Technical Description, The Oster Duralast Classic Blender 

Mohammed Miah  

Department of English, CCNY 

ENGL 21007: Writing for Engineering 

Professor Jacobson  

March 23, 2025 

Table of Contents  

Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..3

Technical Description…………………………………………………………………………………………………4-8 

Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..9

References……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..10 

Introduction:  

   The simple technological object I will discuss is the Oster Duralast classic blender. The innovation of the electric blender was created in the year 1922 and was invented by Stephen Poplawski who was born in 1885. Poplawski was a Polish American who was crucial into the rise of milkshakes sold in the US. In the beginning of the electric blender, it was used in drug stores to create malted milkshakes, then later was further developed by Fred Osius and Fred Waring. Eventually they would then sell the innovation to John Oster, who would then lead to the creation of the Oster Duralast classic blender. I have had this blender for the past 10 years and it has always been in consistent use. Despite the damage received to mine, it still holds up. It is a very reliable product and looking at its various components, it makes sense why. It also allows the owner to understand how this product works as well. 

Figure 1: This is the feeder cap; it is placed on top of the cover and allows you to add any more ingredients while blending.  
 

Figure 2: The cover prevents all the food from flying all over the place when you start blending, in the image provided it shows the feeder cap attached.  

Figure 3: This is the blender container; this is where you would place all your ingredients. It also features measurements in cups (up to 6 cups), helping the individual know exactly how much of the ingredients are in the container.  

Figure 4: The container bottom connects the container (figure 3) to the motor (figure 6); it locks it in making it secure once blending.  
 

Figure 5: The blades, which allow the blender to cut up the ingredients inside. It is placed between the container bottom (figure 4) and container (figure 3).  
 

Figure 6: The motor serves as the control unit for the blender, it provides the bottoms to blend whichever food you want into one of the 6 different types of options you want. These 6 different blends consist of, easy clean stir, soup puree, salsa chop, milkshake cream, freeze drink whip, and lastly the smoothie extract.   

Figure 7: The plug; you attach it to an outlet, and it powers the blender up for you to then turn it on.   

Figure 8: This is the blender in its completion. After finishing assembling all the parts you are finally left with the final product.    

Conclusion:  

   As you have seen, despite there being several different pieces involved, the electric blender is still simple and effective. It provides many different blends, serving any cravings you may have. With the images provided of my Oster Duralast Classic blender, it shows that I have had it for a long time and is still in my possession. I haven’t replaced it because of how useful it is.  

References 

Wisconsinhistory.org  

https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS11926