Microwave oven mixing device

摘要

A microwave oven mixing device (12) has an enclosure (14) which is free-standing and has an open bottom 26. A stirring paddle (16) is secured in a fixed position to the enclosure (14) and extends downward from a top (28) of the enclosure (14). The enclosure (14) is placed in a microwave oven (6) with the stirring paddle (16) extending into the contents of container (18) which is located atop a turntable (10). The enclosure (14) has two telescopically extendable halves (22, 24) which are configured in fixed relation to one another for engaging at least two walls of the microwave oven (6) to hold the stirring paddle (16) in fixed relation to the oven (8) as the contents of the container (18) are moved by the turntable (10) against the stirring paddle (16) to stir the contents.

主权项

1. A microwave oven mixing device comprising:
an enclosure having four sides, a top and a bottom, wherein said enclosure is free-standing and said bottom of said enclosure is open, said enclosure being sized for removably fitting within a main cooking cavity of a microwave oven and having at least two opposing sides of said enclosure engaging opposing sidewalls of said main cooking cavity of said microwave oven to prevent rotation of said enclosure within said main cooking cavity; said enclosure having at least one upper port through said top; a stirring paddle having an upper end and at least one connecting prong extending upwardly therefrom for non-rotatably extending through said at least one upper port, wherein said at least one upper port and said at least one upwardly extending connecting prong are configured for non-rotatably securing said stirring paddle to said enclosure with said stirring paddle extending downward within a central portion of said enclosure; and said stirring paddle having at least one stirring element extending downward from said upper end of said stirring paddle for sufficient length for engaging with contents of a container disposed within said enclosure.