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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruce Ancona, New York, NY (US);
Robert A. Varakian, Edgewater, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Salton, Inc., Lake Forest, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 4/306 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 4/306 ;
Abstract
A mixer/sifter combination includes an electric, hand mixer together with a sifter attachment that is designed to be coupled to the mixer via the mixer's aperture that rotates a typical beater so that the mixer can be used to perform sifting functions. The sifter attachment includes a coupler rod that connects to the mixer, various gears that reduce the rate of rotation of a sifter beater attached to the gears and disposed within a sifter cup of the sifter attachment.