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Whipping machine
Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co Ltd
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Filing: 1988-01-11
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Granted: 1990-04-03
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Expires: 2008-01-11
Abstract
Abstract A whipping machine comprising: a mixer body provided with a motor therein; a container placed on said mixer body; and an agitator with at least a disc portion provided in close proximity to the inner bottom surface of said container, said agitator being rotatably provided in said container substantially at the central portion of the bottom surface thereof in such a manner that the center axis of said discal portion is perpendicular to said bottom surface so as to agitate and whip a material charged into said container, and said disc portion being integrally provided with an indicator rod which protrudes upward from the center of the rotation of said disc portion and has a mark for indicating the height that the upper surface of the central portion of the whipped material is to reach when said material charged into said container has been whipped to said predetermined degree by the rotation of said agitator, which is suitable for whipping ice cream materials.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshinari Maeda
- 👤 Tokio Akai
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 11:37
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23G; A23G9/00; A23G9/04; A23G9/08; A23G9/12; B; B01; B01F; B01F27/00; B01F27/05; B01F33/00; B01F33/45; B01F33/453; B01F33/4535; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S261/00; Y10S261/16; Y10S366/00; Y10S366/601
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
314 words
An apparatus for whipping a product, comprising: a container for holding the product therein; means for agitating and whipping the product in said container to a predetermined degree of whipping at which the volume of the product has increased due to the whipping by at least 60 percent, said agitating and whipping means including a rotatable member having a center of rotation; and means for indicating when the product has been whipped to said predetermined degree of whipping by said rotatable member, said indicating means including an upper end of an indicator rod, said indicator rod extending from said rotatable member to a height at said upper end that is above an upper surface of a central portion of the product while the product is being whipped by said rotatable member for as long as the product has not achieved said predetermined degree of whipping and that is thereafter below the upper surface of the central portion of the product after the product has been whipped to said predetermined degree of whipping by said rotatable member, said central portion of the product rising along said indicator rod during the whipping, said rotatable member having a disc-shaped portion, an auxiliary agitator having an auxiliary disc-shaped portion with a diameter larger than that of said disc-shaped portion of said rotatable member, said auxiliary disc-shaped portion being fitted over and rotatable together with said disc-shaped portion of said rotatable member so as to agitate and whip the product, said auxiliary agitator also having an auxiliary indicator element which is fitted over said indicator rod so as to have a height at which the upper surface of the central portion of the produce reaches when an amount of the product in the container is more than a corresponding amount of the product required to reach said height of said indicator rod for achieving said predetermined degree of whipping.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
314 words
An apparatus for whipping a product, comprising: a container for holding the product therein; means for agitating and whipping the product in said container to a predetermined degree of whipping at which the volume of the product has increased due to the whipping by at least 60 percent, said agitating and whipping means including a rotatable member having a center of rotation; and means for indicating when the product has been whipped to said predetermined degree of whipping by said rotatable member, said indicating means including an upper end of an indicator rod, said indicator rod extending from said rotatable member to a height at said upper end that is above an upper surface of a central portion of the product while the product is being whipped by said rotatable member for as long as the product has not achieved said predetermined degree of whipping and that is thereafter below the upper surface of the central portion of the product after the product has been whipped to said predetermined degree of whipping by said rotatable member, said central portion of the product rising along said indicator rod during the whipping, said rotatable member having a disc-shaped portion, an auxiliary agitator having an auxiliary disc-shaped portion with a diameter larger than that of said disc-shaped portion of said rotatable member, said auxiliary disc-shaped portion being fitted over and rotatable together with said disc-shaped portion of said rotatable member so as to agitate and whip the product, said auxiliary agitator also having an auxiliary indicator element which is fitted over said indicator rod so as to have a height at which the upper surface of the central portion of the produce reaches when an amount of the product in the container is more than a corresponding amount of the product required to reach said height of said indicator rod for achieving said predetermined degree of whipping.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
255 words
An apparatus for whipping a product, comprising: a container for holding the product therein; means for agitating and whipping the product in said container to a predetermined degree of whipping at which the volume of the product has increased due to the whipping by at least 60 percent, said agitating and whipping means including a rotatable member having a center of rotation; and means for indicating when the product has been whipped to said predetermined degree of whipping by said rotatable member, said indicating means including an upper end of an indicator rod, said indicator rod extending from said rotatable member to a height at said upper end that is above an upper surface of a central portion of the product while the product is being whipped by said rotatable member for as long as the product has not achieved said predetermined degree of whipping and that is thereafter below the upper surface of the central portion of the product after the product has been whipped to said predetermined degree of whipping by said rotatable member, said central portion of the product rising along said indicator rod during the whipping; an auxiliary indicator element which is removably fitted over said indicator rod so as to have a height at which the upper surface of the central portion of the product reaches when an amount of the product in the container is more than a corresponding amount of the product required to reach said height of said indicator rod for achieving said predetermined degree of whipping.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
255 words
