Whirlpool Corporation

Stuart Walter Athey

Anthony Scott Roberts

Timothy A Mayberry

Keeley Michael Kabala

Christopher M Welch

Arren J McCormick

Erica L Roberts

Mark J Sherman

Everett Sidney Kettle

Steve C Drees

Daniel A Altenritter

A damper mechanism for a stand mixer includes a swing body coupled to a pivot pin and operable along an actuation path between first and second positions. A piston damper is configured to provide a damping effect to a downward movement of a mixer head and is coupled to the swing body. The piston damper includes a damper housing and a piston rod, wherein the piston rod is operable between extended and compressed positions relative to the damper housing. The piston damper provides a damping effect along a portion of the actuation path of the swing body as a mixer head moves towards the closed position relative to a pedestal of the stand mixer.

Damper mechanism for tilt-head stand mixer

A collar assembly for coupling a blade assembly and a removable jar to the base of a motorized blender includes an interlock assembly that prevents coupling of the blade assembly to the blender motor unless the jar is secured to the collar assembly, and prevents removal of the jar from the collar assembly when the collar and blade assembly is coupled to the blender base.

Blender jar interlock

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Arcanum, OH, United States of America

Stuart Walter Athey