Micro puree machine with fixed motors
AssigneeSharkNinja Operating LLC
InventorsPing Chu, Thomas Zhang, Yanfeng Wang, Ming Li Shi, Xu Sheng Deng, Kai Ping Hu
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Abstract
A micro puree machine has a mixing shaft attachable to a blade that is subject to both linear and rotational movement. A drive motor is contained within a lower portion of the machine housing and operatively couples to a first gear that engages a second gear on the mixing shaft for rotation of the mixing blade. A position motor within the upper housing operates to move the mixing blade linearly to engage the ingredients in the bowl. During both axial and rotational movement of the mixing shaft, the drive motor and the position motor remain stationary within their respective positions in the housing.
Claims20
A micro puree machine comprising a transmission system, the transmission system comprising:
- a first gear rotatable about a first axis;
- a mixing shaft operatively coupled to a second gear, the second gear rotatable about a second axis extending in a non-parallel direction relative to the first axis, the second axis being aligned with a central axis of a processing bowl attached to the micro puree machine;
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- a position motor operatively coupled to the mixing shaft to move the mixing shaft axially along the second axis, the position motor being aligned with the second axis;
- wherein the first gear is configured to drive the second gear to rotate the mixing shaft about the second axis;
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- wherein, during axial and rotational movement of the mixing shaft, the position motor is configured to remain in a stationary position relative to a housing of a micro puree machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.