US 7,587,974 B2
Food processor appliances
Eli Cohen, Lev HaSharon (Israel); and Ann Grant, New York, N.Y. (US)
Assigned to AAC Trade Ltd., New York, N.Y. (US)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/329,054.
Application 11/329054 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/IL2005/000760, filed on Jul. 17, 2005.
Application PCT/IL2005/000760 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/972424, filed on Oct. 26, 2004, granted, now 7,040,220.
Prior Publication US 2006/0130676 A1, Jun. 22, 2006
Int. Cl. B26D 1/00 (2006.01); A23L 2/04 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 99—509  [99/492; 99/495; 99/510; 99/511; 99/512; 99/513; 426/61; 426/63; 426/49; 426/52; 426/533; 426/599; 426/231; 426/232; 426/233] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A food processor appliance, comprising:
a housing including a food processing device therein;
a feed tube having an inlet end projecting from an upper surface of said housing for inputting into said housing food articles to be processed by the food processing device;
a funnel configured to be received in said inlet end of the food processor feed tube for feeding the food articles via said feed tube to said food processing device within the housing;
and a liquid-receiver receptacle within said funnel configured to occupy only a portion of said funnel such as to permit both liquid and solid food ingredients to be separately or concurrently fed via said feed tube to said food processing device within the housing.