Patent ID: 8695490

Claim:
A drive unit for driving a food processing implement, the drive unit comprising: a handle member engaged to the drive unit and movable between an unfired position and a fired position; a first drive gear comprising a first axis of rotation and rotatable between a first position, which corresponds to the unfired position, and a second position, which corresponds to the fired position; and a second drive gear engaged to the first drive gear at a mesh point and comprising a second axis of rotation, the second drive gear rotatable between a first position, which corresponds to the unfired position, and a second position, which corresponds to the fired position; wherein the mesh point moves with respect to the axes of rotation of the drive gears as the handle member moves from the unfired position to the fired position such that the distance between the mesh point and the first axis of rotation is longer when the handle member is in the unfired position than it is when the handle member is in the fired position, and wherein the food processing implement is rotated by the drive unit as the handle member is moved from the first position to the second position.