Appliance with recessed handle and cooling air inlets

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9848737-B2
Application number	US-201514923036-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 26, 2015
Priority date	Oct 24, 2014
Publication date	Dec 26, 2017
Grant date	Dec 26, 2017

Abstract

There is provided an appliance including a base having a housing, a motor-fan assembly disposed in the housing, a working implement which is operated by the motor-fan assembly when energized, a pocket integrally formed in a sidewall of the housing configured for use as a carrying handle, and one or more apertures formed in the pocket configured to allow cooling air to enter the housing to cool the motor-fan assembly.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A base for an appliance, comprising:
a housing including a surrounding sidewall;
a motor-fan assembly disposed in the housing;
a working implement which is operated by the motor-fan assembly when energized;
a recessed portion extending through the sidewall of the housing configured for use as a carrying handle; and
one or more air inlets formed in the recessed portion configured to allow cooling air to enter the housing to cool the motor-fan assembly.

2. The base of claim 1 , further including a cover fitted into the recessed portion having the one or more air inlets formed therein.

3. The base of claim 1 , the housing further including a base having one or more outlets formed therein for discharging heated air from within the housing.

4. The base of claim 3 , wherein the one or more outlets are slot shaped.

5. The base of claim 1 , wherein the working implement is an agitator.

6. A food preparation appliance, comprising:
a housing including a surrounding sidewall and configured to removably receive a blending container;
a motor-fan assembly disposed in the housing;
an impeller disposed in the blending container which is rotated by the motor when energized;
a recessed portion extending through the sidewall of the housing configured for use as a carrying handle; and
one or more inlets formed in the recessed portion configured to allow cooling air to enter the housing.

7. The appliance of claim 6 , further including a cover fitted into the recessed portion having the one or more inlets formed therein.

8. The appliance of claim 6 , the housing further including a base having one or more outlets formed therein for discharging heated air from within the housing.

9. The appliance of claim 8 , wherein the one or more outlets are slot shaped.

Assignees

• Sunbeam Products Inc

Inventors

• Behar Moises

Classifications

• A47J43/046

  with tools driven from the bottom side · CPC title

• F04D29/582

  specially adapted for elastic fluid pumps · CPC title

• A47J43/0716 Primary

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