US Patent Issued to Hamilton Beach Brands on May 20 for "Food processor with cleaning accessory and methods of using same" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,852, issued on May 20, was assigned to Hamilton Beach Brands Inc. (Glen Allen, Va.).

"Food processor with cleaning accessory and methods of using same" was invented by David Matthew Schandel (Mechanicsville, Va.) and Koen Aidan Ambrose (Glen Allen, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of cleaning a food processor includes: (a) providing a food processor a base that includes a rotary power driver having a rotatable shaft; a bowl mounted on the base; and a food processing blade attached to the shaft within the bowl; (b) inserting a cleaning accessory into the bowl above the food processing blade; (c) introducing cleaning fluid i...