US 12,458,030 B2
Kneading machine having a tongs locking mechanism for fixing a bowl trolley
Hashem Ghani, Osnabrück (DE)
Assigned to DIOSNA DIERKS & SÖHNE GMBH, Osnabrück (DE)
Filed by DIOSNA Dierks & Söhne GmbH, Osnabrück (DE)
Filed on Mar. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/691,800.
Application 17/691,800 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2020/075202, filed on Sep. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19196453 (EP), filed on Sep. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0192202 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. A21C 1/00 (2006.01); A21C 1/14 (2006.01); B01F 35/42 (2022.01)
CPC A21C 1/149 (2013.01) [B01F 35/422 (2022.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A kneading machine comprising:
a removable bowl trolley; and
a tongs locking device to fix and immobilize the bowl trolley; wherein
the tongs locking device includes tongs with two arms which, in a closed position, fix and immobilize the bowl trolley in a predefined position and, in an open position, release the bowl trolley for removal; and
the tongs locking device includes a linear drive with an adjustment direction and a lever system adjustable by the linear drive, the two arms of the tongs being rotatably fastened to the lever system and being adjustable by the linear drive between a closed and an open position of the tongs locking device.