US 12,336,669 B2
Hand-held housing for multi-purpose food preparation appliance
Philippe Martin, Andouille (FR); Frédéric Gruau, Laval (FR); and Stéphane Grassin, Moulay (FR)
Assigned to SEB S.A., (FR)
Appl. No. 18/039,629
Filed by SEB S.A., Ecully (FR)
PCT Filed Nov. 29, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/083374
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 31, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/117505, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 9, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2012501 (FR), filed on Dec. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0000269 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. A47J 43/08 (2006.01); A47J 43/044 (2006.01); A47J 43/10 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 43/087 (2013.01) [A47J 43/044 (2013.01); A47J 43/10 (2013.01); A47J 2043/04418 (2013.01); A47J 2043/04427 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hand-held housing for a multi-purpose food preparation appliance, housing an electric motor, the housing comprising:
at least one first drive output driven by the electric motor and configured to drive a removable rotary work tool,
the housing having an opening exposed to a user in only a single direction and configured for mounting a removable work accessory,
the housing comprising retaining members configured to engage with a connecting element of the work accessory mounted in the opening,
the housing having a second drive output driven by the electric motor and configured to drive a rotary drive unit of the work accessory mounted in the opening,
wherein the retaining members are arranged on an outer part of a protrusion arranged inside the housing around the second drive output and wherein each of the retaining members defines a length extending around a circumference of the protrusion so that the retaining members are configured to engage with an inner part of the connecting element of the work accessory mounted in the opening.