Blender cutter

A cutter for use in a blender comprising:

• a central hub portion defining a horizontal plane;
• first and second pairs of blades extending outwardly from the hub portion;
• wherein the first pair of blades is oriented on opposite sides of the hub portion and the blades lie in substantially the same horizontal plane as the hub portion,
• wherein the second pair of blades is oriented on opposite sides of the hub portion and the blades extend upwardly from the horizontal plane of the hub portion, further wherein the angles of upward extension of each of the second pair of blades is asymmetric, and
• still further wherein each blade of the second set of blades has a cutting edge and trailing edge and each blade of the second set of blades is pitched so that there is a downward slope from the cutting edge to the trailing edge.

A blender comprising:

• a blender jar for receiving material to be processed,
• a rotatable cutter positioned within the blender jar, a motor carried in a housing with a drive shaft for rotatably driving the cutter,
• the cutter comprising:
• a central hub portion defining a horizontal plane;
• first and second pairs of blades extending outwardly from the hub portion;
• wherein the first pair of blades is oriented on opposite sides of the hub portion and the blades lie in substantially the same horizontal plane as the hub portion,
• wherein the second pair of blades is oriented on opposite sides of the hub portion and the blades extend upwardly from the horizontal plane of the hub portion, further wherein the angles of upward extension of each of the second pair of blades is asymmetric, and
• further wherein each blade of the first set of blades has a cutting edge and trailing edge and each blade of the first set of blades is pitched so that there is a downward slope from the cutting edge to the trailing edge.

A blender comprising:

• a blender jar for receiving material to be processed,
• a rotatable cutter positioned within the blender jar, a motor carried in a housing with a drive shaft for rotatably driving the cutter,
• the cutter comprising:
• a central hub portion defining a horizontal plane;
• first and second pairs of blades extending outwardly from the hub portion;
• wherein the first pair of blades is oriented on opposite sides of the hub portion and the blades lie in substantially the same horizontal plane as the hub portion,
• wherein the second pair of blades are oriented on opposite sides of the hub portion and the blades extend upwardly from the horizontal plane of the hub portion, further wherein the angles of upward extension of each of the second pair of blades is asymmetric, and
• still further wherein each blade of the second set of blades has a cutting edge and trailing edge and each blade of the second set of blades is pitched so that there is a downward slope from the cutting edge to the trailing edge.