Abstract: Disclosed is a manually-operated garlic grater which is very easy to use and very efficient to grate cloves of garlic. This garlic grater has a casing defining a tubular cavity having a lateral opening. A handle is removably mounted in a rotatable manner onto the casing on top of one end of the tubular cavity. A hollow grating drum is rigidly connected to the handle so as to be rotated therewith. This drum extends within the tubular cavity when the handle is mounted onto the casing and has a cylindrical wall which extends at a short distance away from the inner wall of the tubular cavity. The handle and hollow grating drum altogether form one piece. A base is removably mounted onto the casing on top of the other ends of the tubular cavity. A wiper is rigidly connected to the base. This wiper extending radially within the drum when the base is mounted on the casing and bearing against the cylindrical wall of the drum to wipe the cylindrical wall when the drum is rotated.

Abstract: A garlic grater having a grating drum with a cylindrical grate driven into rotation by a motor which is preferably operated with batteries. The grating drum is freely mounted within an inner liner in such a manner as to define an annular, garlic skin-receiving chamber between the grate and the inner surface of the inner liner. A lateral opening is provided in the inner liner, through which a clove of garlic can be inserted and press against the grate. The grater also has a base for collecting the garlic juice and gathering up the garlic gratings falling from the grating drum when a clove of garlic is pressed against the drum while the same is rotating. This base has a cup-shaped member detachably mounted under the drum, a central support projecting upwardly from the cup-shaped member so as to extend axially within the cylindrical grate, and a wiper radially projecting from the central support so as to contact and wipe the cylindrical grate surface internally while the grating drum is rotating.