Patent ID: 8677895

Claim:
A food processor comprising: a receptacle having an open top and configured to receive processed food; a food guide configured to receive food for processing and having an opening that opens into the open top of the receptacle to at least partially define a food processing path from the food guide to the receptacle; a frame having a first compartment aligned with the opening of the food guide when the frame is received by the open top of the receptacle such that the first compartment is located within the food processing path and a second compartment, adjacent the first compartment, which is unaligned with the opening of the food guide when the frame is received by the open top of the receptacle such that the second compartment is located out of the food processing path; and at least one dicing element configured to be received by both of the first and second compartments and having multiple elements defining multiple dicing openings through which the food may pass; wherein when the dicing element is received in the first compartment, the dicing element extends into the food processing path, between the food guide and the receptacle, to dice food passing through the food processing path, and when the dicing element is received in the second compartment, the dicing element is stored out of the food processing path.