Elongated Edged Member Patents (Class 241/282.1)
-
Patent number: 9339148Abstract: A supply assembly for a food homogenizer includes a cartridge defining a hollow interior for a food product. The supply assembly includes a force application device that applies a force to the food product. As such, the food product is movable with respect to the cartridge towards a blade assembly of the food homogenizer. A plunger movably supported within the hollow interior of the cartridge can be provided. As such, the plunger and the food product are movable with respect to the cartridge towards the blade assembly of the food homogenizer.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2013Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: Healthy Foods, LLCInventors: Brian Louis Machovina, Robert Johnson, Robert Schmidt, Winston Breeden, III, Douglas Edward Whitner, Ryan Scott Crisp, Eileen McHale
-
Patent number: 9192264Abstract: A food processor is provided which includes a container, a blade assembly, and a base arranged such that the container is coupleable to the base. The base includes a housing and a motor configured to drive the blade assembly. The food processor further includes an actuator included with the container moveable between a first position and a second, extended position. When the container is coupled to the base and the actuator is in the second, extended position, the actuator is configured to actuate a switch to permit activation of the motor, and the base is constructed such that the container can be coupled to the base when the actuator is in the second, extended position.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2011Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLCInventors: David M. Audette, Alexander J. Calvino, Waiman Chung, Aric Jennings, Daniel Stephen Potter, Andrea Stavrinou
-
Patent number: 9179802Abstract: Disclosed is a machine for stirring, cutting, cooking or processing food under modified atmosphere. A drive shaft is provided in the mixing machine, for putting the product into rotary motion in the processing bowl, said drive shaft having a lower power take-off and being vertically supported by a liner which is integral with the base of the bowl, whereas the opposite end of said shaft is integral with a hub having at least one radial arm, with a liner fitted thereto for supporting and guiding a secondary vertical arm, which may be used for cutting or emulsifying food product, which shaft is integral with a pinion meshing with a crown wheel, said crown wheel being fitted to a sleeve which is coaxial and integral with supporting and guiding liner for the shaft, whereas each secondary shaft may be equipped with at least one epicyclically driven, high-speed mixing or processing tool.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2011Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Firex S.r.l.Inventors: Paolo Cadorin, Francesco Pinto
-
Patent number: 9107539Abstract: A food processor includes at least two different types of blades to process foods. A processing assembly includes a shaft, a set of pureeing blades attached to the shaft, and a set of substantially horizontal blades attached to the shaft. Each substantially horizontal blade may have a rearwardly curved leading cutting edge. The substantially horizontal blades are positioned higher with a food processing container than the pureeing blades. In some embodiments, upwardly angled blades may be included to induce vertical circulation and/or vorticial flow of the processed food.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLCInventors: Mark Rosenzweig, David M. Audette
-
Patent number: 9066625Abstract: A device to break dried pasta, including a body, driveshaft, plate and driver. The body includes a receptacle and a recess. The receptacle is to receive a pasta strand and to communicate a portion of the pasta strand into the recess. The driveshaft extends through the body into the recess, and has a first portion extending at least along the receptacle and a second portion extending in relation to a height of the recess. The plate is secured to the second portion and includes a planar surface having a radial projection extending toward the recess. The planar surface is to abut the portion of the pasta strand received into the recess. The driver has an axial opening to removeably engage the first portion. The driver is enabled to rotate the driveshaft that in turn rotates the plate causing the projection to break the pasta strand.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Inventor: George J. Catania
-
Patent number: 8985488Abstract: The invention relates to a combined food processing machine which accepts the incorporation of multiple accessories and a fast anchoring and fixing device which can be actuated by a user to secure an accessory to said machine. The invention also includes multiple detectors, particularly magnetic, for the purpose of automatically identifying the type of accessory which has been secured to the machine and determining the operating condition of said accessory.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Sammic, S.L.Inventors: Javier Hidalgo García, Aitor Aguirrezabalaga Zubizarreta, Aitor Gogorza Segurola
-
