Electric household appliance for processing food comprising a device for storing cooking equipment

Patent 6082648 Issued on July 4, 2000. Estimated Expiration Date:

April 14, 2019. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Moulinex S.A.

Application

No. 254958 filed on 04/14/1999

US Classes:

241/282.1, Elongated edged member241/282.2, Detachably secured to a rotary element241/285.1, Comminuting mounting means, frames or other normally stationary structure241/285.2Removable or displaceable housing section

Examiners

Primary: Husar, John M.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Young & Thompson

Foreign Patent References

0 058 118 EP. 08/13/1982

International Classes

B02C 018/12
B02C 018/18

Foreign Application Priority Data

1996-09-20 FR

Abstract

Electric household appliance for processing foodstuffs, comprising a housing (2) enclosing a motor and having a base (4) on which is removably mounted a bowl (6) whose bottom is traversed by a shaft of the motor, various rotatable tools (17,25-27,49-51) mounted alternatively removably in the bowl to be coupled with said shaft, and a device (35) for storage of the tools when none of them is used. According to the invention, the storage device (35) comprises a tool holder piece (37) which is removably mounted in the bowl (6).