Blender/Juicer Appliance With Safety Latch Arrangement
AssigneeHamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
InventorBrian Bock
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Abstract
A blender/juicer appliance includes: a base including a rotary drive unit; a blender assembly including a blender jar and a blending tool unit, the blending tool unit configured for coupling with the rotary drive unit; a juicer assembly including a juicing bowl and a juicing tool unit, the juicing tool unit configured for coupling with the rotary drive unit; and a latch assembly attached to the base and movable between blending and juicing positions. In the blending position, the latch assembly engages the blender assembly to secure the blender assembly to the base, and in the juicing position, the latch assembly engages the juicer assembly to secure the juicer assembly to the base.
Claims20
A blender/juicer appliance, comprising:
- a base including a rotary drive unit;
- a blender assembly including a blender jar and a blending tool unit, the blending tool unit configured for coupling with the rotary drive unit;
- a juicer assembly including a juicing bowl and a juicing tool unit, the juicing tool unit configured for coupling with the rotary drive unit;
- and
- a latch assembly attached to the base and movable between blending and juicing positions, the latch assembly including an arm member;
- wherein in the blending position, the arm member engages the base to secure the blender assembly to the base, and in the juicing position, the arm member engages the juicer assembly to secure the juicer assembly to the base;
- and
- wherein in the juicing position the arm member is generally inverted from its orientation in the blending position.
A blender/juicer appliance, comprising:
- a base including a rotary drive unit;
- a blender assembly including a blender jar and a blending tool unit, the blending tool unit configured for coupling with the rotary drive unit;
- a juicer assembly including a juicing bowl and a juicing tool unit, the juicing tool unit configured for coupling with the rotary drive unit;
- and
- a latch assembly attached to the base and movable between blending and juicing positions, wherein in the blending position, the latch assembly engages the blender assembly to secure the blender assembly to the base, and in the juicing position, the latch assembly engages the juicer assembly to secure the juicer assembly to the base;
- wherein the latch assembly is configured so that, in the blending position, the latch assembly prevents proper engagement of the juicer assembly with the base.
A blender/juicer appliance, comprising:
- a base including a rotary drive unit;
- a blender assembly including a blender jar and a blending tool unit, the blending tool unit configured for coupling with the rotary drive unit;
- a juicer assembly including a juicing bowl and a juicing tool unit, the juicing tool unit configured for coupling with the rotary drive unit;
- and
- a latch assembly attached to the base and movable between blending and juicing positions, wherein in the blending position, the latch assembly engages the blender assembly to secure the blender assembly to the base, and in the juicing position, the latch assembly engages the juicer assembly to secure the juicer assembly to the base, the latch assembly comprising:
- an arm member configured so that, in the blending position, the arm member engages a feature on the base, and in the juicing position, the arm member engages a feature on the juicer assembly, wherein in the juicing position the arm member is generally inverted from its orientation in the blending position;
- and
- a knuckle member that is pivotally attached to the arm member at a first pivot axis and to the base at the second pivot axis;
- wherein in the blending position, the first pivot axis is above the second pivot axis, and in the juicing position, the second pivot axis is above the first pivot axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.