Food processing arrangement
First Claim
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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Abstract
A food processing arrangement for mashing various food products to provide a food of the nature of West African fufu. The food processor has a base unit with a rotation producing structure. A mashing unit having a roller is removably mounted on the base unit and is driven by the rotation producing structure and a bowl is removably mounted on the base unit and the roller of the mashing unit is positioned in the food receiving cavity of the bowl. The roller has driving engagement with the inside surface of the bowl so that the roller rotates the bowl about the bowl axis as the roller rotates about the roller axis. Food in the food receiving cavity is mashed between the inside surface of the bowl and the outer surface of the roller. A scraper is provided to scrape food from the outside surface of the roller and the inside surface of the bowl and is positioned to direct the food so scraped to a predetermined location where the mashed food may be removed from the bowl.
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19 Claims
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1. An improved food processing arrangement comprising, in combination:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An improved food processing arrangement comprising, in combination:
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a mashing unit having; a rotation producing means comprising; a manually rotatable crank for rotation about a first axis; a gear box operatively connected to said crank for transmitting rotary motion thereof; having; a pair of spaced apart rollers, a first of said pair of rollers operatively connected to said gear box for rotation thereby about a second axis; a scraper means having a first scraper member in food removing relationship to said first of said pair of rollers for removing food from the outside surface of said first roller; a base unit having; a support surface; a rigid framework extending upwardly from said support surface, and said mashing unit mounted on said rigid framework; a bowl movably and detachably mountable on said base unit between said first of said pair of rollers and the second of said pair of rollers, and said bowl having; an outside surface in tangential contact with said second of said pair of rollers; an inside surface defining a food receiving cavity and said inside surface in tangential rotary motion transmitting contact with said first of said pair of rollers and in food mashing relationship to said first of said pair of rollers for the condition of said first of said pair of rollers rotating about said second axis; said first of said pair of rollers rotating said bowl about a third axis at a predetermined rotational rate for the condition of said first of said pair of rollers rotating about said second axis, whereby food in said food receiving cavity of said bowl is mashed between said outside surface of said first of said pair of rollers and said inside surface of said bowl. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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