Blade seat assembly, blending cup assembly, and food processor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11045051-B2
Application number	US-201916279881-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 19, 2019
Priority date	Aug 19, 2016
Publication date	Jun 29, 2021
Grant date	Jun 29, 2021

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a blade seat assembly including a blade assembly, a clasp assembly, and a blade seat. The blade assembly includes a blade and a shaft, the blade being connected to one end of the shaft. The blade seat defines a mounting groove, and the other end of the shaft detachably is connected to the mounting groove via the clasp assembly. The present disclosure also provides a blending cup assembly and a food processor, which use the blade seat assembly. The technical scheme of the present disclosure aims to enable the blade assembly to be disassembled.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A blade seat assembly, comprising a blade assembly, a clasp assembly, and a blade seat; wherein:
the blade assembly comprises a blade and a shaft, the blade is connected to one end of the shaft;
the blade seat defines a mounting groove, and the other end of the shaft detachably is connected to the mounting groove via the clasp assembly;
the clasp assembly comprises two oppositely defined clasps, each of the clasps comprises a respective main body which defines a respective through hole therein, the two clasps overlap along an extension direction of the shaft, the respective through holes of the two clasps at least partially overlap, the shaft passes through an overlapping area of the respective through holes of the two clasps, and a wall of the shaft defines a groove therein;
when the clasp assembly locks the shaft in the mounting groove, a wall of each of the respective through holes of the clasps abuts against a wall of the groove; and
when the clasp assembly releases the shaft from the mounting groove, the wall of each of the respective through holes is spaced apart from the wall of the groove to allow the shaft to pass through the respective through holes.

2. The blade seat assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the wall of the groove of the shaft and/or the wall of each of the respective through holes has an anti-skid structure.

3. The blade seat assembly according to claim 1 , wherein one end of the respective main body which defines the respective through hole for each of the clasps is accommodated in the mounting groove, the end of the respective main body away from the respective through hole for each of the clasps is an operation portion defined outside the mounting groove.

4. The blade seat assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the blade seat assembly further comprises a distance control assembly, which is configured to adjust a distance between the wall of the respective through hole of each of the clasps and the wall of the groove, allowing the wall of the respective through hole of each of the clasps to abut against or space apart from the wall of the groove.

5. The blade seat assembly according to claim 4 , wherein a bottom portion of the mounting groove defines an inserting groove, and one end of the shaft away from the blade is connected to the inserting groove.

6. The blade seat assembly according to claim 5 , wherein each of the clasps further comprises a baffle defined in the mounting groove, the bottom portion of the mounting groove defines an insertion column, and the inserting groove is defined at one end of the insertion column away from the bottom portion of the mounting groove; the baffle is perpendicular to the respective main body of said each of the clasps, and is spaced apart from and opposite to an outer side wall of the insertion column; the distance control assembly is an elastic component, and the elastic component is elastically compressed between the baffle and the outer side wall of the insertion column.

7. The blade seat assembly of claim 4 , wherein one end of the wall of the mounting groove away from a bottom portion of the mounting groove defines a limiting groove by recessing toward the bottom portion of the mounting groove, the limiting groove passes through the wall of the mounting groove, and the respective main body of at least one of the clasps passes through the limiting groove.

8. The blade seat assembly of claim 1 , wherein one end of the wall of the mounting groove away from a bottom portion of the mounting groove defines a limiting groove by recessing toward the bottom portion of the mounting groove, the limiting groove passes through the wall of the mounting groove, and the respective main body of at least one of the clasps passes through the limiting groove.

9. The blade seat assembly of claim 1 , wherein one end of the wall of the mounting groove away from a bottom portion of the mounting groove defines a limiting groove by recessing toward the bottom portion of the mounting groove, the limiting groove passes through the wall of the mounting groove, and the respective main body of at least one of the clasps passes through the limiting groove.

10. The blade seat assembly of claim 1 , wherein the blade seat assembly further comprises a blade seat cover, which covers an opening of the mounting groove, detachably is connected to the blade seat, and defines a shaft hole configured to insert the shaft.

11. The blade seat assembly of claim 1 , wherein the blade seat assembly further comprises a blade seat cover, which covers an opening of the mounting groove, detachably is connected to the blade seat, and defines a shaft hole configured to insert the shaft.

12. A blending cup assembly, comprising a blending cup and a blade seat assembly, wherein one end of the blade seat assembly which defines a blade assembly is located in the blending cup, and the blade seat assembly comprises the blade assembly, a clasp assembly, and a blade seat; wherein:
the blade assembly comprises a blade and a shaft, the blade is connected to one end of the shaft;
the blade seat defines a mounting groove, and the other end of the shaft detachably is connected to the mounting groove via the clasp assembly;
the clasp assembly comprises two oppositely defined clasps, each of the clasps comprises a respective main body which defines a respective through hole therein, the two clasps overlap along an extension direction of the shaft, the respective through holes of the two clasps at least partially overlap, the shaft passes through an overlapping area of the respective through holes of the two clasps, and a wall of the shaft defines a groove therein;
when the clasp assembly locks the shaft in the mounting groove, a wall of each of the respective through holes of the clasps abuts against a wall of the groove; and
when the clasp assembly releases the shaft from the mounting groove, the wall of each of the respective through holes is spaced apart from the wall of the groove to allow the shaft to pass through the respective through holes.

13. The blending cup assembly according to claim 12 , wherein the blending cup assembly further comprises an upper clutch, and one end of the blade seat assembly away from the blending cup is connected to the upper clutch.

14. A food processor, comprising a main engine, a heating device, and a blending cup assembly, the blending cup assembly comprises a blending cup and a blade seat assembly, one end of the blade seat assembly which defines a blade assembly is located in the blending cup, and the blade seat assembly comprises a blade assembly, a clasp assembly, and a blade seat; the blade assembly comprises a blade and a shaft, the blade is connected to one end of the shaft; the blade seat defines a mounting groove, and the other end of the shaft detachably is connected to the mounting groove via the clasp assembly, and the blending cup assembly is defined upon the main engine which comprises a motor, the motor is configured to drive the blade seat assembly to rotate, and the heating device is configured for heating the blending cup, wherein:
the clasp assembly comprises two oppositely defined clasps, each of the clasps comprises a respective main body which defines a respective through hole therein, the two clasps overlap along an extension direction of the shaft, the respective through holes of the two clasps at least partially overlap, the shaft passes through an overlapping area of the respective through holes of the two clasps, and a wall of the shaft defines a groove therein;
when the clasp assembly locks the shaft in the mounting groove, a wall of each of the respec

Assignees

• Guangdong Midea Consumer Electric Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhu Lei
• Xu Jianfei
• Chen Weijie
• Zeng Xianghe
• Xiao Li
• Liu Weijun
• She Yan

Classifications

• A47J27/004

  with integral electrical heating means (drinking cups with integral heating means A47J36/2466) · CPC title

• A47J43/0722 Primary

  Mixing, whipping or cutting tools · CPC title

• A47J43/0727

  Mixing bowls · CPC title

• A47J43/0716

  for machines with tools driven from the lower side (A47J43/0727 - A47J43/08 take precedence) · CPC title

• A47J43/07

  Parts or details, e.g. mixing tools, whipping tools · CPC title