Patent ID: 8308344

Claim:
A mixing machine, comprising: a mixer body including a head portion that extends over a bowl receiving location; an output member extending downward from the head portion toward the bowl receiving location; a drive system linked to the output member for effecting planetary rotation of the output member; a bowl guard support at an underside of the head portion, the bowl guard support providing a circular support path in the form of a radially outwardly facing track extending about a periphery of the bowl guard support; and a bowl guard assembly including a moveable member comprising a housing member with a circular rim and a ball and spring catch member with the ball biased to extend from a radially inward surface of the circular rim and into the track to maintain a vertical position of the moveable member while permitting rotation of the moveable member; the bowl guard support is configured such that the moveable member can be removed from the bowl guard support by a single vertical movement in the downward direction by which the ball is moved radially outward against the bias of the spring.