Patent ID: 9655474
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A47J

Claim:
1. A food processor comprising: a base having a motor positioned therein, a removable bowl coupled to the base, a removable lid coupled to the bowl so as to define a processing chamber, the lid having a feed tube that opens into the bowl, a cutting assembly positioned in the processing chamber and driven by the motor to cut food items advanced through the feed tube, the cutting assembly being positionable between a plurality of cutting positions to produce cut food items of varying thicknesses, and an adjustment assembly positioned in the base, comprising (i) a first sleeve secured to the base, (ii) a second sleeve rotatively coupled to the first sleeve, and (iii) a user-operated external control device positioned at least partially outside the removable bowl operable to rotate the second sleeve relative to the first sleeve to move the cutting assembly between the plurality of cutting positions.