An apparatus for whipping a product, comprising: a container for holding the product therein; means for agitating and whipping the product in said container to a predetermined degree of whipping at which the volume of the product has increased due to the whipping by at least 60 percent, said agitating and whipping means including a rotatable member having a center of rotation; and means for indicating when the product has been whipped to said predetermined degree of whipping by said rotatable member, said indicating means including an upper end of an indicator rod, said indicator rod extending from said rotatable member to a height at said upper end that is above an upper surface of a central portion of the product while the product is being whipped by said rotatable member for as long as the product has not achieved said predetermined degree of whipping and that is thereafter below the upper surface of the central portion of the product after the product has been whipped to said predetermined degree of whipping by said rotatable member, said central portion of the product rising along said indicator rod during the whipping; an auxiliary indicator element which is removably fitted over said indicator rod so as to have a height at which the upper surface of the central portion of the product reaches when an amount of the product in the container is more than a corresponding amount of the product required to reach said height of said indicator rod for achieving said predetermined degree of whipping.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said indicator rod has a substantially conical shape.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said indicator rod has a substantially columnar shape.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
52 words
An apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: means for rotatably driving said rotatable member; a control unit for controlling said rotatably driving means so that said agitator rotates at a low speed for a predetermined time initially and thereafter rotates at a high speed which is faster than said low speed.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
54 words
An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said rotatably driving means includes a motor, further comprising: means for detecting motor load current; and a control unit for controlling said motor so that a number of revolutions of said agitator changes in correspondence with changes in output detected by said motor load current detecting means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
48 words
An apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: means for rotatably driving said rotatable member; a mixer body for housing said rotatably driving means, said container being placed on said mixer body so that the product is receivable through an opening in an upper portion of said container.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said auxiliary indicator element is concentric with said indicator rod.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
40 words
An apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: means for operating said agitating and whipping means to serve as an ice cream material mixer without effecting freezing and thereby produce ice cream material as the product in preparation for freezing.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
31 words
An apparatus according to claim 2 in combination with the product to be whipped in the container, wherein the product is a raw material including raw cream, milk, yolk and sugar.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
40 words
An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said agitating and whipping means whips the product to said predetermined degree of whipping at which the volume of the product has increased due to the whipping between 60 percent and 100 percent.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
41 words
An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said agitating and whipping means is formed for whipping the product to said predetermined degree of whipping at which a viscosity of the product is such that no air from the product releases outside.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
245 words
An apparatus for whipping a product, comprising: a container for holding the product therein; means for agitating and whipping the product in said container to a predetermined degree of whipping at which the volume of the product has increased due to the whipping by at least 60 percent, said agitating and whipping means including a rotatable member having a center of rotation; and means for indicating when the product has been whipped to said predetermined degree of whipping by said rotatable member, said indicating means including an upper end of an indicator rod, said indicator rod extending from said rotatable member to a height at said upper end that is above an upper surface of a central portion of the product while the product is being whipped by said rotatable member for as long as the product has not achieved said predetermined degree of whipping and that is thereafter below the upper surface of the central portion of the product after the product has been whipped to said predetermined degree of whipping by said rotatable member, said central portion of the product rising along said indicator rod during the whipping, said rotatable member having a disc-shaped portion with a center of rotation, said rotatable member having a protruding rod portion integrally formed with said disc-shaped portion so as to protrude from said center of rotation of said disc-shaped portion, said indicator rod being removably mounted on said protruding rod portion and extending to said height.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
245 words
An apparatus for whipping a product, comprising: a container for holding the product therein; means for agitating and whipping the product in said container to a predetermined degree of whipping at which the volume of the product has increased due to the whipping by at least 60 percent, said agitating and whipping means including a rotatable member having a center of rotation; and means for indicating when the product has been whipped to said predetermined degree of whipping by said rotatable member, said indicating means including an upper end of an indicator rod, said indicator rod extending from said rotatable member to a height at said upper end that is above an upper surface of a central portion of the product while the product is being whipped by said rotatable member for as long as the product has not achieved said predetermined degree of whipping and that is thereafter below the upper surface of the central portion of the product after the product has been whipped to said predetermined degree of whipping by said rotatable member, said central portion of the product rising along said indicator rod during the whipping, said rotatable member having a disc-shaped portion with a center of rotation, said rotatable member having a protruding rod portion integrally formed with said disc-shaped portion so as to protrude from said center of rotation of said disc-shaped portion, said indicator rod being removably mounted on said protruding rod portion and extending to said height.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
34 words
An apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said protruding rod portion is columnar, said indicator rod being fitted over said protruding rod portion so as to be slidable in a direction to said height.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
24 words
An apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said indicator rod is retainable at a desired height along said protruding rod portion by friction forces.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
32 words
An apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said indicator rod is retainable at a desired height along said protruding rod portion by engagement between said indicator rod and said protruding rod portion.
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