Patent ID: 7438463
Filing Date: 2008-10-21
Classification: A21C,A47J,B01F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A mixer for receiving a pivotable mixer bowl, the mixer comprising: a mixer body having a head portion with an output component extending downward toward a bowl receiving yoke, the output component operable for planetary movement, the bowl receiving yoke movable upward and downward along a pedestal; a motor operatively connected for driving the output component; at least one hinge component on the bowl receiving yoke, the hinge component at least in part defining a substantially upright bowl pivot axis; and a control unit, including a single sensor located on the mixer body for detecting a bowl closed and up condition, the bowl closed and up position being when (i) the bowl is in its closed position and (ii) the yoke is in a raised position, the control unit operates to prevent operation of the motor until the sensor detects the bowl closed and up condition.