Microwave oven food-stirrer
OwnerDavid Mark Greenstreetinventor
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Abstract
A retrospectively-fitted multi-configurable microwave oven accessory the purpose of which is to provide an automated stirring capability of foodstuffs by use of the internal rotary plate of a microwave oven to provide a relative motion of the foodstuff and which is configured from a roof rail, a series of roof fittings and a series of stirring implements and where necessary may employ a food receptacle securing method. The device is shown at FIG. 7 of the attached drawings.
Claims17
A microwave oven comprising a microwave oven cavity having a ceiling, means for energizing said oven cavity with microwave energy;
- a receptacle for holding food, a rotary plate for rotating said receptacle placed thereon within said oven cavity;
- an apparatus for stirring food in the receptacle while heating with microwave energy, the food stirring apparatus being formed of a microwave compatible material and being configured from a roof-rail, a series roof fittings and a series of stirring implements;
- said roof-rail being an I-sectioned strip, which is secured to the ceiling of the microwave oven cavity with adhesive as a permanent fitting along the radial running perpendicular to the back wall of the oven cavity;
- the series of roof-fittings designed to ride snugly along the roof-rail and such that one or more may be positioned at any point on the rail to provide for the optimum food stirring capability, varying in length so as to provide for a variation in length of a full configuration of the apparatus along its longitudinal axis and including a female bayonet-type fitting positioned to be facing the front of the oven cavity so as to facilitate easy attachment of the stirring implement;
- the series of stirring implements varying in design so as to provide for a variation in stirring function of a full configuration of the apparatus and having a male bayonet-type fitting for attachment with the female bayonet fitting of the roof fitting and which is positioned such that when inserted into the female bayonet fitting of the roof fitting, the stirring implement is aligned within the food in the receptacle so as to provide for the optimum stirring capability of the apparatus.
For use in a microwave oven comprising a microwave oven cavity having a ceiling, means for energizing said oven cavity with microwave energy;
- a receptacle for holding food, a rotary plate for rotating said receptacle placed thereon within said oven cavity;
- a multi-configurable accessory for stirring the food in the receptacle while heating with microwave energy comprising a single roof-rail, a series of roof fittings and a series of stirring implements, all being formed of a microwave compatible material;
- said single roof-rail being an I-sectioned strip to be secured to the ceiling of the microwave cavity with adhesive as a permanent fitting along the radial running from just forward of the center point of the ceiling to the back wall of the oven cavity and meeting the latter at a perpendicular;
- the series of roof-fittings designed to ride snugly along the roof-rail and such that one or more may be positioned at any point on the rail to provide for the optimum food stirring capability, varying in length so as to provide for a variation in length of a full configuration of the accessory along its longitudinal axis and including a female bayonet-type fitting positioned to be facing the front of the oven cavity so as to facilitate easy attachment of the stirring implement;
- the series of stirring implements varying in design so as to provide for a variation in stirring function of a full configuration of the accessory and having a male bayonet-type fitting for attachment with the female bayonet fitting of the roof fitting and which is positioned such that when inserted into the female bayonet fitting of the roof fitting, the stirring implement is aligned within the food in the receptacle so as to provide for the optimum stirring capability of the accessory.
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