Patent ID: 7244061
Filing Date: 2007-07-17
Classification: A23B,A23L,B01F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A marinating machine having a motor, a first axle having a first axis of rotation, a second axle having a second axis of rotation, said first axis parallel to said second axis and spaced therefrom, a drum having a third axis of rotation, said drum rotatably supported by said first axle and said second axle, the improvement wherein said first and said third axis define a first plane, said second and said third axis define a second plane, said first plane and said second plane intersecting at an angle of least one hundred degrees, and said marinating machine further comprises a drive assembly between said motor and said first axle for drivingly rotating only said first axle with power from said motor, said first axle rotated in a direction wherein said rotation will apply an upward component of force to said drum, said drum having a cylindrical inner surface, a first paddle assembly having at least two first paddles, each of said at least two first paddles having a first width, a second paddle assembly having at least two second paddles, each of said at least two second paddles having a second width, said first width different from said second width, and means for removably retaining one of said first paddle assembly and said second paddle assembly in said drum.