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1. A food processor comprising:
a base having a motor positioned therein, a removable bowl coupled to the base, a removable lid coupled to the bowl so as to define a processing chamber, the lid having a feed tube that opens into the bowl, a blade assembly positioned in the processing chamber and driven by the motor, the blade assembly having a central shaft and a flange extending horizontally therefrom, a rotating disk moveably coupled to the blade assembly, the rotating disk having an outer rim including a plurality of slots formed horizontally therein and extending along at least a portion of the outer rim parallel with a plane extending perpendicular from the central shaft, each of the slots being sized to receive the flange of the blade assembly, wherein the rotating disk includes a blade support pivotably coupled to the outer rim of the rotating disk, and wherein the plurality of slots are formed within a portion of the blade support, and wherein (i) the rotating disk is moveable relative to the blade assembly between a plurality of cutting positions to produce cut food items of varying thicknesses, and (ii) the flange of the blade assembly is received into one of the plurality of slots at each of the plurality of cutting positions, and a locking mechanism positioned below a lower surface of the rotating disk that is configured to at least partially secure the rotating disk in place at each of the plurality of cutting positions. |