Patent number: 8960082Abstract: An apparatus for steaming and blending food products comprises a container (2) for receiving the food products, the container having a steam inlet (12) and a steam outlet passage (36). A blade assembly (16) is located in the container for blending the food products. The blade assembly (16) comprising a blade support member (18,22) having at least one blade (20) extending there from. The blade support member is located over an opening (14) in the container. The steam outlet passage (36) extends between the container and the blade support member such that steam can exit the container through the opening (14).Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2009Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Anders Joel Bjoerk, Volkhard Zukale
-
Patent number: 8960578Abstract: A high impact pressure processor comprises of a piston. The piston comprises of a piston seal, a piston cap, a piston shaft, and a plurality of vent holes. The piston seal, located at an end of the piston shaft, seals out air from a container of a food processor or blender. This enables high impact pressure to be placed on the ingredient(s) in the container, thus creating smoother and thicker mixtures of ingredient(s). The plurality of vent holes allows air into container when needed, but are easily sealed off with the piston cap.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2011Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Inventor: Warren Shawn Byrne
-
Patent number: 8940207Abstract: A continuous length of material of non-circular cross-section is pelletized to form discrete bits, by feeding the material to a cutting wheel with shaped cutters that form non-planar bits having non-circular axial projections and that are aligned with the material. The material is fed so as to maintain a rotational orientation with respect to the cutters, and so as to avoid buckling. Multiple banks of strands of material are severed simultaneously, thereby producing high volumes of shaped bits that are useful as filling and as filter material, and as friction-enhancing additives.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2011Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Velcro Industries B.V.Inventors: Peter J. Mueller, Richard H. Fetter, Robert A. Hewitt, Jamie Allen Chomas, Jason Bradley Forgash
-
Publication number: 20150014459Abstract: The invention relates to a pureeing unit (1) for an apparatus for processing foodstuffs with at least one knife (31, 32) arranged radially to a rotation axis (2) and with at least one blade (41, 42) arranged radially to the rotation axis (2). The at least one knife (31, 32) and the at least one blade (41, 42) are rotatable about the rotation axis (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2013Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventor: Bruno Herren
-
Publication number: 20140374522Abstract: An auger is provided for cutting and mixing bulk fibrous feed placed into a mixing chamber of the mixer for eventual consumption by livestock. The auger includes flighting having an outside edge defining a periphery of the auger. A knife is provided, connected to the periphery of the flighting in a continuous or substantially continuous manner along at least a major portion of the periphery of the flighting of the auger. The continuous or substantially continuous knife may be comprised of knife sections placed adjacent and substantially longitudinally to one another thereby providing a continuous or substantially continuous knife. The auger having the continuous or nearly continuous knife along the periphery provides a substantially clean cut of fibrous bulk material and a reduction in crushing and/or tearing of the fibrous material relative to an auger with a non-continuous knife or an auger with a serrated knife.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2014Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: Jakob TAMMINGA, Gavin MILLS, Christopher BESSEY
-
Patent number: 8888028Abstract: An apparatus including a gear assembly; a first blade section and a second blade section. The first blade section includes a first shaft. The first shaft is connected to gears of the gear assembly and extends from a first side of the gear assembly. The second blade section includes a second shaft and a cutting blade. The second shaft is connected to the gears of the gear assembly and extends from a second opposite side of the gear assembly. The gear assembly is configured to rotate the second shaft in an opposite direction of rotation relative to rotation of the first shaft.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2011Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Inventor: Robert F. Tulipani
-
Publication number: 20140299702Abstract: A chopping blade has a main body made of hardened steel. The blade body is formed with at least one cutting-edge region, a fastening region for fastening the blade to a carrier and in each case a transition region between the cutting-edge region and the fastening region. The main body bears a hard material coating in the cutting-edge region. The hardness of the main body is uniform throughout over all regions. A chopping drum carries a multiplicity of these chopping blades on its periphery.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2014Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: GEBRUEDER BUSATIS GMBHInventors: ALOIS KROELL, WOLFGANG LUTZ
-
