Patent ID: 11918022
Assignee: GOODNATURE PRODUCTS, INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. An apparatus for grinding food, comprising:
a grinder housing having a bottom wall with a central opening and side wall having an opening defining a food exit ramp;
a grinder removably attachable to said grinder housing and spaced above said grinder housing bottom wall, whereby the grinder is configured such that food passing through said grinder is ejected toward the side wall, the grinder having:
a cutting ring and plate, said cutting ring removably attachable in rotationally fixed relation to said grinder housing;
a chute having an interior extending between first and second ends, said second end located adjacent said grinder;
a lid selectively movable between open and closed positions with respect to said chute first end, whereby when said lid is in said open position, said chute interior is accessible via the chute first end;
an arm having a first end attached to said lid and a second end pivotally connected to said grinder housing, said arm selectively movable together with said lid between said open and closed positions;
a motor operable to rotate said plate; and
a sensor device operable to stop said motor in response to said lid being moved from the closed position toward the open position; and

a pressing chamber having:
first and second pressing walls, at least one of said pressing walls selectively movable toward and away from the other said pressing wall,
a pressing plate mounted adjacent said second pressing wall,
said first pressing wall being removably attachable to a platen,
a chamber bottom wall,
opposite first and second chamber side walls extending between said first and second pressing walls, and
an open top leading to a chamber interior.