Patent ID: 7635101

Claim:
A grater comprising: a main housing; a motor supported within the main housing; a switch supported by the main housing and actuatable from outside the main housing; at least one battery supported within the main housing and controllably electrically connected through the switch and to the motor; a gear set mechanically driven by the motor and having an output drive shaft; a pusher assembly for providing force and displacement with respect to the main housing; a grater disk having a first side and a second side and having a shaft engagement fitting extending away from the first side of the grater disk for fitting onto the output drive shaft; and a holder having a lower end for providing support to the second side of the grater disk, and an upper end for removable attachment to the main housing, and for containing a material to be grated to be pushed by the pusher assembly and against the grater disk while the grater disk is turning to produce a grated product.