Patent ID: 7422169

Claim:
A manually drivable apparatus for comminuting food, comprising: a vessel substantially rotationally symmetrical about a central axis for receiving a material to be cut; a removeable cover comprising, (a) a base mounted non-rotatably on the vessel, (b) a drive part rotatable about the central axis of the vessel, (c) a gear including a gear ring non-rotatably connected to the drive part, (d) a central wheel concentrical to the gear ring, and (e) at least one intermediate wheel engaging with the gear ring and the central wheel; a shaft rotatably mounted at an underside of the base and extending along the central axis of the vessel, the shaft being non-rotatably connected to the central wheel, and at least one blade mounted to the shaft and projecting approximately at a right angle from the shaft, where at least one cutting edge is provided on the at least one blade.