Scraper arrangement pertaining to food processors
First Claim
1. A scraper arrangement for use in combination with food processors of the kind in which the processor is a cutting appliance which cuts or chops the foodstuffs to be prepared, and which includes a container (2) having an upper peripheral edge and the container is fitted with a lid (3) which has a peripheral edge and an inlet opening (4) through which foodstuffs can be introduced into the container as the appliance operates, and wherein the container (2) is stationary while the applicance operates and in which rotating cutting means are located above the container bottom, said scraper arrangement (1) comprising:
- an annulus and at least two elongate scrapers (6-9) attached to and depending from said annulus (10) in annular spaced-apart arrangement, said annulus being adapted to be placed in the upper part of the container (2) with the elongate scrapers extending down from the annulus and adjacent the inner surface of the container;
said annulus (10) including radially outwardly extending projections (11-13) adapted to be located between said lid (3) and the upper peripheral edge (14) of the container; and
wherein the lid (3) includes downwardly directed shoulders (15-17) which when said lid is on the container, lie against the upper peripheral container edge (14); and
wherein said shoulders (15-17) define therebetween and between the lid and said upper peripheral container edge, arcuate slots in which the radially directed projections (11-13) are disposed and will slide when the annulus (10) is rotated relative to the container (2).
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The present invention thus relates to a scraping arrangement in food processors of the kind in which the processor is a cutting appliance which cuts or chops the foodstuffs to be prepared, and which includes a container (2) fitted with a lid (3) which has an inlet opening (4) through which foodstuffs can be introduced into the container as the appliance operates, wherein the container (2) is stationary while the appliance operates and in which rotating cutting means are located above the container bottom. The invention is characterized in that the scraper arrangement (1) includes two or more scrapers (6-9) which are attached to an annulus (10) which is intended to be placed in the upper part of the container (2) with the scrapers extending down from the annulus along the inner surface of the container; in that the annulus (10) includes radially and outwardly extending projections (11-13) which are intended to be located between the lid (3) and the upper container edge (14); and in that the lid (3) includes downwardly directed shoulders (15-17) which are intended to lie against the upper container edge (14); and in that the shoulders (15-17) define therebetween a gap (18, 19) into which the radially directed projections (11-13) are intended to run when the annulus (10) is rotated relative to the container (2).
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1. A scraper arrangement for use in combination with food processors of the kind in which the processor is a cutting appliance which cuts or chops the foodstuffs to be prepared, and which includes a container (2) having an upper peripheral edge and the container is fitted with a lid (3) which has a peripheral edge and an inlet opening (4) through which foodstuffs can be introduced into the container as the appliance operates, and wherein the container (2) is stationary while the applicance operates and in which rotating cutting means are located above the container bottom, said scraper arrangement (1) comprising:
- an annulus and at least two elongate scrapers (6-9) attached to and depending from said annulus (10) in annular spaced-apart arrangement, said annulus being adapted to be placed in the upper part of the container (2) with the elongate scrapers extending down from the annulus and adjacent the inner surface of the container;
said annulus (10) including radially outwardly extending projections (11-13) adapted to be located between said lid (3) and the upper peripheral edge (14) of the container; and
wherein the lid (3) includes downwardly directed shoulders (15-17) which when said lid is on the container, lie against the upper peripheral container edge (14); and
wherein said shoulders (15-17) define therebetween and between the lid and said upper peripheral container edge, arcuate slots in which the radially directed projections (11-13) are disposed and will slide when the annulus (10) is rotated relative to the container (2). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- an annulus and at least two elongate scrapers (6-9) attached to and depending from said annulus (10) in annular spaced-apart arrangement, said annulus being adapted to be placed in the upper part of the container (2) with the elongate scrapers extending down from the annulus and adjacent the inner surface of the container;
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