Abstract: A unique garlic press having a cylinder (20) in which cloves of garlic are placed for mincing. The cylinders bottom end has five small orificies (28) thru which garlic is forced when the ram (12) is hit with the mallet (14). A set of legs (18) elevates the press to a height that allows room for the minced garlic beneath the press. The press is easily cleaned by pushing the garlic out of the five orificies (28) with the clean out rod (16). Then with the cylinder top under running water the ram (12) is used as a plunger. Mallet (14) is held to body (10) by hanger (22).

Abstract: A thickness adjuster for an ice shaver includes a flat plate to receive an ice block, a movable gear vertically combined with the flat plate to raise it up and lower it down to adjust the height between the bottom of the ice block and a blade so that shaved tiny ice pieces by the blade may be very fine or very rough. The movable gear is combined with a connecting member and then is engaging a transmitting disc gear also engaging a engaing gear portion or a revolvable adjusting disc, the revolvable adjusting disc being rotated to raise up and lower down the falt plate via the transmitting disc gear and the movable gear.

Abstract: In the device disclosed, a foodstuff is placed in a carrier which can be rotated eccentrically around and over the face of a blade providing a circular cutting track by means of a plunger which is slidable within the carrier and can be gripped by a user to rotate the carrier while exerting pressure on a foodstuff contained in the carrier thereby to work the foodstuff against the cutting track.

Abstract: A combination of utensils including a table defining an upperside and an underside. The upperside of the table defines a first recess, a second recess, a cutout being in communication with the first and second recesses, a third recess and two shaft-receiving recesses each defining a narrow entry. The table defines an aperture within the second recess. A chopping board is receivable in the first recess. A mandolin/grater is receivable in the second recess. A sharpening wheel is formed on a shaft. The sharpening wheel is pivotably receivable in the third recess as two ends of the shaft are retained in the shaft-receiving recesses. Two first flanges are formed on the underside of the table. A tool-receiving box includes two flanges formed thereon. The flanges of the tool-receiving box are engageable with the first flanges of the table so that the tool-receiving box is slidably mounted on the underside of the table. Two second flanges are formed on the underside of the table.

Abstract: A beating apparatus for fibre suspensions, including a housing having at least one inlet for suspension and one outlet for beaten suspension, a rotor rotatably arranged in the housing and having a beating surface, in which open perforations extend through the rotor, and at least one stator arranged in the housing and having a stator shoe located close to the beating surface of the rotor is provided. In order to prevent unbeaten suspension from reaching the outlet, shields and guides are provided between the inlet and the outlet. The shield and guides lead all flow between the inlet and the outlet through the stator shield.

Abstract: A food grater is disclosed comprising an inverted V-shaped freestanding frame defined by first and second panel members (4,6) pivotally joined at upper ends. The panels fold into a parallel orientation for storage and expand into a freestanding orientation for use. Outwardly directed food grating means (22) in at least one of the panels is provided to grate food passed thereover, and apertures (20) communicate with the grating means (22) to pass grated food segments to an inside surface of the panel. A transparent collection container (44) attaches to the inside surface of the panel and serves to collect the fragmented food and display its quantity to the user. The grating means (22) comprises cutting elements having a U-shaped cutting edge, comprising spaced apart first and second parallel and linear leading edges (28), and a trailing cut-off edge (32) at a rearward end for cutting off the food fragment.

Abstract: An apparatus to effect the dicing of credit cards to prevent their inadvertent and unauthorized use is provided to include confronting faces, with the first face of a first housing having a matrix of lug members in a parallel relationship received within lug openings defined by orthogonally intersecting rows of first and second cutter blades. The apparatus is arranged to include slide drawer structure to permit the selective accommodation for disposal of the pieces thusly cut.

