Foods and beverages: apparatus – Cooking – With stirring
Patent
1989-02-14
1990-07-24
Jenkins, Robert W.
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Cooking
With stirring
99409, 414758, 414764, 414781, 414783, 426523, 366241, A47J 2700, B01F 714
Patent
active
049428071
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for stirring cooking ingredients in a vessel or for automatically turning a food item such as a steak or roast provides a stirring or turning action having horizontal and vertical rotation. In one embodiment the horizontal and vertical rotation have a pre-determined time relation to one another such that a spatula portion of the stirring apparatus flips over the ingredients a predetermined number of times as the spatula rotates once horizontally about the vessel. The horizontal rotation action is also used for automatic turning. The turning apparatus includes a rigid bar rotatable with the horizontal axis and a supporting structure such as a wire cage or food-piercing tine structure for supporting the food during turning. The rigid bar and food-supporting structure are connected by flexible links such as steel fiber. The rotating bar drags the food item over or about the rotation axis to effect the turning action. The apparatus is especially suited for use in an automatic cooking system.
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