Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for the preparation of food such as slicing, cutting, and squeezing of fruits and vegetables comprising a pressure piece, a receiving element, a toothed wheel assembly having a control lever and two racks mounted in a housing having essentially two detachable parts such that the lower part forms the base upon which is mounted a rack which is fixed in relation to the receiving element and the upper part forms a cover in which is mounted a second rack which is fixed in relation to the pressure piece wherein the cover has an opening for the passage of fruits or vegetables into an area between the pressure piece and the receiving element, and whereby movement of the lever turns the toothed wheel assembly between the two racks causing displacement of the racks in opposite directions and the subsequent movement of the pressure piece and fruit and vegetables against and through the receiving element.

Abstract: There is disclosed an apparatus for washing vegetables, fruits and the like foodstuffs. It is formed of a vessel and a basket, within the vessel, for containing the foodstuffs. The basket is mounted in the vessel for rotation about the vertical axis of the latter and a flexible band is fixed, at one end, to the rotation bearing of the basket and extends outside the vessel to cause rotation, when pulled, of the foodstuffs containing basket. The vessel has a cover which is formed with a chamber apertured at the bottom and the basket has a disc at the top with a series of holes registering, during rotation, with the apertured bottom of the chamber so that water poured in the chamber may flow into the basket through such holes during rotation of the said basket.