Patent ID: 7328864

Claim:
An electric grating food processor comprising: a food material receiving section having an opening in an upper part thereof and receiving processed food materials therein; a substantially cylindrical food material charging section having at a lower end thereof a lower end opening; a grater plate operated under said lower end opening of said food material charging section; a drive unit for operating said grater plate; wherein said grater plate is provided with first grating blades on one surface side thereof and second grating blades on another surface side thereof, said first grating blades greater in height than said second grating blades; said greater plate is further provided thereon with a gap adjuster that adjusts a gap between tip ends of said grating blades and said lower end opening of said food material charging section; said food material receiving section is substantially cup-shaped with an upper part thereof opened in a circular shape; said drive unit has a greater plate attachment shaft that penetrates through a center of said food material receiving section upward from below and is rotatably driven by an electric motor; said grater plate is removably provided on said grater plate attachment shaft so as to be attached, detached, and exchanged with respect to said grater plate attachment shaft; and said gap adjuster is comprised of a height adjustment spacer provided on said one surface side of said grater plate on which said first grating blades are formed, said height adjustment spacer enclosing an attachment hole formed in said grater plate and fitted on said grater plate attachment shaft.