WO2017208027A2 - Robot culinaire à main - Google Patents

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WO2017208027A2
WO2017208027A2 PCT/GB2017/051612 GB2017051612W WO2017208027A2 WO 2017208027 A2 WO2017208027 A2 WO 2017208027A2 GB 2017051612 W GB2017051612 W GB 2017051612W WO 2017208027 A2 WO2017208027 A2 WO 2017208027A2
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Gilman Grundy
Robert Fields
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  • the present invention relates to hand held food processors such as hand blenders for use as a kitchen appliance, and tool or blade arrangements for such devices.
  • a hand blender is a hand-held or hand-holdable tool for carrying out the cutting, mashing, blending, or otherwise processing of a working medium, typically food.
  • Hand blenders typically include a blending housing defining a cup-like area, open at a lower end through which food may enter the housing, in which blending is performed by a rotary bladed tool.
  • the housing generally has an axially extending handle or wand which is attached or attachable to a hand grippable portion containing a motor.
  • blending housings are typically cylindrical or frusto-conical in shape and the rotary bladed tool rotates concentrically to the blending housing. This results in a problem that whilst the velocity of the tips of the blades of the rotary tool is relatively high, that near the central axis of rotation of the rotary tool is low. Material at or directly below a central boss of the rotary tool may remain relatively unprocessed.
  • a rotary bladed tool will leave dead- zones in which food within the blending housing remains unprocessed near the corners of the blending housing. This is undesirable.
  • the present invention is directed to at least partially ameliorating the above-described problems.
  • the invention provides a utensil for a hand held food processor having a planetary drive.
  • the tool may rotate about an axis which is not fixed in relation to the utensil.
  • the utensil may have a rotary tool arranged to rotate about both a tool axis and a drive axis which may be fixed in relation to the utensil, and which is offset from the tool axis.
  • the tool moves around bodily in the the housing, and thus in the food being processed, so as to achieve better mixing.
  • a hand held food processor utensil comprising a processor housing defining a processing space, and a first rotary tool arranged to rotate within the space for processing food, in which the tool is arranged to rotate about a tool axis, and in which the tool axis is arranged to rotate about a substantially axially extending housing axis, the housing axis being offset from the tool axis.
  • the presence and volume of dead zones may thereby be reduced, even if the housing is non-circular in cross-section.
  • the processor utensil may comprise a drive shaft for providing drive to the first rotary tool, extending along the housing axis.
  • the drive shaft may be arranged to drive a carrier member about the housing axis, the first rotary tool being rotatably mounted to the carrier member.
  • the carrier member may for example comprise a circular plate defining an upper end of the processing space, and may further comprise a seal around the periphery of the carrier member for sealing with the housing to help prevent leakage into a space above the carrier member.
  • the first rotary tool may be mounted on a tool shaft extending through the carrier member and offset from the drive shaft, wherein the tool shaft may be arranged to be driven by the drive shaft by a gear system.
  • a gear system Such drive can be provided by a planet gear meshing with a sun gear provided on the drive shaft, and with a stationary outer gear ring which may be mounted to the housing.
  • the tool may be a blending tool comprising a plurality of blades which may be arranged to extend outwardly of the tool axis, optionally at different angles.
  • the blades may be of different lengths.
  • the rotary tool axis may be inclined relative to the housing axis to mitigate collection of material above the blades.
  • the housing may be non circular or substantially square in cross section.
  • the rotary tool may comprise at least one blade which extends from the shaft further than the minimum distance between the tool shaft and the housing.
  • a blade may more closely approach the housing wall further from the axis to reduce dead zones in such regions, eg the corners of a square housing.
  • the second tool may be mounted on the same tool axis, or may have a tool axis different from that of the first tool, and may further be mounted in the processing space at the same or a different axial level from the first tool.
  • the second tool can be arranged to rotate in an opposite direction and/or at a different speed from the first tool, so as to carry out different tasks or provide a shearing effect.
  • the second tool may also be arranged to counter-act forces acting on a user's hand generated by the first tool during use.
