);
John McGaw, Markham, CA;
David D McCormick, Trappe, MD (US);
William L Bartlett, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Edward Cruz, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
David Harding, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Rival Manufacturing Company, Kansas City, MO (US);
Abstract
A food processor for cutting, comminuting and blending various culinary ingredients includes a drive unit which is expressly designed for installation on the underside of kitchen cabinets and at least one food receiving container having a rotating cutter assembly disposed therein. The rotating cutter assembly includes a pair of blades slidably mounted upon a shaft which food in opposite directions to improve the uniformity of cutting and blending. The food container is slidably received in the drive unit and a connection and release mechanism therein automatically interconnects the cutter assembly with an output drive member in the drive unit when the food container is fully seated therein. A release mechanism may be manually activated to disconnect the drive member prior to the removal of the food container from the drive unit.