| 摘要 |
This invention provides a tool (60) that is attachable to an electrically driven stand mixer (10) and configured, when suspended into a bowl (74) and driven in planetary motion by the stand mixer (10), to perform a mixing operation that involves folding ingredients together without substantial expulsion of air from the mix. The folding operation requires considerable expertise when performed manually, since the ingredients must be moved in a way that takes practice to perfect, and accordingly the invention aims to automate the folding action by providing a food mixing arrangement in which a tool (60) having a wing-like volute blade (62) is suspended by its shaft (64) from a drive outlet (43) of the stand mixer (10) and executes a planetary motion within a mixing bowl (74). The blade (62) is twisted along its length and has curved surfaces formed to gently lift and turn ingredients to be mixed in the bowl (74) so as to simulate a gentle folding action similar to that achieved manually by an experienced cook. |