  • the processor utensil may comprise an elongate handle extending axially from the housing, along which the drive shaft may extend.
  • the handle may be attached to a hand grippable motor housing to form a hand held processor, the motor housing having a drive outlet arranged to provide rotary drive to the drive shaft.
  • the motor housing may further be detachable from the processor utensil to facilitate cleaning and/or repair, or use with other devices.
  • An inner surface of the housing may comprise at least one discontinuity such as a protrusion extending into the processing space to disturb the flow and help avoid the creation of vortices during processing.
  • a lower end of the housing may be substantially open to allow material being processed to flow into and out of the housing, and a lower edge of the housing surrounding the opening may having undulations or castellations.
  • the invention extends to a hand-tool substantially as described herein with reference to the drawings.
  • the invention also encompasses a kit of parts for constructing any of the apparatuses or apparatus elements herein described.
  • Any apparatus feature as described herein may also be provided as a method feature, and vice versa.
  • means plus function features may be expressed alternatively in terms of their corresponding structure, such as a suitably programmed processor and associated memory. Any feature in one aspect of the invention may be applied to other aspects of the invention, in any appropriate combination. In particular, method aspects may be applied to apparatus aspects, and vice versa. Furthermore, any, some and/or all features in one aspect can be applied to any, some and/or all features in any other aspect, in any appropriate combination.
  • the field of use includes the preparation and/or processing of: chemicals; pharmaceuticals; paints; building materials; clothing materials; agricultural and/or veterinary feeds and/or treatments, including fertilisers, grain and other agricultural and/or veterinary products; oils; fuels; dyes; cosmetics; plastics; tars; finishes; waxes; varnishes; beverages; medical and/or biological research materials; solders; alloys; effluent; and/or other substances, and any reference to "food” herein may be replaced by such working mediums.
  • the processing of food may include the processing and/or blending of liquid, and may also include the processing of solid food or ice into a liquid form.
  • the invention described here may be used in any kitchen appliance and/or as a standalone device.
  • This includes any domestic food-processing and/or preparation machine, including both top-driven machines (e.g. stand-mixers) and bottom-driven machines (e.g. blenders). It may be implemented in heated and/or cooled machines. It may be used in a machine that is built-in to a work-top or work surface, or in a stand-alone device.
  • the invention can also be provided as a stand-alone device, whether motor-driven or manually powered.
  • FIG. 1 shows a side-on cutaway schematic drawing of a hand blender according to an embodiment of the invention
  • Fig. 2 shows a view of a hand blender blending housing viewed from below according to a second embodiment of the invention
  • Fig. 3 shows a view of a hand blender housing according to a third embodiment viewed from below.
  • Fig. 4 shows a side-on cutaway schematic drawing of a hand blender according to a fourth embodiment.
  • Fig. 1 illustrates and hand-blender wand 100, the wand 100 having a conical or cylindrical blending housing 1 12 with a side wall 102 which opens towards its lower end, and a cylindrical drive-shaft housing 1 13 concentrically connected to the upper end of the blending housing 1 12.
  • the drive-shaft housing 1 13 surrounds a drive shaft 101 concentric to the drive-shaft housing 1 13 which extends into the blending housing 1 12.
  • Drive shaft 101 is connected to the carrier wheel 103 such that, when the drive shaft 101 rotates about its central axis, the carrier wheel 103 is driven to rotate concentrically with the drive shaft 101 about the driveshaft axis marked A-A in Fig. 1 .
  • Carrier wheel 103 contacts the seal 106 about its periphery, thus preventing working medium being processed by hand blender wand 100 from entering the space above carrier wheel 103, whilst permitting rotation of the carrier wheel 103.
  • Seal 106 may be a lips seal comprising one or more flexible lips that contact the carrier wheel. Alternatively the seal 106 may be a labyrinth seal formed by intermeshing protrusions of the seal 106 and the carrier wheel 103.
  • the seal 106 may be a separate component or it may be integrally formed with the blending housing 1 12 and/or the carrier wheel 103.
