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Food processor interlock

  • US 4,111,372 A
  • Filed: 04/25/1977
  • Issued: 09/05/1978
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/25/1977
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a food processor having a power base with a bowl-supporting portion and driven shaft extending vertically therefrom, an adjacent upstanding motor-containing housing, a bowl on said portion containing a cutter on said shaft, and an internal switch-controlled motor energizing circuit, an improved interlock comprising,a bowl lid,means operatively securing said lid to the bowl opposite the motor housing on lid rotation axially of the shaft toward the housing,a top housing opening at lid height opposite the securing means,an arm on the lid movable from without into the opening on lid rotation,releasable arm locking/switch activating means internally of said openingwhereby the circuit is deenergized by opening the internal switch and the processor rendered inoperative on lid removal.

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