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US 7,395,751 B2Granted
Beverage-making appliance
AssigneeMain Power Electrical Factory Ltd.
InventorKa Lok Joe Liu
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Abstract
An ice beverage-making apparatus includes a housing, an electric motor located within the housing, a torque transmission supported by the housing and receiving input from the electric motor and providing a first output shaft and a second-speed output shaft that rotates at a different speed than the first output shaft. The apparatus further includes an ice crushing module supported by the housing and receiving torque from the first output shaft, and a blending module receiving torque from the second output shaft.
Claims22
A beverage-making apparatus, comprising:
- a housing,
- an electric motor located within the housing,
- a torque transmission supported by the housing and receiving input from the electric motor and providing a first output shaft and a second-speed output shaft that rotates at a different speed than the first output shaft,
- a crushing module supported by the housing and receiving torque from the first output shaft, and
- a blending module comprising a whisk driven by the second-speed output shaft, a vessel into which the whisk depends and a vessel lid fitted to the vessel, the vessel lid comprising a vessel lid upper having a coupling attached to the second-speed Output shaft, and a lid lower through which torque is transmitted from the coupling to the whisk.
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A beverage-making apparatus, comprising:
- a housing,
- an electric motor located within the housing,
- a torque transmission supported by the housing and receiving input from the electric motor and providing an output,
- a crushing module supported by the housing and receiving torque from the output, the crushing module comprising a contoured crushing disk having a boss, an outer ring coaxial with the boss and two diametrically opposed contoured paddies positioned between the boss and the outer ring for bearing down upon the beverage ingredient, and a blade against which the beverage ingredient is crushed by the crushing disk, and
- a blending module receiving torque from the output, and positioned to receive the beverage ingredient crushed by the crushing disk.
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A beverage-making apparatus, comprising:
- a housing,
- an electric motor located within the housing,
- a torque transmission supported by the housing and receiving input from the electric motor and providing an output,
- a crushing module supported by the housing and receiving torque from the output, the crushing module comprising a contoured crushing disk that bears down upon a beverage ingredient, and a blade against which the beverage ingredient is crushed by the crushing disk, and
- a blending module positioned to receive the beverage ingredient crushed by the crushing disk, the blending module comprising a blending housing having a coupling for receiving torque from the output, a second torque transmission supported by the blending housing and receiving input from the coupling and providing a first output shaft and a second-speed output shaft that rotates at a different speed than the first output shaft, the first output shaft being positioned within the second output shaft, and a first whisk receiving torque from the first output shaft and a second whisk receiving torque from the second output shaft.
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A beverage-making apparatus, comprising:
- a housing,
- an electric motor located within the housing,
- a torque transmission supported by the housing and receiving input from the electric motor and providing a first output shaft and a second-speed output shaft that rotates at a different speed than the first output shaft,
- a crushing module supported by the housing and receiving torque from the first output shaft, and
- a blending module receiving torque from the second output shaft, the blending module comprising a first whisk driven by the second-speed output shaft, a second whisk driven by the first output shaft and a vessel into which the whisks depend.
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A beverage-making apparatus, comprising:
- a housing,
- an electric motor located within the housing,
- a torque transmission supported by the housing and receiving input from the electric motor and providing a first output shaft and a second-speed output shaft that rotates at a different speed than the first output shaft,
- a crushing module supported by the housing and comprising a contoured crushing disk driven by the first output shaft and having a boss, an outer ring coaxial with the boss and two diametrically opposed contoured paddles positioned between the boss and the outer ring for bearing down upon the beverage ingredient, and a blade against which the beverage ingredient is crushed by the crushing disk, and
- a blending module comprising a whisk driven by the second-speed output shaft a vessel into which the whisk depends and a vessel lid fitted to the vessel, the vessel lid comprising a vessel lid upper having a coupling attached to the second-speed output shaft, and a lid lower through which torque is transmitted from the coupling to the whisk.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.