Automatic table-top machine for kneading and extruding pasta

An automatic table-top machine (10) for kneading and extruding pasta, comprising:

• a machine body (11), which includes a vertical wall (11.1);
• a dough forming tank (12), detachably fixed in a cantilever fashion on an outer face (11.10) of said vertical wall (11.1) of the machine body (11), wherein said tank (12) comprises a fixed rear outer edge (12.1), juxtaposed against said outer face (11.10) of said vertical wall (11.1);
• a plurality of detachable connection means (13;
• 13.3, 13.4), wherein each of said detachable connection means (13;
• 13.3, 13.4) comprises a threaded supporting rod (13.1), which has a horizontal axis, is fixed and projects externally with respect to the outer face (11.10) of said vertical wall (11.1) of the machine body (11) and is arranged externally with respect to said rear outer edge (12.1) of said tank (12);
• characterized in that each of said detachable connection means (13;
• 13.3, 13.4) further comprises:
• a fixed pin (13.2), which has a horizontal axis, projects externally with respect to said outer face (11.10) of said vertical wall (11.1) of the machine body (11), and is arranged externally to said tank (12);
• a removable fixing dowel (14), configured as a block having:
• at least one supporting face (14.1), which is juxtaposed at least partly against said outer face (11.10) of said vertical wall (11.1) of the machine body (11);
• a first end portion (14.2), which can be superimposed and/or juxtaposed with respect to a corresponding portion of said rear outer edge (12.1) of said tank (12);
• a slotted through hole (14.3) provided in said dowel (14), wherein:
• a first semicylindrical inner face (14.31) of said slotted through hole (14.3) is arranged at, or in proximity to, said first end portion (14.2) of said dowel (14) and a second semicylindrical inner face (14.32) of said slotted through hole (14.3) is distal with respect to said first end portion (14.2) of said dowel (14);
• said slotted through hole (14.3) is passed through by a free end of said threaded rod (13.1) and is configured to juxtapose at least a part of said free end of said threaded rod (13.1) against said second semicylindrical inner face (14.32), when said first end portion (14.2) of said dowel (14) is superimposed and/or juxtaposed with respect to a corresponding portion of said rear outer edge (12.1) of said tank (12);
• an inner cavity (15), open at least at said supporting face (14.1) of said dowel (14) and provided at, or in proximity to, a second end portion (14.4) of said dowel (14), distal with respect to said first end portion (14.2), with reference to said rear outer edge (12.1) of said tank (12), wherein:
• said inner cavity (15) is structured as a channel guide having two branches connected by means of a loop and each having a respective blind end, wherein a first channel branch (15.1) is proximal with respect to said slotted through hole (14.3) and a second channel branch (15.2) is distal with respect to said slotted through hole (14.3), and wherein said loop is configured to connect said two channel branches (15.1, 15.2) without interruption to each other, and
• said fixed pin (13.2) is inserted in said inner cavity (15) of said dowel (14), allowing a relative movement of said dowel, said inner cavity (15) being configured:
• to house said fixed pin (13.2) inside said second channel branch (15.2) of said inner cavity (15), when said first end portion (14.2) of said dowel (14) is superimposed and/or juxtaposed with respect to said rear outer edge (12.1) of said tank (12) and a portion of said free end of said threaded rod (13.1) is arranged against, or in proximity to, said second semicylindrical inner face (14.32) of said slotted through hole (14.3), and said dowel (14) is operatively maintained in a stable blocking position of said tank (12), through gravity of said tank's weight, and
• to house said fixed pin (13.2) inside said first channel branch (15.1) of said inner cavity (15), when said first end portion (14.2) of said dowel (14) is not superimposed and/or juxtaposed with respect to said rear outer edge (12.1) of said tank (12) and a portion of said free end of said threaded rod (13.1) is arranged against, or in proximity to, said first semicylindrical inner face (14.31) of said slotted through hole (14.3), and said dowel (14) is operatively maintained in a position in which it allows said tank (12) to be separated with respect to said front vertical wall (11.1) of said machine body (11).