Vita-mix Management Corporation

Vita-mix Corporation

Seescan, Inc.

Seektech, Inc.

Mark Frederick Fleming

David J Kolar

Stephen P Rukavina

Eugene J Kozlowski

Anthony M Ciepiel

Richard D Boozer

Fred H Mehlman

Stephen Hosey

Brian Harvanec

Jonathan Emerson

Mark S Olsson

Ray Merewether

Paul K Metaxatos

Steffen F Koury

David A Cox

Jan Soukup

Ryan B Levin

Robert M Ulanski

Michael E Turgeon

Stephen M Bench

Edward N Denaci

Lisa E Latimer

Kang Zhang

Chad Markovich

Judson Cummins

Kurtis R MacLaurin

Jeffrey A Prsha

Saifur Tareen

Jeffrey A Praha

A blending system includes a container or housing, a blade assembly, and an insert are described herein. The insert is disposed in or on the container or housing. The blade assembly includes a drive shaft. The drive shaft is rotatable. A magnet is attached to the drive shaft. Rotation of the magnet induces current in the insert. The current induces heat.

In-container inductive heating for a blender

A blending system is disclosed herein. The blending system may comprise a blender base, a container and a blending volume reduction device. The blending volume reduction device may be removably inserted into the container of the blender system at various positions. The positions may alter the working volume of the container when the blending volume reduction device is inserted in the container.

Blending volume reducing device

A blending system includes a blender base and a container. The blender base includes a housing that houses a motor. The container is attachable to the blender base. The blending system includes a user device that communicates with the blender base. The user device may communicate with a remote computing device. The user device generates instructions and recipes for the blender base.

Intelligent blending system

An interlocking method and blending apparatus is provided which includes a base, container, and lid. The apparatus comprises light emitters, light sensors, and light reflectors. Light is emitted by the light emitters from the base, through the container, and toward the lid. Light reflectors in the lid reflect the light back through the container and toward the base. The light sensors detect the reflected light and can be used to control operation of the blender and illumination of the container. Light may be in the visible spectrum, or sub-visible spectrum. The light emitters and light sensors may be at the base and/or the bottom of the container.

Container/lid/blender interlock

A high-Q human-portable, battery-powered self-correcting tunable resonator in a transmitter apparatus for inducing alternating currents of high quality in buried conductors to facilitate their location is disclosed. The transmitter apparatus may employ an FET-driven capacitive tuning circuit and a coil design that achieves high precision, high-quality transmission signals, and which may be equipped with a high-voltage booster for facilitating fault-localization applications.

Spring clips for use with locating transmitters

A high-Q human-portable, battery-powered self-correcting tunable resonator in a transmitter apparatus for inducing alternating currents of high quality in buried conductors to facilitate their location. The transmitter apparatus employs an FET-driven capacitive tuning circuit and a coil design that achieves high precision, high-quality transmission signals, and which is equipped with a high-voltage booster for facilitating fault-localization applications.

High-Q self tuning locating transmitter

Base of a blender

Enclosure for a blender

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Strongsville, OH, United States of America

Mark Frederick Fleming