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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177415 | System for agitating pouched products A system and method for agitating pouched products traveling along a conveyor belt to facilitate heat transfer, blending, mixing and/or stirring of the contents thereof. An agitation station is located along the conveyor belt, and includes an agitator secured to one... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8042990 | Durability monitoring and improvement of a blender A blender for blending foodstuff includes a base enclosing a motor and a jar sensor secured to the base. The base has an upper mounting surface and the motor is mounted beneath the upper mounting surface. The jar sensor is secured to the base proximate the upper mou... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7942570 | Blender for blending foodstuff A blender for blending foodstuff comprising a motor housing that encloses an electric motor and has a first end and a second end. An upper housing is attached to the first end of the motor housing. The motor housing includes a fan driven by the motor controlled by a... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7665885 | Dispensing blender A dispensing blender for blending foodstuff and dispensing foodstuff therefrom. The dispensing blender includes a base enclosing a motor, a jar removably mountable to the base, a collar removably mountable between the base and the jar and a dispensing spout mounted ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7520658 | Rinseable splash shield and method of use The present application describes a method for rinsing a splash shield. A vessel containing contents to be mixed is positioned in a mixing machine, and a splash shield is positioned over the opening of the vessel. After the material within the vessel is mixed by a m... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7503687 | Machine for mixing a frozen dessert A frozen dessert mixing machine of the type including an auger and mixing cone which has an open top, wherein the mixing cone moves toward the auger and the auger mixes a frozen desert from material contained in the mixing cone. The mixing machine further comprises ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7476018 | Blending apparatus This invention is concerned with providing apparatus for blending product within a container (10) by charging the container with product, applying a lid (l2) with an integral blending element (14) thereon. The product is blended by driving the b... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7438462 | System or method for shaking a container Methods and mechanisms for shaking containers are disclosed. The shaking motion can be made to vary in a dynamic fashion so that the different components within the container are not made to separate, as if subjected to the processing of a centrifuge. Such dynamic m... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7422361 | Dispensing blender A dispensing blender for blending foodstuff and dispensing foodstuff therefrom. The dispensing blender includes a base enclosing a motor, a jar removably mountable to the base, a collar removably mountable between the base and the jar and a dispensing spout mounted ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7395751 | Beverage-making appliance An ice beverage-making apparatus includes a housing, an electric motor located within the housing, a torque transmission supported by the housing and receiving input from the electric motor and providing a first output shaft and a second-speed output shaft that rota... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7387430 | Mixing machine having power take off and mixer head cover A mixing machine includes a removable head cover that may be formed of plastic and that may include a nose portion that is disposed about a power take off the mixing machine. ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384187 | Mixing machine and associated bowl guard system A mixer may include one or more of (i) a readily installable and removable bowl guard member, (ii) a bowl guard sensor arrangement, (iii) a bowl guard support ring assembly including a plastic part and a metal part, (iv) a bowl guard support ring assembly and bowl g... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7371004 | Travel mug configured to blend food and method thereof A travel mug that is configured to blend food and adapted for being transported with a user in a drinking configuration and for mounting to a blender for blending food therein in a blending configuration. The mug includes a cup body having an open top, an open botto... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364348 | Drinking vessel with mixer A drinking vessel with a thumb operated electric mixer has a top lip and a bottom. The vessel is sized so that it is capable of handling with one hand in the same fashion as a beverage glass or cup. The vessel may include a handle member that extends beneath the bot... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7355151 | Magnetic safety feature for cookware and cooking stoves Methods and devices for securing the bottom of an item of cookware to the burner of a stove top by use of magnetism. The magnet(s) may be permanent magnets or electromagnets. The cookware may comprise a permanent magnet disposed on or in the base of the cookware. Th... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7329041 | Method of mixing paint A plastic container and lid assembly for storing liquid coating materials including a container and a lid. The container has a body with a bottom wall, at least four sidewalls and a neck. The neck defines a wide mouth opening and including threads for receiving mati... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325969 | Container mixer A container mixer comprising a loadbearing device, a mixer arm (5) and a docking unit (6) for holding a container (7). The mixer arm (5) is mounted on the rotatable part of a first rotary device (10) having a horizontal first axis ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320542 | Blender with cooling/muffling functions A blender includes a base frame, a cover for covering the base frame, a muffler housing, a motor, and a fan. The base frame includes a hollow column having a compartment for receiving the motor. Two separating plates extend downward from a bottom end of the base fra... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318375 | Food stirrer A food stirrer includes a seat and a container. A driving axle extends through the seat. A bushing is provided outside the driving axle. The driving axle has a brake device for quickly stopping the rotation of the driving axle when a motor is powered off. A spring i... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7314308 | Mixing bowl with attachment A food mixing attachment includes two mixing arms extending down from an engagement member that is configured for engaging a mixer. A respective flexible blade is on each arm and has a contour generally like that of a bowl. During the mixing process the blades scrap... