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APPLICATION FILED APR, 28, 1913,
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Patented Mar, 14, 1916,
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Inventor
Milliam G. Kirchhoff
 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM G. KIRCHHOFF, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURL, AssIGNOR. To AMERICAN BAKERs
MACHINERY COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MIssou RI.
CAKE-MIXER.
1,175,530. Specification of Letters Patent. PatentedMar. 14, 1916.
Application filed April 28, 1913. Serial No. 764.047.
To all whom it ??? ???6??: W ings 6 at its upper end. The driving shaft
Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. KRCH 2 carries pinion 7, which is adapted to ac
???, a citizen of the United States, residing tuate the shaft 5 through coöperating pin
at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a cer ion 8 carried thereon. Carried by shaft
5 tain new and useful Improvement in Cake 5. and secured to rotate therewith is the 60
Mixers, of which the following is a full header 9. This header is a bifurcated ar
clear, and exact description, such as will rangement in which are journaled similar.
enable others skilled in th? art to which it beater shafts 10 disposed vertically, and
appertains to make and use the same, ref parallel to each other. Mounted on support
. erence being had to the accompanying draw 1 is an annular gear 11, and keyed on the 65
ings, forming part of this specification, % in
which-
upper ends of beater. shafts 10 are pinions
12 which mesh with annular gear 11. Con
Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved sequently, when header 9 is rotated by shaft
cake mixer partly in section. Fig.2 is a 5,about
beater shafts 10, while being revolved
15 plan view in section on line 2-2 of ? 1.
Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail showing a ot center C will also be rotated on their 70
tom view of the beat eater attaching means. own axes by virtue of the coöperation of
Fig. 4 is a detail showing an improved form pinions 12 with annular gear 11.
of whip attaching means. Pivoted on a suitable support 14 is the
My invention relates broadly to bakers' bowl ring 15, in which is seated the mixing
20 bowl 16. By virtue of its pivotal mounting
machinery, and specifically to an improved
device known as a cake mixer, designed for
bowl ring 15 is adapted to be swung under 75
the mixing of batters, ºdough, and similar header 9, as indicated by dotted lines 15 in
substances. Fig. 2, in which position it may be secured
25 The principal objects of my invention are, by suitable securing means 17. When it is
to facilitate the removal of the bowl con desired to remove the bowl from the ring it 80
may be swung outwardly to the position as
tainingand
a chine, thetomixed
providesubstance
a meansfrom the ma
for adjusting indicated in solid lines in Fig. 2, in which
the beaters relative to the mixing bowl. position the bowl may be removed from the
ring, it being clear of header 9 and the parts
30 Another object of my invention is to pro carried thereby. - 85
· , vide a means whereby the beaters may be de By a suitable novel mechanism, beaters 18
tached readily from their operating devices are secured to rotate with beater shafts 10
so as to facilitate the removal of the bowl. and to coöperate with bowl 16 in the mixing
Another object of my invention is to pro operation.
vide means for protecting the mixture in the operation of Inbeaters
order to secure proper co
18 with the sides of the 90
bowl from oil or other foreign matter which bowl, it is necessary that they be adjustable
may be on the operating mechanism. with reference to the bowl, and in order to
A further object of my invention is to Swing the bowl out into clear position, it is
provide an improved attaching means for necessary that the beaters be capable of
40 the stirring members, quick and easy detachment from their 95
A still further object of my invention is
mountings. The mechanism now to be de
to provide an improved mounting for a beat
ing instrument known as a whip which is used results, is adapted- to secure these desirable
scribed
for frothing up eggs, and similar purposes. The lower ends of beater shafts 10 are
- 45 Other and further objects of my invention milled down square, as shown at 10. 00
will be obvious, or hereinafter pointed out. Mounted to rotate on each of beater shafts :
By reference to the drawings it will be 10 is a handnut 19 in the form of a sleeve,
understood that my invention contemplates each secured on its respective shaft by a
a suitable support or casing 1, upon which is collar 20 secured to the shaft. Mounted to
50 mounted a driving shaft 2, the operation of slide vertically on the milled portion 10 05
which may be controlled from any suitable. of each beater shaft 10 is foot member 21.
