Patent ID: 8051769
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: A47J,B26D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A food processor comprising: a receptacle configured to receive processed food; a food guide configured to receive food for processing and in communication with the receptacle to at least partially define a food processing path from the food guide to the receptacle; a cutting tool selectively movable through the food processing path to cut food as it passes through the food processing path; a dicing grid located in the food processing path, between the cutting tool and the receptacle, having multiple intersecting elements defining multiple dicing openings through which the cut food must pass to dice the cut food; a clean-out tool selectively moveable into the dicing openings; and a drive mechanism coupled to the clean-out tool to selectively move the clean-out tool into the dicing openings to remove food remaining in the dicing openings.