Stand mixer appliance automatic warm-up cycle
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsRocco J. Cordaro, Katie Beachler
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Abstract
A stand mixer includes a housing with a motor and a controller disposed in the housing. A method of operating the stand mixer includes the controller receiving an input indicative of a food processing operation, performing the food processing operation, and performing a warm-up cycle. The warm-up cycle includes the controller operating the motor at a predetermined speed, monitoring a measurement of an operating parameter of the motor of the stand mixer while operating the motor at the predetermined speed, and comparing the measurement of the operating parameter to a predetermined threshold of the operating parameter.
Claims18
A method for operating a stand mixer, the stand mixer comprising a housing, a motor disposed in the housing, and a controller, the method comprising:
- receiving, at the controller, an input indicative of a food processing operation;
- performing the food processing operation;
- and
- performing, by the controller, a warm-up cycle, the warm-up cycle comprising:
- operating, by the controller, the motor at a predetermined speed;
- monitoring, by the controller, a measurement of an operating parameter of the motor of the stand mixer while operating the motor at the predetermined speed;
- and
- comparing, by the controller, the measurement of the operating parameter to a predetermined threshold of the operating parameter.
A stand mixer, comprising:
- a housing;
- a motor disposed in the housing;
- and
- a controller, the controller configured to:
- receive an input indicative of a food processing operation;
- perform the food processing operation;
- and
- perform a warm-up cycle, the warm-up cycle comprising:
- operating the motor at a predetermined speed;
- monitoring a measurement of an operating parameter of the motor of the stand mixer while operating the motor at the predetermined speed;
- and
- comparing the measurement of the operating parameter to a predetermined threshold of the operating parameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.