Patent number: 8851405Abstract: An auto-feeding device includes a container provided on one side with a hollow sleeve; a bottom cover operably connected to an open bottom of the container; a fixing seat having an upright rod upwardly rotatably extended into the hollow sleeve and a stop rod normally located below the bottom cover; and a swaying arm upwardly connected to the fixing seat opposite to the stop rod. When the auto-feeding device is mounted on a bowl of a food processor filled with water, and blades in the bowl are rotated at a preset time to produce swirling water, the swaying arm is pushed by swirls to move the stop rod away from the bottom cover, so that the bottom cover turns downward to open the bottom of the container, allowing foodstuffs in the container to automatically fall into the bowl and be directly heated and ground into different types of food juice.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2010Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Inventors: Rong-Yuan Tseng, Bing-Huang Wu
-
Publication number: 20140263784Abstract: A food preparation appliance has a base, a blade member rotatable in a direction of rotation, and a container with a closed bottom, an open top and a tubular sidewall together defining an interior space of the container. The top of the container is configured for releasable connection with the base, with the blade member disposed within the interior space of the container. The sidewall has a rib projecting inward of the interior space of the container and extending lengthwise along at least a portion of the sidewall from the top of the container toward the bottom of the container. The rib has, in the direction of rotation of the blade member, a peak defined as the shortest transverse dimension measured from the center of the container to the sidewall at a respective height along the portion of the sidewall having the rib, the rib being asymmetric in transverse cross-section.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: Kroy Everett Nernberger, Jacob Daniel Smith, David W. Everett
-
Publication number: 20140263790Abstract: The invention relates to a granulator having a cutting device which is driven by a drive device and to which a material strand can be supplied, for example by means of a conveying device. The drive device is accommodated in a granulator housing. The cutting device and optionally also the conveying device are arranged in a separate module housing, which is connected in a detachable manner to the granulator housing and can be removed from same. The cutting device and/or the conveying device are connected to the respective drive device via detachable couplings. The cutting device and optionally also the conveying device can be removed from the granulator housing as a unit together with the module housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2012Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Thermo Electron (Karlsruhe) GmbHInventors: Erich Stockmann, Thobias Geissler
-
Publication number: 20140263216Abstract: Three systems for the destruction of the data storage portion of electronic media storage devices such as hard disk drives, solid state drives and hybrid hard drives. One system utilizes a mill cutter with which the hard drive has relative motion in the direction of the axis of the mill cutter to destroy the data storage portion. A second system utilizes a laser to physically destroy the data storage portion. The third system utilizes a chemical solvent to chemically destroy the data storage portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventor: Kevin P. Clark
-
Publication number: 20140246531Abstract: A blender for breaking down food at an averagely faster rate, it comprises of; a jar 2 with a tubular body with outer treading on one end; having a screwed on bottom portion 3 which has a set of rotatable blades 10 built in. The bottom portion 3 of the jar 2 has a cavity of its base along the inner circumference, said cavity includes: at the bottom; a gasket 9, then a stationary blades assembly 4 which is a continuous structure made up of; a ring base 7; on opposite side of its inner circumference of said ring 7 are vertical extensions 5 that each have a portion at the top 6 curved inwards at right angle with one edge sharp 11, these curved inward portions 6 serves as the actual blades 6, another gasket 8 is then places over the ring base 7 of the stationary blades 4 assembly, and the rim close to said outer treading, of the body of the jar 2, sit on the gasket 8 on top.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2014Publication date: September 4, 2014Inventor: Ricardo Anthony Thompson Mcbean
-
Publication number: 20140231563Abstract: An apparatus for pre-composting organic material, comprising: a housing with two openings and a pre-composting means between the two openings wherein kitchen scraps may be fed in the first opening and the pre-composted scraps exit the second opening. In an embodiment of the present invention the pre-composter includes: a lid assembly which may facilitate feeding scraps into the pre-composter; a hopper and blade assembly for pre-composting or cutting and shredding the scraps; a component tray for securing the housing to the hopper; a bin for collecting the pre-composted scraps; and a crank assembly which delivers rotational power to the blade assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2012Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: INGENIOUS MARKETING LLCInventors: Gail D. Loos, James E. Jones, James P. Monahan, Jeffrey L. Schaefer, Shane Korthuis
-
