US 12,318,747 B2
Blender apparatus with safety interlock system
Benjamin Bangser, Los Angeles, CA (US); Gregory Thune, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Colin Sapire, Pacific Palisades, CA (US)
Assigned to BEAST HEALTH, LLC, Pacific Palisades, CA (US)
Filed by BEAST HEALTH, LLC, Pacific Palisades, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/508,889.
Application 17/508,889 is a continuation of application No. 17/292,327, granted, now 11,272,812, previously published as PCT/US2020/025701, filed on Mar. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/897,077, filed on Sep. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0039600 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47J 43/07 (2006.01); A47J 43/046 (2006.01); B01F 27/808 (2022.01); B01F 27/88 (2022.01); B01F 35/00 (2022.01); B01F 35/21 (2022.01); B01F 35/31 (2022.01); B01F 35/60 (2022.01); B01F 35/32 (2022.01); B01F 101/00 (2022.01)
CPC B01F 35/6052 (2022.01) [A47J 43/046 (2013.01); A47J 43/0716 (2013.01); A47J 43/0722 (2013.01); A47J 43/0761 (2013.01); A47J 43/0766 (2013.01); B01F 27/808 (2022.01); B01F 27/88 (2022.01); B01F 35/165 (2022.01); B01F 35/2115 (2022.01); B01F 35/31 (2022.01); B01F 35/3213 (2022.01); B01F 2101/1805 (2022.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A blade holder for a blending device comprising:
a housing configured to be detachably secured to a vessel and a base;
at least one blade configured to mix a blending material within the vessel when the vessel is secured to the housing and when the housing is detachably secured to the base;
a logic circuit element configured to electronically communicate with the base via at least one electrical contact when the housing is detachably secured to the base;
at least one thermal detector positioned to contact the blending material within the vessel when the vessel is secured to the housing; and
at least one compressive contact resiliently biased to a non-communicative configuration, wherein the at least one compressive contact is moveable to a communicative configuration when the vessel is secured to the housing, and wherein the communicative configuration enables electronic communication between the logic circuit element and the at least one thermal detector, and
wherein the at least one thermal detector is configured to detect a temperature of the blending material when the vessel is secured to the housing and when the logic circuit element is in electronic communication with the base and the at least one thermal detector.