Patent ID: 8800905

Claim:
A mixing vessel for use with a motorized food processor, the vessel comprising: a vessel wall including a cylindrical upper section having a first longitudinal axis generally centered within the upper section, and an upper opening defining an upper end of the vessel wall, a frustoconical lower section tapered towards a lower circular opening defining a lower end of the vessel wall and having a second longitudinal axis generally centered within the lower circular opening, and a plurality of contiguous cambered protuberances defining a hypocycloidal inner surface within the frustoconical lower section; a base removably closing the lower circular opening, the base having a upwardly tapered structure and a spindle that is mounted on and rotatable about a rotational axis with respect to the tapered structure; and a blade assembly mounted on the spindle, the blade assembly comprising a pair of upwardly extending blades, a pair of radially extending blades, and a pair of downwardly extending blades.