Sharkninja Operating LLC

Ryan Michienzi

Sam William Bannister

Lukas Tubby

Nathan Lyell

Ping Chu

Max He

Helen Williams

Diego Jasso

Yanfeng Wang

Thomas Zhang

Glen Harrison Ruggiero

Joyce Chien Tu

Kevin Pei

Alexander Mularski

Macrae Benziger

Michael Lerman

Leo Lee

Robin Yin

Fredrick Ko

Vipul Mone

Jonathan James

Scott Gentile

Zach Kelley

Collection tray for a drink maker

A micro puree machine has a drive motor positioned within a lower portion of a housing extending along a vertical axis. A mixing shaft positioned within an upper portion of the housing extends at a non-parallel angle relative to the vertical axis. The bowl of ingredients is installed to an angled surface of the upper portion of the housing along the mixing shaft axis, allowing for easier viewing of the bowl installation.

Micro puree machine with angled bowl

A lid and blade assembly for a micro puree machine includes a lid having a central aperture for receiving a central hub of the blade. At least two cutting arms and at least two mixing arms extend radially outward from the central hub. A retaining component retains the blade within the lid during processing. The lid includes a recess below the retaining component for collecting slush and ice displaced by the blade during processing. Portions of the blade also include serrated grooves for clearing slush deposits when the blade engages the lid.

Lid and blade assembly for a micro puree machine

Container and lid of a blender

Container and lid of a food processor

A micro puree machine includes a mixing shaft coupled to a blade and rotatable by means of a gear. A magnet is coupled to the gear and a rotation sensor is mounted on the machine housing. As the mixing shaft descends into the pre-frozen ingredients, the rotation sensor detects a magnetic field of the magnet as the gear rotates and generates a rotation signal in response. A controller receives the rotation signal and determines a rotation count associated with the gear, causing the mixing shaft to ascend back toward the housing once a pre-selected rotation count has been reached. The pre-selected rotation count correlates with the partial processing of the ingredients.

Micro puree machine with partial depth processing

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Ryan Michienzi