Method and Apparatus for a Tamper
AssigneeMidea Group Co., Ltd.
InventorsClayton James O'Donoghue, Paul R. Staun
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Abstract
A tamper for an appliance. The tamper may include one or more tamping cycles. The tamper may include a motor. The tamper may include one or more mixing mechanisms. The mixing mechanism may be a vibration mechanism. The mixing mechanism may be a blade mechanism. The tamper may include a motion limiter. The tamper may include one or more locking mechanisms releasably engaging the blender. The tamper may include a blender.
Claims20
A method of tamping contents within a blender with a tamper comprising the steps of:
- providing a blender having a base and a container removably attached to the base, wherein the base includes a drive mechanism, wherein the container includes a mixing assembly engageable to the drive mechanism of the base, wherein the container includes a lid defining an opening, and wherein the lid is removably attached to the container;
- providing a tamper having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the tamper includes a motor and a mixing mechanism;
- inserting the distal end of the tamper through the opening of the lid into an interior of the container;
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- controlling the motor to drive the mixing mechanism.
A method of tamping contents within a blender with a tamper comprising the steps of:
- providing a blender having a base and a container removably attached to the base, wherein the base includes a drive mechanism, wherein the container includes a mixing assembly engageable to the drive mechanism of the base, wherein the container includes a lid defining an opening, and wherein the lid is removably attached to the container;
- providing a tamper having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the tamper includes a motor and a mixing mechanism;
- inserting the distal end of the tamper through the opening of the lid into an interior of the container;
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- locking the tamper to the lid.
A method of tamping contents within a blender with a tamper comprising the steps of:
- providing a tamper having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the tamper includes a motor and one or more mixing mechanisms, wherein the one or more mixing mechanisms include one or more vibrating portions and/or one or more rotating portions;
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- controlling the motor to drive the one or more mixing mechanisms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.