Publication number: 20140231562Abstract: A blender system includes a container having a rotatable blade assembly therein, a lid covering an open end of the container, and a base with a motorized unit. When the container is coupled with the base, the motorized unit is adapted to drive rotation of the rotatable blade assembly. The lid includes a hinged actuator lever adapted to actuate the motorized unit. A detent extends from the hinged actuator lever and passes through a series of apertures and presses against a slidable actuator shaft disposed in the container and maintained in its position by a spring force, thereby depressing a switch for the motorized unit. A rotatable blade system includes cutting blade(s) and crushing blade(s). The crushing blade extends longitudinally outwardly from a hub. When the hub rotates in a first direction or second direction opposite the first direction, a face of the crushing blade is leading or trailing, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2012Publication date: August 21, 2014Inventors: Daniel Stephen Potter, David M. Audette
-
Publication number: 20140224911Abstract: This invention relates to a food processors and specifically to flexible blades for food processors. Disclosed is a rotatable, flexible cutting blade and a food processing apparatus using a rotatable, flexible cutting blade. The rotatable, flexible cutting blade is connected to a food processor drive mechanism and is comprised of one or more blade arms. The blade arms comprise a blade and a flexible portion where the flexible portion connects the blade to the drive mechanism via mechanical means. The blade arms start in a first position away from the plane orthogonal to the axis of rotation of the rotatable, flexible cutting blade. When the rotatable, flexible cutting blade is rotated at sufficient speeds, centrifugal forces cause the blades to move away from their first position. As the rotation slows, the blades return to their first position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: Browne & Co.Inventor: Neal HO
-
Patent number: 8800905Abstract: A mixing vessel, that is used with a motorized food processor, has a vessel wall with an cylindrical upper section and a frustoconical lower section. The upper section has a longitudinal axis generally centered within the upper section and an upper opening defining an upper end of the vessel wall. The lower section is tapered towards a lower circular opening defining a lower end of the vessel wall and has contiguous cambered protuberances defining a hypocycloidal inner surface within the lower section. A base removably closes the lower circular opening and has an upwardly tapered structure and a vertical rotational spindle. A blade assembly is locatable on the spindle. The blade assembly has a pair of upwardly extending blade arms, a pair of radially extending blade arms, and a pair of downwardly extending blade arms.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2011Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Main Power Electrical Factory Ltd.Inventors: Kwok Kay Lee, Chun Yu Liu
-
Publication number: 20140217220Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing for a balanced rotor having cutting teeth attached thereto. The longitudinal length of the rotor is conceptually divided in half by a plane disposed perpendicular to the axis of rotation. The cutting teeth are arranged in a plurality of helices about the rotor so each half of the rotor is statically balanced. The cutting teeth are further arranged so the centers of mass of the two halves are equidistant from the dividing plane. A gap may exist between the ends of the rotor and the nearest tooth encountered in each helix. The gaps for different helices may be different, however, the gaps at each end of each helix are the same length. The above result in a rigidly balanced rotor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2013Publication date: August 7, 2014Inventor: Clint Weinberg
-
Publication number: 20140209722Abstract: The present application relates to an apparatus for processing a food stuff. The apparatus has a housing (2), and a cutting tool (5) rotatably mounted in the housing (2) having a cutting edge (35) and a trailing edge(31). The cutting tool (5) is arranged to pass once per revolution through a processing region (43) in the housing in which a food stuff is receivable, and to pass through a recovery region (45). The recovery region is defined in the housing between the trailing edge passing from the processing region and the cutting edge passing into the processing region as 25 the cutting tool rotates, and the cutting tool is free to rotate in the processing region without contacting the food stuff. Therefore, the cutting tool (5) acts on a food stuff as the cutting tool rotates through the processing region, and recovers the rotational speed lost due to acting on a food stuff in the processing region as the cutting tool (5) rotates through the recovery region.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Johann Unteregger, Christian Rosenwirth
-
