Gasoline engine powered blender

• US 5,938,329 A
• Filed: 08/06/1998
• Issued: 08/17/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Marvin M. Reeder
• Original Assignee: Marvin M. Reeder
• Inventors: Reeder, Marvin M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cooley, Charles E.
• Application Number:
  US09/130,111
• Time in Patent Office: 376 Days
• Field of Search: 366/197, 366/199, 366/205, 366/206, 366/314, 366/601, 241/282.1, 241/282.2, 99/348
• US Class Current: 366/206
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 43/046 with tools driven from the bottom side
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 27/231 with a variable orientation during mixing operation, e.g. with tiltable rotor axis
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 27/808 with stirrers driven from the bottom of the receptacle
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 33/5011 portable during use, e.g. hand-held
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 35/3213 at the lower side of the axis, e.g. driving the stirrer from the bottom of a receptacle
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 35/75 Discharge mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 35/7548 using tilting or pivoting means for emptying the mixing receptacle

Abstract

A motorized blender which includes a gasoline powered engine with an integral gas tank attached within a base frame assembly which has numerous steel tubing legs. The gasoline engine is attached utilizing rubber mounting brackets while vibration pads are provided on the ends of the tubing legs. The drive shaft of the gasoline engine mates with a blending drive unit attached to a top portion of the base plate member while a blender vessel is provided which attaches to a top portion of the base plate member. The base frame assembly includes two handle portions extending horizontally and from opposing sides of the base frame assembly and where an on/off operation switch is mounted near one handle and a rotational throttle control is mounted on the other handle so that the handles can be used for gripping the motorized blender when in use and wherein the blender controls are mounted next to and on the handles for easy use and operation of the blender.

Claims

1. A Motorized Blender comprising:

a) a gasoline engine mounted within a metal base frame wherein the base frame includes a number of vertically positioned legs with rubber ends to reduce vibration of the blender while in operation, the metal base frame includes a base portion which is a planar member attached to a top end of the legs while the gasoline engine is mounted within the metal base frame under the base portion by a number of rubber mounting members which help reduce vibration of the blender while in use, the gasoline engine is mounted with a vertically placed shaft,

b) a pair of horizontally positioned handles are mounted to the base portion and extend from the base portion on opposing sides which provide a grasping means for handling the blender while in use,

c) an on/off switch for controlling operation of the gasoline engine and wherein the on/off switch is located adjacent to one of the horizontally positioned handles,

d) a rotating throttle control for controlling the speed of the gasoline engine and the blender speed wherein the rotating throttle control is mounted on one of the horizontally positioned handles,

e) the shaft of the gasoline engine being coupled to a blender drive coupling which extends through a central aperture in the base portion and wherein the blender drive coupling is mounted on a top surface of the base portion, further wherein a blender pitcher vessel mount is provided on the top surface for securely placing a blender pitcher vessel on the blender, and

f) the blender pitcher vessel having a drive coupler adapted to engage the blender drive coupling, the drive coupler of the blender pitcher vessel being engaged with impellers mounted therein which contact contents of the vessel to perform a blending action, and a mount receiving portion for mounting the blender pitcher vessel on the blender.

2. The Motorized Blender of claim 1, wherein the gasoline engine further comprises a gas tank integrally positioned under the engine and further with a gasoline filling spout extending from the gas tank for easy filling of the tank.

3. The Motorized Blender of claim 1, wherein the vertically positioned legs further comprise four vertically positioned legs extending from a bottom surface of the base portion.