clutch and change-speed mechanism. The Hand nut 19 and foot member 21 are pro
casing or support 1 carries bearings. 4, in vided with coöperating threads, so that when
which is journaled a vertical shaft 5. This hand nut 19 is rotated foot mémber 21 will
55 shaft is provided with suitable thrust bear be moved upward or downward on milled 110
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portion 10 of its beater shaft 10. Wertical 32 by a suitable screw 37, by which it may
displacement of hand nut 19 is prevented be drawn up within the skirt portion 32. 60
by the engagement of wing thumb screw 22 Clamping disk 36 is provided with concen
in an annular groove 24 provided in collar trically arranged channels 38, through which
5 20, and when the proper adjustment of foot the whips 35 pass, the whips are inserted
member 21 is secured, the parts will be held through channels 38 and their ends seated
in proper position by the tightening of wing in seats 34. The screw 37 is then tightened 65
thumb screw 22 to prevent rotation of hand to draw the clamping disk 36 upwardly,
nut 19. which tends to move channels 38 and seats
O Foot members 21 are provided with pins 34 out of alinement, with the result that
25 which are adapted to coöperate with pin the whips 35 are tightly clamped in the
slots 26 in the beater supports 27, to which mountling. 70
the beaters 18 are secured. The beaters are Having thus shown and described one
Secured to the beater shafts 10 by inserting form thereof, I claim as my invention the
5 pins 25 in the enlarged portions of pin slots following, with the understanding that as
26, and then rotating the beaters so as to set out in the following claims, my inven
move the Smaller portions of pin slots 26 tion is to be construed as comprehending not 75
into engagement with pins 25 under the only the specific form shown, but all modi
heads of such pins. The beater supports are fications thereof within the scope of me
20 held in this position by suitable screws 28 chanical skill.
which prevent the movement of beater sup 1. In a mixing machine, the combination
ports 27 relative to foot members 21. of a beater shaft, means for actuating it to 80
The beaters may be quickly and readily give a stirring movement, a sleeve member
detached from beater shafts 10 by loosening revolubly mounted adjacent the extremity
25 the screws 28 and then rotating the beater of said shaft, a foot member slidable on the
supports 27 or reversely rotating beater shaft and secured for rotation therewith,
shafts 10 so as to disengage pins 25 from said foot member having a portion movable 85
the narrow portions of slots 26, and then within the said sleeve ahd having screw
by freeing hand nuts 19 and then rotating thread engagement therewith, and means for
30 them to retract foot members 21 upwardly securing a stirring blade to said foot mem
away from the beaters. This upward move ber.
ment of foot members 21 also elevates them 2. In a machine of the class described, 90
clear of bowl 16 so that the same may be beater shaft, a sleeve member and a foot .
swung clear, as above described. The up member telescopically mounted thereon, the
35 ward and downward movement of foot mem former being revoluble on the shaft and the
bers 21, as just described, also serves to ad latter being held for rotation with the shaft,
just beaters 18 relative to the sides and bot said sleeve member and said foot member 95
tom of bowl 16. having adjustable interengagement, and
. . . Seated on beater shafts 10 below the lower means for securing a stirring blade to the
40 extremities of header 9 are oil collars 29. foot member. *
Each of these is formed with an annular 3. In a machine of the class described, a
interior chamber-like portion which may be rotatable beater shaft, a foot member there OO
- tapped from the outward by an i aperture ' on, a beater including a Supporting partin
closed by tap screw 31. Any oil which may the form of a plate adapted to fit against the
45 run down beater shafts 10 is caught by these foot member, said foot member and said
oil collars 29, and held in the chambers 30 supporting plate being provided with inter
until removed through the taps. This pre engaging portions disposed non-axially...of 105
vents any oil running down into the mixing the shaft and releasable by relative rotation
bowl while the device is in operation. of the beater and the shaft, and adjustable
50 For the purpose of whipping eggs or means for holding said parts against rela
cream a special form of mounting is pro tive rotation.
vided, as illustrated in Fig. 4. This mount In testimony whereof I hereunto afix my 10
ing comprises the support member 32 which signature in the presence of two witnesses,
is provided with concentrically disposed this 19th day of April, 1913.
55 seats 34 adapted to receive the ends of the WILLIAM G. KRCHHOFF.
whips 35. The support 32 has a depending Witnesses:
skirt portion 32, within which fits a clamp M. P. SMITH,
ing disk 36. This is secured to the support C. S. BUTLER.