| 摘要 |
The invention aims to improve the ease of bowl placement in, and fitment of tools to, stand mixers. In particular, the invention aims to avoid the use of the typical up-swinging movement of the mixer head, which can present various problems, including the need for headroom, to accommodate the up-swing, and unwanted jerking motions, due to reactionary forces generated in response to the action of the strong forces used to initiate the up-swinging motion. In accordance with the invention, the head (40) of the mixer (10) is configured in two parts (46, 48), One head part (46) carries a drive outlet (42) for tools that can depend into the bowl and the other head part (48) is attached to an upright portion (50) of the mixer. The first-mentioned head part (46) can be twisted relative to the other head part (48) about a head axis (41) that extends substantially horizontally above the bowl. In some embodiments, the head (40) can also be turned through a predetermined angle relative to the upright portion (50) of the mixer, about an axis (54) extending vertically through the upright portion (50) and intersecting the head axis (41). |
