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Dual actuating apparatus is provided for a food processor of the type having a motor with a working bowl, a motor-driven member in the bowl for receiving rotatable tools and with a removable cover positioned on the bowl during the operation which carries a feed tube for feeding food items to be proc

Dual actuating apparatus is provided for a food processor of the type having a motor with a working bowl, a motor-driven member in the bowl for receiving rotatable tools and with a removable cover positioned on the bowl during the operation which carries a feed tube for feeding food items to be processed into the bowl. An expanded feed tube protector has an outer sleeve which is adapted to be nested over the feed tube and this sleeve is associated with a captivated, movable food pusher which is mounted for movement within the sleeve. In accordance with the present invention the cover and the outer sleeve of the feed tube protector each carry a portion of a dual actuator cam, a first portion of the cam being mounted on the cover while the second portion is mounted on the outer sleeve of the feed tube protector. Previously the cam for depressing the actuator rod of the food processor was a one-piece unit mounted and extending downward from the outer sleeve of the feed tube protector. The advantageous separation of the cam into two portions acting in dual relationship assures that the food processor is not operative unless the two portions of the cam are positioned together in cooperative action side-by-side on the bowl requiring the placement of both the cover and the feed tube protector in their proper positions on the working bowl before the food processor can be actuated.

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For use in a food processor of the type including a housing containing an electric motor drive and control means for rendering said electric motor drive inoperative unless said control means are actuated by a predetermined full amount, a bowl mountable on said housing in a proper position thereon, w

For use in a food processor of the type including a housing containing an electric motor drive and control means for rendering said electric motor drive inoperative unless said control means are actuated by a predetermined full amount, a bowl mountable on said housing in a proper position thereon, with a driveable member in the bowl with which various selected rotary tools can be engaged to be driven by said motor drive, a removable cover for said bowl adapted to be properly positioned on said bowl, a feed tube on said cover forming a food passageway for feeding food items through said cover into said bowl, and a feed tube protector adapted to be properly related with the feed tube for preventing inadvertent access to the food passageway when the drive is operative, dual actuation apparatus for said control means of the food processor comprising: a first actuator on said cover for producing an initial portion of the predetermined full actuation of said control means, a second actuator on said feed tube protector for providing a final portion of the predetermined full actuation of said control means, and said first and second actuators being operatively associated in complementary relationship when the feed tube protector is properly related with the feed tube and the cover is properly positioned on the bowl properly mounted on the housing for providing both initial and final portions of full actuations of the control means for rendering the drive operative.