Stirring wand
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsDaniel A. Altenritter, Michael P. Conti, Christopher A. Gregory, Bryce K. Porter
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Abstract
A stirring wand is configured for selective engagement with a mixing device. The stirring wand comprises a substantially vertical portion having an upper end and a lower end, a first tapered surface that includes a first pitch angle proximate the upper end of the substantially vertical portion and a second pitch angle proximate the lower end of the substantially vertical portion, a substantially horizontal portion having a base and a distal tip, and a second tapered surface extending from the base to the distal tip. The second tapered surface includes a third pitch angle proximate the base and a fourth pitch angle proximate the tip.
Claims20
A cooking appliance comprising:
- a housing including an interior cavity and an underside that defines a receptacle;
- a stirring tower having a supporting foot that selectively extends into the receptacle of the housing to define an engaged position where the receptacle of the underside conceals the supporting foot from view;
- a mixing arm that extends over the supporting foot and is rotationally coupled to the stirring tower, the mixing arm operable between a mixing position defined by a drive system being in operable communication with the mixing arm, and an idle position defined by the drive system being out of operable communication with the mixing arm, wherein the mixing arm in the mixing position is positioned within the interior cavity of the housing when the stirring tower is in the engaged position;
- a lid that engages the housing and selectively encloses the interior cavity, wherein the lid selectively covers a portion of the mixing arm in the mixing position when the stirring tower is in the engaged position.
A cooking appliance comprising:
- a cooker housing defining a heating cavity that selectively receives a cooking vessel;
- a stirring tower having a supporting foot, the stirring tower being selectively removable from the cooker housing;
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- a foot receptacle disposed in a base of the cooker housing for selectively receiving the supporting foot when the stirring tower is in an engaged position, wherein the engaged position includes the supporting foot laterally supporting the base relative to the stirring tower and wherein the cooker housing is free of vertical support from the stirring tower and the supporting foot.
A cooking appliance comprising:
- a stirring tower having a supporting foot;
- a housing removably coupled with the stirring tower and including at least one outer wall defining a heating cavity that selectively receives a cooking vessel;
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- an alignment receptacle disposed in a base of the housing for selectively engaging the supporting foot when the housing is in an engaged position with the stirring tower, wherein the engaged position places the entire supporting foot under the housing and within the alignment receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.