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US 8,438,971 B1Granted
Stand mixer and heating means combination apparatus
OwnerSally Thurleyinventor
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Abstract
A stand mixer and heating means combination apparatus includes a stand mixer that has a base. A top side of the base includes a container mating member. An outer container includes a mixer mating member that is engageable with the container mating member. The outer container includes a bottom wall. A heating assembly is mounted on the base and is in thermal communication with the outer container. An inner container has a lower wall. The inner container has a size to be positioned in the outer container. A first mating member is attached to an outer surface of the inner container and is engageable with a second mating member attached to an inner surface of the outer container such that the lower and bottom walls are retained in a spaced relationship with each other.
Claims5
A food preparation apparatus comprising:
- a stand mixer having a base, a post attached to and extending upwardly from said base, and a mixer housing being pivotally coupled to said post opposite said base, wherein mixing attachments are attachable to said mixer housing and rotated by said mixer housing when said stand mixer is turned on;
- a top side of said base including a container mating member;
- an outer container having an outer surface having a mixer mating member being releasably engageable with said container mating member, said outer container including a bottom wall and a perimeter wall being attached to and extending upwardly from said bottom wall;
- a heating assembly being mounted on said top side of said base and being spaced from post and below said mixer housing, said heating assembly being in thermal communication with said outer container when said mixer mating member is engaged with said container mating member;
- an inner container having a lower wall and a perimeter wall being attached to and extending upwardly from said lower wall, said inner container having a size to be positioned in said outer container;
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- a first mating member being attached to an outer surface of said inner container and a second mating member being attached to an inner surface of said outer container, said first and second mating members being releasably engageable with each other to secure said outer and inner containers together while retaining said lower and bottom walls in a spaced relationship with each other, said first and second mating members preventing rotation of said inner container in a first direction with respect to said outer container, said inner container being rotatable in a second direction with respect to said outer container to release said first mating member from said second mating member.
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A food preparation apparatus comprising:
- a stand mixer having a base, a post attached to and extending upwardly from said base, and a mixer housing being pivotally coupled to said post opposite said base, wherein mixing attachments are attachable to said mixer housing and rotated by said mixer housing when said stand mixer is turned on;
- a top side of said base including a container mating member;
- an outer container having an outer surface having a mixer mating member being releasably engageable with said container mating member, said outer container including a bottom wall and a perimeter wall being attached to and extending upwardly from said bottom wall;
- a heating assembly being mounted on said top side of said base and being spaced from post and below said mixer housing, said heating assembly being in thermal communication with said outer container when said mixer mating member is engaged with said container mating member, said heating assembly heating said outer container when said heating assembly is turned on;
- an actuator being mounted on said stand mixer and being electrically coupled to said heating assembly to selectively turn said heating assembly on or off;
- an inner container having a lower wall and a perimeter wall being attached to and extending upwardly from said lower wall, said inner container having a size to be positioned in said outer container;
- a first mating member being attached to an outer surface of said inner container and a second mating member being attached to an inner surface of said outer container, said first and second mating members being releasably engageable with each other to secure said outer and inner containers together while retaining said lower and bottom walls in a spaced relationship with each other, a space between said inner and outer containers being in communication with air outside of said outer container when said inner and outer containers are attached together, said first and second mating members preventing rotation of said inner container in a first direction with respect to said outer container, said inner container being rotatable in a second direction with respect to said outer container to release said first mating member from said second mating member;
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- a water indicating assembly being mounted on said stand mixer, said water indicating assembly being configured to signal a person to verify water is positioned between said lower and bottom walls when said inner and outer containers are being utilized as a double boiler.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.