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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2010
Joao Paulo M. Goncalves, Midland, MI (US);
Alex R. Oliveira, Lauro de Freitas, BR;
Fernando R. Oliveira, Lauro de Freitas, BR;
Eric G. Tauzer, Charlevoix, MI (US);
Joao Paulo M. Goncalves, Midland, MI (US);
Alex R. Oliveira, Lauro de Freitas, BR;
Fernando R. Oliveira, Lauro de Freitas, BR;
Eric G. Tauzer, Charlevoix, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A food processor includes a bowl with a removable lid. Food items are advanced into the bowl through a feed tube formed in the lid where they are cut by a blade assembly. A rotating disk is adjustable relative to the blade assembly to vary the thickness of the food items cut by the blade assembly. A user-operated pin is positioned below the rotating disk and is moveable between a first position in which the rotating disk is prevented from moving upwardly and downwardly, and a second position in which the rotating disk is permitted to move upwardly and downwardly.