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US 9,283,528 B2Granted
Blender jug and coupling
AssigneeBreville Pty Limited
InventorKhon Thai
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Abstract
A blade assembly for use with a jug having a central throat, the blade assembly includes: one or more blades; a plug element having a peripheral annular flange; a seal element located below the annular flange; a coupling component for engaging a co-operating coupling component on a blender base, the coupling component being coupled to the one or more blades by a rotatable shaft assembly; and a locking element for retaining the plug element with the seal element sealingly engaging the jug, thereby providing a sealing arrangement between the blade assembly and the jug.
Claims16
A blender jug assembly including:
- a vessel having a throat located at a floor of the interior of the vessel;
- a collar located at a base of the vessel, and the collar defining a jug skirt;
- a plug element being located from within the interior of the vessel and partially through the throat and engages the collar;
- the plug element having a blade module comprising one or more blades;
- the plug element having a first coupling component, the first coupling component being engaged to the one or more blades by a rotatable shaft assembly supported by the plug element, the first coupling component being accessible from below the vessel for engaging a co-operating second coupling component on a motorised blender base;
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- wherein the plug element and collar include co-operating retaining elements, which include one or more tabs having a retaining lip that engages a rim to releasably couple the plug element to the collar and resist separation of the plug element and collar when fully engaged.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.