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US 7,604,392 B2Granted
Automatic oscillating beverage shaker
OwnerKersti Renee Brezinsky, Thomas John Brezinsky +2inventors
InventorsKersti Renee Brezinsky, Thomas John Brezinsky, James Patrick Dudley, Victor Torres Robinson
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Abstract
A motorized beverage mixing device having a housing adapted to accommodate a beverage mixing container. The housing is adapted to removably-retain the mixing container while the housing is rotated in an oscillating motion. The housing is preferably adapted to rotate the mixing container to or past a horizontal orientation in at least one rotational direction.
Claims19
An apparatus comprising:
- a housing having a generally planar front edge which defines a front opening that allows for the insertion and removal of a container, and a retaining mechanism adapted to receive the container and hold the container in a fixed orientation relative to the housing, the housing having a rest position in which the container is vertical and upright;
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- a driving assembly, the driving assembly comprising a motor and a driving mechanism that is configured to drive the housing only in an oscillating motion about an axis of rotation when the motor is continuously rotated in a single direction, the oscillating motion comprising alternating between rotation in clockwise and counterclockwise directions through a range of at least 90 but not more than 360 degrees, the axis of rotation being orthogonal to the front edge.
An apparatus comprising:
- a housing having a generally planar front edge which defines a front opening that allows for the insertion and removal of a container, and a retaining mechanism adapted to receive the container and hold the container in a fixed orientation relative to the housing, the housing having a rest position in which the container is vertical and upright;
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- a driving mechanism comprising a motor and means for driving the housing in an oscillating motion about an axis of rotation when the motor is continuously operated in a single direction, the oscillating motion consisting of alternating between rotation in clockwise and counterclockwise directions through an oscillating range of at least 90 but not more than 360 degrees, the axis of rotation being orthogonal to the front edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.