Device for adjusting gap between feeding tube and blade disk of food processors

Abstract

A food processor includes a base, a lower cap, a blade unit and a top cap. The top cap has a fixed tube extending from an underside thereof and a sleeve is movably mounted to the fixed tube. A board is sandwiched between the sleeve and the blade disk of the blade unit so as to move the sleeve upward which then fixed to the fixed tube by an adhesive layer such that a gap with a fixed width is defined after the board is pulled away. The food can be cut into tiny particles and juice can be squeezed via the gap.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to a food processor with a sleeve movably mounted to the feeding tube and a board removably sandwiched between the sleeve and the blade disk. The gap is defined by securing the sleeve to the feeding tube and the board is removed after the sleeve is secured. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] A conventional food processor “a” is disclosed in FIG. 8 and generally includes a top cap “b” having a feeding tube “b1” and first grinding teeth “b2” are defined in an underside of the feeding tube “b1”. A blade disk “c” is located beneath the feeding tube “b1” and has blades “c1” and second grinding teeth “c2” which is located corresponding to the first grinding teeth “b2”. Food is fed through the through hole “b3” of the feeding tube “b1” and cut by the blades “c1” and ground by the first and second grinding teeth “b2” and “c2” so that the juice of the food can be obtained. This is used in the conventional food processors. [0003] The...

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Benefits of technology

[0007] Another object of the present invention is to provide a food processor which uses a board to define the gap with fixed width and avoids awkward assembling by assemblers so as to ensure the assembling quality.

Problems solved by technology

If the gap is too wide, the particles are too large and cannot meet the requirements of squeezing the nutrition from the food.

This could damage the motor.

Furthermore, if the gap is too small, a slightly deformation of the blade disk “c” or the awkward assembling tolerance between the blade disk “c” and the feeding tube “b1” may also damage the feeding tube “b1” by the rotating of the blade “c1” on the blade disk “c”.

Nevertheless, during a mass production, the gap cannot be maintained to be a fixed width gap because of the above mentioned inherent shortcomings so that the quality control of the conventional food processors cannot be satisfied.

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