Abstract: A condiment or spice mill consists of a first condiment container (2) with a first grinding or milling means (3) and a second condiment container (4) with a second grinding or milling means (5) which are connected together by an intermediate member (6). In order to facilitate the handling of the condiment mill, the longitudinal axes (7,8) of the condiment containers (2,4) extend at an angle to each other and the end faces (13,14) of the condiment containers (2,4) lie in a common plane (15) (FIG. 1 ).

Abstract: A stationary cutting plate is releasably secured about an annular joint between a base housing and a housing extension. The plate overlies a cavity in the housing which serves as a receptacle for cut particles. The housing extension is hollow to provide a feed chamber above the plate. A free-standing partition extends upwardly into the extension from a ring which is supported by the upper surface of the cutting plate. The plate has scoop-shaped cutting elements which are distributed about imaginary concentric circles emanating from the plate center axis. Even numbers of the elements are unevenly spaced-apart along respective circles but are diametrically opposed from each other. A slotted driver implement is used to engage the partition and cause its rotation for lateral movement of feedstock into the cutting elements. The implement is also used to simultaneously push the feedstock downwardly against the cutting elements.

Abstract: A household compactor and separator utilizes linear motion in crushing glass and metal refuse for comminution and separation. A crushing element disposed on a worm shaft crushes refuse against a steel grate, broken glass falling therethrough into a glass receptacle. Crushed metal cans fall into a metal receptacle when the grate is released to swing downwardly. The grate is restored to its original position by pulling control lines via a handle, and the grate is secured by solenoid operated latches. The worm shaft is driven by an electric motor operating through a gear box. The compactor is housed in an enclosure having upper and lower doors and pushbutton controls located in the front. Refuse is inserted through the upper door into a compaction chamber. The glass and metal receptacles are removed through the lower door for emptying. Safety switches sense door, grate, and crushing element positions, inhibiting operation if an unsafe condition is sensed.

Abstract: The apparatus for continuous kinematic high frequency treatment of a substance or a mixture of substances is provided with two respective comminution member rings both on the stator and on the rotor. At least the outermost comminution member ring and generally the three outermost comminution member rings are provided with narrow slots having a width of less than 1 mm, preferably less than 0.5 mm, which are closed at the free end of said rings. The closed slots are manufactured by means of a carbon dioxide laser device. In the process, first the comminution members, which are provided with holding means, are manufactured and the slots are cut by the laser device, and then the two holding means of the stator and the two holding means of the rotor are welded together. By providing these narrow slots, a finer mixture with higher efficiency is obtained.

Abstract: In a device for crushing materials, in particular soft stone, a plurality of grates with breaking elements are arranged below a bunker containing the feedstock. At least one of said grates is translationally mobile in the horizontal direction with respect to the other, which facilitates crushing of the feedstock between the vibrating breaker elements and the stationary breaking elements.

Abstract: There is disclosed an integrated cheese package and grater of cylindrical form having a grating screen secured at the bottom of the cylindrical package and means freely rotatable within the package for engaging and turning a cylindrical block of cheese within the package to cause it to be grated with the granules passing through the grating screen. The package is provided with removable sealing strips on the top and/or bottom for enhanced shelf life. Top and bottom caps are provided for resealing the package after use to maintain freshness. One cheese rotating unit comprises a plastic disc having blades on the bottom surface and finger grippable projections on the top thereof. In a variation of the package, the cheese has a central axial hole and the top cap has a shaft extending downward which cooperates with a disc having spikes to engage the cheese block thereby forming a cheese rotating unit; when the top cap is closed the extending shaft resides in the central hollow of the cheese.

