US 12,022,843 B2Granted

Yogurt maker and method for using the same

AssigneeSandora Household Electric Appliances (Shenzhen) Ltd.

InventorsXianjiang Gao, Kwokwai Wong, Marko Unger

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Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a yogurt maker and its method of use for using the same. A vertical upwardly extending mixing container protrusion is set at the bottom of the mixing container of the yogurt maker and a mixing head is detachably sleeved on the mixing container protrusion, and the rotation of the mixing head is driven by a power device so that the mixing head can mix the mixture in the mixing container well. At the same time, a temperature sensor is installed at the bottom of the mixing container to monitor the temperature of the mixing container, so as to ensure constant heat preservation conditions in different environments. The mixing device can be detached easily, which eliminates hygienic blind spots and ensures that the yogurt maker can be cleaned easily after making yogurt.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A yogurt maker, comprising:

a base;
a mixing container, wherein the mixing container is placed on the base, a center of a bottom of the mixing container extends vertically upward to form a cylindrical mixing container protrusion, and the mixing container is configured for fermentation to make yogurt;
a mixing device, wherein the mixing device comprises a mixing head that is detachably sleeved on the mixing container protrusion, and the mixing device is configured for mixing the yogurt in the mixing container well;
and
a temperature control device, wherein the temperature control device comprises a heater that encircles the mixing container and a temperature sensor that is in contact with the bottom of the mixing container, the temperature control device is configured for controlling a temperature of the yogurt in the mixing container during different fermentation stages,
wherein the mixing head is toroidal, an inner ring of the mixing head matches the mixing container protrusion, an outer ring of the mixing head is evenly fitted with mixing teeth, and an inner part of the mixing head is symmetrically fitted with mixing head magnetic blocks of the mixing head, and
the mixing device further comprises a mixing lid, the mixing lid comprises a mixing lid first end that matches the mixing head and a mixing lid second end that matches the mixing container protrusion, after the mixing lid is sleeved over the mixing container protrusion, the mixing lid covers the mixing head, an inner side of the mixing lid first end is fitted with convex teeth that engage with the mixing teeth of the mixing head.

4 more elements

A yogurt maker, wherein comprising:

a base;
a mixing container, wherein the mixing container is placed on the base, a center of a bottom of the mixing container extends vertically upward to form a cylindrical mixing container protrusion, and the mixing container is configured for fermentation to make yogurt;
a mixing device, wherein the mixing device comprises a mixing head that is detachably sleeved on the mixing container protrusion, and the mixing device is configured for mixing the yogurt in the mixing container well;
and
a temperature control device, wherein the temperature control device comprises a heater that encircles the mixing container and a temperature sensor that is in contact with the bottom of the mixing container, the temperature control device is configured for controlling a temperature of the yogurt in the mixing container during different fermentation stages, wherein
the base comprises an upper lid on a center of the base, the upper lid divides the base into a first cavity with an upper opening and a second cavity located below the first cavity, and the mixing container is housed in the first cavity;
the temperature sensor is an NTC thermistor, the heater is an induction heating coil, and the temperature sensor comprises:
a probe set between the upper lid and the mixing container, and in contact with the bottom of the mixing container and the probe is an NTC probe;
and
a connector extending through the upper lid to connect the probe to the heater.

7 more elements

A yogurt maker, wherein comprising:

a base;
a mixing container, wherein the mixing container is placed on the base, a center of a bottom of the mixing container extends vertically upward to form a cylindrical mixing container protrusion, and the mixing container is configured for fermentation to make yogurt;
a mixing device, wherein the mixing device comprises a mixing head that is detachably sleeved on the mixing container protrusion, and the mixing device is configured for mixing the yogurt in the mixing container well;
and
a temperature control device comprises a heater that encircles the mixing container and a temperature sensor that is in contact with the bottom of the mixing container, the temperature control device is configured for controlling a temperature of the yogurt in the mixing container during different fermentation stages, wherein
the base comprises an upper lid on a center of the base, the upper lid divides the base into a first cavity with an upper opening and a second cavity located below the first cavity, and the mixing container is housed in the first cavity,
the upper lid comprises a plurality of pliant pads, and the mixing container is supported by the plurality of pliant pads after being placed in the first cavity, the plurality of pliant pads prevents the mixing container from colliding with the upper lid.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/267,409Filed 18 Dec 2020
Priority: CN 202010728815.724 Jul 2020
Published: US 2022/0295808 A122 Sep 2022
Granted: 2 Jul 2024
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Classification17 codes

A23C 9/1223
Apparatus for preparing or treating fermented milk products: for making stirred yoghurt; Apparatus with agitating or stirring means; Continuous…
A23C 9/123
Fermented milk preparations; Treatment using microorganisms or enzymes: using only microorganisms of the genus lactobacteriaceae; Yoghurt
B01F 23/53
Mixing liquids with solids: using driven stirrers
B01F 27/808
With stirrers rotating about a substantially vertical axis: with stirrers driven from the bottom of the receptacle