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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8011825 | Smoothing motor speed during mixing A mixing system comprising a bowl, mixing element and motor. A mixing element is located within the bowl and is driven by a motor to impart mechanical energy to the foodstuff being mixed upon contact. A method for increasing the power to the motor comprises introduc... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7871196 | Juicer safety device A juicer safety device includes a sidearm formed with the container and having a groove in a sidewall, a contact member on an upper surface of a chamber, a spring on the contact member, a position guide member in a sidewall of the chamber, and two projecting ridges ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7780338 | Spindle mixer with interlock assembly The invention relates to an interlock assembly for a spindle mixer where the interlock assembly includes a cup guide, an actuator pin, and an interlock mechanism. Placing a cup within the cup guide actuates the actuator pin that, in turn, engages the interlock mecha... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7775705 | Switch assembly for a food mixing machine A machine (10) for mixing food in a cup (C) includes a housing having an agitator assembly (15) extending downwardly therefrom and adapted to be rotated by a motor to mix food in the cup (C). A switch assembly (20) is provided to operate the agi... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7543980 | 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... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7438463 | Mixer with pivotable bowl A mixer system including a bowl for receiving a material to be mixed, a mixer body having a rotatable output component, and a hinge. The bowl is pivotable about the hinge relative to the mixer body such that the bowl can be pivoted between a loading/unloading positi... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7430957 | Blender and juicer system A blender and juicer system comprises a blender container having an open top and an open bottom, and a removable juicer member being open at each end and adapted for insertion into the blender container. The blender container is adapted to prevent the over-insertion... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7407320 | Blender with safety device A juicer safety device includes a sidearm formed with the container and having a groove in a sidewall, a contact member on an upper surface of a chamber, a spring on the contact member, a position guide member in a sidewall of the chamber, and two projecting ridges ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7318666 | Safety device for blender A blender includes a base forming a receiving space in which a positioning seat is formed. The positioning seat defines a through hole. The base houses a motor that is connected to a safety switch. The safety switch has a bar extending through the through hole of th... | 01/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7264187 | Method for controlling the blending of drinks A method of operating a drink-blending machine to change the operational speed of an ice-shaver motor initiates operation of an ice-shaving process to supply a portion of shaved ice to a pitcher. Accordingly, the ice is moved past a blade to produce shaved ice. Acco... | 09/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7220049 | Blender with a safe starting function A blender with a safe starting function includes a motor unit, a blade base and a container. The motor unit has an insert groove and a micro switch. The blade base has a hole, a threaded rod, a spring and an actuating member with a press member and an actuating arm.... | 05/22/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7111976 | 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... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7066640 | Blender and mugs A blender system including a mixing base is capable of agitating the contents of a plurality of containers. The mixing base includes a rotating shaft, a recessed well, a pressure-actuated switch positioned about the periphery of the recessed well, and a locking groo... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7049366 | Acrylic acid composition and its production process, and process for producing water-absorbent resin using this acrylic acid composition, and water-absorbent resin In order to produce inexpensively with high productivity a water-absorbent resin of which: the residual monomer content and the water-extractable content are both low, and the properties are high, and the colorability is low; there is provided a process for producin... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7040220 | Juice extractor appliance having improved cutter disc A juice extractor appliance for extracting juice from food articles, includes: a housing having an inlet feed tube for feeding food articles into the appliance, and an outlet for outletting juice extract from the food articles; a pusher rod for manually pushing the ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7018091 | Safety device for electric household appliances An electric household appliance for processing foods comprises a main body including an electric motor unit and its control elements, at least a working accessory comprising a tool designed to be driven by the motor unit and a safety device including a first member ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6991363 | Mixer with pivotable bowl A pivotable mixer bowl including a bowl body for receiving material to be mixed, a first mounting bracket coupled to and extending from an outer surface of the bowl body and having an opening therein, and a second mounting bracket coupled to and extending from the o... