US 12,303,073 B2
Blender
Min Gyu Kim, Seoul (KR); Dae Yong Kang, Seoul (KR); Woonkyu Seo, Seoul (KR); Jin Hae Ye, Seoul (KR); and Sang Jin Jung, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/613,848
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Aug. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/010366
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/029601, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0098870 (KR), filed on Aug. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0225837 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. A47J 43/07 (2006.01); A47J 43/046 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 43/0777 (2013.01) [A47J 43/046 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A blender comprising:
a container body in which food is accommodated;
a main body to support the container body, the main body including a seating support;
a container lid to detachably mount on an upper surface of the container body to open and close a top of the container body; and
a detection system to detect whether or not the container lid is mounted on the container body,
wherein the seating support is disposed on an upper surface of the main body in a manner that protrudes upward therefrom, and a bottom surface of the container body is capable of being seated on the seating support;
an electric power transmission unit configured to supply electric power to the container body and an optical reception module configured to receive a signal, which are mounted on the seating support;
an electric power reception unit configured to receive the electric power from the electric power transmission unit and an optical transmission module configured to transmit the signal to the optical reception module in a substantially straight path, which are mounted on the bottom surface of the container body,
wherein based on the bottom surface of the container body seated on the seating support, the electric power transmission unit faces the electric power reception unit and the optical reception module faces the optical transmission module,
wherein based on the container lid mounted on the container body, a closed electrical circuit is formed between the electric power reception unit and the optical transmission module,
and the optical transmission module is configured to transmit the signal which is powered by the electric power received from the electric power reception unit.