US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on July 14 for "Magnetic self-stirrer" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,753, issued on July 14, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Magnetic self-stirrer" was invented by Alberto Bartolucci (Fossombrone, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stirring assembly includes a turntable configured to rotate about a central axis. A cooking vessel is configured to engage a top surface of the turntable. A bar is disposed proximate a bottom surface of the turntable. The bar maintains a fixed position relative to the turntable. A stirrer is magnetically attracted to the bar. The stirrer is configured to generally maintain a fixed orientation within the cooking vessel as the cooking vessel rotat...