Hand-held stick blender comprising housing shells that are connected by a tensioned cover
View Patent ↗A hand-held kitchen appliance, in particular a stick blender, comprising a housing with at least one first housing shell, a second housing shell and a fixing element for connecting the two housing shells. According to the invention, the fixing element comprises a tensioning element, which engages with the first housing shell at least at two separate fixing points, pressing the first housing shell against the second housing shell at said two points. The kitchen appliance and the method for producing the same are characterized by a particularly simple construction and produce an excellent seal for the housing despite the use of a reduced number of screw connections.
1. A hand-held kitchen appliance comprising:
a substantially cylindrical housing shell having
a first housing shell portion,
a second housing shell portion, and
a housing clamping cover, the housing clamping cover including a connecting assembly for fixedly connecting the first housing shell portion and the second housing shell portion together, the connecting assembly including a clamping element for engaging the first housing shell portion on at least two separate fixing points of the first housing shell portion and biasing the first housing shell portion against the second housing shell portion at the at least two separate fixing points.
2. The kitchen appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the housing clamping cover is separate from the first housing shell portion and the second housing shell portion and is connected to the first housing shell portion and the second housing shell portion along a connecting line in a gap-free manner.
3. The kitchen appliance according to claim 2 , wherein the housing clamping cover clamps the first housing shell portion and the second housing shell portion together.
4. The kitchen appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the clamping element includes at least three connecting elements including a first connecting element, a second connecting element and a third connecting element, wherein the clamping element is fixed, by the first connecting element and the second connecting element of the clamping element, on the first housing shell portion and the clamping element is fixed, by the third connecting element of the clamping element, on the second housing shell portion.
5. The kitchen appliance according to claim 4 , wherein the first housing shell portion and the second housing shell portion each include a connecting holder formed thereon and the first connecting element and the second connecting element are each formed by a connecting projection with each connecting projection configured for engaging a respective housing shell portion in a respective connecting holder.
6. The kitchen appliance according to claim 4 , wherein the third connecting element is configured for connection using a screw.
7. The kitchen appliance according claim 4 , further comprising a fourth connecting element for fixing the clamping element to one of the first housing shell portion and the second housing shell portion, wherein the fourth connecting element is formed on the clamping element.
8. The kitchen appliance according claim 1 , wherein the first housing shell portion and the second housing shell portion are connectable to one another along a first connecting line formed along respective edges of the first housing shell portion and the second housing shell portion with the connection being facilitated by at least a combination of a housing groove and a housing spring.
9. The kitchen appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the first housing shell portion and the second housing shell portion include a plurality of clip elements for connecting the first housing shell portion and the second housing shell portion together.
10. The kitchen appliance according claim 1 , wherein the kitchen appliance is formed as an electrically powered stick blender.
11. The kitchen appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the first housing shell portion and the second housing shell portion are each configured substantially as half-shells.
12. The kitchen appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the two fixing points are spaced from one another at a distance of at least about 2 cm to at least about 4 cm.
13. The kitchen appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the kitchen appliance is a stick blender.
14. A method for producing a kitchen appliance having a first housing shell portion, a second housing shell portion and a housing clamping cover wherein the first housing shell portion, the second housing shell portion and the housing clamping cover form a substantially closed, substantially cylindrical housing assembly, the method comprising:
assembling the first housing shell portion and the second housing shell portion along a connecting line formed by edges formed respectively on the first housing shell portion and the second housing shell portion;
engaging the housing clamping cover with the first housing shell portion on at least two separate fixing points formed on the first housing shell portion; and
pressing the first housing shell portion and the second housing shell portion together using the housing clamping cover in a manner wherein the first housing shell portion is pressed against the second housing shell portion on the at least two separate fixing points.
15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the kitchen appliance is a stick blender.