US 12,765,723 B2 · Food processor

Abstract

A food processor assembly is disclosed. An example food processor assembly includes an assembly base, a bowl base, a bow, a lid, and a blade storage container. The assembly base includes a rotary input shaft that selectively couples to a coupler of a blender base. The bowl base selectively couples to the assembly base with the rotary input shaft extending through the bowl based. The bowl includes a body and a central column integrally formed with the body though which the rotary input shaft extends. The lid selectively couples to the bowl. The lid includes a feed tube to receive food items. The lid having a first vertical orientation to selectively couple to the bowl and a second vertical orientation to selectively couple to the bowl. The blade storage container selectively couples to the lid when the lid in coupled to the bowl in the second vertical orientation.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A blade storage container, comprising:

a base having at least one side wall defining a storage cavity;
a lid removably coupled to the base;
and
a pillar disposed within the storage cavity of the base, the pillar supporting one or more food processor blades,
wherein the at least one side wall defines:
at least one first notch that provides access to the storage cavity, and
at least one second notch that forms an engagement point to secure the lid to the base and provides a clearance for components of a cap of a food processing assembly supporting the base thereon when the food processing assembly is in a storage configuration.

4 more elements

A food processing assembly comprising:

a cap comprising an upper side wall, a lower side wall, and a gasket therebetween;
and
a blade storage container configured to selectively couple to the cap, the blade storage container comprising:
a base having at least one side wall defining a storage cavity;
a lid removably coupled to the base;
and
a pillar disposed within the storage cavity of the base, the pillar supporting one or more food processor blades,
wherein the at least one side wall defines:
at least one first notch that provides access to the storage cavity, and
at least one second notch that forms an engagement point to secure the lid to the base and provides a clearance for components of the cap of the food processing assembly, wherein the cap supports the base thereon when the food processing assembly is in a storage configuration;
and
an interior wall and an exterior wall separated from the interior wall to define a space therebetween, wherein the cap supports the blade storage container such that the lower side wall is disposed within the space between the interior wall and the exterior wall.

9 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/543,325Filed 18 Dec 2023 · continuation

Priority

19 Dec 2019

Published

US 2024/0115078 A111 Apr 2024

Granted

20 Oct 2026

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

A47J 43/046
Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs,…
A47J 43/0722
For machines with tools driven from the lower side: mixing, whipping or cutting tools
A47J 43/0727
Parts or details, e.g. mixing tools, whipping tools: mixing bowls
A47J
Kitchen equipment

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Application62/950,475Us provisional application · filed 19 Dec 2019

Application17/128,625Parent of this continuation · filed 21 Dec 2020

US 2024/0115078 A1Pre-grant publication · published 11 Apr 2024

US 11,877,696 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2021/0186267 A1Published application

US 12,765,723 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

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Claims15