Patent ID: 11930826
Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A food mixing machine, comprising:
a mixer body including a column and a head extending from the column;
a bowl support mounted for movement along the column between a lowered position away from the head and a raised position toward the head;
at least one sensor for indicating location of the bowl support along the column;
a prime mover connected for powered movement of the bowl support back and forth between the raised position and the lowered position under operator control via a bowl drive actuation input;
a controller configured such that, during triggering of the bowl drive actuation input to move the bowl support toward the lowered position, the controller generates an interrupt when the at least one sensor indicates that the bowl support has moved down to a specified position between the raised position and the lowered position.