Patent ID: 6286990
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
An apparatus for stirring a product in any one of a plurality of vessels of different diameter and depth, wherein each of the plurality of vessels has a mouth, said apparatus comprising:(a) support base means for attaching the apparatus to any one of the respective mouths of the plurality of vessels, said support base means comprising:(i) a base;(ii) a plurality of articulated arms;(iii) clamp means disposed on each of the articulated arms for clamping the apparatus to any one of the vessel mouths, and(iv) joint means for separately joining each of the articulated arms to the base with the articulated arms positionable with respect to the base at any of a plurality of angles;(b) stirrer means for stirring the product in any one of the plurality of vessels with the apparatus clamped to the mouth of said any one of the plurality of vessels, said stirrer means comprising:(i) a cross piece;(ii) a plurality of stirrer arms, each of said plurality of stirrer arms being articulated;(iii) means for connecting the stirrer arms to the cross piece at an angle that adjusts to the diameter of the vessel;(c) a body attached to the base comprising a motor and motor reducer means, including a first axle, for imparting power from the motor to the stirrer means;(d) means for supplying current to the motor; and(e) telescopic shaft means connecting the first axle to the stirrer means for transmitting power to the stirrer means and for supporting the stirrer means at any of a plurality of distances from the base.