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6979117 | Blending jar apparatus with truncated wall A blending jar apparatus is disclosed including a plurality of walls and a handle secured to one of the plurality of walls. One of the plurality of walls may comprise a truncated wall. The handle may include an aperture extending at least partially through the handl... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6966690 | Fruit/vegetable blender having multi-speed control switch A fruit/vegetable blender having a multi-speed control switch comprises a speed controller mounted on the motor house thereof, for controlling power on/off and motor speed. The speed controller utilizes a variable resistor, a flexible conducting-plate, a conducting ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6966691 | Mixer with pivotable bowl A mixer system including a bowl for receiving a material to be mixed, a mixer body having a rotatable output component, and a hinge. The bowl is pivotable about the hinge relative to the mixer body such the bowl can be pivoted between a loading/unloading position an... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6953278 | Mixing machine with accessible internal control unit A mixing machine includes portions of a control system formed as a unit that is mounted within the machine for movement between an operating position internal of the machine and a service position in which at least part of the unit extends through an opening in the ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6910800 | Blender having a top cover provided with a switch actuating block A blender includes a motor base, a container, and a top cover. The motor base includes a motor unit having a blade driving section, and a contact switch unit connected electrically to the motor unit. The contact switch unit includes a press button that is depressibl... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6827476 | System for controlling mixing processes In a method for controlling the mixing of dough ingredients in a mixer, dough ingredients are mixed. The amount of power supplied to the mixer is measured in specified time intervals. Data relating to the amount of power supplied are stored. Based on the stored data... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6817750 | Individualized blender A blender system composed of a mixing base that is capable of agitating the contents of a plurality of containers. The mixing base includes a member for rotating a shaft, a recessed well positioned at a top of the mixing base, a pressure-actuated switch positioned a... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6811303 | Blending apparatus with articulable motor-actuating housing A blending apparatus includes an articulable housing operatively coupled to one or more switches to actuate a blending motor. Upon mounting a mixing jar and associated lid on top of the housing, downward pressure is placed on the lid/jar assembly which places, in tu... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6796706 | Food mixer A food mixer 10 having a turntable 22 that receives a bowl 23. Projecting into a bowl 23 are beaters 24 that are driven by means of a motor 13. The turntable 22 is driven by means of a motor 25. A common speed ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6776086 | Safety switch for a food processor A safety switch for a food processor which is characterized in that the bottom seat is connected to the cup body and a rim seat is positioned at the connection between the bottom seat and the cup body, the end face of the rim seat is provided with the through hole m... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6715706 | Removable food processing tool support system for blenders, food processors, grinders and similar apparatus The invention is related to a food processing appliance able to be mounted on a base including an electric motor to form an electrical appliance, comprising a container able to be mounted on said base, said container being associated with a food processing tool supp... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6637925 | Hand held electrical mixing beater Handheld electric beater-mixer includes a drive motor, two rotatable coupling devices associated with the motor and adapted to receive respectively a whisk and a mixer foot, and an electric switch actuated by a finger piece mounted rotatably on a rotation... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6634782 | Fully automatic electronic milkshake mixer A fully automatic electronic milkshake mixer (10, FIG. 1) in which an operator sets scoop dial control (34, FIG. 1), based upon the number of scoops of ice-cream or related products placed in mixer cup. The mixer cup (28, FIG. 2) rotates automatically by ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6632013 | Blender with food processor capabilities A blender having a base, a container, and a blade base includes a motor, a microcontroller, memory, a sensor and a user interface. The blade base connects the container to the base and includes a blade unit having at least a first blade and a second blade... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6629492 | Juicer having a safe power connection function A juicer having a safe power connection function includes a motor seat, a fixing ring, a container, an electric wire, a conductive switch, and a top cover. Thus, when the top cover is not mounted on the top of the container rigidly and stably and when the... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6609821 | Blender base with food processor capabilities A blender base that may be used with a food processor container, a blender container, and a single use beverage container. The blender container includes a novel blade unit having a food processor-style blade and blender type blades. Programs with preprog... | 08/26/2003 |
