Sound enclosure system for food blender
AssigneeConair Corporation
InventorDavid William Beckstrom
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Abstract
A sound enclosure system for a food processing device includes a first enclosure member configured to be secured to a base of the food processing device, a second enclosure member pivotally connected to the first enclosure member and moveable between an open position and a closed position, and at least one detection element associated with the second enclosure member, the detection element being configured to be detected by a controller of the food processing device so as to indicate to the controller that the second enclosure member is in the closed position.
Claims18
A sound enclosure system for a food processing device, comprising:
- a first enclosure member configured to be secured to a base of the food processing device;
- a second enclosure member pivotally connected to the first enclosure member and moveable between an open position and a closed position;
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- at least one detection element associated with the second enclosure member, the detection element being configured to be detected by a controller of the food processing device so as to indicate to the controller that the second enclosure member is in the closed positions;
- wherein the at least one detection element includes a reflective element on an upper portion of the second enclosure member;
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- wherein the reflective element is positioned so as to reflect light emitted by a transceiver of a motor-driven scraper assembly received atop a processing container back to the transceiver when the second enclosure member is in the closed position.
A food processing system, comprising:
- a base having a motor, the base being configured to receiving a processing container thereon;
- a dasher assembly having at least one scraper blade for scraping interior sidewalls of the processing container, and a motor assembly for rotating the scraper blade;
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- a sound enclosure mountable on the base, the sound enclosure including a first enclosure member configured to be secured to the base, and a second enclosure member pivotally connected to the first enclosure member and moveable between an open position and a closed position, wherein when the second enclosure member is in the closed position, the sound enclosure encases the processing container and the dasher assembly;
- wherein the motor assembly includes an electric motor configured to rotate the scraper blade when the second enclosure member is in the closed position.
A method for processing food items, comprising the steps of:
- placing a motor-driven dasher assembly atop a processing container, such that scraper blades of the dasher assembly are in close association with sidewalls of the processing container;
- placing processing container atop a base of a food processing device;
- positioning a sound enclosure in a position such that the sound enclosure encases the processing container and the dasher assembly;
- at the dasher assembly, detecting a closed position of the sound enclosure;
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- in response to the detection of the closed position of the sound enclosure, actuating a motor of the dasher assembly to rotate the scraper blades.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.