US 6,981,442 B1
Device for adjusting gap between feeding tube and blade disk of food processors
Wei-Chih Lin, No. 27, Huairen St., Banchiao City, Taipei (Taiwan)
Assigned to Wei-Chih Lin, Taipei (Taiwan); and Pin-Huang Wu, Taoyuan (Taiwan)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/873,153.
Int. Cl. A23L 1/00 (2006.01); A23N 1/00 (2006.01); A23N 1/02 (2006.01); A47J 43/046 (2006.01); A47J 43/07 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 99—511 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A food processor comprising:
a base, a lower cap, a blade unit and a top cap, a feeding tube extending from an underside of the top cap and having a passage defined therethrough, a plunger movably inserted in the passage in the feeding tube, the blade unit has a blade disk, the lower cap having a space defined therein so as to receive the blade unit therein, the base having a motor received therein which has a connection portion which is connected to the blade unit, the feeding tube including a fixed tube and a sleeve which is mounted to the fixed tube, an adhesive layer located between the fixed tube and the sleeve, a board sandwiched between the sleeve and the blade disk, the sleeve being fixed to the fixed tube by the adhesive layer and the board being pulled away so as to define a gap between the sleeve and the blade disk.