Abstract: A drink mixer includes a frame; a support having a drain; a lid having an annular groove and movable relative to a mounted mixing cup from an elevated position to a mating position where the annular groove engages the cup's rim; a mixer shaft passing through the lid; a motor coupled to the mixer shaft; a blade assembly coupled to a lower end of the mixer shaft, the blade assembly alternately assuming either a retracted position within the lid or an extended position within a mounted cup; a mechanism for alternatively bringing said support and said lid towards one another so that the annular groove of said lid can engage the rim of a mounted cup, or moving the cup and lid apart; a mechanism for alternately establishing the retracted and extended positions; and a mechanism for dispensing washing solution into the cleaning cup.

Abstract: Apparatus for mixing ingredients in a receptacle includes a lid having an aperture which is engaged by the receptacle when the receptacle is raised. A mixer shaft extends downwardly through the lid aperture and the shaft is movable relative to both the lid and to the receptacle to permit a mixer head connected to the shaft to move downwardly and upwardly within the receptacle after the lid has engaged the receptacle.

Abstract: Apparatus for mixing ingredients in a receptacle includes a lid having an aperture which is positionable on the receptacle. A mixer shaft extends downwardly through the lid aperture and the shaft is movable relative to both the lid and to the receptacle to permit a mixer head connected to the shaft to move downwardly and upwardly within the receptacle after the lid has engaged the receptacle.

Abstract: A machine specifically for making milkshakes and malts out of hard ice-cream in sixty seconds or less. The ice-cream and ingredients are placed in a container that can be locked and sealed to the underside of a housing designed especially for that purpose. Inside the housing are two gearmotors--one is used to rotate a shaft and mixing head at a given R.P.M. and torque. This gearmotor, with shaft and mixing head, is positioned vertically above the container and supported between two diametrically opposed rods, in a manner that permits easy vertical movement of the mixing head within the container. A second gearmotor provides the necessary R.P.M. and torque for this vertical movement. Secured to a mounting plate in the upper part of the housing; this second gearmotor, is linked to the first gearmotor by means of a rotor arm and rod member connected to a stud on the first gearmotor.