Mixing bowl positioning improvement for a stand mixer appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsDanister Abeygunawardana, Tomas Garces, Eric Matthew Lewis, Matthew R. Hunter, Mason Hawkins
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Abstract
A stand mixer is provided. The stand mixer may include a support frame, a bowl arm assembly, and a damper assembly. The bowl arm assembly may be mounted to the support frame and may be moveable a raised position and a lowered position. The damper assembly may be mounted to the support frame and may be positioned for engaging the bowl arm assembly as it moves towards the lower position. The stand mixer may also include a bracket attached to the bowl arm assembly.
Claims20
A stand mixer defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the stand mixer comprising:
- a support frame;
- a bowl arm assembly slidably mounted to the support frame and being movable between a raised position and a lowered position;
- a damper assembly mounted to the support frame and being positioned for engaging the bowl arm assembly as it moves toward the lowered position;
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- a bracket attached to the bowl arm assembly, wherein the damper assembly is further aligned with the bracket, the bracket configured to contact the damper assembly to initiate a slowdown period of movement of the bowl arm assembly as the bowl arm assembly moves between the raised position and the lowered position.
A stand mixer defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the stand mixer comprising:
- a support frame;
- a bowl arm assembly slidably mounted to the support frame and being movable between a raised position and a lowered position;
- a bracket attached to the bowl arm assembly;
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- a damper assembly comprising a damper, the damper mounted to the support frame and being positioned for engaging the bracket as it moves toward the lowered position.
A stand mixer defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the stand mixer comprising:
- a support frame;
- a bowl arm assembly slidably mounted to the support frame and being movable between a raised position and a lowered position, the bowl arm assembly comprising a bowl support arm configured to removably couple to a mixing bowl and at least one rotating lift arm moveable between the raised position and the lowered position, the at least one rotating lift arm pivotably attached to the bowl support arm and configured to pivot to initiate movement of the bowl arm assembly from the raised position into the lowered position;
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- a damper assembly mounted to the support frame and being positioned for engaging the bowl arm assembly as it moves toward the lowered position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.