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US 12,419,463 B2Granted
Self-cleaning automated blended drink machine
AssigneeSmoodi, Inc.
InventorsMorgan Abraham, Pascal Kriesche
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Abstract
A stand-alone automated machine for the automatic blending of drinks. The machine will generally puree materials including fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables provided in large particulate sections or chunks within a cup which is available from a neighboring refrigerator or freezer unit. The blending machine can handle all aspects of drink blending as well as automatic cleaning, sanitization, and/or sterilization cycles.
Claims12
A machine for automated drink blending, the machine comprising:
- a cup including a lid;
- a cup support holding said cup;
- a blender assembly including:
- a blender shaft with blender blades attached thereto;
- a motor for rotating said blender shaft;
- a cup hat, said cup hat being sized and shaped to engage said lid from outside an internal volume and hold a top of said cup while said blender shaft descends through said cup hat to place said blender blades into said internal volume of said cup;
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- a nozzle in said cup hat for supplying liquid to said internal volume of said cup through said cup hat and said cup lid;
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- a lift mechanism for raising and lowering said blender assembly relative to said cup support;
- wherein said motor rotates said blender shaft while said blender blades are within said internal volume of said cup.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.