  • the carrier wheel 103, the seal 106, and the blending housing 1 12 co-operatively define a blending space 1 15 below the carrier wheel 103 in which blending of working medium takes place.
  • the blending housing 1 12 is shown as being straight-sided below carrier wheel 103, it may instead expand outwardly by, e.g., being inclined away from axis A-A, to provide a larger blending space 1 15.
  • Planet gear 104 is connected to the carrier wheel 103 by the planet axle 1 14, which extends through the carrier wheel 103 along an axis (the tool axis marked B-B in Fig. 1 ) offset from, but parallel to, axis A-A such that the planet gear 104 and the planet axle 1 14 can rotate together relative to the carrier wheel 103.
  • planet axle 1 14 is connected to rotary tool 107 such that when planet gear 104 is driven to rotate, this rotary force is communicated through planet axle 1 14 to rotary tool 107 to drive it to rotate.
  • Planet gear 104 contacts with a ring gear 105 which extends inwardly from, and concentrically about, a side-wall of the blending housing 112.
  • drive shaft 101 drives carrier wheel 103 to rotate about their common central axis A-A
  • planet wheel 104 is carried bodily around the axis A-A by carrier wheel 103.
  • the rotation of carrier wheel 103 around axis A-A also causes planet gear 104 to rotate to rotate about axis B-B as it moves along the ring gear 105.
  • the bladed tool 107 is driven to rotate about axis B- B at the same time as it is carried bodily by carrier wheel 103 about axis A-A.
  • the simultaneous movement of bladed tool 107 about axis A-A as its blade or blades rotate about axis B-B means that working medium being processed by the hand-blender wand is continually brought into contact with the tips of the blade or blades of the bladed tool 107. No dead-zone is created beneath the planet axle 1 14 as it is continually carried about axis A-A by the rotation of the carrier wheel 103.
  • Bladed tool 107 preferably comprises at least one blade of sufficient length that the rotation of bladed tool 107 about axis B-B causes the blade to sweep across axis A-A. This prevents a dead-zone forming beneath the carrier wheel 103 along axis A-A.
  • the blade or blades of bladed tool 107 also preferably extend close to the inner wall of blending housing 1 12, leaving only enough clearance as is necessary to prevent scratching of the inner wall of the blending housing 1 12.
  • axis B-B Whilst axis B-B is shown as being parallel to axis A-A, it may be inclined relative to it so that, as the bladed tool 107 rotates, its blades comes closer to carrier wheel 103 along part of their rotation to "scrape" that portion by coming close to it.
  • axis B-B may be angled such that the blades of bladed tool 107 scrape the area directly below the seal 106 within the blending space 1 15.
  • the blades of bladed tool 107 are shown as extending perpendicularly to axis B-B, but them may extend at other angles. Where the bladed tool 107 comprises multiple blades some of these may be angled upwardly, towards the carrier wheel 103, and others downwardly away from the carrier wheel 103, thus ensuring a greater volume of material is processed.
  • the blending wand 100 may comprise multiple bladed tools 107, each receiving rotary drive via a respective planet axle 1 14 from a respective planet gear 104 contacting the ring gear 105. Where there is more than one bladed tool 107, their respective planet axles 1 14 may extend different lengths into blending space 1 15, resulting in the bladed tools 107 performing blending at different distances from the carrier wheel 103 within the blending space 1 15, and also preventing them clashing.
  • bladed tool 107 located at substantially the same distance from the carrier wheel 103, their gearing should be synchronised such that when the blades of one bladed tool 107 are sweeping across axis A-A, the blades of the other bladed tools 107 should be sufficiently far away from axis A-A to prevent clashing.
  • Having multiple planet gears 104, planet axles 1 14, and bladed tools 107 has the advantage of balancing the arrangement to avoid or diminish centrifugal or other forces resulting from action of the bladed tools 107 acting on the wand 100 during operation (and thus the hand of the user, resulting in potential discomfort) due to uneven distribution of weight on the rotating carrier wheel 103.
