Patent ID: 6715706
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
Food processing or blending appliance able to be mounted on a separate base that contains an electric motor to constitute a food processor or blender, said appliance comprising:a first appliance component constituting a container adapted to be mounted on the base, said container having a bottom provided with an opening; a food processing tool support assembly associated with said container, said assembly having; a second appliance component constituting a tool support removably secured in said opening provided in said bottom of said container, said support having an axis; a rotary axle mounted through said support, said axle having two extremities; an engaging element able to be driven by the electric motor when said container is mounted on the base, said engaging element being borne at one of said extremities of said axle; and a food processing tool mounted at the other of said extremities of said axle, said food processing tool being rotatable about said axis; wherein one of said appliance components comprises locking means and a control button and the other of said appliance components has at least one conformation that is disposed in correspondence with said locking means when said container is in a given position relative to said tool support along said axis and has been brought to bear against a support area provided around said opening in said bottom of said container, said locking means being movable in a plane transverse to said axis to engage said at least one conformation when said container is in the given position relative to said tool support, said locking means being actionable by said control button.