Quick release head assembly on cotton candy machine

A quick release apparatus for attachment of a spinner head assembly including an electric heating element to a cotton candy machine electric motor output shaft having a motor shaft rotational axis comprising:

• a. a motor shaft adaptor removeably mounted to the output shaft of the electric motor for the cotton candy machine along the motor shaft rotational axis;
• b. a motor shaft extension removeably mounted to a spinner head assembly of the cotton candy machine;
• c. a quick release connection between the motor shaft extension and the motor shaft adaptor comprising:
• i. a releasable mating connection allowing the motor shaft extension to slide over the motor shaft adaptor along the motor shaft rotational axis;
• ii. a spring clip radial receiving slot through of the motor shaft extension;
• iii. a radial groove in the motor shaft adaptor;
• iv. a removable, externally-accessible spring clip comprising resilient opposite arms that are extended substantially parallel to one another;
• v. the spring clip and the groove being related such that when the motor shaft extension is lowered to the motor shaft adaptor and the slot and groove align, the spring clip resiliently is mounted around the exterior of the motor shaft extension and has a part which engages the groove in the motor shaft adaptor through the slot in the motor shaft extension, wherein inner sides of the arms of the spring clip install into the slot of the motor shaft extension and then are urged to snap-in to the radial groove in the motor shaft adaptor, to prevent separation along the rotational axis of the output shaft of the motor shaft extension and the motor shaft adaptor but allows quick release detachment of the spinner head assembly from the motor by overcoming holding force of the spring clip in the groove.