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Patent No.:

US 12329320 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 25, 2021

Modular blender with improved water heating and light beam detection

Applicant:

F'real! Foods, Llc, Emeryville, CA (US);

Inventors:

Steven T. Connell, Oakland, CA (US);

John Diemer, Lafayette, CA (US);

Kathleen A. Scheible, San Francisco, CA (US);

Kurt J. Ahmann, San Francisco, CA (US);

Patrick M. Goebel, San Francisco, CA (US);

Shek Fai Lau, Foster City, CA (US);

Curtis Tom, San Mateo, CA (US);

Assignee:

F'real! Foods, LLC, Emeryville, CA (US);

Attorney:

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Primary Examiner:

Marc C Howell

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 43/044 (2006.01); A47J 31/42 (2006.01); A47J 43/07 (2006.01); B01F 27/805 (2022.01); B01F 27/806 (2022.01); B01F 33/83 (2022.01); B01F 35/10 (2022.01); B01F 35/11 (2022.01); B01F 35/60 (2022.01); A61L 2/07 (2006.01); B01F 33/80 (2022.01); B01F 101/13 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 43/044 (2013.01); A47J 31/42 (2013.01); A47J 43/0755 (2013.01); B01F 27/805 (2022.01); B01F 27/806 (2022.01); B01F 33/83 (2022.01); B01F 35/11 (2022.01); B01F 35/1452 (2022.01); B01F 35/6052 (2022.01); A47J 2043/04454 (2013.01); A61L 2/07 (2013.01); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); B01F 33/83611 (2022.01); B01F 2101/13 (2022.01);
Abstract

A method of operating a blender having a rotatable cutting blade in a food preparation chamber includes providing a sensing light assembly, generating at least one sensing light beam below the food preparation chamber, inserting a cup containing food to be blended into the food preparation chamber, generating an error signal if a foreign object crosses the sensing light beam, and preventing or stopping rotation of the cutting blade in response to the error signal.

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