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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2009
Neal H. Blackburn, Springfield, OH (US);
Joseph C. Huang, Dayton, OH (US);
Janice J. Schnipke, Springfield, OH (US);
Neal H. Blackburn, Springfield, OH (US);
Joseph C. Huang, Dayton, OH (US);
Janice J. Schnipke, Springfield, OH (US);
Premark FEG L.L.C., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A mixing machine includes a base, a head including a rotatable output member for receiving a mixer tool and a support column extending vertically from the base to the head. A bowl receiving assembly is below the head. The bowl receiving assembly is configured to move vertically along the support column and defining a bowl receiving location. A bowl lock assembly includes a moveable bowl lock member carried by the bowl receiving assembly and having an unlock position and a lock position. The bowl lock assembly is configured such that placement of the bowl lock member in the unlock position or the lock position depends on a vertical position of the bowl receiving assembly.