  • This effect may be enhanced by locating the bladed tools 107 on opposing sides of the carrier wheel 103, or symmetrically about the carrier wheel 103.
  • a similar advantage may be achieved by simply providing a counter-weight on the carrier wheel 103 located so as to balance the distribution of weight on the carrier wheel 103, which may be integrally formed with the carrier wheel 103 or a separate component.
  • Multiple bladed tools 107 may be provided on the same planet axle 1 14. Where multiple blade tools 107 are provided on the same planet axle 1 14 they may be provided at different distances from the carrier wheel 103.
  • Blending wand 100 is removably attachable to a hand-grippable motor housing 108 by releasable attachment means 1 1 1 .
  • Motor housing 108 houses a motor 109, the drive outlet of which, when the motor housing 108 is attached to the blending wand 100, engages with the driveshaft 101 via the clutch 1 10 to impart rotary drive to it.
  • the blending wand 100 may be integrally formed with motor housing 108, in which case the releasable attachment means 1 1 1 and the clutch 1 10 may be omitted.
  • Motor housing 108 may additionally comprise suitable controls and a user interface for communication with the user.
  • a controllable gear box may also be contained within motor housing 408 to permit suitable stepping-up and stepping-down of rotary impetus to be communicated by motor 409 to drive shaft 401 .
  • the planet gear 104 Whilst the planet gear 104 is shown as being provided within a gearing space 1 16 above the carrier wheel 103 on the opposite side of the carrier wheel 103 from blending space 1 15, co-operatively defined by the carrier wheel 103, the side wall 102, and the seal 106, other arrangements are possible.
  • the planet gear 104 may be contained within a chamber within the carrier wheel 103 and protrude through an opening in the edge of the carrier wheel 103 to engage with the ring gear 105.
  • seals 106 are located above and below the opening in the edge of the carrier wheel 103 to prevent ingress of material into the chamber housing the carrier wheel 103.
  • the carrier wheel 103 may have through-holes defined through it to permit material (e.g., mashed potato) to be pressed through it by the bladed tool 107 (e.g., configured as a pallet for pressing material through the through holes)) and extruded through the top of the carrier wheel 103 to ensure thorough mashing.
  • the bladed tool 107 e.g., configured as a pallet for pressing material through the through holes
  • the wall 102 of the blending housing 1 12 should also have through- holes defined in it to permit mashed material to leave the blending housing 1 12.
  • Cylindrical blending housing Fig. 2 illustrates one possible shape for a blending space 200 of a blending wand 100 according to the present invention.
  • the blending space 200 is substantially cylindrical or frusto-conical, being co-operatively defined by a cylindrical or frusto-conical blending housing wall 203 (similar to blending housing 1 12), a circular carrier wheel 201 (similar to carrier wheel 103), and a seal 202 (similar to seal 106) formed between the blending housing 203 and the carrier wheel 201 .
  • Carrier wheel 201 is driven to rotate about its centre, and bladed tool 205 (similar to bladed tool 107) is carried bodily around the centre of carrier wheel 201 whilst also being driven to rotate about its own centre 205, by a similar mechanism as shown in Fig. 1 .
  • One or more ribs 206 may be provided extending substantially from, or from a point near to, a roof of the blending housing 203 towards an opening of the blending housing. The end of the blending housing 203 near to the opening may be castellated. The advantages of such ribs and castellations is described in the applicant's granted UK patent no. 2469639, the whole disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
  • Fig. 3 illustrates another possible shape for a blending space 300 for a blending wand 100 according to the present invention.
  • This arrangement is broadly similar to that of Fig. 2 except that the blending space 300 defined by the carrier wheel 301 , seal 302, and blending housing 303 is substantially cubic or cuboid in shape. This aids storage whilst maximising the area used, and also caters to aesthetic preferences for square/cube/cuboid-shaped kitchen appliances.
  • the bladed tool 304 has a relatively long blade 305 of sufficient length to reach into these corners.
  • the gearing of the arrangement is synchronised such that, for each rotation of the carrier wheel 301 , the long blade 305 only extends outwards from the centre of the carrier wheel 301 when the long blade 305 is close to the corners of the blending space 300.
