Variable Temperature Blender

Abstract

A variable temperature blender is disclosed for the cooking and preparation of heated sauces, jams, soups, purees, alternative milks, smoothies and more. A variable temperature blender has a lid assembly, a vessel assembly, and a base assembly. The vessel assembly has a blending vessel and a collar attached to a bottom portion of the blending vessel. The base assembly have a user interface, a motor, and a controller. A heating element positioned within the collar of the vessel assembly received an electronic signal from the controller via an electrical interface connecting the base assembly with the vessel assembly. The electronic signal activates or deactivates the heating element based on an operational mode of the variable temperature blender to heat a food item contained within the blending vessel.

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CROSS-REFERENCE AND PRIORITY CLAIM TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATIONS[0001]This non-provisional patent application claims priority to U.S. provisional patent application 62 / 878,571, filed Jul. 25, 2019, and entitled “Variable Temperature Blender”, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.INTRODUCTION[0002]Food processing products are used commonly used to reduce the preparation time in the preparations of ingredients for meals. These processing products may also have stand-alone usage in the preparation of drinks and other specific dishes where the food products must be prepared at a certain consistency. Along with food processors, blenders are a common product used to prepare ingredients and drinks in this manner. Common blenders usually include a lid, food containment vessel, blade, motor, and base. An accessible user interface allows for cooks and consumers to adjust and operate these blenders. Many blenders have a rounded or square base structure allowing t...

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[0002]Food processing products are used commonly used to reduce the preparation time in the preparations of ingredients for meals. These processing products may also have stand-alone usage in the preparation of drinks and other specific dishes where the food products must be prepared at a certain consistency. Along with food processors, blenders are a common product used to prepare ingredients and drinks in this manner. Common blenders usually include a lid, food containment vessel, blade, motor, and base. An accessible user interface allows for cooks and consumers to adjust and operate these blenders. Many blenders have a rounded or square base structure allowing the blender to rest steadily on a counter-top or other flat surface. Blenders are common food processing tools and there are many currently on the market which offer various vessel sizes, different blade configurations, and utilize different component materials to best meet customer needs. These needs include whether the blender will be used for commercial or domestic cooking purposes and the types of food preparation that is to occur in their containment vessels. Traditionally, blenders for food preparation utilize a sharp “X” style blade designed for food cutting and chopping whereas blenders used in drink preparation utilize a duller “wing” style blade suitable for ice crushing.

[0004]Blenders are commonly used to prepare room temperature or cold ingredients. Blenders themselves are not ideal to prepare hot or heated ingredients as the shape and size of the containments vessels are not ideal to provide ample and appropriate cooking heat to the food product. To improve upon existing blender technologies, the inventors have envisioned a blender capable of overcoming and improving upon some of these short comings. The blender envisioned by the inventors has the capability of operating at variable temperatures to properly and correctly complete food preparation at either a cold or hot blending process. Depending on variable factors such as altitude, ingredient consistency, and desired volumes, it is difficult to determine the best setting and precise functionality to control the blender. By including a heating element into a blender, the heating element not only allows for the preparation of heated food but also allows the user to cook with greater precision and ease, reduces time required for cooking calculations and the opportunity for human error, and eliminates the need for first heating the food products via another appliance and transitioning the food products into the blender.

[0005]As such, the inventors propose the following disclosure pertaining to a variable temperature blender capable of operating at pre-programmed settings or custom settings defined by the user at the time of operation. The inventor's device also allows for a greater magnitude of possible cooking operations both in the area of cold food preparation and hot food preparation. The envisioned blender also allows for instruction to the user and prompts to add ingredients allowing for increased flexibility in cooking complex food preparation items and techniques.

Problems solved by technology

Blenders themselves are not ideal to prepare hot or heated ingredients as the shape and size of the containments vessels are not ideal to provide ample and appropriate cooking heat to the food product.

Depending on variable factors such as altitude, ingredient consistency, and desired volumes, it is difficult to determine the best setting and precise functionality to control the blender.

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