US 12,484,737 B2
Vacuum food processing system
Sam William Bannister, London (GB); and Nicholas Michael O'Loughlin, Hong Kong (CN)
Assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed by SharkNinja Operating LLC, Needham, MA (US); and SharkNinja (Hong Kong) Company Limited, Hong Kong (CN)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/474,543.
Application 18/474,543 is a continuation of application No. 16/813,227, filed on Mar. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,771,265.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/816,004, filed on Mar. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0008686 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
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)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reservoir assembly connectable to an attachment of a food processing system, the food processing system including a vacuum mechanism, the reservoir assembly comprising:
a housing having a hollow interior arrangeable in fluid communication with the vacuum mechanism, the housing including walls defining a fluid path through said hollow interior to the vacuum mechanism, the fluid path extending 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; and
an inlet pipe extending through said housing into said hollow interior, said inlet pipe being movable relative to said housing to form a seal with the attachment.