Impeller for food processor

US10631686B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. · CH

Inventors

• Samer Abdo · Lonay, CH
• Sylvain Decastel · Remaufens, CH
• Jean-Luc Denisart · Cully, CH
• Bertrand Guyon · Saint-Point-Lac, FR
• Marco Magatti · Lausanne, CH
• Alexa Perrin · Savigny, CH
• Didier Pont · Baulmes, CH
• Mohamed Raad · Lausanne, CH
• Laurent Seydoux · Gillarens, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 15, 2016
• Grant date: Apr 28, 2020
• Expiry date: Jun 15, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A47J43/0465
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A machine (1) for homogenizing a food substance includes a container (10) delimiting a cavity (10′) for containing the food substance. The machine has an impeller (30) with an impelling member (31) having a generally disc-shaped or conically-shaped impelling surface (31′, 31″, 31′″) that is drivable in rotation about a central axial direction (30′) for imparting a mechanical effect to the food substance in the container (10) to homogenize different phases in the food substance. The impelling member (31) has at least one opening (31a, 31b1, 31b2, 31b4, 31b4, 31c, 31c′, 31d1, 31d2) which extends through the member (31) from the impelling surface (31′, 31″, 31′″) to an opposite surface (31IV) of the member (31).