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US 8,556,203 B2Granted
Blender system having a cutter assembly
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsJohann Unteregger, Juergen Holzbauer
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Abstract
A blender system (10) includes a base (12) and a container (14). A cutter assembly (24) and a feeder assembly (25) are accommodated in the container (14) near the base (12). The feeder assembly (25) has a feeder blade (628) with a tip (636) at a distal end of the feeder blade (628). The cutter assembly (24) has a cutter blade (28) with a tip (36) at a distal end of the cutter blade (28). A very effective blending process is obtained by driving the feeder tip (636) at a lower peripheral speed than the cutter tip (36).
Claims9
A blender system comprising:
- a cutter assembly comprising:
- a cutter blade affixed to a rotationally driveable cutter shaft, said cutter blade having a cutter tip at a distal end radially remote from the cutter shaft;
- and
- a feeder assembly including:
- a feeder blade affixed to a rotationally driveable feeder shaft, said feeder blade having:
- a feeder tip at a distal end radially remote from the feeder shaft, and
- means for transporting a mixture towards the cutter assembly, the means for transporting extending over a distance of less than 4 mm and more than 2 mm from a surface of the feeder blade, wherein the feeder shaft and the cutter shaft are driveable by at least one drive unit, and
- the feeder tip is driveable at a lower peripheral speed than a peripheral speed of the cutter tip.
5 more elements
A blender system comprising:
- a drive mechanism;
- a cutter assembly affixed to a rotationally driveable cutter shaft connected to said drive mechanism, said cutter assembly comprising a plurality of cutter blades;
- a feeder assembly affixed to a rotationally driveable feeder shaft connected to said drive mechanism, said feeder assembly comprising a plurality of feeder blades, said feeder blades comprising means for transporting a mixture towards the cutter blades, the means for transporting said mixture extending over a distance between 0.5 millimeters and 8 mm from a surface of the feeder blades, wherein said distance is determined based on a peripheral speed of a tip of the feeder blade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.