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Food processing arrangement

  • US 6,042,034 A
  • Filed: 01/04/1999
  • Issued: 03/28/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/06/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An improved food processing arrangement comprising, in combination:

  • a base unit having;

    a rotation producing means;

    a drive train operatively connected to said rotation producing means for transmitting rotary motion thereof about a first axis;

    a mashing unit removably mountable on said base unit and having;

    a frame member;

    a roller having an outer surface and mounted on said frame member for rotation about a second axis;

    a connection member coupled to said roller for operatively connecting said roller to said drive train for rotation of said roller about a second axis at a second predetermined rotational rate;

    a scraper member having a first portion in food removing relationship to said roller for removing food from the outside surface of said roller;

    a bowl movably and detachably mounted on said base unit and having;

    an outside surface;

    an inside surface defining a food receiving cavity and said inside surface in food mashing relationship to said roller for the condition of said roller rotating about said second axis;

    said roller rotating said bowl about a third axis at a third predetermined rotational rate for the condition of said roller rotating about said second axis, whereby food in said food receiving cavity of said bowl is mashed between said outside surface of said roller and said inside surface of said bowl.

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