Patent ID: 6059442
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A household mixing appliance comprising:beaters (11);a housing (2) with a handle (3);an electromotor (4) in the housing;spindles in respective fixed positions in the housing, each of the spindles including means to releasably hold therein one of the beaters (11) and to secure the beater held therein against turning relative to the spindle,the beaters when inserted into respective spindles extending from the housing, the spindles including means for the beaters to be rotatable about respective axes of rotation, the axes all being parallel;the spindles including a first spindle and a second spindle (9);the appliance comprising a drive connection (7, 8) connecting the electromotor (4) with the first spindle and the second spindle (9), the drive connection including means for counter rotating the first spindle and the second spindle, wherein the beaters insertable therein provide between them a flow direction;areas swept by the beaters during rotation in the first spindle and the second spindle overlapping each other;the spindles including at least one additional spindle (15) for receiving an additional one of the beaters (16);an additional drive connection (17, 18, 20) driving the additional one of the beaters about an additional axis of rotation;the axes of rotation of the first spindle and the second spindle being positioned in two neighboring corners of a rectangle perpendicular to said axes of rotation, and the additional axis of rotation being within said rectangle, whereby the axes are disposed in a triangle.