US 12,239,945 B2
Kitchen appliance apparatus
Dalibor Borjanin, Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel (NL); Robert Franciscus Van Der Hulst, Leiden (NL); and Rui Medeiros Santos, Rotterdam (NL)
Assigned to Airtender Works B.V., Zoetermeer (NL)
Appl. No. 17/695,991
Filed by Airtender Works B.V., Zoetermeer (NL)
PCT Filed Sep. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/NL2020/050576
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/054828, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2023846 (NL), filed on Sep. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0042400 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. F04B 49/22 (2006.01); B01F 23/235 (2022.01); B01F 23/2361 (2022.01); B01F 33/40 (2022.01); F04B 7/00 (2006.01); F04B 39/08 (2006.01); F04B 39/10 (2006.01); F04B 49/06 (2006.01); F04B 53/10 (2006.01); B01F 101/07 (2022.01); B01F 101/17 (2022.01)
CPC B01F 33/40 (2022.01) [B01F 23/235 (2022.01); B01F 23/2361 (2022.01); F04B 49/22 (2013.01); B01F 2101/07 (2022.01); B01F 2101/17 (2022.01); F04B 7/0076 (2013.01); F04B 39/08 (2013.01); F04B 39/10 (2013.01); F04B 49/065 (2013.01); F04B 53/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A kitchen appliance apparatus for using air in a kitchen, comprising a housing, wherein in the housing a pump system is provided, the pump system comprising:
a primary port;
a secondary port;
a single direction air pump having an inlet and an outlet;
a first three-way solenoid valve fluidly connected to the primary port, to the inlet of the pump, and to the outlet of the pump,
a second three-way solenoid valve fluidly connected to the secondary port, to the inlet of the pump, and to the outlet of the pump;
wherein the primary port is arranged for connection with an accessory outside of the housing, wherein the secondary port is arranged for fluid connection with an environment outside of the housing;
wherein the pump system is operational in a first pump mode in which air can be sucked in via the primary port; the pump system is operational in a second pump mode in which air can be blown out via the primary port; and is operational in a third pump mode in which the pump system is alternatingly sucking in and blowing air via the primary port.