Patent ID: 9326640
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: A47J

Claim Text:
1. A pusher assembly for a food processor, comprising: a first feed tube extension having a body dimensioned to be slidably received by a feed tube of a lid of said food processor, a cover atop said body, and an aperture formed in said cover; a main pusher having a substantially planar bottom surface defining a first pusher area and an aperture through said bottom surface, said main pusher also including a stack extending upwardly from said bottom surface and surrounding said aperture, said stack being slidably receivable by said aperture in said cover of said first feed tube extension; and a secondary pusher having a substantially planar bottom surface defining a second pusher area, said secondary pusher being slidably receivable by said main pusher; wherein said first feed tube extension being movable between a nested position in which said first feed tube extension is substantially nested within said feed tube of said lid and an extended position in which said first feed tube extension extends substantially above said feed tube of said lid; wherein said main pusher is movable between a nested position in which said stack is substantially entirely housed within said first feed tube extension and an extended position in which said stack extends substantially above said cover of said first feed tube extension; and wherein said first pusher area is substantially greater than said second pusher area.