Patent ID: 7445171

Claim:
A motorized kitchen appliance, comprising: a housing having a cylindrical outer wall, the cylindrical wall having an inner surface and a pair of axial ends; a first recessed element; a second recessed element, the first recessed element and the second recessed element each being located radially inwardly of the inner surface of the cylindrical outer wall and being angularly spaced from one another, the first and second recessed elements each having an opening and the first and second recessed elements each having a radially innermost surface and the radially innermost surfaces of the first and second recessed elements delimiting an effective inner diameter; and a drive unit having a motor, the drive unit being disposed within the housing and having a first projection corresponding to the opening of the first recessed element for receipt therein in an installed disposition of the drive unit in the housing and a second projection corresponding to the second opening of the second recessed element for receipt therein in the installed disposition of the drive unit in the housing, the first projection and the second projection of the drive unit being located axially intermediate the pair of axial ends of the cylindrical outer wall of the housing, the first projection and the second projection of the drive unit delimiting an effective diameter of the drive unit that is greater than the effective inner diameter delimited by the radially innermost surfaces of the first and second recessed elements, the first and second projections of the drive unit each projecting outwardly from the drive unit to extend through the respective openings in the first and second recessed elements in a direction perpendicular to the vertical axis of said drive unit and the first and second projections of the drive unit engaging the openings of the first and second recessed elements to securely mount the drive unit within the housing.