US 12,357,127 B2
Intelligent blender
Gregary Hack, Aventura, FL (US); Joseph C. Spencer, Boynton Beach, FL (US); and Henry H. Adair, Jr., Canton, GA (US)
Assigned to Sunbeam Products, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Sunbeam Products, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/404,487.
Application 18/404,487 is a continuation of application No. 16/651,090, granted, now 11,864,691, previously published as PCT/US2018/053849, filed on Oct. 2, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/566,743, filed on Oct. 2, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0138623 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. A47J 43/046 (2006.01); A47J 43/042 (2006.01); A47J 43/08 (2006.01); A47J 43/07 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 43/046 (2013.01) [A47J 43/042 (2013.01); A47J 43/085 (2013.01); A47J 43/0727 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A blender comprising:
a base assembly;
a motor positioned within the base assembly;
a blender jar selectively engageable with the base assembly, the blender jar including an agitator blade assembly operably coupled to the motor;
electronics housed within the base assembly and electronically connected to a power source, the electronics including at least one controller, memory for storing operating programs for controlling operation of the motor, at least one current sensor coupled to the controller for measuring the current being utilized by the motor, said at least one current sensor being configured to output outputting a signal to the controller indicative of the current being utilized by the motor, and at least one speed sensor coupled to the controller for measuring the speed of the motor, said at least one speed sensor being configured to output a signal to the controller indicative of the speed of the motor;
wherein the controller is configured to:
execute a first of said operating programs to control operation of the motor;
during execution of the first operating program, classify a load size within the blender jar based on signals from the current and speed sensors to the controller; and
control a process setting during execution of at least one of the operating programs based on the classified load size.