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US 9,173,516 B1Granted
Microwave oven mixing device
OwnerMichael G Messerinventor
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Abstract
A microwave oven mixing device (12) has an enclosure (14) which is free-standing and has an open bottom 26. A stirring paddle (16) is secured in a fixed position to the enclosure (14) and extends downward from a top (28) of the enclosure (14). The enclosure (14) is placed in a microwave oven (6) with the stirring paddle (16) extending into the contents of container (18) which is located atop a turntable (10). The enclosure (14) has two telescopically extendable halves (22, 24) which are configured in fixed relation to one another for engaging at least two walls of the microwave oven (6) to hold the stirring paddle (16) in fixed relation to the oven (8) as the contents of the container (18) are moved by the turntable (10) against the stirring paddle (16) to stir the contents.
Claims20
A microwave oven mixing device comprising:
- an enclosure having four sides, a top and a bottom, wherein said enclosure is free-standing and said bottom of said enclosure is open, said enclosure being sized for removably fitting within a main cooking cavity of a microwave oven and having at least two opposing sides of said enclosure engaging opposing sidewalls of said main cooking cavity of said microwave oven to prevent rotation of said enclosure within said main cooking cavity;
- said enclosure having at least one upper port through said top;
- a stirring paddle having an upper end and at least one connecting prong extending upwardly therefrom for non-rotatably extending through said at least one upper port, wherein said at least one upper port and said at least one upwardly extending connecting prong are configured for non-rotatably securing said stirring paddle to said enclosure with said stirring paddle extending downward within a central portion of said enclosure;
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- said stirring paddle having at least one stirring element extending downward from said upper end of said stirring paddle for sufficient length for engaging with contents of a container disposed within said enclosure.
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A microwave oven mixing device comprising:
- an enclosure having four sides, a top and a bottom, wherein said enclosure is free-standing and said bottom of said enclosure is open, and said enclosure is sized for removably fitting within a main cooking cavity of a microwave oven and having at least two sides of said enclosure engaging sidewalls of said main cooking cavity of said microwave oven to prevent rotation of said enclosure within said main cooking cavity;
- a stirring paddle having an upper end non-rotatably secured to said enclosure with said stirring paddle extending downward within a central portion of said enclosure;
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- said stirring paddle having a plurality of stirring rods which extend downward from said upper end of said stirring paddle and which have lower ends extending in spaced apart relation and in parallel for sufficient length for engaging with contents of a container disposed within said enclosure.
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A microwave oven mixing device comprising:
- an enclosure having four sides, a top and a bottom, wherein said enclosure is free-standing and said bottom of said enclosure is open, and said enclosure is sized for removably fitting within a main cooking cavity of a microwave oven and having at least two sides of said enclosure engaging sidewalls of said main cooking cavity of said microwave oven to prevent rotation of said enclosure within said main cooking cavity;
- said enclosure being formed of two halves which include a first enclosure half and a second enclosure half, said first enclosure half have having at least one side port extending through at least one of said sides thereof and said second enclosure half having a protuberance extending from at least a second one of said sides thereof, wherein said at least one side port and said protuberance are located and configured to engage for securing said first enclosure half and said second enclosure half together in fixed relation;
- wherein at least one second side port extends through at least one of said sides of said second enclosure half and said first enclosure half having a second protuberance which extends from said first enclosure half, wherein said at least one second side port and said second protuberance are located and configured to engage for securing said first enclosure half and said second enclosure half together in fixed relation;
- said enclosure having at least one upper port through said top;
- a stirring paddle having an upper end and at least one connecting prong extending upwardly therefrom for non-rotatably extending through said at least one upper port, wherein said at least one upper port and said at least one upwardly extending connecting prong are configured for non-rotatably securing said stirring paddle to said enclosure with said stirring paddle extending downward within a central portion of said enclosure;
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- said stirring paddle having a plurality of stirring rods which extend downward from said upper end of said stirring paddle and which have lower ends extending in spaced apart relation and in parallel for sufficient length for engaging with contents of a container disposed within said enclosure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.