Patent ID: 6412717
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A grater for grating food comprising:a container for housing food to be grated, the container having first engagement means to releasably attach the container to a substantially circular grating portion for grating food held in the container and an inner surface with a non-circular cross-section, the inner surface inhibiting rotation of food to be held in the container, the grating portion also having second engagement means to cooperate with the first engagement means on the container; wherein extremities of the inner surface with the non-circular cross-section lie on a periphery of the circular grating portion and the first engagement means on the container and the circular grating portion cooperate with one another to allow rotation of the circular grating portion relative to the container, the grater further comprising mechanical means provided to exert pressure on food in the container to force food in the container into contact with the grating portion, the mechanical means comprising: a threaded spindle releasably engaged at one end by the grating portion; and a pressure plate, rotation of the grating portion with respect to the container causing movement of the pressure plate along the threaded spindle, the threaded spindle being reversible through 180Â° such that once food in the container has been exhausted, the spindle can be removed, replaced in the container in an opposite sense and the container reloaded with food to be ready for use; wherein the container has a base having an indent arranged to receive the non-threaded, non-circular end of the threaded spindle not fixed to the grating portion, for free rotation of the spindle relative to the base.