Patent ID: 11930965
Assignee: SUNBEAM PRODUCTS, INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A vacuum blender comprising:
a base assembly having a blender motor, a vacuum motor, vacuum tubing associated with the vacuum motor, a blender motor micro switch for activating the blender motor, a cavity for receiving and coupling to a blender jar, and a vertical arm member;
the vertical arm member including a vacuum port, a locking tab, a second micro switch for activating the vacuum motor, and tubing for connecting to the vacuum tubing associated with the base assembly, the top portion of the vertical arm member being movable in a vertical direction to engage and disengage a lid member associated with a blender jar;
a blender jar assembly for coupling to the base assembly cavity including a blender jar and a lid member, the blender jar including an agitator assembly for connection to the blender motor, and the lid member including a vacuum port, and a vacuum release button;
wherein when the blender jar is positioned within the base assembly cavity and rotated through a predetermined number of degrees, the blender jar is engaged and coupled with the base assembly, when so coupled to the base assembly, the blender jar engages the blender motor micro switch;
wherein when the blender jar is engaged with the base assembly and the vertical arm member is moved downwardly, the locking tab engages the lid member, the vacuum port associated with the vertical arm member moves horizontally to engage the vacuum port associated with the lid member in response to the vertical arm member moving downwardly, and the second micro switch is engaged.