Patent ID: 8833683
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A food processing device comprising: a base having a motor positioned therein, a removable bowl coupled to the base, a removable lid coupled to the bowl so as to define a processing chamber, the lid having a feed tube that opens into the bowl and an access opening, a blade assembly positioned in the processing chamber and driven by the motor, the blade assembly including a cutting blade to cut food items advanced through the feed tube, a rotating disk including an upper surface, the rotating disk being upwardly and downwardly moveable relative to the cutting blade to adjust the distance between the upper surface of the rotating disk and the cutting blade, and an adjustment assembly operable to move the rotating disk relative to the cutting blade, wherein (i) the adjustment assembly includes a control knob coupled to the blade assembly and positioned above the upper surface of the rotating disk, and (ii) the control knob has an upper end that extends through the access opening in the removable lid such that the upper end of the control knob is positioned outside of the processing chamber, wherein the removable lid includes (i) a shell having an inner surface that defines a portion of the processing chamber and an outer surface positioned opposite the inner surface, and (ii) a housing extending upwardly from the outer surface of the shell, and the upper end of the control knob is positioned in the housing; and wherein the removable lid further includes a cover pivotally coupled to the shell, the cover being movable between (i) a first position in which user-access to the control knob is permitted, and (ii) a second position in which user-access to the control knob is prevented.