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US 11,744,251 B2Granted
Commercial confection mixer apparatus
OwnerJohn Hughes, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A mixing apparatus may include a bowl defining at least one bowl opening for contents of the bowl to exit therefrom, and a valve assembly configured to selectively attach to the bowl at the bowl opening and including at least one base portion defining a base opening and configured to selectively receive a seal portion, the seal portion being movable between open and close positions, wherein in the open position, the base opening is unobstructed allowing contents of the bowl exit the bowl via the base opening, and in the closed position, the seal portion blocks the base opening preventing contents from exiting the bowl.
Claims12
A mixing apparatus, comprising:
- a bowl defining at least one bowl opening towards a base of the bowl for contents of the bowl to exit therefrom;
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- a valve assembly configured to selectively attach to the bowl at the bowl opening, the valve assembly including:
- a connecting mechanism including a body attachable to the bowl and defining an opening configured to align with the bowl opening,
- a base portion connected to the connecting mechanism and defining a base opening, wherein the base portion and the connecting mechanism define a passage between the bowl opening and the base opening,
- a housing connected to and external of the base portion, the housing defining a hollow interior,
- a seal portion moveable between the hollow interior of the housing and the base portion, wherein the seal portion is moveable between an open position and a closed position, and
- a handle attached to the seal portion, wherein the handle is operable to move the seal portion between the open and closed positions, wherein:
- in the open position, the seal portion is in the hollow interior of the housing un-obstructing the base opening of the base portion to have the contents of the bowl accessible from the base opening via the passage, and
- in the closed position, the seal portion is at the base portion blocking the base opening to inhibit the contents of the bowl from being accessible via the base opening and the passage.
7 more elements
A valve assembly configured to selectively attach to a mixing bowl, the valve assembly comprising:
- a connecting mechanism including a body attachable to the bowl and defining an opening;
- a base portion defining connected to the connecting mechanism and defining a base opening, wherein the base portion and the connecting mechanism define a passage between a bowl opening and the base opening;
- a housing connected to and external of the base portion, the housing defining a hollow interior;
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- a seal portion moveable between the hollow interior of the housing and the base portion, wherein the seal portion is moveable between an open position and a closed position, wherein:
- in the open position, the seal portion is in the hollow interior of the housing un-obstructing the base opening of the base portion to have contents of the bowl accessible from the base opening via the passage, and
- in the closed position, the seal portion is at the base portion blocking the base opening to inhibit the contents of the bowl from being accessible via the base opening and the passage.
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A mixing apparatus, comprising:
- a bowl defining at least one bowl opening towards a base of the bowl for contents of the bowl to exit therefrom;
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- a valve assembly configured to selectively attach to the bowl at the bowl opening, the valve assembly including:
- a connecting mechanism including a body attachable to the bowl and defining an opening configured to align with the bowl opening,
- a base portion connected to the connecting mechanism and defining a base opening, wherein the base portion and the connecting mechanism define a passage between the bowl opening and the base opening,
- a housing connected to and external of the base portion, the housing defining a hollow interior, and
- a seal portion moveable between the hollow interior of the housing and the base portion, wherein the seal portion is moveable between an open position and a closed position, wherein:
- in the open position, the seal portion is in the hollow interior of the housing un-obstructing the base opening of the base portion to have the contents of the bowl accessible from the base opening via the passage, and
- in the closed position, the seal portion is at the base portion blocking the base opening to inhibit the contents of the bowl from being accessible via the base opening and the passage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.