Abstract:
Provided is an apparatus (100) for extracting juice from food ingredients. The apparatus comprises a container (102) for receiving the food ingredients; the container having a juice outlet (110). A blender tool is located inside the container which blends the food ingredients. A drive system (109) drives the blender tool for blending and spins the container to assist juice which is released from the food ingredients during blending to pass out of the container via the juice outlet. The drive system provides independent control over the driving of the blender tool and the spinning of the container respectively. Further provided is a method for extracting juice from food ingredients.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a safety bearing arrangement (300) for a food processing device (10, 110, 210) comprising a container (12, 112, 212) and a processing tool (20, 120, 220) arranged to be rotated with respect to the container (12, 112, 212) for processing food, the bearing arrangement (300) comprising a first bearing part (302), particularly a bearing pin (304) and a second bearing part (280), particularly a bearing seat (282), wherein one of the first bearing part (302) and the second bearing part (280) is associated with the container (12, 112, 212) and the other one is associated with a tool unit (18, 118, 228), wherein the first bearing part (302) and the second bearing part (280) are arranged to engage one another and to be rotated with respect to one another, and wherein the first bearing part (302) and the second bearing part (302) generate a defined friction torque in such a way that a running processing tool (20, 120, 220), when no driving torque is applied to the processing tool (20, 120, 220), is significantly decelerated, preferably stopped, within a predetermined period of time. The disclosure further relates to a corresponding food processing device (10, 110, 210).
Abstract:
This invention proposes a chopping accessory for chopping food ingredients, comprising: a chopping space having a side wall for containing the food ingredients to be chopped, said side wall having an inner surface facing the chopping space (41); the chopping accessory is arranged to cooperate with a rotatable chopping element (30) for chopping food ingredients in the chopping space during operation, the chopping element comprising at least one rotatable chopping knife (32), the chopping knife having a knife tip (35) at its distal end; and wherein the inner surface of the side wall of the chopping space comprises at least one groove for accommodating the knife tip during operation. By virtue of the proposed solution, the gap between the tip of the chopping knife and the inner surface of the side wall can be eliminated, thereby improving the chopping efficiency of the device.
Abstract:
A device (1) for cutting food comprises a cutting unit (10) having a rotatable carrier (20), a slicing knife (21) associated with the carrier (20) at one side of the carrier (20) for slicing the food, and at least one dicing knife associated with the carrier (20) at another side of the carrier (20) for dicing the food. The cutting unit (10) furthermore comprises a protection element (30) which is designed to be arranged vis-à-vis a side of the carrier (20) where the dicing knife associated with the carrier (20) is present, for delimiting a dicing space for the dicing knife associated with the carrier (20) to move through during operation, wherein the protection element (30) is equipped with at least one annular groove (33) at a side for facing the carrier (20), for receiving a free end of the dicing knife associated with the carrier (20).
Abstract:
A juicer comprises a rotary cutter such as a blending knife and a filter mounted beneath the rotary cutter. The filter has a bowl shape with a lower center so that juice runs down to the center. The rotary cutter creates a circulatory flow, which performs a self-cleaning function of the filter. The cutting function may be controlled to vary the juice characteristics and preferably also the characteristics of the filter may be controlled.
Abstract:
A food processing apparatus (1) is disclosed comprising, when assembled, a collection bowl (30) comprising an alignment portion (32) on a bowl floor (31); a separation basket (40) mounted in the collection bowl and comprising a lower central aperture (41) facing the alignment portion (32); a drive unit (50) comprising a power delivery interface (51); and a food processing assembly. The food processing assembly comprises a food processing member (20) having a maximum diameter larger than the lower central aperture diameter within the separation basket and having a body (21) comprising an engagement portion (22) facing the alignment portion; and a shaft (10) for engaging the food processing member with the power delivery interface, the shaft comprising an engagement member engaging with the alignment portion (32) and having an upper portion extending through the lower central aperture towards the drive unit, the upper portion having a maximum diameter smaller than the lower central aperture diameter and being slidably engaged with the engagement portion.
Abstract:
A device for use in a blender comprises a rotatably arranged tool (10) for moving through food to be processed by means of the blender, and a tool cage (20) for partially covering the tool (10). The tool cage (20) is shaped like a hollow cylinder having a longitudinal axis and an inner surface (24) with exclusively non-convex areas, wherein a cross-sectional shape of the tool cage (20) deviates from a circular shape and has at least one protruding area which is outside of an imaginary circle being centrally positioned about the longitudinal axis and touching the inner surface (24) while having a minimum radius. The inner surface (24) of the tool cage (20) may have a triangular shape or a square shape about the longitudinal axis. A dimensionless characteristic value and a range for the value are defined for predicting quality of performance of the device.