Patent ID: 8905628

Claim:
A blending and dispensing appliance, comprising: a blending container; a housing for receiving and supporting the blending container; an agitator disposed in the blending container configured to agitate contents placed into the blending container; a motorized base disposed in the housing and configured to couple to the agitator to selectively provide rotary power to the agitator; a conduit integrally formed on an outer sidewall of the blending container and fluidly connected to the blending container at a lower end; a port at a bottom of the blending container for fluidly connecting the blending container to the lower end of the conduit; and an auger disposed within the conduit and configured to rotate in a first direction within the conduit, said auger being rotatably coupled to the motorized base to selectively pump blended contents from within the blending container through said port and said lower end of the conduit to an upper end of said conduit when rotated in the first direction.