Patent ID: 6585403
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A hand mixer (1) having;a housing (2), drive means (36), which are accommodated in the housing and which serve for rotationally driving two mixing tools (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35), which mixing tools (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35) are detachably coupled to the drive means (36) and are disengageable from the drive means (36), disengaging means (42), which are accommodated in the housing (2) and which are movable between a rest position and a disengaging position and which serve for disengaging the mixing tools from the drive means (36), speed switching means (60), which are accommodated in the housing (2) and which serve for switching the speed of the drive means (36) and, consequently, of the mixing tools (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35) to different speed values, and movable actuating means (19), which are accommodated in the housing (2) and which include a switching handle (20) and which serve for actuating the speed switching means (60), characterized in that the disengaging means (42) and the actuating means (19) including the switching handle (20) are united to form a movable one-piece module (44), the module (44) is arranged so as to be movable parallel to only one path of movement (43) both for the actuation of the speed switching means (60) and for the disengagement of the mixing tools (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35) from the drive means (36), and the disengaging means (42) of the module (44) are movable into their disengaging position by means of the switching handle (20) of the actuating means (19) of the module (44).