Blender base with food processor capabilities

US6609821B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Sunbeam Products, Inc. · US

Inventors

• John Wulf · Loxahatchee Groves, US
• Gerald J. Lozinski · Allen, US
• Matthew Craig Denton · Hattiesburg, US
• Jerry McColgin · Westfield, US
• Michael Morton · Boca Raton, US
• Daniel S. Soultanian

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 13, 2001
• Grant date: Aug 26, 2003
• Expiry date: Apr 13, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S388/936
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A blender base that may be used with a food processor container, a blender container, and a single use beverage container. The blender container includes a novel blade unit having a food processor-style blade and blender type blades. Programs with preprogrammed motor commands for desired operations are stored in memory and may be selected by a user on a user interface. The user interface may include a liquid crystal display, or function switches and light emitting diodes. Upon selection of a particular pre-defined function, the microcontroller retrieves the appropriate program from the read only memory and specifies the preprogrammed motor commands to accomplish the selected function.