Manual blender device and methods
AssigneeHot Buttered Elves, Inc.
InventorDaniel GARR
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Abstract
A handheld, hand-operated blender may include a container, a lid threadably connected to an upper portion of the container, a bottom portion including a stationary bottom portion threadably connected to a lower portion of the container and a rotatable bottom portion rotatable with respect to the container. The blender may also include a blade assembly including a plurality of blades and a shaft rotatably connected to the rotatable bottom portion and a gear assembly mechanically connected to the blade assembly and the rotatable bottom portion such that rotation of the rotatable bottom portion rotates the blade assembly at a faster revolution per minute than the rotation of the rotatable bottom portion.
Claims20
A blender comprising:
- a container;
- a lid connected to an upper portion of the container;
- a bottom portion connected to a lower portion of the container, the bottom portion comprising a rotatable section rotatable with respect to the container;
- a blade assembly comprising at least one blade rotatably connected to the rotatable section of the bottom portion;
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- a gear assembly mechanically connected to the blade assembly and the rotatable section of the bottom portion such that rotation of the rotatable section of the bottom portion rotates the blade assembly at a faster revolution rate than the rotation of the rotatable section of the bottom portion.
A blender comprising:
- a container;
- a lid connected to a first end of the container;
- a rotatable section connected to a second end of the container, the rotatable section being rotatable with respect to the container;
- a blade assembly comprising at least one blade rotatably connected to the rotatable section;
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- a gear assembly mechanically connected to the blade assembly and the rotatable section such that rotation of the rotatable section rotates the blade assembly at a faster revolution rate than the rotation of the rotatable section;
- wherein the rotatable section is configured to be placed in contact with a rolling surface and rolled along the rolling surface, as the container is moved along the rolling surface without rotation, to rotate the rotatable section and the blade assembly relative to the container.
A method of blending a material, the method comprising:
- placing a material to be blended in a container;
- connecting a lid to an upper portion of the container;
- providing a rotatable section connected to a lower portion of the container, the rotatable section rotatable with respect to the container;
- providing a blade assembly comprising at least one blade in connection for rotation with the rotatable section;
- providing a gear assembly mechanically connected to the blade assembly and the rotatable section of the bottom portion such that rotation of the rotatable section of the bottom portion rotates the blade assembly at a faster revolution rate than the rotation of the rotatable section of the bottom portion;
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- placing the rotatable section in contact with a rolling surface and rolling the rotatable section along the rolling surface, while moving the container along the rolling surface without rotation, to rotate the rotatable section and the blade assembly relative to the container, while the material is in the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.