Method and apparatus for tamping and scraping

摘要

A tamping and scraping tool for a food processor includes a flat blade in the form of a segment of a circle and a handle extending perpendicularly therefrom. The blade has an arcuate circumferential scraping edge and a chordal scraping edge interrupted by a central arcuate recess configured as a smaller circle segment. The flat bottom surface serves as a tamping surface; the chordal scraping edge permits scraping material from the bottom wall of the processor; and the outer scraping edge permits scraping of material from the processor sidewall.

主权项

1. A tamping and scraping tool for use in manipulating food materials in a food processor chamber having a central longitudinal axis, said tool comprising:
a scraper plate in the form of a segment of a circle, said plate having a bottom tamping surface for tamping down food materials and an inner scraping edge configured as a substantially straight line coincident with a chord of said circle segment, said inner scraping edge being centrally interrupted by an arcuate recess with a small radius of curvature about the central longitudinal axis of the food processor chamber; an outer arcuate scraping edge with a larger radius of curvature about the central axis of the food processor chamber, said outer scraping edge being coincident with an arc of said circle segment; and a handle joined in substantially perpendicular orientation to the plate at a connection location spaced radially outward from the arcuate recess and inward of the outer arcuate edge.