CONTAINER FOR A FOOD MIXER

• US 20140084094A1
• Filed: 09/24/2012
• Published: 03/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wen Ching Lee
• Original Assignee: Wen Ching Lee
• Inventors: LEE, WEN CHING
• Granted Patent: US 9,095,238 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 241/101.3
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 43/046 with tools driven from the bottom side
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 43/0716 for machines with tools driven from the lower side A47J43/0727 - A47J43/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 43/0722 Mixing, whipping or cutting tools

Abstract

A base for a food mixer includes a container body having a bottom wall. A blade unit is mounted in the container body and includes a blade unit body and a coupling member. A seat made of metal is mounted to an outer side of the bottom wall of the container body. The seat includes an underside having a first recess. A weight is mounted to the underside of the seat. A cushioning pad is sandwiched between the weight and the seat. The coupling member extends beyond the underside of the seat or an underside of the weight. The coupling member connects with a shaft of a power unit.

Claims

1. A container for a food mixer comprising:

a container body including a bottom wall, with a blade unit mounted in the container body and including a blade unit body and a coupling member; and

a seat made of metal and mounted to an outer side of the bottom wall of the container body, with the seat including an underside having a first recess, with a weight mounted to the underside of the seat, with a cushioning pad sandwiched between the weight and the seat, with the coupling member extending beyond the underside of the seat or an underside of the weight, with the coupling member adapted to connect with a shaft of a power unit.

2. The container for a food mixer as claimed in claim 1, with the seat including a top side having a second recess, with a lower half portion of the container body partially received in the second recess, with a first waterproof gasket mounted to an edge of an opening of the second recess.

3. The container for a food mixer as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a second waterproof gasket mounted in an interconnection between the blade unit body and the seat.

4. The container for a food mixer as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a connecting frame mounted to the underside of the seat, with the connecting frame including an underside having a tab.

5. The container for a food mixer as claimed in claim 4, with the connecting frame including an opening having an inner periphery, with the weight facing the opening of the connecting frame, with the inner periphery of the opening of the connecting frame having a toothed portion, with the weight having a tooth on the underside thereof, with the tooth engaged with the toothed portion.

6. The container for a food mixer as claimed in claim 1, with the weight including a top side having an annular groove, with the cushioning pad being annular and received in the annular groove.

7. The container for a food mixer as claimed in claim 1, with the container body made of a light-transmittable material, with the container body including a scale on an outer periphery thereof.