Patent ID: 6035771
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A hand operated food processor comprising a container for the food to be processed; a plurality of rotary tools each for processing food; each tool individually releasably engaged with engaging means connected to a gear assembly, the engaging means comprising one end of a first shaft carrying a gear which engages a gear wheel connected to a drive shaft for a rotary handle, by which the processor is hand operated; a third shaft carrying two spaced apart gears of different diameters adjacent the other two, the four gears forming the gear assembly, arranged so that in one condition the first gear engages the drive shaft gear and the gears of the third shaft are idle and the tool connected to the engaging means is rotatable at a relatively slow speed and in a second condition the first shaft gear engages the wider diameter gear on the third shaft and the narrower diameter gear engages the drive shaft gear, whereby the tool connected to the engaging means is rotatable at a relatively faster rate.