Publication number: 20140203130Abstract: The present application relates to an apparatus for processing a food stuff. The apparatus has a housing (2) and a cutting tool (5) for cutting a food stuff which is rotatably mounted in the housing. The cutting tool (5) rotates in the housing (2) about a rotational axis and has a radially extending cutting element (44). One end of the cutting tool (5) slides in a circumferentially extending slot in the housing as the cutting tool (5) is rotated in the housing (2). Therefore, the cutting tool (5) is supported in an axial direction by the housing (2). The present application also relates to a food processor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2012Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Johan Unteregger, Christian Rosenwirth
-
Publication number: 20140197255Abstract: The invention relates to a method for disintegrating an elastomer (20), wherein the elastomer (20) is moved across a floor (22) relative to a cutting tool (12) and toward the cutting tool (12), wherein the cutting tool (12) has a cutting wedge (14), which has a cutting edge (30) and a rake face (32) adjacent to the cutting edge (30). After the cutting wedge (14) comes in contact with the elastomer (20), the elastomer (20) is first at least partially compressed only by the rake face (32) between the rake face (32) and the floor (22) before the cutting edge (30) cuts through the elastomer (20). Because of the initially planar compression of the elastomer (20) by means of the rake face (32), an elastic evasive movement of the elastomer (20) is avoided, such that it is possible to cut off significantly thinner pieces from the elastomer (20), and thus the specific surface area of the pieces severed from the elastomer (20) can be increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2012Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: LANXESS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Lothar Reif, Thomas Neuner, Christian Mähner-Wolfarth, Werner Obrecht
-
Publication number: 20140151481Abstract: The invention relates to a process for connecting functional elements (14) to a shaft (10), comprising the following steps: (a) elevations (12) for receiving the functional elements (14) are formed, the elevations (12) being worked out of the shaft (10) by material removal, (b) the functional elements (14) are welded to the elevations (12) on the shaft (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2012Publication date: June 5, 2014Inventor: Oskar Stephan
-
Patent number: 8740120Abstract: A rotor (11) for cutting foodstuffs, intended for a food processor, includes: a rotary drive hub (14) and at least one blade (16a, 16b) attached to the hub (14) and extending radially from the latter. The blade (16a, 16b) has a first portion (20a, 20b) with a highly-sharpened leading edge for cutting the foodstuffs and at the end of which is provided a second portion (22a, 22b) with a non-sharpened leading edge for striking the foodstuffs so as to promote their bursting.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2012Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Electrolux Professionel SASInventor: Bruno Paturel
-
Publication number: 20140138463Abstract: A method and means for disaggregating aggregated particulate. A housing contains a rotational motor and a vibrating motor also has an auger drivingly linked to the rotational motor. Legs extend from the housing in the same direction as the auger and the device rests upon the aggregated particulate. Upon driving the rotational motor, the auger bores through the aggregated particulate, thereby disaggregating particulate. The vibrating motor is also driven to vibrate and further disaggregate the particulate. A plate device with a vibrating motor attached is also used to disaggregate the particulate, such as by teeth extending from the bottom of the plate that are driven into the aggregate by the weight of the plate when vibrated.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2013Publication date: May 22, 2014Inventor: Michael L. Anderson
-
Patent number: 8702300Abstract: A blending apparatus is provided which includes a container, a lid for covering the container, and an attachment within the container. The attachment includes a central shaft having a first end and a second end, the first end being configured to engage the lid, and the second end being configured to engage a drive member of the container. The attachment further includes blades extending outwardly from the central shaft, the blades being operable to engage food products in the container. The attachment rotates within the container body (i) while the attachment is captured between a bushing of the lid and the drive member of the container, the first end of the central shaft engaging the bushing and the second end of the central shaft engaging the drive member of the container and (ii) while the second end of the attachment receives torque from the drive member of the container.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2011Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLCInventor: David M. Audette
-
Patent number: 8695905Abstract: An electrically-powered food processor apparatus with special features to aid in the processing of foodstuffs, particularly for Latin American recipes comprises a central hopper with a large open top. A top mounted central crank turns a blade disc located on the bottom inside surface of the hopper. The cutting design of the blade disc is such that the foodstuffs that are cut are the ideal size for use in recipes such as pasteles and alcapurrias. The blade disc can be interchangeable for other blade discs that allow for thinner foodstuffs, thicker foodstuffs, or special serrated designs.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2011Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Inventors: Gervasio Pagan, Roxanne Pagan
