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US 2019/0239693 A1Published application
Bench mixer whipping process monitor
AssigneeBreville Pty Limited
InventorsMark Thomas, Lochana Subasekara Widanagamage Don
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Abstract
A bench or stand mixer includes a bowl that contains ingredients, a motor that drives an accessory, for example a beater, to process the ingredients, and a sensor. The sensor provides a signal indicative of a change in the ingredients, with the sensor cooperating with a controller, for example a processor, to control the speed of the motor, in response to the change in condition of the ingredients.
Claims10
A processor to process a substance located in a container having an interior, the processor including:
- a movement causing device to be located in the container interior so that relative movement between the container and the device causes processing of the substance;
- an electric motor operatively to be associated with the container and device to cause said relative movement;
- a sensor to produce a sensor beam to be directed at the interior so as to produce a reflection from the substance in the interior and to produce a signal indicative of the reflection;
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- a controller operatively associated with the sensor and motor, so as to receive the signal from the sensor so as to detect a change in the signal and therefore a change in the substance in the bowl, and to change operation of the motor when a predetermined change in the signal is detected by the controller.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.