Patent ID: 8556203

Claim:
A blender system comprising: a cutter assembly comprising: a cutter blade affixed to a rotationally driveable cutter shaft, said cutter blade having a cutter tip at a distal end radially remote from the cutter shaft; and a feeder assembly including: a feeder blade affixed to a rotationally driveable feeder shaft, said feeder blade having: a feeder tip at a distal end radially remote from the feeder shaft, and means for transporting a mixture towards the cutter assembly, the means for transporting extending over a distance of less than 4 mm and more than 2 mm from a surface of the feeder blade, wherein the feeder shaft and the cutter shaft are driveable by at least one drive unit, and the feeder tip is driveable at a lower peripheral speed than a peripheral speed of the cutter tip.