A micro puree machine has a microswitch for interacting with projections on a bowl to alert the user that the bowl has been installed correctly to the machine housing. The microswitch also interacts with a plunger of a lid and blade assembly to alert the user that the blade has been properly assembled to the lid.

A child-friendly mixing apparatus for mixing various food substances is disclosed. The mixing apparatus includes a container with an opening, a lid that fits into the opening, and a mixing assembly. The lid includes a centrally located hole that has shaped sides. The mixing assembly includes a housing, a motor within the housing, a mixing attachment that is rotated by the motor, and at least one button that turns the motor on and off. The housing may have a substantially flat top. The mixing attachment fits through the lid hole and the lower end of the mixing assembly rests against the shaped sides of the lid hole. The mixing attachment may include fins to prevent breakage when it is removed from the container. The button is located on the portion of the mixing assembly that rests against the curved sides of the lid hole, and is actuated when the mixing assembly is put in its operating position and a small downward force is applied. A mixing kit is also disclosed, the mixing kit including a straw adapter and a measuring spoon in addition to the mixing apparatus.

A heating arrangement for a cooking appliance comprises a heating element, a container, a container receiving member, and a cooling element configured to directly cool both the heating element and the container when the container is received in the container receiving member.

The invention relates to a hand-held electrically driven domestic appliance and to a corresponding method for controlling the hand-held electrically driven domestic appliance. The domestic appliance includes an electric motor for driving the domestic appliance; a control unit for controlling the motor; a first actuation element for outputting a first control signal to the control unit in order to select a motor control mode; and a second actuation element for outputting a second control signal to the control unit. The control unit is designed to select a motor actuation mode from the specified motor actuation modes on the basis of the first control signal, and the control unit is designed to determine a motor actuation signal to be output to the motor on the basis of the selected motor actuation mode and the second control signal.

A versatile food processing system that can work with plurality of top-mounted food processing units of different types and sizes is disclosed. The motor base of the food processing system has a locking mechanism and safety actuators at different radial locations so that food processing units of different sizes can utilities the safety mechanism. One particular processing unit is especially useful for making noodles and vegetable strips. The processing unit comprises a stationary outer vessel and a rotating inner vessel. Blades are located on an inner lid of the inner vessel. The inner vessel spins in unison with the inner lid without a central shaft to avoid harm caused by the shaft to the quality of the resulting noodles.

A micro puree machine including a housing, a power shaft, a bowl assembly and a platform. The power shaft extends from the housing. The bowl assembly including at least one locking bowl element. The platform includes at least one complementary locking platform element that is configured to engage the at least one locking bowl element such that rotation of the bowl assembly relative to the platform is prevented at times the bowl assembly is positioned thereon. The platform is rotatable from a first position to a second position relative to the housing such that the platform raises the bowl assembly towards the power shaft during the rotation of the bowl assembly and platform. The raising of the bowl assembly facilitates connection between the power shaft and a blade assembly that is positioned in a lid assembly on the bowl assembly. A blade assembly detection system detects proper positioning of the blade assembly within the lid assembly.

The invention relates to a hand-held electrically driven domestic appliance and to a corresponding method for controlling the hand-held electrically driven domestic appliance. The domestic appliance includes an electric motor for driving the domestic appliance; a control unit for controlling the motor; a first actuation element for outputting a first control signal to the control unit in order to select a motor control mode; and a second actuation element for outputting a second control signal to the control unit. The control unit is designed to select a motor actuation mode from the specified motor actuation modes on the basis of the first control signal, and the control unit is designed to determine a motor actuation signal to be output to the motor on the basis of the selected motor actuation mode and the second control signal.

The present invention relates to household food-processing devices. In order to provide a household food-processing device with a mounting system ensuring that it is not possible to touch the processing tool in an operating state, a household food-processing device (10) is provided that comprises a base unit (12), a processing tool unit (14) with a processing tool (18) for processing supplied food, and a receiving unit (16) with a receiving volume (20) for receiving the processed food. The base unit provides a driving force for actuating the processing tool. The receiving unit is mountable to the processing tool unit, and the base unit is mountable to the processing tool unit. The processing tool unit is provided with a safety mounting mechanism (38) defining a mounting order, according to which the base unit is mountable to the processing tool unit only when the receiving unit is mounted to the processing tool unit; and according to which the de-mounting of the receiving unit from the processing tool unit is blocked when the base unit is mounted to the processing tool unit.

A food mixing machine includes a head extending over a bowl receiving location, the head including an output shaft driven in a planetary manner and configured to receive a mixing tool, and a sensor system configured for detecting (i) a bowl identifier of a radio frequency identification component carried by a bowl mounted at the bowl receiving location and (ii) a mixing tool identifier of a radio frequency identification component carried by a mixing tool connected to the output shaft. Control actions based upon the detected bowl identifier and the detected mixing tool identifier are then carried out.

A heating arrangement for a cooking appliance comprises a heating element, a container, a container receiving member, and a cooling element configured to directly cool both the heating element and the container when the container is received in the container receiving member.