Electric food processor with a belt drive

US6000651A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Igor Zibret · Leskovšek, SI
• Peter Brezovnik · Mozirje, SI
• Aleksander Oblak · Žalec, SI
• Helmut Augustin · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 26, 1998
• Grant date: Dec 14, 1999
• Expiry date: May 26, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A47J43/085
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

An electric food processor has a housing in which there is arranged an electric motor with a motor shaft. A belt drives a step-down belt pulley of a vertical first shaft from the motor shaft. The first shaft is disposed vertically in the housing and working tools running in a working container that can be placed on the housing of the food processor can be coupled to the first shaft. A compact and flat construction of the food processor is assured in that the electric motor is aligned horizontally in the housing. The motor shaft rotates about a substantially horizontal axis. An intermediate shaft is mounted essentially vertically in the housing. The intermediate shaft is coupled to the motor shaft with a half-crossed, first belt and, on the other hand, is coupled to the vertical first shaft by an open, second belt. The first shaft is thus driven by the motor through the intermediary of the intermediate shaft.