Patent ID: 7681495

Claim:
A food processing device comprising: a housing having a lid; an attachment supported in the housing for rotation about an axis of rotation; and a drive mechanism supported by the lid for rotating the attachment to process food in the housing, wherein the drive mechanism comprises a manually operable actuator, a drive transmission system coupling the actuator to the attachment to transmit a driving force applied to the actuator to rotate the attachment, the actuator lying on an outer surface of the lid and being movable along the outer surface of the lid in opposite directions, between first and second positions, to rotate the attachment in a single direction of rotation, wherein the lid includes an abutment raised from the outer surface of the lid and located so that the actuator is closer to the abutment in the second position of the actuator than in the first position of the actuator, the abutment thereby providing a support facilitating one-handed operation of the actuator; and a first spring resiliently biasing the actuator towards the first position and returning the actuator to the first position upon release of the actuator.