Patent ID: 9662657
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: A23G,A47J,B02C

Claim:
1. A multi-purpose food grinding machine comprising: an open topped cylindrical vessel; a vessel grinding base plate; a hollow base housing; a structural support frame; a gear reduced motor; a food grinding apparatus; and a food scraping apparatus; said base housing supported by said structural support frame; said open topped cylindrical vessel having a keyed aperture fixedly and centrally attached to its underside; said motor shaft exiting said base housing and having a key that mates with said cylindrical base aperture causing said vessel to rotate when in operation; said structural support frame including a hinged, horizontally disposed top most cross bar; said cross bar removably fastened on one side of said frame; said cross bar having a centrally located aperture for retaining a downwardly and centrally disposed shaft; said shaft terminating at its top most portion in a spring biased pressure adjustment mechanism; said shaft terminating at its lowest portion in a grinding member receiving portion; said grinding member receiving portion including off set shafts that removably retain said grinding members; said grinding members being round in cross section where the lowest portion of each grinding member is in contact with said grinding base plate; said grinding members caused to rotate as said vessel is rotated by said gear reduced motor; said rotating grinding members crushing any food items that are trapped between said rotating grinding members and said grinding base plate and said food scraping apparatus terminating in a food scraping member and fixed to said centrally disposed shaft in a spring biased fashion so that said food scraping member can remove food items from the side walls of said vessel and cause them to drop back into the base portion of said vessel to be further crushed and ground.