US 12,262,849 B2
Modular hand-held kitchen applicance
Oleksiy Sergyeyenko, Baldwin, MD (US); Thomas Landis, Baltimore, MD (US); Michael C. Doyle, Baldwin, MD (US); Kendall Nohe, Baltimore, MD (US); Ashok Baskar, Glen Arm, MD (US); Andrew Cross, Bel Air, MD (US); and Daniel Langford, Baltimore, MD (US)
Assigned to Black & Decker, Inc., New Britain, CT (US)
Filed by Black & Decker, Inc., New Britain, CT (US)
Filed on Feb. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/167,150.
Prior Publication US 2022/0240723 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. A47J 43/044 (2006.01); A47J 43/06 (2006.01); A47J 43/07 (2006.01); A47J 43/08 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 43/0711 (2013.01) [A47J 43/044 (2013.01); A47J 43/06 (2013.01); A47J 43/082 (2013.01); A47J 2043/04409 (2013.01); A47J 2201/00 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular kitchen appliance, comprising:
a powerhead having motor with a drive shaft;
a grinder attachment removably attached to the powerhead, the grinder attachment having an attachment shaft that's connected to the drive shaft of the motor;
the attachment shaft connected to a drive axle operatively connected to a first slip gear and a second slip gear;
the first slip gear connected to a first grinder and the second slip gear connected to a second grinder;
a hopper capable of holding two different materials for grinding;
a spice selector wheel has a protrustion that projects over from the bottom of the wheel and is movable over one of the first slip gear or second slip gear preventing the top gear wheel from separating from the bottom gear wheel; and wherein in a first mode of operation, the first slip gear transfer power to the first grinder and the second slip gear does not transfer power to the second grinder, and in a second mode of operation the second slip gear transfer power to the second grinder and the first slip gear does not transfer power to the first grinder.