Patent ID: 7153120
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: A21C,A47J,B01F,F16C

Abstract:
1. A device for making pasta from pasta making ingredients, comprising: a container capable of housing pasta making ingredients; a housing containing a driven auger screw which conveys pasta making ingredients out from the container when the auger screw is driven; and a thrust bearing, the thrust bearing having a first plate and a second washer, the first and the second washers accepting thrust loads from the auger screw when the auger screw is driven, the first washer having an annular portion and a flange portion that extends away from the annular portion, which can be deformed to be snapped on and partially surround the auger screw and rotating with the auger screw when the auger screw is driven and the second washer not rotating with the auger screw when the auger screw is driven.