Abstract: A flavored shaved cube ice machine that includes a cube ice shaver arranged within a cabinet. A shaving head, of the cube ice shaver is adjacent to receive cubes of ice from a bin and mounts a ring shaped blade wherein lateral slots are formed at intervals therealong that include outwardly projecting cutting edges. A wheel mounting paddle is journalled to be turned by an electric motor within the shaving head and is open to receive and move ice cubes feed from the bin against the ring-shaped blade that peels ice shavings from the individual cubes of ice and forces that shave ice through the slots and out through a discharge chute into a catchment vessel.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for forming a stream of cut filaments from a source of tangled, non-oriented filaments. A feeder ram is movable between a feed position and a load position for directing filaments from the source of non-oriented filaments into interfering relation with advancement of a cutter ram. The cutter ram is movable between a load position and a cut position for directing at least a portion of the filaments, which are in interfering relation with advancement of the cutter ram, against at least two blades. Fibers directed against the blades are cut to form, with remaining filaments which are not cut, a stream of cut filaments. The blades can be configured for continuous sharpening of blade edges during cutting.

Abstract: An ice shaving machine in which a blade for shaving ice is adjustably supported by a blade mounting and adjustment plate for adjustment of the depth of penetration of the blade into a slot and thus into the ice, and is also adjustable to level the blade across the slot. A unique drain system, is also provided, in which at least one air gap is provided between the ice receptacle and a drain tube to prevent migration of molds, bacteria and the like into the ice receptacle from the drain tube. A drive motor is connected through a drive shaft for direct driving engagement with an impeller, and serially arranged plural moisture seals are associated with the shaft to prevent movement of moisture along the shaft to the motor.

Abstract: A drum assembly for wood chip slicing machines in which the slicing blades are clamped at the discharge openings in a rotary drum between clamping plates and the trailing ends of combination plates have wear plate and clamping functions. Studs anchored in the combination plates pass through the drum, and some of them additionally pass through the clamping plates so that when nuts on the studs are tightened, the combination plates, clamping plates, slicing blades, and the drum are secured together. The clamping plates have feet which engage the drum to serve as a stop to keep the cutting edge of the blades at a predetermined setting. The studs are preferably sloped in the trailing direction from their inner ends.

Abstract: A food processor includes a hollow shredder member having food cutting elements, an open mouth container removably insertable within the shredder member for collecting food processed by the cutting elements and a hollow handle member for guiding food into engagement with the cutting elements. The shredder and handle members are releasably rotatably connected for purposes of placing the food cutting elements one at a time in an operative food cutting position relative to the handle member. The processor has a stored configuration wherein the container is placed within the confines of the shredder member and the latter is placed within the confines of the handle member.

Abstract: A machine for crushing wood pallets having a stationary table with a grid providing vertical passages therethrough, a ram mounting above the table and reciprocable towards and away from the table and having an array of downwardly extending cutters which, when the ram is fully advanced towards the table, extend partially through the table grid, hydraulic cylinder-pistons for alternatively reciprocating the ram towards and away from the table, a conveyor for moving wood pallets onto the table and a collector below the table for collecting broken pieces of crushed wood pallets passing through the table grid.

Abstract: A crusher with opposed jaw members that relatively reciprocate in a substantially linear path to crush material. The jaw members have stepped cruching faces, and a step in a crushing face is defined by a crushing expanse delineated by the front surfaces of spaced bars in a grid assembly. Pivoted arms may be employed to mount a movable jaw member.

Abstract: Raw food cutter for cutting raw food into strips, with a base plate on whose top surface are provided two butting faces located in one plane and between which is arranged at least one knife row running substantially at right angles to the cutting direction and whose knives with approximately inverted U-shaped cutting edges that project above the butting faces and are open towards the underside of the base plate. The underside of the knife is at least partly inclined towards the base plate, the knife row is constructed in arcuate meander-like manner and preferably in one piece from a thin metal band. The thin metal band includes upper and lower transverse webs and lateral webs linking them and is fixed with the lower transverse webs in the base plate.

