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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1998
Stig Lillelund, Gentolfte, DK;
Jakob Heiberg, Charlottenlund, DK;
Mikael Koch, Virum, DK;
Robert HC.M. Daenen, Essene, BE;
Johan MJ.K. Mortier, Grimminge, BE;
Dart Industries Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A salad spinner having a base which receives a basket for rotation therein. A cover mounts to the base and includes a drive plate with engages the basket to drive same. The basket includes an upper edge spaced closely to the base for stability. The basket further includes one or more access depressions permitting a user to insert a finger between the basket and base. The drive plate includes one or more drive projections which abut against the access depressions, permitting these access depressions to also be used as a portion of the drive train. The cover may be inverted to an inoperative position for reduced storage space, and a storage cap may be secured to the base to store the salad spinner, of simply the contents of the base, free from contamination.