Patent ID: 9420916
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: A47J,B02C

Claim Text:
1. A nut chopper, comprising: a main body having a hopper configured to hold a plurality of nuts and a container positioned below the hopper; a grate positioned to support the plurality of nuts in the hopper, the grate having a plurality of slots; and a plurality of blades carried on an axle and positioned adjacent the grate for rotational movement of the plurality of blades about the axle and through the grate, each of the plurality of blades being formed as a flat plate having a central bore for supporting the blade on the axle, the plurality of blades further being separated along the axle by a plurality of spacers carried on the axle, each of the blades being mounted on the axle to form an angular orientation of the blade on the axle, the angular orientation of each one of the plurality of blades being different from the angular orientation of each other one of the plurality of blades, the angular orientation of the plurality of blades further being uniformly distributed about the entirety of the circumference of the axle.