Food mixer/folder
US4854717A · kind A · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 11, 1988 |
| Grant date | Aug 8, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 11, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01F35/3202
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A hand-operated food mixing/folding device for doughs, sauces, mousse or the like incorporates a rounded or contoured bottom bowl provided with a mount which removably supports the bowl on a conventional kitchen counter or table, the axis of the bowl extending at an angle of approximately 45.degree. to vertical. A mixer arm is mounted for rotation around the axis of the bowl, and has a driving connection to a hand crank supported by the mount. Preferably the mount includes a vertically extending post fitted with a clamp mechanism at its lower end which can grip the edge of a table or countertop and support the bowl in the aforementioned orientation. The mixer arm has a contoured lifting/folding surface with a leading edge (preferably flexible) closely following the sidewall contour of the bowl, and a knife edge on an opposite part of said arm from the folding surface. The knife edge acts to cut through the material(s) in the bowl and gently mix with a smearing action as the materials are further mixed and blended. The arrangement is such that a user can rotate the crank at a desired slow speed while looking directly into the bowl and observing the mixing and folding action and the …
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