Patent ID: 7740400

Claim:
A control drip mixer attachment in combination with a food mixer, comprising: a food mixer with a hub section and an open-topped mixer bowl; a control drip mixer attachment including an open-topped container with a side wall and a bottom wall forming an interior of the container; a reinforcing pad fixed to an upper section of the side wall of the container; a solid shaft extending from the reinforcing pad to a shaft end; the shaft including a cylindrical section closest to the reinforcing pad and a tapered section closest to the shaft end; the cylindrical section and the tapered section being joined at a medial location on the shaft; the tapered section tapering from the medial location to a smaller dimension at the shaft end; a conduit fixed to a lower section of the side wall, the conduit being in fluid communication with the interior of the container at a location proximate the bottom wall; a valve fixed to the conduit, the valve being in fluid communication with the conduit and having an adjustable flow restriction; an outlet fitting fixed to the valve, the outlet fitting having an outlet opening in fluid communication with the adjustable flow restriction of the valve; the shaft, conduit, and outlet fitting extending in the same direction from the container side wall; the tapered section of the shaft being removably inserted into an opening in the hub section of the mixer, with the shaft being reversibly fixed to the hub section; and the outlet opening being disposed vertically above the open-topped mixer bowl of the food mixer to enable gravity flow of fluid from the outlet opening to an interior of the mixer bowl.