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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2002
Brian A. Brunswick, Troy, OH (US);
Joseph C. Huang, Dayton, OH (US);
Brian E. Bader, Springfield, OH (US);
John C. Baron, Troy, OH (US);
Brian A. Brunswick, Troy, OH (US);
Joseph C. Huang, Dayton, OH (US);
Brian E. Bader, Springfield, OH (US);
John C. Baron, Troy, OH (US);
Premark FEG L.L.C., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A mixer system including a bowl for receiving a material to be mixed, a mixer body having a rotatable output component, and a hinge. The bowl is pivotable about the hinge relative to the mixer body such the bowl can be pivoted between a loading/unloading position and a closed position relative the mixer body. The mixer system further includes a locking mechanism located at least partially on one of the bowl or the mixer body, the locking mechanism being normally biased into a locking position. At least a portion the bowl or the mixer body interacts with the locking mechanism to move the locking mechanism toward the release position to allow the bowl to move to the closed position, the locking mechanism being movable back toward the locking position when the bowl is in the closed position to retain the bowl in the closed position.