Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.