发明名称 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE BLENDING OF DRINKS |
摘要 |
A drink-blending machine (10) includes an ice-shaving unit (11) and a blender assembly (12). The ice-shaving unit (11) is adapted to transfer ice from a bin (15) to the pitcher (18) of the blender assembly (12). A weighing mechanism (31) includes a deflection beam (33), one end of which carries the pitcher (18). The deflection beam (33) includes a strain gauge (34) which provides a signal proportional to weight to a control circuitry box (30). In operation of the machine (10), a quantity of liquid is placed in the pitcher (18) and dependent upon the weight of ice or liquid-to-ice ratio predetermined by depressing a selected button (44), ice from the ice-shaving unit (11) is transferred to the pitcher (18) until the predetermined weight of ice is received by the pitcher (18).
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申请公布号 |
CA2313608(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2001.03.29 |
申请号 |
CA20002313608 |
申请日期 |
2000.07.07 |
申请人 |
VITA-MIX CORPORATION |
发明人 |
DASTOLI, BENJAMIN J.;KOLAR, DAVID J.;BOOZER, RICHARD D.;BARNARD, DAVID J.;MILLER, BRENT A. |
分类号 |
A23G9/04;A47J43/27;(IPC1-7):C12G3/04;A23L2/52 |
主分类号 |
A23G9/04 |
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