Patent ID: 7476018

Claim:
Blending apparatus comprising a container having an opening through which product to be blended is introduced into the container, a lid to close the opening, a blending element mounted on the lid and directed downwards into the container when the lid is located thereon, a drive driveably engageable with the blending element to rotate the element and obtain a blending action on product in the container, and a mount on which an assembly of the container, lid and blending element is arranged to be located during blending, the container being movable between an upright receiving position and an operative position in which the assembly is inverted with the lid lowermost and the drive is connectable to the blending element, wherein: the mount includes a container holder into which the container is inserted and the container holder is rotatable between the receiving position and the operative position, the container holder is located within a housing with access into the housing through an opening, the drive is located in the base of the housing for connection to the blending element when in the inverted operative position, and the drive is moveable vertically into driving engagement with the blending element after the container reaches an operative blending position.