Patent ID: 7258292

Claim:
A small-sized food chopper for chopping up foodstuffs, comprising: an outer case including a lower casing removably connected with an upper casing and a button mounted on the upper casing; a blade connection holder installed inside said outer case, wherein said blade connection holder can move axially up and down in the outer case; a plurality of blades installed on a lower end of the blade connection holder; a reset spring sheathed on the blade connection holder which restores the blade connection holder axially up; means for rotating the blade connection holder for a predetermined angle circumferentially each time the blade connection holder operates axially once; a cup-shaped blade inner cover installed inside the lower casing and axially fixed with respect to the lower casing, and a slot being formed at a bottom of the cup-shaped blade inner cover which has a shape corresponding to that of the blades so as to allow the blades to move axially through the slot, wherein the blade inner cover can rotate circumferentially along with the blade connection holder, and when the small-sized food chopper is in a non-operation state, the blades are located in the cup-shaped blade inner cover; wherein said button is configured such that it can slide up and down axially, and said button acts on an upper end of the blade connection holder to move the blade connection holder axially downwardly.