Abstract: A static, flow-conditioner apparatus comprising a series of closely spaced shearing edges which contact and condition liquid flowing thereby. The edges are advantageously carried on propellor-shaped articles and mounted on an axial shaft in conduit forming a confined liquid flow space. It is advantageous to modify flow patterns by changes in edge configuration and flow patterns within spaces between closely packed group of the shearing edge-bearing members. Particularly, utility is found in reducing the asphaltene "particles" or "globules" in heavy fuel oil to extremely small size so they are readily burned in a boiler with reduced particulates in the stack effluent.

Abstract: A food grater attachment which facilitates the use of a grater with receptacles of various sizes and shapes. The grater may be installed in a frame which is hinged to a clip for engaging the wall of the receptacle. The hinge incorporates locking provisions so that the frame and grater may be immobilized in selected inclined positions so that the grater is entirely over the mouth of the bowl or other receptacle.

Abstract: A kitchen utensil for cutting vegetables, in particular potatoes, into strips. The kitchen utensil comprises a base plate, which has provided on the upper side thereof at least one slide surface and, when seen in the direction of cutting, behind said slide surface, knives, which are open towards the underside of the base plate and the height of which projects beyond that of said slide surface. The knives are arranged in transverse rows, which are displaced relative to each other, and are provided with U-shaped cutting edges.

Abstract: A domestic ice shaver comprises a box-like base frame unit having a top surface beyond which a drive shaft rotated by a built-in motor protrudes, a shaver case unit mounted on the base frame unit and having a shaved ice piece discharge port to which a shaving blade faces, a rotary blade unit fixed to the upper end of the drive shaft within the shaver case unit and having, on its top, a cylindrical hopper, and a cover unit mounted to the shaver case unit to cover an upper portion thereof and having a central openable lid. There is provided on the outer surface of the shaver case unit a shaving blade block detachably disposed rearwardly of the shaved ice piece discharged port. The shaving blade block has a front edge portion mounted with the shaving blade confronting the shaved ice piece discharge port.

Abstract: A garlic press comprising a cylindrical housing and within that an axially movable ram. Movement of the ram is brought about by mating screw threads between the ram and plunger and twisting one relative the other. The housing has an open lower end which is closed by a perforated grinding plate which fits flushly within the lower end of the housing and is attached, as by screw threads, to the outside of the housing so that the inner end of the ram can fit closely within the housing and ensure full expulsion of all the garlic pieces and juice. An additional feature is a cover which encloses the lower end of the housing and the grinding plate to prevent drying out of the garlic and garlic smells when the device is not in use. This cover can fit with a skirt formed on the housing and can have a flat lower surface on which the whole device can stand upright when not in use.

Abstract: A pulverizer for reducing cremated remains having a horizontally mounted fixed cylindrical drum having a top opening and a plurality of perforations over a lower sector of the drum. A free cylindrical reducing bar is disposed parallel to the axis of the drum over the perforate sector. A reciprocating drive shaft, driven from an electric motor, is mounted concentrically within the drum having a yoke assembly driven therefrom which engages the reducing bar for rolling the bar reciprocally over the perforations. Ashes deposited through the top opening are reduced and thereafter pass through the perforations for collection in a drawer. Clearance is provided between the yoke assembly and the reducing bar to permit the bar to pass over noncrushable matter mixed in with the ashes.

Abstract: A shaving apparatus for shaving food such as ice cubes made by a domestic-use refrigerator including a reservoir or container, a cutter blade, a rotating cylinder, and a mechanism for rotating the cylinder. The rotating cylinder can hold a large number of ice cubes and has at least one projecting portion engaging with the ice cubes. The rotating cylinder is rotatably supported about the axis thereof and is rotated by the mechanism. The ice cubes are rotated by the projecting portion of the cylinder and shaved by the carrier blade into fine slivers of ice.

Abstract: A method for limiting the dulling of wood-machining blades wherein the blades are insulated from the frame of a woodworking machine tool and a negative voltage is applied to the blades during operation. The blade ring of the chipper is insulated from the rotating rotor of the chipper so that between the blade ring and the rotor there is generated a differential voltage the rotor carrying a positive voltage and the blade ring a negative voltage. By virtue of the invention, the blades need not be replaced or sharpened as often as those of prior art chippers.

