Patent · US Expired

Drink mixer

US6283627A · kind A · utility

22Cited by
48References
5Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 12, 2000
Grant dateSep 4, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 12, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01F35/3202
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A drink mixer which may be used by children as well as by adults to mix a liquid with a wide variety of ingredients including air, other liquids, or solids, which may be comminuted during mixing. The device consists of four major components or assemblies, these being a tapered cylindrical container (12), a container top assembly (14), a handle assembly (16), and a mixing disk (18) carried by the handle assembly. The parts are so designed so that the mixing disk may be pushed down repeatedly by the handle assembly to mix the liquid within the container with other ingredients, an internal spring returning the mixing disk to its raised position. The container top assembly is secured to the container is a liquid tight manner, the container top assembly having a pour spout which may be covered tightly. A part (110) which changes color when the contents change temperature may be incorporated into the mixer.

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