Foot of a device, in particular of a table-top kitchen appliance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9976690-B2
Application number	US-201514932048-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 4, 2015
Priority date	Nov 6, 2014
Publication date	May 22, 2018
Grant date	May 22, 2018

Abstract

The invention relates to a foot ( 6 ) of a device, in particular of a table-top kitchen appliance ( 1 ), wherein the device has a housing ( 5 ) comprising an appendage ( 9 ), which projects downwards in the case of a common setup, which rests on a foot part ( 12 ), which forms a base ( 10 ), by interlaying a soft part ( 25 ), wherein the soft part ( 25 ) is received in a shell section ( 18 ) of the foot part ( 12 ), which is open to the top, and the appendage, which projects into the shell section, is also movably received in the shell section at right angles to a deflection movement as a result of a weight force of the device, wherein the soft part furthermore forms an upper impact surface ( 27 ) for the appendage ( 9 ). To attain a better position of the device in response to movement, it is proposed that, starting at the impact surface, the soft part ( 25 ) is to also be embodied without a weight-loading by the appendage ( 9 ), also laterally to the appendage ( 9 ) on the top.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A foot of a device for supporting the device on a floor, the device having a housing, wherein the foot comprises:
an appendage of the housing,
a foot part forming a base,
a shell section resting on the foot part, a soft part received by the shell section, and an overlap disc,
wherein the base in use is in direct contact with the floor,
wherein the shell section is open toward a top portion of the shell section,
wherein the appendage projects into the shell section,
wherein the appendage is movably received in the shell section at right angles to a deflection movement as a result of a weight force of the device,
wherein the soft part furthermore forms an upper impact surface for the appendage, wherein a top part of a lateral portion of the soft part is embodied without a weight-loading by the appendage,
wherein the lateral portion of the soft part starts at an end of the upper impact surface, wherein the top part of the lateral portion of the soft part extends upwards higher than the upper impact surface,
wherein the appendage is supported so as to be cushioned in all impact-relevant directions via the soft part,
wherein the appendage comprises an appendage base and a tube section connected to the appendage base, the appendage base comprising an upward-oriented surface, the tube section being oriented vertically downwards with respect to the appendage base and overlapping with the shell section,
wherein the shell section comprises a journal molded in one piece with the shell section, the journal being cylindrical and having a circular cross-section,
wherein the journal centrally permeates the tube section of the appendage and projects beyond a plane of the appendage base,
wherein the journal centrally permeates the overlap disc and the overlap disc rests against the upward-oriented surface of the appendage base, and
wherein the shell section is mounted to the appendage in a positive manner via the overlap disc.

2. The foot according to claim 1 , further comprising a hard part, wherein the appendage rests on the soft part via the hard part, wherein the hard part is clamp-mounted by the lateral portion of the soft part, wherein the appendage is received in the shell section so as to be vertically movable, and wherein the appendage is also received in the shell section so as to be horizontally movable.

3. The foot according to claim 1 , wherein the appendage interacts with the soft part by resting on the upper impact surface of the soft part and by interacting with a free side surface of the soft part, in response to a relative movability of the appendage to the side surface.

4. The foot according to claim 1 , wherein the foot part comprises a rubber-like soft material, wherein the soft part comprises a foam, wherein a thickness of material of the soft part corresponds to at least twice a thickness of the foot part, and wherein the thickness of the material of the soft part and the thickness of the foot part are measured in a direction of a weight force absorbed by the foot part.

5. The foot according to claim 1 , wherein the shell section rests on a lower soft part or
wherein the soft part is embodied in a circular ring-shaped manner or
wherein a lower soft part or the foot part is embodied in a circular disk-shaped manner.

6. The foot according to claim 1 , wherein the soft part is designed at least partially in a circular ring-shaped manner.

7. The foot according to claim 1 , wherein material of the soft part and the overlap of the appendage to the soft part is chosen or adjusted, respectively, in such a manner that when the foot stands on the floor a reset force of 5 N or more is reached in response to a horizontal displacement of 1 mm.

8. The foot according to claim 1 , wherein when the foot stands on the floor a reset force of the foot in response to a horizontal displacement increases disproportionately with an increasing horizontal displacement.

Assignees

• Vorwerk Co Interholding

Inventors

• Cornelissen Markus

Classifications

• A47B91/06

  Gliders or the like · CPC title

• F16F1/445

  the spring material being contained in a generally closed space (F16F1/393 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F16M7/00 Primary

  Details of attaching or adjusting engine beds, frames, or supporting-legs on foundation or base; Attaching non-moving engine parts, e.g. cylinder blocks (elastic or equivalent mounting for absorbing vibrations F16F, especially F16F15/04) · CPC title

• F16M2200/08

  Foot or support base · CPC title

• A47B91/04

  Elastic supports · CPC title