Abstract: This is a food-cutting apparatus wherein: a cutting blade is disposed on a back surface of a cutting plate so as to protrude its front tip from an opening provided in the cutting plate; the cutting plate is disconnectably mounted on a mounting plate having a saddlelike engaging recess at its middle portion; the mounting plate engages at its engaging recess rotatably with a supporting rod interposed between a pair of arms provided on the supporting plate which is provided in a back side of the cutting plate; a width of the cutting blade is shorter in dimension than a length of an interval between the pair of arms; and, interposed between a rear portion of the mounting plate and the supporting plate are a spring and an adjusting means for adjusting a protruding amount of the front tip of the cutting blade.

Abstract: The invention consists in a device for crushing or mincing garlic or other things. The device has an open topped receptacle formed with sides and a perforated bottom. A plunger fits within but is removable from the receptacle to allow garlic to be placed within it. A forcing means is provided to enable the plunger to be forced towards the bottom of the receptacle thereby crushing the garlic. Rotating means enables the plunger to be rotated to assist in breaking up the garlic. The preferred embodiment has two pivotally attached elongated members, one supporting the receptacle and the other a forcing member to which the plunger is rotatably attached. The elongated members also provide handles.

Abstract: A food-cutting apparatus comprises: a longitudinal supporting frame mounted in upright position on a base; an upper frame and a cutting plate below the upper frame both of which are fixed to a front surface of the supporting frame in lateral position; a longitudinal rotary main shaft provided on the upper frame movably up and down and provided with a holding member for a work at its lower end; a worm wheel meshing with a worm formed on the main shaft; a brake ring and a handle for moving the main shaft up and down, both of which are provided on a rotary shaft of the worm wheel; a brake shoe abutting on the brake ring for controlling a rotation of the worm wheel; a cover for enclosing a cutting operation area above the cutting plate, which cover is openable horizontally; an electric motor rotatably driving the main shaft; and a main switch provided in a control circuit for the motor; which food-cutting apparatus is characterized by further comprising: a stop means having its front end engaging portion engage w

Abstract: In a food slicer, a frame is mounted to posts standing uprightly on a base, a cutting plate is removably secured to an upper portion of the frame, and a transfer rotor is removably secured to an upper portion of a rotary shaft which passes through the frame and the cutting plate to extend upwards. The rotary shaft is rotatably supported by the frame and driven by a drive member disposed beneath the cutting plate. A hood is mounted to the base, for surrounding a region in which the drive member beneath the frame is arranged. The hood is mounted with a discharge chute which passes through an opening formed in the frame to reach an opening in the cutting plate for insertion of a cutting blade. The frame is connected with a drain pipe.

Abstract: A food processor has a container, a guide member having an upper surface on which a vegetable or a fruit is slided reciprocatingly, a semi-tubular connecting member connecting the container to the guide member, and a hollor rectangular parallelepiped frame rotatably surrounding the connecting member. The frame has a plurality of surfaces which carry different kinds of blades for different types of food processing. It is possible to conduct the desired processing of vegetables and fruits easily by rotating the frame with respect to the connecting member as desired.

Abstract: A forage harvester having an axially transverse generally cylindrical cutterhead mounted for rotation in a housing. The cutterhead includes knives that cooperate with a shearbar mounted at the front of the cutterhead housing to cut crop material being fed rearwardly into the housing over the shearbar under conditions where the cutterhead is being rotated. A removable arcuate screen is mountable rearwardly of the cutterhead and closely adjacent to the peripheral path of the knives. Crop material is forced by the cutterhead through the screen apertures to further cut the crop. Progressively larger apertures are provided in the screen. Desired length of cut determines the initial aperture size whereupon the cut crop material readily passes through the subsequent progressively larger apertures. Crop handling means then collect the crop material and deliver it to discharge apparatus, such as a blower.

