Agitating – By movement of mixing chamber relative to stationary support
Reexamination Certificate
1999-11-03
2001-12-04
Soohoo, Tony G. (Department: 1723)
Agitating
By movement of mixing chamber relative to stationary support
C366S220000, C366S601000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06325533
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to compositions stored in a container such as a jar or can and more specifically to an apparatus for preventing separation or crystallization of the stored compositions.
2. Description of the Related Art
Some compositions separate when stored in ajar or can (e.g., natural peanut butter, paint, glue, or some chemical laboratory compounds, etc.) while other compositions crystallize (e.g., honey, etc.). These mixtures may already be separated or crystallized at the time of purchase and re-blending these mixtures is not always simple, and in some cases makes the mixture difficult to use, if not unusable.
Conventional systems exist such as shakers which can be used to re-blend the mixtures at the time of use, but such shakers are cumbersome, noisy, expensive, and are used only after the mixture's constituents have become separated. Thus, such shakers represent a post-hoc fix, and do not continuously keep the mixture blended. Other solutions are to use motorized blenders and food processors, but such machines are messy and expensive.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing and other problems of the conventional methods and systems, an object of the present invention to provide a structure for continuously keeping a mixture blended in a container.
Another object of the invention is to provide a device which is inexpensive, available to the household consumer, not cumbersome, messy or noisy to the user, and which is used to continually keep a mixture blended in a container.
In a first aspect of the present invention, a system for storing a container containing a mixture therein having blended constituents, includes a frame, a drive roller mounted on the frame, and a passive roller mounted on said frame, a container being received on an outer periphery of the drive roller and the passive roller, wherein the drive roller rotates the container such that the mixture held in the container is maintained blended.
With the unique and unobvious features of the present invention, a compact, quiet, and easy-to-use structure is provided for continuously keeping a mixture blended in a container.
Additionally, the present invention is easy-to-use (e.g., can use common household alternating current (AC)), and is immediately available.
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International Business Machines - Corporation
Kaufman, Esq Stephen C.
McGinn & Gibb PLLC
Soohoo Tony G.
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