Patents Assigned to Robot Coupe, S.A.
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Patent number: 5289763Abstract: An apparatus for extracting juice and pulp from vegetables and fruits is provided having a base containing an electric motor, and a bowl removably attached to the base. The motor has a drive shaft which projects into the interior of the bowl for receiving process tools. The bowl is provided with a strainer which is equipped with a skirt which fits inside the central tube surrounding the drive shaft. The driving shaft has a spindle fitted thereon in two orientations, one in which the strainer remains static during operation and one in which the strainer is driven rotationally when the driving shaft is turning.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 1989Date of Patent: March 1, 1994Assignee: Robot Coupe (S.A.)Inventors: Claude Le Rouzic, Andre Gateaud, Michel Fleche
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Patent number: 5018675Abstract: An auxiliary working bowl for a food processor is mounted without a lid between the top of the sleeve (4) in the main bowl (1) and beneath the lid (2), with a tool (8) fixed to the drive shaft (5) rotating inside the auxiliary bowl (7).Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 1989Date of Patent: May 28, 1991Assignee: Robot Coupe S.A.Inventor: Andre Gateaud
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Patent number: 4821968Abstract: A hopper for inserting foodstuffs into a food processor apparatus comprising a base which includes an electric motor whose shaft projects through the surface of the base, a bowl (2) removably mounted on said base, and a cover (1) capable of being locked onto the bowl (2), the cover having an opening surrounded by a chute (3), and a pusher (8) capable of being inserted into the chute (3) in order to press against food, the hopper being characterized in that a pusher support (5) is pivotally mounted at the top of the chute (3), said support slidably receiving a pusher rod (8) terminated by a blade (9) whose section is substantially equal to the inside section of the chute (3).Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 1987Date of Patent: April 18, 1989Assignee: Robot Coupe S.A.Inventor: Michel Fleche
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Patent number: 4741482Abstract: A magnetic safety device, inter alia for a food processor, wherein, when a cover (10) is locked on a bowl (3), which in turn is locked to a base (1), a permanent magnet (12) is brought towards a magnetically controlled working contact (11) connected in series in the supply circuit of a motor (2).Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 1983Date of Patent: May 3, 1988Assignee: Robot-Coupe S.A.Inventors: Marcel Coggiola, Patrick Ribassin, Manuel Gallardo, Jean Meyer, Alain J. L. Bertin
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Patent number: 4523720Abstract: An assembly for use with a food processor and adapted to permit processing of large food items, the assembly including a tubular member mountable on the open end of the processor bowl and provided with an inwardly directed wall terminating in a boss.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 1984Date of Patent: June 18, 1985Assignee: Robot-Coupe, S.A.Inventors: John Behringer, Pierre Martin
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Patent number: 4470788Abstract: A screw-extruder for shaped food pastes such as spaghetti is removably mounted on a base containing a prime mover. To ensure the safety of the assembly an activator is associated with the cylinder housing the screw and can only actuate a switch in the base when the cylinder is correctly positioned. The actuator may take the form of a manually operable pushbutton on the cylinder, or a lever acted on by the cylinder and acting as a mechanical interlock with a pushbutton and permitting its operation only when predetermined conditions are satisfied. In each case the pushbutton will only act to permit operation of the motor when it is properly positioned relative to a switch in the base.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 1982Date of Patent: September 11, 1984Assignee: Robot-Coupe, S.A.Inventor: Marcel E. Coggiola
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Patent number: 4456185Abstract: A kitchen apparatus for treating food wherein the rotary tools of the apparatus are stored in the casing which houses the motor of the apparatus and wherein the tools comprise flat disks and are connectable to the shaft of the motor via a carrier.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 1982Date of Patent: June 26, 1984Assignee: Robot-Coupe, S.A.Inventors: Patrick Ribassin, Manuel Gallardo, Alain J. L. Bertin
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Patent number: 4378730Abstract: A citrus fruit juicing attachment for an electrically-driven kitchen robot is described. The attachment of the invention comprises an extension piece for fitting on the motor drive shaft, a basket for mounting on the upper bowl of the kitchen robot which is provided at its edge with a projection adapted to operate a motor control switch and at least one cone which can be driven by the extension piece. The cone can only be mounted in the basket when the extension piece is not engaged therein. The need to remove basket and cone when changing cones, thus disenabling the machine, leads to an increase in safety.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 1980Date of Patent: April 5, 1983Assignee: Robot-Coupe, S.A.Inventor: Marcel Coggiola
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Patent number: 4127342Abstract: Snap-on fastener apparatus for removably holding tools on a drive shaft turned by the motor of a household electrical appliance, particularly shown as a food processor with multiple uses, in which interchangeable rotary tools of various shapes and types are employed as a function of the different food preparation tasks to be performed. A protective sheath surrounds the drive shaft and a sheath portion of the tool hub engages upon the sheath of the drive shaft. Fastener apparatus enables the user to affix the desired tool upon the drive shaft sheath in a snap-on manner for removably holding the tool against axial displacement relative to the drive shaft and enables the rapid and convenient installation or removal of the tools without the use of accessories. As the tool is being introduced onto the drive shaft, a flange spreads a plurality of elastic retainer clips which then snap back to reclose over the flange when the tool is fully installed for retaining it in position.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 1977Date of Patent: November 28, 1978Assignee: Robot Coupe, S.A.Inventor: Marcel Coggiola
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Patent number: D254161Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 1977Date of Patent: February 12, 1980Assignee: Robot Coupe, S.A.Inventor: Pierre Verdun