Stand mixer arrangement with guarding device

A stand mixer arrangement including a platform to support a mixing bowl;

• an electric motor and a drive system including a drive outlet disposed overhead of the bowl, capable of imparting a planetary mixing action to a tool suspended into the bowl therefrom;
• and heating means provided to permit, in accordance with user selection, ingredients in the bowl to be heated whilst being subjected to the planetary mixing action;
• the arrangement further including a guarding device for said bowl and wherein the guarding device comprises a first component removably attachable to the stand mixer in the vicinity of said drive outlet and a second component removably attachable to the first component;
• said first component being adapted to shield part of the stand mixer from heat and said second component being adapted to resist unwanted egress of steam and/or to prevent ingredients being ejected from the bowl, wherein the second component is provided with a closable aperture through which ingredients may be added without the need to remove the second component from the bowl.

A stand mixer arrangement including a platform to support a mixing bowl;

• an electric motor and a drive system including a drive outlet disposed overhead of the bowl, capable of imparting a planetary mixing action to a tool suspended into the bowl therefrom;
• and heating means provided to permit, in accordance with user selection, ingredients in the bowl to be heated whilst being subjected to the planetary mixing action;
• the arrangement further including a guarding device for said bowl and wherein the guarding device comprises a first component removably attachable to the stand mixer in the vicinity of said drive outlet and a second component removably attachable to the first component;
• said first component being adapted to shield part of the stand mixer from heat and said second component being adapted to resist unwanted egress of steam and/or to prevent ingredients being ejected from the bowl, further comprising an interlock connected such that the heating means is not energisable unless at least the first component of the guarding device is in place on the stand mixer.