Patent ID: 7644655
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: A23N

Abstract:
1. A commercial tomato strainer attachment removably connectable to a commercial mixer for pureeing food products, said commercial tomato strainer attachment comprising: a hopper having an open top end provided with a downwardly converging outer wall terminating at an open bottom end, said open bottom end having a cylindrical shape and being provided with a diameter smaller than a diameter of said open top end such that the tomato deposited into said hopper are caused to exit out a vertical passageway centrally registered with said open bottom end; a bottom support member directly coupled to said open bottom end of said hopper, said bottom support member further having a cavity vertically aligned beneath said open bottom end, said cavity directing the tomato along a horizontal passageway leading away from said vertical passageway; an elongated drive shaft having a longitudinal length extending through said cavity, said longitudinal length of said drive shaft being registered orthogonal to said vertical passageway, said drive shaft including a helical blade monolithically formed therewith in such a manner that said helical blade travels along a major longitudinal length of said drive shaft and converges inwardly towards a distal end of said drive shaft, said helical blade being partially seated within said bottom support member and transitioning the tomato from said vertical passageway to said horizontal passageway; a universal coupling mounted directly to an exterior of said bottom support member and concentrically housed about a proximal end of said drive shaft, said proximal end of said drive shaft and said coupling are removably attached directly to a peripheral commercial mixer; and a hollow chamber directly coupled to said bottom support member, said hollow chamber housing a major longitudinal length of said blade and said drive shaft respectively, said hollow chamber having a distal end for discharging the tomatoes out from said hollow chamber.