Abstract: A wood chip shaver, consisting of cutting blades disposed on a circle and of a rotor rotating therewithin and carrying on its circumference vane-shaped chip guide members immediately adjacent to the blades, the members guide and press the chips against the blades. In front of the vane of the chip guide member is provided a guide surface approaching the blades in wedge-shape fashion in the travelling direction of the chips, the chips being carried in between the surface and the blades. With the aid the invention the chips are guided to enter between the chip guide members and the blades, whereby leaf-like chips such as are desired are obtained.

Abstract: A wood chip shaver, consisting of cutting blades disposed on a circle and of a rotor rotating about its drive shaft therewithin and carrying a chip guide means. The drive shaft is vertical and the rotor carries a plurality of chip guide plates on top of each other. By the aid of the invention, each blade will be evenly loaded and do shaving over its whole length.

Abstract: A shaver for wood chips, consisting of a rotor provided with a chip guide plate and circumferential blades placed on its outside, in connection of which there is an annular interspace for the shavings cut from the chips, wherefrom the shavings further depart through a discharge aperture communicating with the interspace. At least one air passage is provided on the margin of the interspace and in the chip guide plate, through which the air flow created by the rotor can rejoin the circulation in the shaver. With the aid of the invention the air flow created by the rotor can be included in the internal circulation in the shaver and no large objectionable quantities of air depart from the shaver.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process and equipment for the crushing of scrap rubber, particularly scrap tire. According to the invention the scrap rubber is forced through small-size openings under a pressure producing the cold yield of the rubber.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a particle generating system which is capable of breaking up agglomerations of particles and producing a cloud of uniform, submicron-sized particles at high pressure and high flow rates. This is achieved by utilizing a tubular structure 11 which has injection microslits 12 on its periphery to accept and disperse the desired particle feed 16. By supplying a carrying fluid 19 at a pressure, P.sub.in, of approximately twice the ambient pressure of the velocimeter's settling chamber 20, P.sub.sc, the microslits 12 will operate at choked flow conditions. The shearing action of this choked flow is sufficient to overcome interparticle bonding forces, thereby breaking up the agglomerates of the particle feed 16 into individual particles.

Abstract: The subject invention involves the design and construction of a tubular cylinder for use with other components and in which the wall of the cylinder is of a composite character made into a unitary structure and provided with a multitude of substantially radial holes in its periphery and a predetermined amount of a cylindrical surface of the wall is preferably cut away to fully open the holes whereby to provide passages through which a material to be processed and under pressure in the cylinder can be forced or extruded outwardly through the passages and thereby condition the material for its intended use.

Abstract: There is disclosed a guard for the discharge opening of a grain bin which assures free flow of grain therethrough by precluding blockage of the opening by compacted grain. The guard includes a plurality of blades which are adapted to be disposed over the opening. The blades extend substantially perpendicularly to the opening and include grain engaging cutting edges for cutting and breaking-up compacted grain over the discharge opening to assure free flow of grain therethrough. The guard is also readily removable from its operative position over the discharge opening to permit complete emptying of the bin by a sweep auger.

Abstract: A condiment grater suitable for grating condiment such as nutmeg and for storing such condiment. The device includes a holder device which holds the condiment and a cranking mechanism such that the condiment can be rotatably driven against a stationary blade member which is fixedly mounted on the bottom of the housing of the device. The condiment holder member is held in tight gripping engagement with the condiment by means of a spring member which is placed between the housing and the holder member and rotates with the holder member as the cranking mechanism is manually rotated. The upper portion of the device has a windowed compartment for storing the condiment.