-
Publication number: 20140084094Abstract: A base for a food mixer includes a container body having a bottom wall. A blade unit is mounted in the container body and includes a blade unit body and a coupling member. A seat made of metal is mounted to an outer side of the bottom wall of the container body. The seat includes an underside having a first recess. A weight is mounted to the underside of the seat. A cushioning pad is sandwiched between the weight and the seat. The coupling member extends beyond the underside of the seat or an underside of the weight. The coupling member connects with a shaft of a power unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Inventor: WEN CHING LEE
-
Patent number: 8677895Abstract: A food processor defining a food processing path comprises a frame having a first compartment located within the food processing path and a second compartment located out of the food processing path and at least one dicing element configured to be received in both of the first and second compartments. When the dicing element is received in the first compartment, the dicing element dices food passing through the food processing path, and when the dicing element is received in the second compartment, the dicing element is stored out of the food processing path.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2009Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Kevin J. Beber, John Colasanti, Arren J. McCormick
-
Publication number: 20140061347Abstract: A paper shredder is configured like a conventional paper shredder except that the shredding mechanism is located in a removable cartridge. This allows a single paper shredder housing to be rapidly converted from one shredding pattern to another by simply changing the shredding cartridge. Furthermore, shredding cartridges can be readily replaced whenever the shredding mechanism jams or fails in some other manner. This simplifies repair and servicing of the paper shredder.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Inventor: Herman CHANG
-
Publication number: 20140061345Abstract: A food homogenizer includes a drive assembly including a driving motor. The driving motor engages a rotatable mating portion that extends along a rotation axis. A homogenizer assembly is removably attached with respect to the drive assembly. The homogenizer assembly includes a homogenizing chamber, a blade assembly positioned within the homogenizing chamber and a driven shaft that extends from the blade assembly along the rotation axis. The driven shaft is received within the mating portion such that rotation of the mating portion by the driving motor causes rotation of the blade assembly about the rotation axis. A supply assembly engages a receiving opening in the homogenizer and supplies a food product. The food homogenizer includes a rinse system including a drive assembly that engages a homogenizer assembly. The rinse system includes a dispenser assembly that dispenses a liquid to the homogenizer assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: Healthy Foods, LLCInventors: Brian Louis Machovina, Robert Johnson, Robert Schmidt, Winston Breeden, III, Douglas Edward Whitner, Ryan Scott Crisp, Eileen McHale
-
Publication number: 20140034766Abstract: A paper shredder motor cooling assembly having a paper shredder motor coupled to a fan shaft, an enclosure surrounding the paper shredder motor and having selected input and selected output vents to control airflow to the paper shredder motor, a fan coupled to the fan shaft, communicating with the selected input vents or the selected output vents; when the paper shredder motor is operating, the rotor shaft turns the fan to generate a differential air pressure between the selected input vents and the selected output vents, removing heat from the motor. A duty cycle of greater than 15 minutes is obtained. The fan can be coupled to the motor by speed increasing gearing, attached to the cutter blade assembly, such that the fan turns faster than the motor. The fan also can be attached to the motor shaft. An input fan and an output fan can be used.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: Aurora Office Equipment Co., Ltd ShanghaiInventors: Kiapin Li, Zhankai Yang, Yung Kang Tso, Bin Zhang
-
Publication number: 20140021277Abstract: A vegetable blending and cutting device includes a motorized unit, a food container having a discharging outlet, and a blade assembly supported within a bottom portion of the food container at a position above a bottom wall thereof to define a shredding area within the food container and to communicate with the discharging outlet, wherein the blade assembly is arranged for shredding the vegetables disposed within the shredding area that after the vegetables are shredded within the shredding area, the shredded vegetables are discharged out of the food container through the discharging outlet for controllably adjusting a shredding time of the shredded vegetables being stayed at the shredding area so as to control the shredded vegetable in a controllable delicate size manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventor: Xinghuan PAN
-
