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Devices and methods to disintegrate foods

  • US 8,869,686 B2
  • Filed: 03/05/2013
  • Issued: 10/28/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2009
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device comprising:

  • a container having top surface inclusive of an input orifice operable to receive foodstuff;

    a first frustoconical member oriented such that an axis thereof is generally vertical and relative to the orifice so as receive the foodstuff into a wider of two ends thereof, the first frustoconical member having a surface portion permeable to pass a slurry having a preselected particle size range therethrough;

    a generally planar abrasive disintegration plate affixed internally to the first frustoconical member at a narrowed portion thereof relative to the wider end;

    a cutting surface projection disposed on an upper surface of the disintegration plate;

    a wiper member disposed in an interior of the first frustoconical member and in contact with an interior surface thereofa second frustoconical member oriented relative to the first frustoconical member in a generally mirrored sizing and orientation such that corresponding narrowed portions are affixed to one another such that the slurry flows along an exterior surface thereof;

    a plurality of mixing elements disposed at a relatively wider portion of the second frustoconical member;

    a motor operable to rotate the first and second frustoconical members; and

    an output orifice disposed in wall of the container outwardly of the second frustoconical member relatively proximate to the mixing elements.

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