Patent ID: 9700856
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: A23C,B01F

Claim:
1. A mixing apparatus comprising: a driving element having an arm; a mixing vat having a bottom surface placed below the driving element; a stirring blade comprising: a support plate attached to the arm of the driving element, the support plate comprising a curved recess terminated by a projection and an opposite convex face terminated by a stop, the curved recess and the convex face being substantially concentric; whereby in operation, the projection of the support plate is inserted into the aperture of the stirring blade in one of the following: free pivotal movement of the stirring blade on the support plate and slight frictional pivotal movement of the stirring blade on the support plate, the support plate allowing downward pivoting of the stirring blade about the support plate when the driving element is raised away from the bottom surface of the mixing vat to allow release of the stirring blade from the support plate.