  • a blending space with any number of corners including two corners (oval-shaped), three corners (prism-shaped), and five corners (pentagrammic prism) may similarly be provided.
  • Fig. 4 illustrates an alternative configuration for a blending wand 400 to the blending wand 100 shown in Fig.1.
  • the drive shaft 401 , motor housing 408, motor 409, clutch 410, and attachment means 41 1 operate in similar fashion to the corresponding parts found in Fig.1 .
  • two planet wheels 404a and 404b are provided concentrically at different distances from the carrier wheel 403 along tool axis D-D.
  • Planet wheels 404a and 404b are of differing size, and contact their respective ring gears 405a and 405b at different distances from the tool axis D-D, resulting in planet wheels 404a and 404b experiencing different speeds of rotation when carrier wheel 403 rotates about its central axis C-C.
  • Planet wheels 404a and 404b are connected to respective planet axles 414a and 414b (one of which wraps around the other in a manner that permits relative rotation), which in turn are connected to respective bladed tools 407a and 407b.
  • the different speeds of rotation of planet wheels 404a and 404b are thus communicated to their respective bladed tools 407a and 407b resulting in them rotating at different speeds, and with differing torque.
  • bladed tools 407a and 407b may carry out differing tasks within the blending space 415 co-operatively defined by the carrier wheel 403, the seal 406, and the side wall 402 of the blending housing 412.
  • one of the bladed tools 407a and 407b may conduct low-speed, high- torque chopping, whilst the other carries out higher-speed but possibly lower-torque blending/
  • one tool e.g., 407a
  • the other tool e.g., 407b
  • the bladed tools 407a and 407b are located close together along axis D-D, such that their blades come near to each other (e.g., 5mm or less) a sheering effect may result from the differing velocity.
  • an idler wheel may be provided between one of the planet gears 404a and 404b and its respective ring gear 405a and 405b. This will result in planet gears 404a and 404b rotating in opposing directions, and thus bladed tools 407a and 407b rotating in opposite directions. Where the blades of the bladed tools 407a and 407b come near to each other, a high shearing effect may result.
  • the blades of the bladed tools 407a and 407b may be of differing lengths and extend at differing angles relative to axis D-D, to ensure thorough processing of food or other working medium within the blending space 415.
  • the hand grippable motor housing 108 may be a hand-mixer-type hand-held tool (i.e., a hand-tool typically having a horizontally-oriented handle, one or more control-interfaces, and one or more typically downwardly-facing drive-outlets which shanked tools such as whisks may attach to to receive rotary drive) in which case the releasable attachment means 1 1 1 will attach to the casing of the hand-mixer to prevent relative rotation therebetween, and the clutch 1 10 will connect to one of the one or more drive outlets.
  • a hand-mixer-type hand-held tool i.e., a hand-tool typically having a horizontally-oriented handle, one or more control-interfaces, and one or more typically downwardly-facing drive-outlets which shanked tools such as whisks may attach to to receive rotary drive
  • the releasable attachment means 1 1 1 will attach to the casing of the hand-mixer to prevent relative rotation therebetween, and the clutch 1 10 will connect to one of
  • a further gearbox may be provided between the clutch 1 10 and the drive outlets, capable of receiving rotary drive from two or more of the drive outlets and transmitting that drive impetus (converted via e.g. idler gears to drive in the same direction where the drive outlets drive in different directions), to the clutch 1 10.
  • the housing surrounding the blending space 1 15 may be omitted in this situation.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un ustensile de robot culinaire à main (100) comprenant un logement de processeur (112) définissant un espace de transformation et un premier outil rotatif (107) agencé pour tourner à l'intérieur de l'espace pour transformer l'aliment, l'outil (107) étant agencé pour tourner autour d'un axe d'outil et l'axe d'outil étant agencé pour tourner autour d'un axe de logement s'étendant sensiblement au plan axial, l'axe du logement étant décalé par rapport à l'axe d'outil.
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