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US 2013/0188439 A1Published application
Electrical cord attachment assembly for a hand mixer
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsARREN J. MCCORMICK, ANTHONY S. ROBERTS, TIMOTHY PATRICK VANANTWERP, JEREMY T. WOLTERS, JOHN A. COLASANTI
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Abstract
A hand mixer includes an outer casing and a mixing element coupled to an electric motor. The hand mixer includes a cord guide that is configured to pivot about a pivot axis, an electrical cord extending through the cord guide, and a retaining clip that engages the cord guide to couple the cord guide to the outer casing. The hand mixer also includes a locking mechanism operable to retain the cord guide in a first position about the pivot axis.
Claims20
A hand mixer comprising:
- an outer casing having a handle secured thereto,
- a mixing element extending downwardly from the outer casing, the mixing element being rotatively coupled to a motor positioned in the outer casing,
- a cord guide positioned in an opening defined in the outer casing, the cord guide being configured to pivot about a pivot axis,
- a retaining clip including a pair of arms positioned in a slot defined in the cord guide to couple the cord guide to the outer casing,
- an electrical cord extending through the cord guide, the electrical cord being in electrical communication with the motor to supply electrical current thereto, and
- a locking mechanism operable to retain the cord guide in a first position about the pivot axis, the locking mechanism including (i) a tab extending from the cord guide, and (ii) a notch defined in one of the retaining clip and the outer casing, the notch being sized to receive the tab.
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A hand mixer comprising:
- an outer casing having a handle secured thereto,
- a mixing element extending downwardly from the outer casing, the mixing element being rotatively coupled to a motor positioned in the outer casing,
- a cord guide positioned in an opening defined in the outer casing, the cord guide being configured to pivot about a pivot axis,
- a retaining clip engaged with the cord guide to couple the cord guide to the outer casing, and
- an electrical cord extending through the cord guide, the electrical cord being in electrical communication with the motor to supply electrical current thereto,
- wherein (i) the cord guide includes a body having a tab extending therefrom, and (ii) the retaining clip includes an arm having a notch defined therein, the notch being sized to receive the tab to retain the cord guide in a first position about the pivot axis.
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A hand mixer comprising:
- an outer casing having a handle secured thereto,
- a mixing element extending downwardly from the outer casing, the mixing element being rotatively coupled to a motor positioned in the outer casing,
- a cord guide positioned in an opening defined in the outer casing, the cord guide being configured to pivot about a pivot axis,
- a retaining clip having a pair of arms positioned in a slot of the cord guide to couple the cord guide to the outer casing, and
- an electrical cord extending through the cord guide, the electrical cord being in electrical communication with the motor to supply electrical current thereto,
- wherein (i) the cord guide includes a cylindrical body having a tab extending radially outward therefrom, and (ii) the outer casing has a notch defined therein sized to receive the tab to retain the cord guide in a first position about the pivot axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.