Patent ID: 7207509

Claim:
An electric cheese processor comprising: a body having a longitudinal axis extending between a top end and a bottom end thereof, the body defining a chamber therein, the chamber having top and bottom openings in the respective top end and bottom end, the body housing an electric motor and a processing cylinder, the processing cylinder being positioned substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis within the chamber close to the bottom opening and being adapted for rotation when driven by the electric motor; a cover detachably mounted to the top end of the body to close the top opening of the chamber, the cover including a pressing mechanism extendable under an external force into the chamber of the body towards the processing cylinder so that a cheese block contained in an upper section of the chamber is pressed down against the processing cylinder, thereby being processed by the rotating processing cylinder into particles which fall from the bottom opening; and the processing cylinder being hollow and the electric motor being mounted within the hollow processing cylinder.