Adjustment apparatus for a stand mixer
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsDanister Abeygunawardana, Tomas Garces, Eric Matthew Lewis, Matthew R. Hunter
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Abstract
A stand mixer includes a column. A bowl support is mounted to the column such that the bowl support is vertically translatable on column. An adjustment apparatus is configured for adjustment of a height of a bowl on the bowl support. The adjustment apparatus includes a cam rotatably mounted on the column and a cam follower coupled to the bowl support and engaging the cam. The cam and cam follower are configured such that the bowl support vertically translates in relation to the column as the cam rotates.
Claims12
A stand mixer, comprising:
- a column;
- a slider carriage slidably mounted on the column such that the slider carriage is movable along a vertical direction relative to the column;
- a bowl support mounted to the slider carriage such that the bowl support is vertically translatable on the slider carriage relative to the column;
- and
- an adjustment apparatus configured for fine adjustment of a height of the slider carriage on the column and for adjustment of a height of the bowl support on the column, the adjustment apparatus comprising
- a cam rotatably mounted on the column, and
- a cam follower integrally formed on the slider carriage and engaging the cam,
- wherein the cam and cam follower are configured such that the slider carriage vertically translates in relation to the column as the cam rotates.
A method for adjustment of a height of a bowl of a stand mixer, the stand mixer including a column, a bowl support, a cam rotatably mounted to the column, and a cam follower mounted to the bowl support and engaged with the cam, the method comprising rotating the cam in order to vertically translate the bowl support relative to the column.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.