Patent ID: 8210736

Claim:
An apparatus operable by a consumer for mixing consumable materials contained within a plurality of material sources, comprising: (a) a generally cylindrically shaped housing having a wall defining a generally cylindrically shaped interior chamber, said wall having a viewing window therein and a plurality of circumferentially spaced inlet ports; (b) a generally cylindrically shaped rotor closely receivable within said interior chamber for rotation there within, said rotor cooperating with said wall of said housing to define an elongated mixing chamber for mixing the consumable materials to form mixture of consumable materials, said mixing chamber being generally annular shaped in cross-section and having an outlet for discharging there through said mixture of consumable materials; (c) an electric motor having a drive shaft connected to said rotor for imparting rotation thereto; (d) a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart inlet conduits, each said inlet conduit having an inlet connected to a selected one of said material sources and an outlet connected to a selected one of said plurality of inlet ports; (e) an adjustable valve connected to each of said inlet conduits for controlling the flow of consumable material through said inlet conduit; (f) a controller operably associated with each said adjustable valve for controllably adjusting each said adjustable valve; and (g) an interface panel operably associated with said controller for transmitting signals to said controller based on the input of instructions to said interface panel by the consumer.