Beater for mixing

• Main Authors: HERBST, DANA D, HUANG, JOSEPH C, DICKEY, DAVID S
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 20.03.2013
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES; COFFEE MILLS; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; FURNITURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING

A beater (50) for mixing food product comprises a shaft including a mixer attachment portion (52), a first stabilizing arm (58) extending outwardly from the shaft; a second stabilizing arm (58) extending outwardly from the shaft and substantially diametrically opposed to the first stabilizing arm, a first blade (60) having a lower end (62) positioned proximate the rotational axis (54), an upper end connected to the first stabilizing arm at a location spaced away from the shaft, wherein the lower end of the first blade is proximate the plane, the first blade extends away from the plane, to a first side of the plane, moving upward from the lower end and then extends back toward the plane at the upper end; a second blade (60) having a lower end positioned proximate the rotational axis, an upper end connected to the second stabilizing arm at a location spaced away from the shaft, wherein the lower end of the second blade is proximate the plane, the second blade extends away from the plane, to a second side of the plane, moving upward from the lower end and then extends back toward the plane at the upper end.