Patent number: 8602337Abstract: A circulating processor includes a base, a container, a cutlery and a pressurizing mechanism. An operating motor is disposed in the base and is disposed with a mandrel therein. The container is disposed above the base, where a space is formed on its bottom part, and a reflux opening is formed on its upper half part and in communication with the space. The cutlery is positioned on the container's bottom part and connected to the mandrel. Thereby, when the operating motor operates, the mandrel and the cutlery are enabled to rotate synchronously, to mash food, vegetables and fruits in the container. The pressurizing mechanism is in communication with the space of the container. Through the pressurizing effect of the pressurizing mechanism, the mashed food, vegetables and fruits can be transferred into the container via the reflux opening, so as to perform circulating mashing treatment.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2012Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Inventor: Wei-Chih Lin
-
Patent number: 8596565Abstract: The present invention relates to a leaf stripper for removing leaves from a plant. The leaf stripper includes a housing having an interior. The stripper has a grille supported by the housing and in communication with the interior. The grille is shaped to selectively enable the leaves to at least partially pass therethrough. The stripper has a stripping motor disposed within the interior of the housing and supported by the housing. The stripper has a rotatable string member operatively connected to the stripping motor. The string member is configured to create a partial vacuum within the interior of the housing for at least partially sucking the leaves through the grille when rotated and to at least partially shred the leaves at least partially passing through the grille.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2011Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: 105766 Canada Inc.Inventor: Marc Fortin
-
Publication number: 20130306774Abstract: The rotary cutting die of a paper shredder for making pattern paper strips has built-in trapezoid pattern or rectangular pattern cutting blades. It can cut a piece of paper into trapezoid or rectangular paper strips. These trapezoid and rectangular paper strips can be folded to make double-wing pouches to be articulated each other to make toys.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2012Publication date: November 21, 2013Inventor: Kun Yuan Tong
-
Publication number: 20130306763Abstract: A system for shredding medical waste, the system comprising a medical waste treating chamber (4) being an interior of an enclosure disposed within an environment which is not to be polluted, a motor (11a), a shredder (2) seated in the chamber and including a motor-driven shaft (17) and blades rotated by the shaft, the shaft (17) extending through the enclosure thereby to define an interface between the waste treating chamber (4) and the environment, and interface seal apparatus (101) preventing leakage of at least fluids from the medical waste treating chamber into the environment, via the interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2011Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: CELITRON MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIESInventor: Itzhak Carmel
-
Patent number: 8584979Abstract: A food processor includes a housing, a motor disposed within the housing, an output shaft extending outwardly from the housing, a first processing container, a second processing container, and a lid removably and independently attachable to either one of the first and second processing containers. The first and second processing container are each independently and removably attachable to the housing. The first processing container is configured to be at least partially removably disposed within the interior of the second processing container. The lid is attached to the first processing container and the first processing container is attached to the housing in a first operating position. The lid is attached to the second processing container and the second processing container is attached to the housing in a second operating position. A portion of the first processing container is disposed within the interior of the second processing container in a storage position.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2010Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.Inventor: Michael W. Allen
-
Patent number: 8579220Abstract: Blender whose operation presents a sound level lower than that of other equipment available in the market. This effect is obtained by the combination of construction details that when associated, result in a differential operation volume. The first construction detail is the design of the blender jar that facilitates the motion of the contents when the equipment is working. The second is presented in a system to absorb shocks during the transmission of the motor motion to the crushing blades, minimizing the vibration of the assembly. The third construction detail is the connection system of the motor with the transmission axle of the crushing blades that also helps the decrease of vibration of the equipment.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2009Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: AB ElectroluxInventor: Vanderlei Buzian
-
