Frozen beverage blender
US7201338B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 14, 2003 |
| Grant date | Apr 10, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 14, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S241/17
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A frozen beverage blender equipped with an ice cutting mechanism including an upright machine frame mounted on a base structure, an upper hood horizontally mounted on the upper portion of the machine frame to be detachable downwardly, the upper hood having a downwardly inclined conical inner surface, a cutting disk coupled at its lower end outer periphery with a lower end outer periphery of the upper hood to be detachable downwardly, the cutting disk having a conical upper surface downwardly inclined from its center and being provided with a cutting blade mounted thereon in such a manner that the edge of the cutting blade is positioned upward at a radial slit formed in the cutting disk, a rotary shaft vertically extending through the center of the upper hood and being supported at its lower end on the head of the cutting disk, and a rotary plate driven by the rotary shaft to rotate along the upper surface of the cutting disk, wherein the upper hood has a cylindrical head portion formed with an inlet opening for introducing ice cubes falling from an ice storage container located above the machine frame.
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