US 11,771,265 B2
Vacuum food processing system
Sam William Bannister, Leybourne (GB); and Nicholas Michael O'Loughlin, Hong Kong (CN)
Assigned to SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC, Needham, MA (US); and SHARKNINJA (HONG KONG) COMPANY LIMITED, Hong Kong (CN)
Filed by SharkNinja Operating LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed on Mar. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/813,227.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/816,004, filed on Mar. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0281408 A1, Sep. 10, 2020
Int. Cl. A47J 43/00 (2006.01); A47J 43/046 (2006.01); A47J 43/07 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 43/046 (2013.01) [A47J 43/0722 (2013.01); A47J 43/0727 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reservoir assembly for a food processing system including a vacuum mechanism, the reservoir assembly comprising:
a housing having a hollow interior, the housing including walls defining a fluid path through said hollow interior to the vacuum mechanism, wherein the fluid path extends upwardly from a lower surface of the hollow interior to an upper surface of the hollow interior, such that particulate in the fluid path accumulates on the lower surface while air flows to the upper surface;
an inlet pipe extending through said housing into said hollow interior;
and
a valve positioned within said hollow interior, said valve being movable to control a flow of air provided to the vacuum mechanism via said fluid flow path, wherein a position of the valve is directly dependent on a volume of the particulate on the lower surface.