Bread maker

A kneader for a bread maker having a main body forming an oven compartment and a door opening and closing the oven compartment, the kneader comprising:

• a fixed kneader in the oven compartment having a first kneading roller;
• a rotatable kneader in the oven compartment having a second kneading roller and being rotatable between a kneading position and a released position, the kneading position being a position at which the first kneading roller and the second kneading roller face one another to knead a mixing bag filled with bread ingredients placed therebetween, and the released position being a position at which the second kneading roller is spaced apart from the first kneading roller;
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• an elastic member having a first end attached to a side wall of the oven compartment and a second end attached to the rotatable kneader, and elastically maintaining the rotatable kneader at the released position when the door is opened and the rotatable kneader is rotated away from the fixed kneader, and elastically returning the rotatable kneader to the kneading position as the door is closed.

A kneading assembly for a bread maker having a main body forming an oven compartment and a door opening and closing the oven compartment, the kneading assembly comprising:

• a fixed kneader in the oven compartment;
• a rotatable kneader in the oven compartment adjacent the fixed kneader and being rotatable between a kneading position and a released position, the kneading position being a position at which the rotatable kneader and the fixed kneader face one another to knead a mixing bag filled with bread ingredients placed therebetween, and the released position being a position at which the rotatable kneader is rotated away from the fixed kneader;
• a pusher on an inside surface of the door to push the rotatable kneader from the released position when the door is opened to the kneading position as the door is closed;
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• an elastic member having a first end attached to a side wall of the oven compartment and a second end attached to the rotatable kneader, the elastic member elastically maintaining the rotatable kneader at the released position when the door is opened and the rotatable kneader is rotated away from the fixed kneader, and elastically returning the rotatable kneader to the kneading position as the door is closed and the pusher pushes the rotatable kneader to the kneading position.