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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2013
Ki Mee Metal & Plastic Factory Limited, Hong Kong SAR, CN;
Shun So, Hong Kong, CN;
KI MEE METAL & PLASTIC FACTORY LIMITED, Hong Kong SAR, CN;
Abstract
A food processing apparatus has a housing, a basket supported in the housing for rotation about an axis of rotation, and a drive mechanism supported by the housing for rotating the basket to process food in the housing, for example, spinning off water from the food. The drive mechanism has a manual operating lever, a gearwheel rotated by the lever and coupled to the basket for rotating the basket, and a centrifugal clutch between the lever and the gearwheel for transmitting a rotational drive force from the lever to the gearwheel. The food processing apparatus includes a brake mechanism supported by the housing for braking rotation of the basket, the brake mechanism having a braking member frictionally engageable with the gearwheel to stop rotation of the basket.