Locking assembly for a micro puree machine
AssigneeSharkNinja Operating LLC
InventorNathan Lyell
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Abstract
Micro puree machines have a locking assembly for locking a container to a coupling on the machine, preventing the container from rotating out of the coupling during processing. The locking assembly includes at least one protrusion on the container configured to slidably engage a slot on an interior surface of the coupling when the container is rotated in a clockwise direction. The coupling has a clip that is moveable from a first position, in which the clip prevents rotation of the container in the counterclockwise direction, to a second position, in which the clip allows rotation of the container in the counterclockwise direction. The clip is spring biased toward the second position. Pressing a button on the coupling moves the clip from the first to the second position.
Claims7
A method of locking a container to a coupling of a micro puree machine, the method comprising:
- inserting the container into the coupling, the container having at least one protrusion on an outer surface of the container;
- rotating the container in a first direction relative to the coupling such that the at least one protrusion slidably engages at least one slot on an interior surface of the coupling, the rotation causing a clip within the coupling to move from a first position to a second position;
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- moving the clip from the second position to the first position after the at least one protrusion is fully rotated into the at least one slot;
- wherein the clip is configured to prevent rotation of the at least one protrusion out of the at least one slot in a second direction when the clip is in the first position, and
- wherein the clip comprises a projection configured to engage the at least one protrusion to prevent the at least one protrusion from rotating in the second direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.