US 12,390,051 B2
Blender
Inwoo Baek, Seoul (KR); Yangho Kim, Seoul (KR); and Kijoong Kang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/639,243
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Aug. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/010328
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/040260, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0106700 (KR), filed on Aug. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0322884 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. A47J 43/00 (2006.01); A47J 43/07 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 43/0766 (2013.01) [A47J 43/0722 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A blender comprising:
a body including a motor assembly;
a container detachably seatable to the body and to accommodate food;
a blade module provided inside the container and connected to the motor assembly to rotate when the container is mounted;
a detection member disposed in the container; and
a detection device disposed on one side of the body corresponding to the detection member to detect the detection member when the container is mounted, and
wherein the container includes a container coupling portion protruding downward and the detection member is disposed at a bottom surface of the container, and the container coupling portion includes a plurality of coupling guides protruding outward at equal intervals from the outer surface of the container coupling portion, and
the body includes a container seating portion disposed at a top surface of the body, the container seating portion including the detection device and being recessed to receive the container coupling portion when the container is seated at the body, and
the container seating portion includes a plurality of coupling support portions to support the outer surface of the container coupling portion and are spaced apart from each other at equal intervals at the inner surface of the container seating portion, and a guide coupling groove disposed between two coupling support portions among the plurality of coupling support portions into which a coupling guide among the plurality of coupling guides is received.