Patent ID: 6146009
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: B01F,B44D,Y10S

Abstract:
A lid member for an original container of a pourable component, the lid member being usable in a plurality of different pourable component mixing systems, the lid member comprising:a base portion adapted to releasably engage an open top of a side wall of the original container of the pourable component, the base portion defining a stirring device aperture;a pour spout on the base portion through which the pourable component can be dispensed from its original container;a cover element for the pour spout, the cover element being movably mounted to the base portion such that the cover element is movable between a closed state, wherein the cover element covers the pour spout and the pourable component is prevented from being dispensed from the original container, and an opened state, wherein the pour spout is uncovered and the pourable component can be dispensed from its original container through the pour spout; anda stirring device for mixing the pourable component within the original container, the stirring device including:a shaft member rotatably received within the stirring device aperture, the shaft member having a first end positioned within the original container and an opposite second end;a least one mixing paddle secured to the first end of the shaft member, such that upon rotation of the shaft member the at least one mixing paddle stirs the pourable component within the original container; anda plurality of different paddle actuators, each of the plurality of different paddle actuators being individually mountable to the second end of the shaft member to adapt the lid member to any mixing system of the plurality of different pourable component mixing systems.