Patent ID: 6513966
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
An electric blender comprising a base unit having an electric motor and an upwardly extending projection, connecting means for connecting the motor to a power supply, a separate glass container incorporating rotatable blades and engageable with the base unit so that the motor, when connected to the power supply drives the blades, a lid for closing an open end of the container but separable therefrom, interlock switch means located in the projection and operable between conditions in which the motor is enabled or disabled with the interlock switch means biased to the motor disabled condition, a downwardly extending operating member integral with the lid and arranged to operate the interlock switch means to the motor-enabled condition in a safe condition when the separate glass container and the lid are correctly engaged with one another and the separate glass container of specified height is engaged with the base unit, an actuator movable substantially vertically within the projection and extending between the operating member and the interlock switch means in the safe condition, wherein the interlock switch means has a switch arm which comprises a flexible leaf spring movable substantially horizontally by direct interaction with the actuator on downward movement of the actuator, and wherein the substantially horizontal movement of the flexible leaf spring closes the interlock switch means to place the motor in a motor enabling condition.