HOT CEREAL MAKER AND RELATED METHODS

• US 20080295704A1
• Filed: 06/02/2008
• Published: 12/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Charles R. Rose III, Michael R. Booker
• Original Assignee: Charles R. Rose III, Michael R. Booker
• Inventors: ROSE, Charles R. III, Booker, Michael R.
• Application Number:
  US12/131,382
• Publication Number:
  US 20080295704A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 99/348
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 7/143 Cereal granules or flakes to be cooked and eaten hot, e.g. oatmeal; Reformed rice products
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 2035/99 Heating
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 23/53 using driven stirrers
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 27/1125 with vanes or blades extending parallel or oblique to the stirrer axis
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 27/13 Openwork frame or cage stirrers not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 27/192 with dissimilar elements
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 27/2122 Hollow shafts
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 27/806 with vertical displacement of the stirrer, e.g. in combination with means for pivoting the stirrer about a vertical axis in order to co-operate with different receptacles
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 35/511 provided with liners, e.g. wear resistant or flexible liners
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 35/92 for heating the outside of the receptacle, e.g. heated jackets or burners

Abstract

A hot cereal maker includes a housing with a basin defined therein for accommodating cereal grains, and a paddle disposed within the housing and operable to mix the cereal grains. The housing includes a base and a lid movable relative thereto, the basin being defined within the base and the paddle being connected to the lid. A mixing apparatus includes a housing having a basin defined therein, a paddle disposed within the basin having a channel, and at least one opening communicating between the channel and the basin, defined therein. A fluid conduit is included in the housing for supplying fluid from a fluid source to the channel. A mixing paddle includes a shaft having a channel defined centrally therein, and a plurality of openings extending through the shaft to the channel also defined therein. At least one vane extends from the shaft.

Claims

1. A hot cereal maker comprising:

a housing with a basin defined therein for accommodating cereal grains; and

a paddle disposed within the housing and operable to mix the cereal grains;

wherein the housing includes a base and a lid movable relative thereto, the basin being defined within the base and the paddle being connected to the lid.

2. The hot cereal maker of claim 1, wherein the paddle is detachably connected to the lid.

3. The hot cereal maker of claim 1, wherein the paddle has a channel, and at least one opening extending between the channel and the basin, defined therein.

4. The hot cereal maker of claim 3, wherein the paddle has a plurality of openings extending between the channel and the basin defined therein.

5. The hot cereal maker of claim 1, wherein the basin also has a fluid reservoir defined therein, the fluid reservoir being in fluid communication with the basin.

6. The hot cereal maker of claim 5, wherein the fluid reservoir is in fluid communication with the basin through a channel formed in the paddle.

7. The hot cereal maker of claim 1, wherein the lid is slidable relative to the base between raised and lowered positions.

8. The hot cereal maker of claim 7, wherein the hot cereal maker is adapted to automatically jog the paddle when raising or lowering the lid.

9. The hot cereal maker of claim 8, wherein the hot cereal maker is adapted to automatically jog the paddle when raising and lowering the lid.

10. The hot cereal maker of claim 1, further comprising a cooking vessel removably disposed within the basin.

11. The hot cereal maker of claim 10, further comprising at least one protrusion extending from the basin and engaging the cooking vessel to prevent rotation of the cooking vessel within the basin.

12. The hot cereal maker of claim 10, further comprising a liner removably arranged within the cooking vessel.

13. A mixing apparatus comprising:

a housing having a basin defined therein;

a paddle disposed within the basin having a channel, and at least one opening communicating between the channel and the basin, defined therein; and

a fluid conduit for supplying fluid from a fluid source to the channel defined within the paddle.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the paddle has a plurality of openings communicating between the channel and the basin defined therein.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising the fluid source.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the fluid source is a fluid reservoir defined within the housing.

17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the housing and the paddle are arranged to allow relative rotational movement therebetween.

18. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the paddle is removable.

19. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the housing includes a lid and base, the paddle being connected to the lid and the basin being defined within the base.

20. A mixing paddle comprising:

a shaft having a channel defined centrally therein and a plurality of openings extending through the shaft to the channel also defined therein; and

at least one vane extending from the shaft.

21. The mixing paddle of claim 20, further comprising a plurality of vanes extending from the shaft.

22. The mixing paddle of claim 20, wherein an end of the shaft is adapted for releasable connection with a motor.