Immersion mixer
AssigneeHameur S.A.
InventorYves Calange
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Abstract
The invention concerns an immersion mixer with an electric motor, a drive shaft, a tube, a bell-shaped housing and a rotary tool. To ease the assembly or disassembly of such a mixer, a cartridge is assembled in the bell-shaped housing so as to be removable. This cartridge includes a shaft guide body, attaching means, means forming a sealed bearing receiving the shaft and a sleeve. The cartridge is made in such a way that it is simply necessary to insert or release it through the top of the bell-shaped housing without any action by a specialist in the field being needed.
Claims17
A food-processing appliance comprising
- an electric motor, contained in a housing with the electric motor connected to a drive shaft;
- a hollow tube through which the drive shaft is inserted at a first end of the tube;
- a bell-shaped housing connected to the hollow tube at a second end of the tube;
- and
- a rotary tool attached to the shaft in the bell-shaped housing;
- a monoblock cartridge mounted in the bell-shaped housing, wherein the monoblock cartridge includes a guide body forming centering, guidance and retaining means for of the shaft, and arranged between the bell-shaped housing and the shaft, means for forming a sealed bearing receiving the shaft, said means being arranged between the shaft and the guide body, and at least one means for attaching the body to the bell-shaped housing.
A process for assembling a food processing appliance comprising:
- inserting a cartridge in a bell-shaped housing;
- assembling a rotary tool while inserting an elongated section of a stem into the cartridge through a lower end of the bell-shaped housing;
- connecting the elongated section to a driving hub of the stem;
- and
- assembling the bell-shaped housing and the tube.
A process for disassembling a food processing appliance comprising:
- disassembling a bell-shaped housing and a tube;
- disassembling a driving hub of an elongated section of a stem;
- disassembling a rotary tool by releasing the elongated section of the cartridge stem;
- and
- withdrawing the cartridge from a bell-shaped housing bore.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.