Food processing tool
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1. A tool for processing foodstuff ingredients in a bowl of a food processor;
- the tool comprising a casing part mounted for bodily rotation about a drive-shaft axis disposed in operation centrally of the bowl, the casing part housing gears adapted to pick up rotary drive from a food processor drive shaft disposed on said drive-shaft axis and driven from beneath the bowl; and
the casing part supporting first and second blade members depending therefrom into the bowl;
said blade members being disposed at different distances from said drive-shaft axis and at different orientations there-around, and each formed with a compound curvature and tilt to simulate manual folding of ingredients using a spoon, thereby to gently lift and turn said ingredients;
the first blade member being further from said drive-shaft axis and being configured with a food contacting surface tilted inwards to lift ingredients and turn them in towards the axis and the second blade member being closer to said drive-shaft axis and being configured with a food contacting surface tilted outwards to lift ingredients and turn them outwardly therefrom.
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Abstract
A tool intended as an attachment or accessory for a food processor and configured to automate the delicate operation of folding ingredients together without expelling air is described. The tool includes first and second curved blades which depend from a casing part that is rotated within a processing bowl by means of a geared arrangement that picks up rotary drive from a drive shaft coupled to a driven outlet on the base of the food processor. The blades are disposed at different distances from the axis about which the casing rotates, so that the outer blade passes closer to the wall of the bowl than does the inner blade.
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1. A tool for processing foodstuff ingredients in a bowl of a food processor;
- the tool comprising a casing part mounted for bodily rotation about a drive-shaft axis disposed in operation centrally of the bowl, the casing part housing gears adapted to pick up rotary drive from a food processor drive shaft disposed on said drive-shaft axis and driven from beneath the bowl; and
the casing part supporting first and second blade members depending therefrom into the bowl;
said blade members being disposed at different distances from said drive-shaft axis and at different orientations there-around, and each formed with a compound curvature and tilt to simulate manual folding of ingredients using a spoon, thereby to gently lift and turn said ingredients;
the first blade member being further from said drive-shaft axis and being configured with a food contacting surface tilted inwards to lift ingredients and turn them in towards the axis and the second blade member being closer to said drive-shaft axis and being configured with a food contacting surface tilted outwards to lift ingredients and turn them outwardly therefrom. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
- the tool comprising a casing part mounted for bodily rotation about a drive-shaft axis disposed in operation centrally of the bowl, the casing part housing gears adapted to pick up rotary drive from a food processor drive shaft disposed on said drive-shaft axis and driven from beneath the bowl; and
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