US 12,290,207 B2
Handy large processing jug
Da Mi Byun, Lausanne (CH); and Eric Granger, Pully (CH)
Assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A., Vevey (CH)
Appl. No. 17/597,523
Filed by SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A., Vevey (CH)
PCT Filed Jul. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/069485
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 10, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/005196, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19185817 (EP), filed on Jul. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0248908 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. A47J 43/046 (2006.01); A47J 43/07 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 43/0465 (2013.01) [A47J 43/046 (2013.01); A47J 43/0722 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A machine comprising:
a tank having a cavity for containing and processing a liquid food,
a stirring tool in the cavity for imparting a mechanical effect on a food substance in the cavity, and
a base supporting the tank, the base having an upright outside gripping surface located under the tank and seizable by an adult human hand such that the base with the tank can be carried and displaced single-handed by seizure of the upright outside gripping surface,
the tank extends horizontally beyond the upright outside gripping surface;
wherein the tank has an outer horizontal tank perimeter and wherein:
the tank extends horizontally beyond the upright outside gripping surface over a predominant part of the outer horizontal tank perimeter; and/or
the outer horizontal tank perimeter has a circumference in the range of 15 to 70 cm; and
wherein the tank has an outer tank surface, the cavity has a cavity height, the outer horizontal tank perimeter extending along the outer tank surface, the outer tank surface being located horizontally beyond the upright outside gripping surface over the outer horizontal tank perimeter over the cavity height; and
wherein an outside housing forms the upright outside gripping surface, the outside housing extending upright along at least part of the outer tank surface, the outside housing comprising a substantially horizontal and/or inclined intermediate portion extending from a top of the upright outside gripping surface to a bottom of the outer tank surface.