Blender assembly
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsSamuel James Bradley, Rebecca Katherine Kasner
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Abstract
A blender assembly includes a base, a heater assembly selectively coupled to the base and having a heating element and a biasing feature that biases the heating element away from the base, and a jar assembly selectively coupled to the heater assembly and having a jar and a heat transfer element coupled to the jar. Coupling the jar assembly to the heater assembly prompts the heat transfer element to contact the heating element, such that the heating element moves toward the base against the bias of the biasing feature.
Claims19
A blender assembly, comprising:
- a base;
- a heater assembly selectively coupled to the base and having a heating element, wherein the heater assembly is operable to move between an attached condition, where the heater assembly is attached to the base, and a detached condition, where the heater assembly is detached from the base, and wherein the heater assembly further includes a biasing feature that exerts a biasing force on the heating element away from the base in the attached condition of the heater assembly;
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- a jar assembly selectively coupled to the heater assembly and having a jar and a heat transfer element coupled to the jar, wherein the heat transfer element contacts the heating element when the jar assembly is coupled to the heater assembly.
A heater assembly for a blender assembly, comprising:
- a collar that defines an interior space;
- a heating element disposed at least partially within the interior space;
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- a biasing feature operably coupled with the collar and the heating element and being configured to bias the heating element in a first direction, wherein the heating element is operable to move relative to the collar in a second direction that is opposite the first direction against the bias of the biasing feature.
A blender assembly, comprising:
- a base;
- a heater assembly selectively coupled to the base and having a heating element and a biasing feature that biases the heating element away from the base;
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- a jar assembly selectively coupled to the heater assembly and having a jar and a heat transfer element coupled to the jar, wherein coupling the jar assembly to the heater assembly prompts the heat transfer element to contact the heating element, such that the heating element moves toward the base against the bias of the biasing feature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.