A food processing apparatus has a housing, a basket supported in the housing for rotation about an axis of rotation, and a drive mechanism supported by the housing for rotating the basket to process food in the housing, for example, spinning off water from the food. The drive mechanism has a manual operating lever, a gearwheel rotated by the lever and coupled to the basket for rotating the basket, and a centrifugal clutch between the lever and the gearwheel for transmitting a rotational drive force from the lever to the gearwheel. The food processing apparatus includes a brake mechanism supported by the housing for braking rotation of the basket, the brake mechanism having a braking member frictionally engageable with the gearwheel to stop rotation of the basket.
A47J 43/24 - Dispositifs pour le lavage des légumes ou similaires
A23L 1/015 - Suppression de constituants indésirables, p.ex. désodorisation, détoxication (A23L 1/211 a priorité);;
F26B 5/08 - Procédés de séchage d'un matériau solide ou d'objets n'impliquant pas l'utilisation de chaleur par traitement centrifuge
A47J 19/02 - Presse-citronsDispositifs pour extraire le jus d'autres fruits
B04B 1/00 - Centrifugeurs à tambours rotatifs à parois pleines pour la séparation de mélanges essentiellement liquides contenant ou non des particules solides
A23N 12/08 - Machines à nettoyer, blanchir, sécher, griller ou torréfier les fruits ou les légumes, p. ex. le café, le cacao, les noix à sécher, griller ou torréfier
A food processing apparatus has a housing, an internal basket and a drive mechanism on the housing for rotating the basket to process food (e.g., spinning water from food) in the housing. The drive mechanism has an operating lever, a gearwheel arranged to be rotated by the lever and the basket for rotating the basket, and a centrifugal clutch located between the lever and the gearwheel for transmitting a rotational drive force from the lever to the gearwheel. A brake mechanism on the housing has a braking member for frictional engagement with the gearwheel to stop rotation of the basket. The drive mechanism may rotate the basket selectively in opposite directions.
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