Magnetic drive for food processing apparatus
AssigneeIsland Oasis Frozen Cocktail Company, Inc.
InventorsJohn F. Karkos, Jr., Ron Flanary
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Abstract
Food processing apparati including magnetic drives are described herein. According to one exemplary embodiment, a food processing apparatus may include a motor having a motor shaft, a rotor rotatably mounted on the motor shaft, and a stator producing an electromagnetic field for interacting with the rotor. The rotor may magnetically drive a drive plate coupled to an impeller inside a food-contact chamber.
Claims20
A food processing apparatus having a rotary element to be driven by a rotating magnetic field, the food processing apparatus comprising:
- a food-contact chamber defined by an exterior wall;
- a driven member disposed within the food-contact chamber, the driven member including a plurality of discrete bodies of magnetically soft material supported from a rotating shaft arranged to rotate responsive to the rotating magnetic field;
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- a driving element configured to generate the rotating magnetic field, the driving element disposed outside the food-contact chamber and positioned, in use of the food processing apparatus, beneath the driven member.
A food processing apparatus having a rotary element to be driven by a rotating magnetic field, the food processing apparatus comprising:
- a food-contact chamber defined by an exterior wall;
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- a driven member disposed within the food-contact chamber, the driven member including a plurality of generally pie-shaped discrete bodies of magnetically soft material supported from a rotating shaft arranged to rotate responsive to the rotating magnetic field.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.