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314307 | Automatic motor-driven blender cup with a leak-free magnetic stirring apparatus An automatic motor-driven blender cup with a leakage-free stirring apparatus includes a blender cup, an internal chamber, a mounting frame, a stirring shaft, a magnetic disk and a motor with a dry battery; wherein, said mounting frame and stirring shaft are disposed... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7296926 | Mixer, mixing implement and associated attachment mechanism A mixing implement includes a body having a mixing portion and a connecting portion, the connecting portion having an upper shaft receiving opening formed therein and a side opening that leads to the shaft receiving opening, the shaft receiving opening having a driv... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7288083 | Nasal-nasopharyngeal irrigating and cleansing system A nasal-nasopharyngeal irrigating and cleansing system including a cup with one or more assemblies that allow the flow and control of various irrigating, cleansing and medicinal liquids into the nasal passages. The construction of the cup provides sealing surfaces t... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7288229 | Parallel reactor with sensing of internal properties An apparatus and method for carrying out and monitoring the progress and properties of multiple reactions is disclosed. The method and apparatus are especially useful for synthesizing, screening, and characterizing combinatorial libraries, but also offer significant... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284900 | Apparatus and method for mixing specimens in vials Method and apparatus for mixing a specimen (e.g., a biological fluid specimen) in an upstanding container having an internal mixer with a cavity defined by an upstanding annular wall. The annular wall of the mixer is engaged by a movable holder, which is elevated al... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7273315 | Mixing device with variable speed drive and related control features A mixing machine includes a drive assembly and control system for making speed changes on the fly and for providing controlled acceleration and deceleration. A bowl receiving portion may be movable between a lowered position and a raised position with a power bowl l... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270473 | Bowl scraper and related attachment system for mixing machine A bowl scraper is configured for attachment to a rotatable mixing machine support such that forces exerted on the bowl scraper during scraping operations hold the bowl scraper in place. The bowl scraper includes an attachment arm including an upper arm portion and a... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7258480 | Apparatus for mixing liquid samples using a two dimensional stirring pattern A method for rapidly and uniformly mixing solutions within a biochemical analyzer by rapidly and repeatedly moving a sampling probe in a two-dimensional boomerang-curved pattern within the solution. ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252036 | Rotor blades for food processing machines A rotor for food pulping or straining machines is equipped with a plurality of blades (2) designed to act on the food product to force at least part of it out through a sieve (3) that surrounds the rotor (1) and is characterised in that the blad... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7246515 | Filtration tester A filtration tester has a scale, a collector disposed on the scale, a pump having an outlet aligned with an opening of the collector, and a force sensor connected to the pump. ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7228794 | Kitchen appliance A housing in a kitchen device, in particular, a household fruit press, includes an electric motor and a circuit board, both of which can be simply mounted. The motor and board are to be simply assembled in the housing by configuring the mounting as a hollow cylinder... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226204 | Butter maker A butter maker having a housing for mounting on a countertop in a kitchen or the like. The butter maker includes a cream holding container in which cream is placed and also includes drive assembly having a shaft both rotatable along its vertical axis and reciprocal ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7207711 | Mixing device with variable speed drive and related control features A mixing machine includes a drive assembly and control system for making speed changes on the fly and for providing controlled acceleration and deceleration. A bowl receiving portion may be movable between a lowered position and a raised position with a power bowl l... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7185648 | Medicament dispenser A medicament dispenser including a medicament container having a dispensing outlet; an agitator for agitating the contents; and a driver for driving the agitator independent of any container movement. The medicament container may be a metered dose inhaler or deliver... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7175338 | Stand mixer A stand mixer is provided with wheels proximate the base. The base houses a mixing bowl capable of being placed into a locked position. When the mixing bowl is in the locked position, its handle faces outward. The mixer can be lifted with the handle to transfer the ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168848 | Axial-pumping impeller apparatus and method for magnetically-coupled mixer An impeller apparatus for use with a magnetically coupled mixer includes in one embodiment an axial-pumping impeller spaced axially apart from a driven magnet by a shaft. In another embodiment the impeller apparatus includes an up-pumping impeller spaced axially apa... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7163604 | Production of fiber suspension from waste paper A fiber suspension is produced from waste paper by first filling a pulper with a batch of the waste paper. The pulper is operated to partly defibrate the batch of waste paper substantially without disintegrating coarse imputities into finer impurities. The partly de... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160023 | System for detachably coupling a drive to a mixer mounted in a portable tank A system for detachably coupling a mixer drive to a mixer in a portable tank, the system comprising a portable tank having a mixer mounted therein and a docking station adapted to receive the tank in an engaged configuration and to have no connection to the tank in ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7160022 | Paint stirring machine and method for mounting same A paint stirring machine of the type driven by stirrer lids, on each of which is mounted a paint can, the stirrer lids being suspended by supports with lateral slide-rails on shelves (3) of the machine and individually driven by a front meshing pinion engaged... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7144150 | Rinseable splash shield and method of use The present application describes a method for rinsing a splash shield. According to the disclosed method, a vessel containing contents to be mixed is positioned in a mixing machine, and a splash shield is positioned over the opening of the vessel. After the materia... | 12/05/2006 |
