US 11,896,163 B2
Blender
Jeong Jeong Hoon, Seoul (KR); Dae Bong Yang, Seoul (KR); Jea Hyuk Wie, Seoul (KR); and Jun Ho Seok, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/694,502.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0046697 (KR), filed on Apr. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0322882 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. A47J 43/07 (2006.01); B02C 18/18 (2006.01); A47J 43/046 (2006.01); A47J 43/08 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 43/0722 (2013.01) [B02C 18/18 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A blender comprising:
a container body in which food is received;
a main body to support the container body;
a container lid detachably mountable to an upper surface of the container body to open and close the upper surface of the container body; and
a blade assembly comprising a main blade unit which crushes the food, and an auxiliary blade unit provided at a side of the main blade unit to support the crushing of the food,
wherein each of plurality blades of the main blade unit have different bending angle and twisting angle,
wherein inclined surfaces are formed on leading and rear edge portions of the main blade unit, respectively, such that the inclined surfaces have thickness decreasing gradually going toward an end of the leading and rear edge portions,
wherein the inclined surfaces are formed on a lower surface of the leading and rear edge portions of the main blade unit, respectively, and
wherein a length of a lead width of the inclined surface formed on the lower surface of the leading edge portion of the main blade unit is 6 mm or more, and
wherein the leading edge portion of the main blade is configured to be higher than the rear edge portion thereof.
 
10. A blender comprising:
a container body in which food is received;
a main body to support the container body;
a container lid detachably mountable to an upper surface of the container body to open and close the upper surface of the container body; and
a blade assembly comprising a main blade unit which crushes the food, and an auxiliary blade unit provided at a side of the main blade unit to support the crushing of the food,
wherein each of plurality blades of the main blade unit have different bending angle and twisting angle,
wherein inclined surfaces are formed on leading and rear edge portions of the blade unit, respectively, such that the inclined surfaces have thickness decreasing gradually going toward an end of the leading and rear edge portions,
wherein the inclined surface is formed on a lower surface of the leading edge portion of the main blade unit, and the inclined surface is formed on an upper surface of the rear edge portion of the main blade unit, and
wherein a length of a lead width of the inclined surface formed on the lower surface of the leading edge portion of the main blade unit is 6 mm or more, and
wherein the leading edge portion of the main blade is configured to be higher than the rear edge portion thereof.