Patent ID: 7226204

Claim:
A butter maker adapted to be mounted on a countertop in a kitchen or the like comprising: a housing; a drive assembly mounted in the housing; a cream holding container removable attached to said drive assembly; and a dasher assembly including a dasher having an elongated shaft coupled to said drive assembly for reciprocating said shaft in an up and down direction along its vertical axis; and said dasher including a paddle assembly having said shaft fixed to generally the center thereof and having an outer peripheral configuration generally related to the inner configuration of said container and of an outer diameter slightly less than the inner diameter of said container, said paddle assembly comprising a plurality of spaced throughholes extending about said shaft, said throughholes having central axes generally parallel to the central axis of said shaft, said housing including a front wall, said front wall having an opening therein, said drive assembly adapted to be coupled to a drive at the upper end of said shaft remote from said dasher and being receivable in an opening in a drive block mounted internally of said housing, said drive assembly including a motor having a rotatable shaft adapted to interconnect with said drive when said drive is inserted into said opening in said drive block.