Patent ID: 7066082
Filing Date: 2006-06-27
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A food processing machine including: a base; a motor supported on the base; a housing attached to the base and providing a processing chamber and a chute having a delivery passage via which food to be processed is delivered to an interior of the chamber; a grating disc located in the chamber and connected to the motor so that upon operation of the motor the disc is rotatably driven about an axis, the disc being positioned relative to the chute so that food delivered to the delivery passage is moved therealong to engage the disc; a plunger reciprocable in the passage and movable to engage the food and move the food toward the disc; and a food engaging member to engage the food, the member being attached to the housing to be movable relative to the delivery passage between an extended position projecting into the passage to engage food passing therethrough, and a retracted position displaced from the extended position so as to at least not project into the passage to the extent the member does when in the extended position.