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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wayne B. Margolin, Kowloon, CN;
Assignee:
Mr. Bar-B-Q, Inc., Old Bethpage, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 3/710 ; A47J 4/304 ; F26B 1/724 ; F26B 1/730 ; A23L 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 3/710 ; A47J 4/304 ; F26B 1/724 ; F26B 1/730 ; A23L 1/00 ;
Abstract
A centrifugal dryer for leafy comestibles includes a basket within a cylindrical cabinet. Overlying the cabinet is a cover assembly having a lid, an external crank arm and a gear train sealed within a gearbox mounted to the underside of the lid. An output shaft of the gear train engages a central tower of the basket to rotate the basket about a vertical axis. The cover assembly includes a hand brake mechanism having a brake pad which selectively engages an upper peripheral lip flange of the basket for stopping rotation without straining the gear train.