Bowl support for a stand mixer
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsEric Matthew Lewis, Tomas Garces, Matthew R. Hunter, Danister Abeygunawardana
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Abstract
A stand mixer includes a securing apparatus configured to retain a bowl on a stand mixer, the securing apparatus incudes a leaf spring mounted to a bowl support at a first end portion of the leaf spring. The leaf spring extends away from the column to a second end portion of the leaf spring and defines a receiving orifice at the second end portion of the leaf spring. A retractor is configured to translate a bolt away from the second end portion of the leaf spring when a bowl support is in the nonmixing position. An extender is configured to translate the bolt toward the second end portion of the leaf spring when the bowl support is in the mixing position.
Claims15
A stand mixer, comprising:
- a bowl;
- a column;
- a bowl support mounted to the column such that the bowl support is vertically translatable on the column from a nonmixing position to a mixing position;
- and
- a securing apparatus configured to retain the bowl on the stand mixer, the securing apparatus comprising
- a leaf spring mounted to the bowl support at a first end portion of the leaf spring, the leaf spring extending away from the column to a second end portion of the leaf spring, the leaf spring defining a receiving orifice at the second end portion of the leaf spring, the receiving orifice configured for receipt of a bowl retention protuberance of the bowl,
- a bolt mounted on the bowl support proximate the second end portion of the leaf spring, the bolt being translatable relative to the leaf spring,
- a retractor configured to translate the bolt away from the second end portion of the leaf spring when the bowl support is in the nonmixing position, and
- an extender configured to translate the bolt toward the second end portion of the leaf spring when the bowl support is in the mixing position, the extender configured to position the bolt such that the bolt blocks deformation of the second end portion of the leaf spring.
A method for retaining a bowl on a stand mixer, a bowl support of the stand mixer mounted to a column such that the bowl support is vertically translatable on the column from a nonmixing position to a mixing position, a leaf spring of a securing apparatus mounted to the bowl support at a first end portion of the leaf spring, the leaf spring extending away from the column to a second end portion of the leaf spring, the leaf spring defining a receiving orifice at the second end portion of the leaf spring, the receiving orifice configured for receipt of a bowl retention protuberance of the bowl, a bolt of the securing apparatus mounted on the bowl support proximate the second end portion of the leaf spring, the bolt being translatable relative to the leaf spring, the method comprising:
- placing the bowl with the bowl retention protuberance on the bowl support when the bowl support is in the nonmixing position such that the receiving orifice of leaf spring receives the bowl retention protuberance;
- translating the bowl support to the mixing position;
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- as the bowl support translates to the mixing position, engaging an extender such that the bolt translates toward the second end portion of the leaf spring in order and blocks deformation of the second end portion of the leaf spring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.