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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1998
Theodore McBain, Tahoe City, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A food processing system is described, comprising a processing chamber having a material intake and a shaft aperture, a motor assembly having a shaft, the shaft rotating along a vertical axis when the motor turns, the shaft passing through said shaft aperture into said processing chamber, an accessory coupler positioned within the processing chamber and coupled with the shaft, the accessory coupler having a first aperture and a second aperture, the first aperture being positioned so that material introduced into the processing chamber passes into the accessory coupler, and out through the second aperture, a blade assembly slidably connected to the accessory coupler so that the blade assembly may be vertically positioned in at least two distinct vertical locations along the axis of rotation of the shaft, the blade assembly further comprising an aperture through which material passes from the accessory coupler, through the blade assembly, into the processing chamber, as the shaft is rotated by said motor assembly.