Adjustable pot stirrer
OwnerMadeline F. Givantinventor
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Abstract
A stirrer is disclosed herein for mixing ingredients in a pot wherein the stirrer includes a housing enclosing a battery-operated motor driving a downwardly depending drive shaft to which a stir paddle is detachably connected via an offset link so that the paddle revolves about the central axis of the housing but offset therefrom. A releasable mounting arrangement attaches the housing to the rim of the pot so that the drive shaft is centered thereon allowing the paddle to revolve without striking the wall of the pot. The mounting arrangement includes self-adjusting, spring-bias arms having end clamps detachably coupled with the pot rim. Push button and dial controls with circuit networks carried on the housing selectively control time, speed and other operating parameters.
Claims12
An adjustable pot stirrer comprising:
- a housing enclosing a motorized drive means having a downwardly depending rotatable stirring device;
- a plurality of adjustable length support arms outwardly extendable from said housing and each arm terminating in a hook clamp;
- said support arms radially disposed about said housing in fixed spaced-apart relationship;
- each arm of said plurality being extendable to place its associated hook clamp at a prescribed distance from said housing;
- each arm of said plurality including a pair of tubes arranged in end-to-end coaxial telescoping relationship with one end of said pair of tubes secured to said housing and the other end carrying said hook clamp;
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- spring biasing means enclosed by said pair of tubes having one end connected to said housing and its other end connected to said hook clamp.
An adjustable pot stirrer comprising:
- a housing;
- a motor disposed in said housing having a downwardly depending drive shaft rotatable about a vertical turning axis;
- a stir paddle;
- offset means detachably joining said stir paddle with said drive shaft whereby said stir paddle revolves in a circular path about said turning axis and in spaced-apart relationship therewith;
- said offset means including a rod having opposite ends, an offset link having opposite ends, and detachable connectors joining one end of said link to said drive shaft and the other end of said link to one end of said rod;
- said stir paddle releasably coupled to the end of said rod opposite to its end joined with said link;
- said drive shaft and said rod being arranged in vertical orientation with said link extending in a horizontal orientation maintaining said stir paddle offset from said turning axis;
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- adjustable support means operably carried on said housing and outwardly extending therefrom to support said housing over the ingredients intended to be stirred while said stir paddle is in the ingredients.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.