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Wiki Salad Spinner

History

A salad spinner, also known as a "salad tosser", is a kitchen tool used to wash and remove excess water from salad greens. It uses centrifugal force to separate the water from the leaves. This is necessary in order to keep the greens from going limp and enable salad dressing and oil to stick to the leaves. Although devices used to wash, dry and spin salad have long been in existence, including one specimen from the 19th century, the modern mechanism-operated spinner originated in the early 1970s. 

Salad spinners are usually made from plastic and include an outer bowl with an inner removable colander or strainer basket. A cover, which fits around the outside bowl, contains a spinning mechanism that when initiated causes the inside strainer to rotate rapidly. The water is driven though the slits in the basket into the outer bowl. There are a number of different mechanisms used to operate the device, including crank handles, push buttons and pull-cords. The salad spinner is generally easy to use, though its large and rigid shape has led to criticism; the product is often considered bulky, space consuming and difficult to store.

New style spinner
OXO Good Grips Salad Spinner

Oil-based salad dressings adhere best to greens that are completely dry — and the OXO Good Grips Salad Spinner makes rinsing and drying your nutritious greens fun and easy.

Simply press the soft, non-slip knob to start the basket spinning. Simple, one-handed operation makes this Spinner a pleasure to use, and a built-in brake stops the Salad Spinner so you can unload it. A non-slip ring keeps the bowl steady on the countertop, and the basket and bowl can be used separately.

The Spinner basket doubles as a colander for rinsing greens, the clear bowl doubles as a salad bowl, and the entire spinner is dishwasher safe.

Materials, dimensions and capacities 

Material: Plastic 

Length x Width: 27 x 27 cm 

Height: 15.5 cm 

Height: 27 cm 

Weight: 1 kg

• Simple, one-hand operation 

• Patented pump mechanical and brake button 

• Soft, non-slip button click away for compact storage 

• Non-slip feet keep the stable spin on the worksheet 

• Basket and bowl can be used separately 

• Lid is to pick apart for easy cleaning 

• Dishwasher safe, top rack 

• BPA vrij26, 5 cm. Scale 5,8 l; basket 4,6 l.

From drying salad to showing animations.

After his original form and use of the salad spinner. The 'Zootrope' got a new form and shows animation by turning the handle. The newest model has been developed on April 2014 by Daniella de Windt and Varshana Kesharie, both studends from the Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam. These designers developed a new use and gave the salad spinner a new purpose. Not to dry lettuce, but to show animations, by just turning a handle.