Foods and beverages: apparatus – Means to treat food – By isolating a fluid constituent
Reexamination Certificate
2002-12-09
2003-07-22
Simone, Timothy F. (Department: 1761)
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Means to treat food
By isolating a fluid constituent
C099S348000, C099S492000, C099S509000, C241S199120, C241S282200, C366S205000, C366S314000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06595121
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
(a) Technical Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to food processor, and in particular, a fruit and vegetable processor having a slanting bottom plate to allow juice within the cup body of the processor to flow through a delivery tube.
(b) Description of the Prior Art
Conventional fruit and vegetable processors are of two types. As shown in
FIG. 1
, a conventional processor
1
having a base seat
11
mounted with a cup body
12
. The opening at the top of the cup body
12
is provided with a cap
13
to seal the cup body and the inner section of the base seat
11
is provided with a motor having a shaft which can drive a tool kit
14
to rotate. The bottom plate of the cup body
12
is provided with a plurality of spaced apart blocks
15
. When the top cap
13
is opened to place vegetable or fruits, the control button
15
is then pressed and the tool kit
14
starts to rotate. The blocks
15
prevent the food stuff to rotate simultaneously with the tool kit
14
so that the food stuff is minced to liquid state. This type of tool kit
14
is wide and the liquid thus produced can be drunk directly or filtered prior to drinking.
Referring to
FIG. 2
, the processor
2
is used for beans or the like where the residues are large. The base seat
21
is mounted with a cup body
22
and the internal of the base seat
21
is provided with a motor. The shaft of the motor is in combination with the tool kit
23
at the bottom section of the cup body
22
. The tool kit
23
is short and the outer hood of the tool kit
23
is provided with a filter pump
24
having an opening. The center of the top cover
25
of the cup body
22
is provided with a through hole being inserted with a feeding tube
26
. The lower end of the feeding tube
26
is inserted into the opening of the filter pump
24
, and feeding of beans into the processor
2
can be accomplished via the feeding tube
26
. By pressing the control button
27
at the base seat
21
the motor drives the tool kit
23
to rotate and the beans are minced to liquid state. The residues are filtered off and retained at the filter pump
24
and the filtrate flows to the space between the cup body
22
and the filter pump
24
. The cup body
22
has to be dismantled from the base seat
21
and the liquid has to pour out.
The above processors have drawbacks with respect to filtering of the filtrate and the retention of residues. The cup body in these processors has to be washed every time the processor is used. Thus, it is an object of the present invention to provide a fruit and vegetable processor which can mitigate the above drawbacks.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a fruit and vegetable processor having a base seat mounted with a cup body, a motor being installed within the base seat and the lower side of the interior of the cup body being axially mounted with a tool kit driven by the motor to rotate and stir and mince food stuff, the top side of the cup body being an opening covered with a top cover, and the bottom plate of the cup body inclined at one side, characterized in that the lower side of the bottom plate is provided with a plurality of spaced apart through holes and the lower section of the through holes is formed into a hollow passage for the insertion of a plugging element into the passage.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a fruit and vegetable processor, wherein The bottom plate of the cup body is provided with a plurality of spaced apart through holes and the lower section of the through holes is formed into a hollow passage for the insertion of a plugging element into the passage. One end of the passage is protruded out of the lateral side of the cup body for the insertion of a blocking tube to the passage such that the through hole is sealed, preventing the downward dripping of juice from the cup body, or a delivery tube having a filter is inserted to the passage so that the juice from the cup body after filtering and is then discharged via the delivery tube such that a single cup is provided with two usages.
The foregoing object and summary provide only a brief introduction to the present invention. To fully appreciate these and other objects of the present invention as well as the invention itself, all of which will become apparent to those skilled in the art, the following detailed description of the invention and the claims should be read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Throughout the specification and drawings identical reference numerals refer to identical or similar parts.
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Ken Ying Enterprise Co., Ltd.
Lei Leong C.
Simone Timothy F.
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