Patent ID: 6092922
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A blade for use in a blender wherein said blade is to rotate about a vertical axis of rotation, said blade comprising:a central hub portion defining a horizontal plane,a plurality of tines extending outwardly from said hub portion asymmetrically relative to one another,said tines being arranged in opposed pairs wherein each opposed pair includes a first tine and a second tine and each tine having a mass and a center of mass, the first tine and second tine in an opposed pair being balanced with respect to each other,wherein a first product consisting of the first tine's mass times a distance of the first tine's center of mass from said axis of rotation is substantially equal to a second product consisting of the second tine's mass times a distance of the second tine's center of mass from said axis of rotationfurther wherein a third product consisting of the first product times the distance of the first tine's center of mass from said horizontal plane is substantially equal to a fourth product consisting of the second product times the distance of the second tine's center of mass from said horizontal plane.