Abstract: An arrangement for comminuting foodstuffs, such as potatoes, cucumbers, carrots, fruits and the like, has an elongated plate provided with a through-going opening in which one comminuting plate member can be accommodated so as to perform comminuting of a foodstuff. The elongated plate has a receptacle which is spaced from the through-going opening and is adapted to receive another comminuting plate member which is not utilized for comminuting at that very moment. The foodstuffs to be comminuted move relative to an upper surface of the base plate, whereas the receptacle for receiving the comminuting plate member which is not utilized, is formed in a lower surface of the base plate. A foodstuff holder is provided which is adapted to hold a foodstuff to be comminuted and to be placed on upper longitudinal walls of the base plate.

Abstract: Disclosed is apparatus for applying forces to a waste paper mixture to procure progressive fragmentation of the respective components thereof and harvesting of the resulting paper fragments at intervals when fragmentation of one component is virtually completed and fragmentation of the next commences.

Abstract: A mechanism is provided for crushing and grinding cremated remains and includes a vertical cylindrical housing, a stationary bearing plate positioned transversely across the shaft defined within the housing, and a rotatable perforated grinding disk. The weight of the bearing plate crushes the crematory ashes as the grinding disk rotates, and the ground cremation remains fall through apertures in the grinding disk into a funnel for collection in an urn positioned below.

Abstract: A versatile food preparing machine which includes various attachments for selectively processing many different kinds of foods. The machine is characterized by incorporating a bottomless hopper and a food support pad for restingly supporting the food at various levels as it protrudes downwardly from the hopper. An interchangeable reciprocatable food processable element, e.g., a knife or shredder/grater element, etc., workingly engages the food by cyclically moving between the hopper and the adjustable food support pad, e.g., whereby slices of various thicknesses may be made from certain kinds of foods. Ejector structure cyclically ejects particles of the processed food, e.g., slices of okra and the like, downwardly away from the food processable element. Particular structure is also included for collecting the ejected slices of food to facilitate subsequent storage thereof in a food freezer.

Abstract: Waste glass containing three-dimensional extraneous matter to be removed is dropped onto a grizzly and is thereby broken up by gravity and separated into an undersize portion containing planar fragments of waste glass and of extraneous matter and an oversize portion containing three-dimensional large pieces of waste glass and unbreakable extraneous matter, the grizzly comprising parallel bars arranged at a spacing smaller than the minimum width of projection of the three-dimensional extraneous matter. The oversize portion is repeatedly subjected to the same procedure as above to break up the waste glass to an undersize material within a specified range of sizes and to remove the three-dimensional extraneous matter from the waste glass. A breaking and separating apparatus comprises grizzlies arranged in multi-stage fashion within a passage for dropping the waste glass or a rotatable drum-shaped grizzly having scraping plates.

Abstract: A foodstuff slicer which is particularly useful for shaving ice, frozen fruits and the like is disclosed. The foodstuff slicer is provided with a rotor composed of a downwardly diverging hood, a plurality of carrier-arms and a boss connected to a vertical driving shaft. The carrier-arms extend radially and upwardly in spaced relation with a wall of a conical case which diverges upwardly. A cutting blade is attached to a upper portion of the conical case. Centrifugal forces acting on lumps of foodstuff become nearly maximum at the position of the cutting blade to slice the foodstuff steadily.

Abstract: A hand-holdable citrus grating element having a shallow concave grating surface conforming substantially in size and shape to a selected segment of the exterior surface of a citrus fruit, such element having a plurality of apertures formed therethrough and surrounded by one or more protrusions for gratingly removing only the extreme outer oil-bearing portion of the citrus fruit rind as the grating element and citrus fruit are moved against one another in conforming contact. The apertures formed through the grating element permit the grated rind to pass through the element as the rind is scraped from the fruit. In one embodiment, a small dish-like receptacle is provided to facilitate holding the grating element and maintaining its grating surface in conforming contact with the surface of the citrus fruit as the fruit and element are moved against each other, and for receiving and retaining the oil-bearing portion of the rind as it is scraped from the fruit and passed through the apertures in the element.