Tri-blade assembly for blender
AssigneeBreville Pty Limited
InventorsBrendan John Foxlee, Khon Thai
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Abstract
A jug body having a through opening for receiving a blade assembly, the opening extending through a hub formed on an underside of the jug; the blade assembly having a bearing case within which is mounted bearings for supporting a shaft; the bearing case having a flange at one end and having threads at an opposite end, the threads protruding from a lower surface of the hub; the threads cooperating with a threaded nut that draws the flange into engagement with the jug; the lower surface of the hub and the nut being capped by a cover through which protrudes the shaft; a lower end of the shaft having attached to it, a coupling.
Claims15
A blender jug and base apparatus, the apparatus including:
- a blender jug having a jug body with a through opening that retains a hub;
- wherein the hub has a blade assembly and a drive shaft;
- a blender base that drives the blade assembly;
- wherein the blender base has a throat in which is formed a neck;
- the neck receives the hub;
- a pair of Hall effect sensors are provided, each behind a side wall of the neck;
- wherein the Hall effect sensors are located about 90 degrees apart with respect to the shaft;
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- the hub carries a pair of magnets that are located at about 180 degrees from one another with reference to the shaft, for cooperating with a Hall effect sensors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.