Variable speed mixing in a stand mixer appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsRocco Cordaro, Andrew Combs
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Abstract
A method includes operating a mixing cycle of a stand mixer. The mixing cycle includes rotating a mixing shaft at a first speed for a first period of time, rotating, when the first period of time elapses, the mixing shaft at a second speed, measuring a torque of a motor while rotating the mixing shaft at the second speed, and then rotating the mixing shaft at the first speed for a second period of time. The method further includes terminating the mixing cycle in response to one of the torque of the motor and elapsing the second period of time.
Claims20
A method for operating a stand mixer, the stand mixer comprising a housing, a motor disposed in the housing, a mixing shaft operably coupled to the motor, and a controller, the method comprising:
- operating a mixing cycle of the stand mixer, the mixing cycle comprising:
- rotating, by the motor, the mixing shaft at a first speed for a first period of time;
- rotating, by the motor, when the first period of time elapses, the mixing shaft at a second speed;
- measuring, by the controller, a torque of the motor while rotating the mixing shaft at the second speed;
- and
- rotating, by the motor, the mixing shaft at the first speed for a second period of time;
- and
- terminating the mixing cycle in response to one of the torque of the motor and elapsing the second period of time.
A stand mixer, comprising:
- a housing;
- a motor disposed in the housing;
- a mixing shaft operably coupled to the motor;
- and
- a controller, the controller configured to:
- operate a mixing cycle of the stand mixer, the mixing cycle comprising:
- rotating, by the motor, the mixing shaft at a first speed for a first period of time;
- rotating, by the motor, when the first period of time elapses, the mixing shaft at a second speed;
- measuring, by the controller, a torque of the motor while rotating the mixing shaft at the second speed;
- and
- rotating, by the motor, the mixing shaft at the first speed for a second period of time;
- and
- terminate the mixing cycle in response to one of the torque of the motor and elapsing the second period of time.
A method for operating a stand mixer, the method comprising:
- operating a mixing cycle of the stand mixer, the mixing cycle comprising:
- rotating a mixing shaft at a first speed for a first period of time;
- rotating, when the first period of time elapses, the mixing shaft at a second speed;
- measuring a torque of a motor while rotating the mixing shaft at the second speed;
- and
- rotating the mixing shaft at the first speed for a second period of time;
- and
- terminating the mixing cycle in response to one of the torque of the motor and elapsing the second period of time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.