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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2008
Enrico Dalla Piazza, Schneisingen, CH;
Edward H. Kilduff, New York, NY (US);
Chi Ming Tse, New Territories, CN;
Gareth Brown, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Enrico Dalla Piazza, Schneisingen, CH;
Edward H. Kilduff, New York, NY (US);
Chi Ming Tse, New Territories, CN;
Gareth Brown, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Enrico Dalla Piazza, Nürensdorf, CH;
Abstract
A pivotally-leveraged manual centrifugal drive according to a preferred embodiment of the invention for use with a bowl and a basket formed to nest within the bowl, comprising: a) a housing formed to mate with the bowl; b) a rotation wheel rotatably connected to the housing, formed to mate with the basket, and having a plane of rotation; c) a handle pivotally attached to the housing and oriented to move in a plane that is substantially perpendicular to the plane of rotation of the rotation wheel; and d) gears connecting the handle to the rotation wheel. Also disclosed are an automatic clutch that engages the rotation wheel only when the handle is moved in one direction, and a braking mechanism that includes a disk having a diameter substantially smaller than the rotation wheel.