Refrigerator with integrated multi-speed blender
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F25D-023/12
F25D-023/02
F25D-011/02
B67D-001/00
B67D-001/08
B67D-001/16
A47J-043/044
출원번호
US-0342071
(2016-11-02)
등록번호
US-9915467
(2018-03-13)
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Mosley, Sheila
출원인 / 주소
Mosley, Sheila
대리인 / 주소
Stevenson IP, LLC
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A refrigerator with an integrated multi-speed blender including a stand alone kitchen refrigerator having a recess in a front door thereof and a continuous opening therein. A housing body, on the upper side of the recess, stores components of a motorized blender assembly adjacent to a water dispense
A refrigerator with an integrated multi-speed blender including a stand alone kitchen refrigerator having a recess in a front door thereof and a continuous opening therein. A housing body, on the upper side of the recess, stores components of a motorized blender assembly adjacent to a water dispenser within the recess. The blender assembly includes a mixer shaft operationally communicating with the motor and extending into the recess opening, with blades on a distal end thereof, first and second control switches proximal and operationally controlling the motor, first and second pressure control buttons on a forward side of the housing body, which when pushed along with an activation switch, activate the motor and operate the motor at a first speed and at a faster second speed, respectively. An activation button movable between an initial lower position to a second upper position activates the activation switch in the second upper position.
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1. A refrigerator with an integrated multi-speed blender comprising: a stand alone kitchen refrigerator having a front door, a fresh food compartment accessed by the front door, and a freezer compartment separate from the fresh food compartment, the freezer compartment having an access door;a recess
1. A refrigerator with an integrated multi-speed blender comprising: a stand alone kitchen refrigerator having a front door, a fresh food compartment accessed by the front door, and a freezer compartment separate from the fresh food compartment, the freezer compartment having an access door;a recess disposed in the front door, the recessing having an upper side, a lower side, a right side, a left side, a back side, a front frame, an opening, a plurality of apertures disposed in the lower side of the recess, and a liquid collection pan disposed directly underneath the lower side of the recess, the opening disposed between the upper side, the lower side, the right side, the left side, the back side; and the front frame;a housing body continuously disposed on the upper side of the recess from the right side to the left side, the housing body having a forward side and a bottom end;a support bracket extending from the back side of the recess to the forward side of the housing body in a position parallel to the upper side of the recess, along the bottom end of the housing body, the support bracket having a top surface and a bottom surface;a water dispenser mounted on the back side of the recess, the water dispenser including a user interface with at least one control button and a fluid supply line extending from the water dispenser to a source of water, wherein the at least one control button is configured to enable a user to select a preferred dispensing operation;a blender assembly disposed within the recess adjacent the water dispenser, the blender assembly comprising: a motor disposed atop the support bracket;a mixer shaft in operational communication with the motor and extending through the support bracket into the opening of the recess, the mixer shaft having a distal end;a plurality of spaced apart blades disposed on the distal end in a position substantially perpendicular to the mixer shaft;a first control switch and a second control switch disposed on the top surface of the support bracket proximal the motor, each of the first and second control switches being in direct operational communication with the motor;a first pressure control button and a second pressure control button disposed on the forward side of the housing body, each of the first pressure control button and the second pressure control button being in direct operational communication with the first control switch and the second control switch, respectively, wherein the first pressure control button activates the first control switch and the second pressure control button alternately activates the second control switch;an activation switch disposed on the support bracket proximal the motor, the activation switch in direct operational communication with the motor, wherein the activation switch activates and alternately deactivates the motor; andan activation button disposed on the bottom surface of the support bracket and extending into the opening of the recess, the activation button having a lower surface, the activation button being in direct operational communication with the activation switch, wherein the activation button is movable between an initial lower position to a second upper position, wherein upon movement of the activation button from the initial lower position to the second upper position, the activation switch is transformed from a deactivated condition to an activated condition;wherein upon transformation of the activation switch to the activated condition, the activation switch activates the motor;wherein upon activation of the activation switch activation of the first pressure control button, and the activation of the first control switch, the motor operates at a first speed; andwherein upon activation of the activation switch and activation of the second pressure control button, the motor operates at a second speed, wherein the second speed is faster than the first speed. 2. The refrigerator with an integrated multi-speed blender of claim 1 comprising: a concave indentation centrally disposed on the lower surface of the activation button. 3. The refrigerator with an integrated multi-speed blender of claim 1 wherein the distal end of the mixer shaft is disposed approximately midway between the bottom end of the housing body and the lower side of the recess. 4. The refrigerator with an integrated multi-speed blender of claim 3 wherein the opening of the recess has a depth, a width, and a length configured to receive a liquid container therein when a portion of the mixer shaft and the plurality of blades are disposed within the liquid container.
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