Blender with extendible housing
AssigneeConair Corporation
InventorsPaul Ackels, Robert Kubicko, Roger Letso
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Abstract
A blender includes a housing with a lower portion and an intermediate portion, the lower portion being movable in relation to the intermediate portion to permit the housing to be extended during use. The housing encloses a motor and a shaft extending axially in the housing. The shaft has a first part and a second part, wherein the first part is coupled to and rotated by the motor, and the second part is slidably coupled to a blending blade structure. A coupler links the blending blade structure to the lower portion of the housing, to enable the blending blade structure to move axially in tandem with the lower portion of the housing.
Claims12
A blender comprising:
- a housing enclosing a motor and having a lower portion and an intermediate portion, said lower portion being movable in relation to said intermediate portion to permit said lower portion to be extended with respect to said intermediate portion;
- a blending blade structure;
- a shaft extending axially in said housing, said shaft having a first part and a second part, wherein said first part is coupable to said motor for rotation thereby, and said second part is slidably coupled to said blending blade structure;
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- coupling means for coupling said blending blade structure to said lower portion of said housing, thereby to enable said blending blade structure to move axially in tandem with said lower portion of said housing, said coupling means including an annular channel about an interior surface of said lower portion of said housing, said blending blade structure further comprising a rotatable sleeve having a blending blade mounted thereon, said rotatable sleeve having at least one projection about a circumference thereof adapted to rotate within said annular channel, so as to enable said rotatable sleeve to move axially with said lower portion of said housing.
A blender attachment, comprising:
- a motor housing interface, said motor housing interface including means for attachment to a motor housing;
- a rotatable shaft having a first part and a second part, said first part of said rotatable shaft being rotatably mounted within said motor housing interface;
- a blending blade structure slidably coupled to said second part of said rotatable shaft and including a blending blade;
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- a skirt seated about said second part of said rotatable shaft, encompassing said blending blade, and including apertures therein to allow circulation of a material being blended around said blending blade,
- wherein said skirt is movable with said blending blade and with respect to said motor housing interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.