Patent ID: 8967508
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A food processor for pressing raw or cooked food into various shapes and textures comprising; (a) a tubular body with a top, walls, a base; (b) a bank of externally accessible switches at the top of said tubular body; (c) four panels pressed into grooves located in an inner wall; (d) a CPU adjacent to tubular wall located upon top horizontal panel; (e) a ball bearing assembly between an upper horizontal panel and a lower horizontal panel; (f) a ball bearing assembly securely compressed between said top horizontal panel and said lower horizontal panel; (g) a central hole in upper and lower said horizontal panels specific enabling circular motion of ball bearing inner race of said ball bearing assembly; (h) an outer threaded rod affixed to central race of said ball bearing assembly; (i) said outer threaded rod affixed to motor shaft; (j) outer ball bearing race securely compressed between said upper and lower horizontal panels; (k) a internally threaded shaft compatible with said outer threaded rod, said rod and said shaft are activated by an external switch; (l) a solid rod on each side of the internally threaded shaft, said internally threaded shaft, said rods and press plate form a press plate assembly; (m) said press plate is configured to accept a variety of processing disks; (n) additional horizontal panels spaced according to how high and how low the press plate assembly goes to meet the food processing requirement; (o) said horizontal panels have three bored openings, one on each side of said central located holes specific to insure said press plate ascends and descends predictably; (p) said outer holes said solid rods pass through are bored with close tolerance diameter of said solid rods, said central holes are bored with close tolerance of diameter of central shaft; (q) a pair of micro switches on said top horizontal panel and a pair of said micro switches on said lower horizontal panel; (r) said micro switches arc equipped with actuators can be recessed when said solid rods make contact be it upward for ascend, downward for descend, conversely, and when said solid rods withdraw from micro switches, actuators protrude; (s) or withdraw from as said press plate assembly descends or ascends adjacent to said solid rods; (t) said micro switches have internal actuators and that when recessed power can be either deactivated or activated dependent on the micro switch specific function, descend or ascend; (u) a receiving receptacle open at the top to receive various food, raw or cooked, said receptacle is but one of many, each configured for a specific purpose, to mash, mesh, cut, dice, slice or juice; (v) said disk, of which there are several, can be positioned on said press plate, each tooled to fit its compatible said receiving receptacle's configuration; (w) a frame with an inner circumference 1 mm larger than the circumference of said receiving receptacle, said receiving receptacle being pressed into said frame, said receptacle has a lip or rim that extends beyond circumference of said receptacle's circumference specific to press against the top rim of said frame; (x) said frame surrounds said receiving receptacle, once done they are set upon a ledge located within the lower section of the tubular body specifically configured to withstand whatever pressure develops from the food press process.