Driving device for kitchen utensils and tools

Claim 1

A DRIVING DEVICE FOR KITCHEN UTENSILS AND TOOLS ARRANGED TO BE HAND-HELD OR TO BE SELF-STANDING ON A SUPPORT SURFACE, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A RELATIVELY ELONGATED CASING HAVING A SIDE WALL AND A PAIR OF END WALLS; A HANDLE EXTENDING LATERALLY IN ONE DIRECTION FROM SAID SIDE WALL, ADJACENT ONE END WALL OF SAID CASING, AND THEN IN SPACED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL RELATION TO SAID SIDE WALL, THE END OF SAID HANDLE BEING COPLANAR WITH THE OTHER CASING END WALL TO ACT CONJOINTLY WITH THE LATTER IN SUPPORTING SAID DEVICE IN SELF-STANDING RELATION ON A SUPPORT SURFACE; A CUP-SHAPED OUTWARDLY OPENING SOCKET IN SAID ONE END WALL TO RECEIVE AND SUPPORT KITCHEN UTENSILS WHEN SAID DEVICE IS SELF-STANDING; A MOTOR IN SAID CASING NEAR THE OTHER END WALL AND HAVING A HIGH SPEED DRIVE SHAFT EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY CENTRALLY INTO SAID SOCKET FOR COUPLING TO A HIGH SPEED KITCHEN UTENSIL SUPPORTED IN SAID SOCKET; AT LEAST ONE MEDIUM SPEED SHAFT EXTENDING LATERALLY TO AN OPENING THROUGH SAID SIDE WALL IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO SAID ONE DIRECTION, FOR COUPLING TO A MEDIUM SPEED KITCHEN UTENSIL OR TOOL, SAID MEDIUM SPEED SHAFT BEING OFFSET RELATIVE TO SAID HIGH SPEED DRIVE SHAFT WITH ITS AXIAL DIRECTION BEING AT AN ANGLE OF SUBSTANTIALLY 90* TO THE AXIAL DIRECTION OF SAID HIGH SPEED DRIVE SHAFT; FIRST REDUCTION GEARING INTERCONNECTING SAID HIGH SPEED DRIVE SHAFT AND SAID MEDIUM SPEED SHAFT; A LOW SPEED SHAFT EXTENDING, IN CLOSELY ADJACENT SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL RELATION TO SAID HIGH SPEED DRIVE SHAFT, INTO SAID SOCKET FOR COUPLING TO A LOW SPEED KITCHEN UTENSIL; AND SECOND REDUCTION GEARING INTERCONNECTING SAID MEDIUM SPEED SHAFT, AND SAID LOW SPEED SHAFT.