Kitchen appliance arrangement with portable unit
First Claim
1. Apparatus comprising a portable casing adapted for being grasped in and manipulated by the hand of a user, a motor in said casing, a battery in said casing and coupled to said motor for driving the latter, a first kitchen appliance unit supported by and extending from said casing and coupled to and driven by said motor, reduction gear means coupling said motor to said kitchen appliance unit, a plurality of different kitchen appliance units wherein the appliance units, including the first said appliance unit, are detachably and selectively insertable in part into said casing for being driven by said motor, and a base provided with a receptacle for holding said portable casing and a plurality of receptacles for holding said appliance units, wherein said first kitchen applicance unit includes a first shaft coaxial with said motor, and a mixing means on said shaft and having an axis parallel with, but concentrically related to, said shaft.
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Abstract
A base is provided for holding a detachable and portable casing to which may be attached a kitchen appliance unit, such as whisk, a spatula, a mixer or the like. These kitchen appliance units fit into receptacles whereat they are accommodated for storage, these units and the portable casing extending vertically upwards from the base. For an operation a unit may be detachably inserted into the portable case which houses a gear train, as well as a motor for driving the same. The portable case, moreover, accommodates a rechargeable battery arrangement for driving the motor. In the portable case, is accommodated one half of a recharging unit consisting of a secondary winding of a transformer and a coil which is encircled thereby. The primary winding and associated core is accommodated in the base. When the portable casing is accommodated in the base, the cores are juxtaposed in coaxial alignment, whereby an alternating current source coupled to the primary winding charges the rechargeable battery arrangement.
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- 1. Apparatus comprising a portable casing adapted for being grasped in and manipulated by the hand of a user, a motor in said casing, a battery in said casing and coupled to said motor for driving the latter, a first kitchen appliance unit supported by and extending from said casing and coupled to and driven by said motor, reduction gear means coupling said motor to said kitchen appliance unit, a plurality of different kitchen appliance units wherein the appliance units, including the first said appliance unit, are detachably and selectively insertable in part into said casing for being driven by said motor, and a base provided with a receptacle for holding said portable casing and a plurality of receptacles for holding said appliance units, wherein said first kitchen applicance unit includes a first shaft coaxial with said motor, and a mixing means on said shaft and having an axis parallel with, but concentrically related to, said shaft.
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