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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2000
Kevin G. Short, LaGrange, IL (US);
Leon C. Clouser, Jr., Lombard, IL (US);
David May, Geneva, IL (US);
Diane Subsits, Chicago, IL (US);
Daiying Huang, Chicago, IL (US);
The Pampered Chef, Ltd., Addison, IL (US);
Abstract
A manually operated, two lever arm type garlic press is provided which a detachably associated cleaning plate that is stored at the front end of the one of the lever arms (preferably, the first lever arm). The cleaning plate is provided with projections on its inner surface which are adopted to engage with apertures in the floor plate of the press chamber so as to clean debris from the apertures after usage of the garlic press. During storage, the projections extend forwardly from the associated lever arm. The cleaning plate is provided with opposing side clips and with top and bottom stabilizing legs that coact together and cooperate with side portions of the associated lever arm adjacent to the front end to hold the cleaning plate relative to that lever arm. Preferably, the top stabilizing leg also functions as a lock to retain the lever arms in a closed configuration during garlic press storage.