ADAPTER FOR WORKING IMPLEMENTS

• US 3,640,641 A
• Filed: 10/10/1969
• Issued: 02/08/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/1969
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Guy D. Fitzhugh
• Original Assignee: Guy D. Fitzhugh
• Inventors: Fitzhugh, Guy D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Schwadron, Martin P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Schimikowski, Clemens
• Application Number:
  US04/865,427
• Time in Patent Office: 851 Days
• Field of Search: 416/62,76,70,71,17HM 259/DIG.35
• US Class Current: 416/62
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 43/07 Parts or details, e.g. mixing tools, whipping tools

Abstract

An adapter removably attaching working or cleaning implements to a portable, power-driven beater or to a tubular grip handle for alternative powered rotation and manual manipulation. The mounting body of the adapter is held in abutment with the end of the beater shank and is provided with torque transmitting prongs that extend between and axially beyond the beater blades. Cam enlargements on the ends of the prongs releasably hold the adapter on the beater.

Claims

1. In combination with a power driven beater having an elongated shank and a plurality of blades connected to the shank at one end and at a location axially spaced therefrom, an adapter for attaching work implements to the beater comprising a mounting body having an end face, at least two elastically deformable prongs extending from the body adapted to be received between the blades, and cam means mounted on the prongs and engageable with the blades on a side of said location on the shank remoTe from said one end of the shank for holding the end face of the mounting body in abutment with said one end of the shank, said cam means comprising enlargements formed on the prongs projecting radially inward therefrom and axially spaced from the end face of the body a distance greater than the axial length of the blades.

2. The combination of claim 1 wherein said enlargements abut each other in the undeformed state of the prongs.

3. The combination of claim 1 wherein said prongs have radially outer faces and converging sides, the radially outer faces forming portions of a substantially cylindrical surface in an undeformed state of the prongs and said converging sides being engageable with the blades in a laterally deformed state of the prongs.

4. The combination of claim 3 wherein said enlargements abut each other in the undeformed state of the prongs.

5. In combination with a beater blade assembly having a predetermined longitudinal dimension, an adapter comprising a mounting body adapted to abut the beater blade assembly, at least two elastically deflectable prongs extending longitudinally from the body, and enlargements formed on said prongs projecting radially inwardly toward confronting portions spaced longitudinally from the body a distance greater than said predetermined longitudinal dimension of the beater blade assembly, said enlargements adapted to engage the beater blade assembly with the prongs deflected radially outward to thereby hold the adapter on the blade assembly.

6. The combination of claim 5 wherein said confronting portions of the enlargements abut each other in the undeformed state of the prongs to form a rigid core for a tubular handle.