Publication number: 20130270378Abstract: A knife for a cutting disc in a cutting machine, which disc includes a centrally arranged, penetrating hole and an opening extending in a radial direction. The disc is manufactured from sheet metal and includes a dike-shaped section with a sloping part extending radially from the centre of the disc. An attachment element for attaching the knife is arranged along the sloping part. The knife is bent along a bend line running along the longitudinal direction of the knife. The attachment element is present in a section of the knife on one side of the bend line, and a cutting edge is present running along the free edge of the knife. The angle of bend between the sections is such that the section of the knife at which the cutting edge is present is parallel to the plane of the cutting disc when the knife is mounted on the disc.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2011Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: AB HALLDE MASKINERInventor: Ulf Ekström
-
Patent number: 8556203Abstract: 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).Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2009Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Johann Unteregger, Juergen Holzbauer
-
Publication number: 20130264401Abstract: A food processor includes at least two different types of blades to process foods. A processing assembly includes a shaft, a set of pureeing blades attached to the shaft, and a set of substantially horizontal blades attached to the shaft. Each substantially horizontal blade may have a rearwardly curved leading cutting edge. The substantially horizontal blades are positioned higher with a food processing container than the pureeing blades. In some embodiments, upwardly angled blades may be included to induce vertical circulation and/or vorticial flow of the processed food.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2013Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: Euro-Pro Operating LLCInventors: Mark Rosenzweig, David M. Audette
-
Publication number: 20130240654Abstract: A blender blade or blade for being mounted to an interior base of a blender container for rotation about a vertical axis is described. The blade includes at least two blade wings, such that it may include four blade wings. The blade includes a body, first transition section, second transition section, first blade wing and second blade wing. Body includes an aperture, wherein the body is located on a first horizontal plane. First and second transition sections extend at downward angles from opposite sides of the body. First blade wing extends outwardly from the first transition section, wherein the first blade wing is located on a second horizontal plane. Second blade wing extends outwardly from the second transition section, wherein the second blade wing is located on a third horizontal plane. The blade is a one-piece blade and can process approximately 6-48 ounces of working medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: Vita-Mix CorporationInventor: Steve Rukavina
-
Publication number: 20130233952Abstract: A kitchen appliance for processing foodstuff includes a housing enclosing a motor. A bowl is removably mountable to the housing. The bowl includes a mouth for receiving a rotatable tool within the bowl. A bowl lid is removably mountable on to the mouth of the bowl. A clamping mechanism is movably attached to the bowl lid and removably engagable with at least a portion of the bowl. The clamping mechanism is movable between a first position for engaging at least a portion of the bowl to retain the bowl lid on the mouth of the bowl and a second position spaced-apart from the bowl for allowing the bowl lid to be removed from the bowl. The kitchen appliance being assembled without rotating the bowl relative to the housing or the lid relative to the bowl.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2012Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: HAMILTON BEACH BRANDS, INC.Inventors: Ernest B. Pryor, JR., Michael G. Sandford
-
Patent number: 8529120Abstract: A container (11) for a blender includes a base surface (13) and a blade (20) which is rotatable on an axis above the base surface (13). An arcuate wall (14) and two generally straight walls (15, 16) extend upwardly from the base surface (13) and terminate at the upper end of container (11). The axis of rotation of the blade (20) is closer to the arcuate wall (14) than it is to the generally straight walls (15, 16). A skirt (25) extends downwardly from the base surface (13) and has an opening. Sound baffling fingers (32) extend from the skirt (25) and into the opening. A spout (40) is formed at the intersection of two of the walls (14, 15, 16), the spout (40) having an entry point located approximately twenty to thirty percent of the height of the walls (14, 15, 16) from the upper end of the container (11). A handle (34) is positioned opposite to the spout (40) and a cover (12) includes a plug (55) to close the spout (40).Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2008Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Vita-Mix CorporationInventor: Robert M. Ulanski
-
Publication number: 20130221140Abstract: The invention relates to a method for processing biomass, such as in particular green waste containing wood, and a high density pulper having a spiral, wherein the green waste is treated in a continuously operated, bladed pulper and then the separated fibers are ground in a pulper ball mill.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2011Publication date: August 29, 2013Inventor: Hans-Joachim Boltersdorf