ACCESSORY SOCKET ASSEMBLY
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1. An accessory socket assembly for a mixer, the assembly comprising:
- an accessory shaft including a threaded end and a non-threaded end,a first pin extending at a central portion between the threaded end and non-threaded end, the first pin having a first pin end;
an accessory socket including a bore sized to receive the accessory shaft, the bore having a first end and a second end;
the accessory socket having at least a first angular J-slot in a peripheral wall at the first end of the bore, the first J-slot including an upper wall and first and second pin retention walls between which the first pin end of the accessory shaft is received when inserted into the bore.
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Abstract
An accessory socket assembly for a mixer is provided. The assembly includes an accessory shaft, with a threaded end and a non-threaded end and with at least a first pin therebetween, and an accessory socket, with a bore sized to receive the accessory shaft. The accessory socket has at least a first J-slot in the bore. The first J-slot including an upper wall and first and second pin retention walls, and being sized to receive the first pin of the accessory shaft when the shaft is inserted into the bore. Methods of inserting the accessory shaft into the accessory socket, and attaching an accessory are also provided.
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28 Claims
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1. An accessory socket assembly for a mixer, the assembly comprising:
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an accessory shaft including a threaded end and a non-threaded end, a first pin extending at a central portion between the threaded end and non-threaded end, the first pin having a first pin end; an accessory socket including a bore sized to receive the accessory shaft, the bore having a first end and a second end; the accessory socket having at least a first angular J-slot in a peripheral wall at the first end of the bore, the first J-slot including an upper wall and first and second pin retention walls between which the first pin end of the accessory shaft is received when inserted into the bore. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of inserting an accessory shaft into an accessory socket in a mixer, the method comprising:
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providing the accessory shaft and the accessory socket, the accessory shaft including a threaded end and a non-threaded end, the shaft including at least a first pin at a central portion between the threaded end and non-threaded end, the accessory socket including a bore sized to receive the accessory shaft, the bore having a first end and a second end, the accessory socket having at least a first J-slot in a peripheral wall at the first end of the bore, the first J-slot including an upper wall and first and second pin retention walls; inserting the accessory shaft into the accessory socket; and rotating the accessory shaft into a locking position with the first pin received between the first and second pin retention walls. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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- 22. A mixer comprising a mixer body carrying a rotatable accessory socket, the accessory socket including a generally cylindrical wall bounding an internal bore having an open end, and a slot formed in the cylindrical wall at the open end of the bore, the slot being sized and configured to receive and secure a pin of an accessory shaft when the accessory shaft is inserted into the open end of the bore and to impart rotary motion of the accessory socket to the accessory shaft through the pin.
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27. A method of inserting and seating an accessory shaft in a central bore of an accessory socket of a mixer, the method comprising:
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moving the accessory shaft into an open end of the central bore; rotating the accessory shaft a predetermined amount; and
,moving the accessory shaft back toward the open end of the accessory socket. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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