Patents by Inventor Thomas C. Nearhood

Thomas C. Nearhood has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4151792
    Abstract: This invention is a cooker - mixer apparatus utilized with a stove type heater element to cook and mix food products simultaneously. More particularly, the cooker - mixer apparatus includes a cooker means having an electrically driven mixer means connected thereto. The cooker means can resemble a conventional pressure cooker structure with a lid assembly releasably connected to a main container member. The mixer means includes a power assembly operable to drive a mixer assembly through a connector shaft assembly. The mixer assembly lies against a bottom wall and lower sidewall area of the main container member and includes a main hub member with four (4) equally spaced paddle assemblies connected thereto. Each paddle assembly includes a spoke member integral on an outer end with a flexible wiper end member. The spoke member is provided with cut-out, material flow channels to aid in mixing of the food product therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1979
    Inventor: Thomas C. Nearhood