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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 01, 2022
Applicant:

Sharkninja Operating Llc, Needham, MA (US);

Inventors:

Helen Williams, London, GB;

Sam Bannister, London, GB;

Lukas Tubby, Needham, MA (US);

Ryan Michienzi, Needham, MA (US);

Max He, Needham, MA (US);

Ping Chu, Needham, MA (US);

Assignee:

SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC, Needham, MA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 43/044 (2006.01); A47J 43/07 (2006.01); A47J 43/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 43/0705 (2013.01); A47J 43/044 (2013.01); A47J 43/0727 (2013.01); A47J 43/0755 (2013.01); A47J 43/082 (2013.01); A47J 2043/0449 (2013.01);
Abstract

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.


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