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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1997
Karen Wolters, Chicago, IL (US);
The Pampered Chef, Ltd., Addison, IL (US);
Abstract
An improved hand-held, hand-crank operated rotary drum-type grater for cheese and the like is provided which has a housing that has portions which are slidably engagable with mouth adjacent lip portions of a predetermined collection vessel for grated material. The grater preferably utilizes a cage-type drum body having a cylindrical surface defined by a metal sheet having bladed perforations. The drum is insertable into either end of a cylindrical cavity defined transversely in the unitary housing of the grater hopper rotary drum and thereafter the drum is engagable with a crank. The vessel can be associated with either opposite side of the housing and the association of this vessel with either housing side does not interfere with grater operation.