Patent ID: 7017843

Claim:
A hand-held food processor device for selectively slicing or grating foodstuff, comprising: a housing member formed having an upper handle section and a lower processing section open at the base thereof, said housing member further formed having an open compartment adjacent to the lower processing section for receipt of the foodstuff to be processed; a processing plate member having a cutting surface contained therein, said processing plate member being removably mounted and slidably disposed for linear movement thereof through the base of the lower processing section of said housing member and reciprocating passage of the cutting surface through the open compartment; spring-loaded lever means operatively coupled to said housing member and releasably engaged to said processing plate member for actuating by hand the linear movement of said processing plate member and reciprocating passage of the cutting surface through the open compartment; and spring-loaded press means releasably engaged to said housing member in a locked position above the open compartment and slidably disposed for travel therethrough upon disengagement thereof by hand to force the foodstuff through the compartment and onto the cutting surface during reciprocating passage.