A self-propelled floor processing device with an optical distance measuring device for detecting a distance between the floor processing device and an obstacle in the environment. The distance measuring device has a first triangulation device with a first light source, a first light receiver and a first lens, a second triangulation device with a second light source, a second light receiver and a second lens, and an evaluation device. Each lens bundles light of the light source reflected by an obstacle in the direction of the allocated light receiver, and images it on an imaging location on the light receiver. The evaluation device determines a distance to the obstacle based on the imaging location. The first triangulation device detects an obstacle in a close distance range to the floor processing device, and the second triangulation device detects an obstacle in a long distance range to the floor processing device.
A self-propelled floor processing device includes a base body, a driving device, and an obstacle detection device for detecting a collision between the floor processing device and an obstacle, wherein the obstacle detection device has a bumper arranged in a protruding position on the base body, as well as at least one impact sensor allocated to the bumper. The impact sensor is configured to detect a displacement of the bumper relative to the base body. In order to create an obstacle detection device that functions optimally independently of a position and direction of a force acting from outside, the bumper is mounted to the base body via at least one swivel joint.
A47L 11/40 - Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups , or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers or levers
A47L 9/28 - Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
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METHOD FOR OPERATING A SELF-PROPELLED CLEANING DEVICE AND SELF-PROPELLED CLEANING DEVICE
A method for operating a self-propelled cleaning device is proposed, wherein the cleaning device comprises a preferably hinged cover and a distance meter for measuring the distance of the cleaning device from objects in its environment. According to the invention, the distance meter is used to detect an open position of the cover.
A47L 9/28 - Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
The invention relates to a food processor (300) for preparing at least one food product (10), comprising a drive (330) configured to set at least one preparation tool (100, 400) in motion, a preparation tool (100) configured as a flow generator (100) for flowing air in the vessel (320) towards the at least one food product (10), a vessel (320) configured to contain the at least one food product (10), the vessel (320) comprising a vessel heater (310) configured to heat the air enclosed in the vessel (320), wherein the vessel heater (310) is integrated in a bottom of the vessel (320). Furthermore, the invention relates to a method of operating a food processor (300).
A47J 43/07 - Parts or details, e.g. mixing tools, whipping tools
A47J 43/046 - Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs, e.g. power-driven with tools driven from the bottom side
A recipe program with a plurality of recipe instructions for the preparation of a food product includes recipe instructions to be executed by a multifunction cooking apparatus as controlled by a recipe execution engine. A recipe instruction analyzer module analyzes a recipe instruction with regard to parameters (cooking mode, temperature, ingredients) of the recipe instruction. A cleaning mode determination module determines suitable cleaning mode(s) dependent on the results of the analysis by using a decision module which associates one or more cleaning modes with the parameters. A cleaning mode selector module selects, in accordance with predefined selection rules, a particular cleaning mode from the suitable cleaning mode(s). A cleaning execution module executes the selected cleaning mode after completed execution of the respective recipe instruction if the respective recipe instruction is not associated with a non-cleaning indicator in the recipe program.
A technique to operating a kitchen system for at least partially automatic preparation of food, a kitchen system and a computer program product are proposed, wherein one or more preparation parameters for one or more preparation steps and/or one or more kitchen appliances of the kitchen system to be used for the preparation are determined, adjusted and/or selected automatically and using a database system.
An electric motor, in particular for a kitchen machine, is proposed, wherein the rotor of the electric motor comprises a mounting device for mounting permanent magnets inserted in the rotor. The mounting device has a base body and flexible fixing elements projecting from the base body for fixing the permanent magnets, which press the permanent magnets in the radial direction against corresponding stops. Alternatively or additionally, the mounting device can form receiving chambers for receiving overdosed adhesive when bonding the permanent magnets. Further, a kitchen machine having a corresponding electric motor is proposed. Furthermore, a method for assembling an electric motor is proposed in which a permanent magnet is adhesively bonded. For this purpose, a mounting device is used which presses the permanent magnet in the radial direction against a corresponding stop by means of a fixing element in order to fix the permanent magnet during the curing of adhesive, and/or which receives overdosed adhesive in a receiving chamber.
H02K 15/03 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining or repairing of dynamo-electric machines of stator or rotor bodies having permanent magnets
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ELECTRIC MOTOR, KITCHEN MACHINE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD
An electric motor, in particular for a kitchen machine, is proposed, wherein the stator of the electric motor has a stator core, a plurality of coils and a coil carrier. The coil carrier is produced in one piece by injection molding onto the stator core and has at least one holder arranged radially on the outside of the stator core, the holder holding a connection device and/or a sensor device. Further, a kitchen machine having a corresponding electric motor is proposed. Furthermore, a method of manufacturing an electric motor is proposed, in which a coil carrier of the stator is produced by injection molding to a stator core, the coil carrier being produced with at least one holder arranged radially outside the stator core and adapted to hold a connection device and/or a sensor device.
H02K 15/02 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining or repairing of dynamo-electric machines of stator or rotor bodies
H02K 3/50 - Fastening of winding heads, equalising connectors, or connections thereto
H02K 11/20 - Structural association of dynamo-electric machines with electric components or with devices for shielding, monitoring or protection for measuring, monitoring, testing, protecting or switching
H02K 15/12 - Impregnating, heating or drying of windings, stators, rotors or machines
The present disclosure relates to food processors for preparing a food in a food preparation vessel by mixing, chopping and/or heating and to an extractor module for a food processor. A food processor for preparing a food in a food preparation vessel by mixing, chopping and/or heating comprises the food preparation vessel, an intake opening, a filter and a suction device with which fume from a food preparation in the food preparation vessel can be sucked in through the intake opening and conveyed through the filter. In this way, a space-saving and convenient possibility for the extraction of generated fume is created.
The present disclosure relates to a mobile range hood with a housing, a filter and a suction device, wherein the filter and suction device are arranged in the housing, wherein the housing comprises an inlet for air, wherein the suction device is configured such that the suction device can convey air from outside through the air inlet and through the filter, characterized in that the range hood is longer than high and wide and is not longer than 60 cm or not longer than 50 cm or not longer than 40 cm.
Embodiments provide a method for obstacle avoidance in a mobile robot. Images of objects are captured with mobile robot image sensors with a floor level perspective. Data corresponding to the images is used to train a neural network. The identified objects are classified by indicating whether the objects are a potential hazard. In one embodiment, an image sensor on a robot provides intensity and depth data for each of a plurality of pixels of the images. The intensity and depth data are fused to produce fused data. The fused data is then used to train the neural network.
A47L 11/40 - Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups , or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers or levers
G05D 1/02 - Control of position or course in two dimensions
G06V 10/56 - Extraction of image or video features relating to colour
G06V 10/75 - Image or video pattern matching; Proximity measures in feature spaces using context analysis; Selection of dictionaries
G06V 10/80 - Fusion, i.e. combining data from various sources at the sensor level, preprocessing level, feature extraction level or classification level
G06V 10/82 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using neural networks
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FOOD PREPARATION APPARATUS WITH PROTECTION DEVICE AGAINST OVERHEATING
The present disclosure relates to a food preparation apparatus with a thermistor as a heating device for heating a food by the food preparation apparatus, with a temperature sensor for measuring a real temperature generated by the heating and a protection device which is configured such that it switches off the heating device or at least reduces the heating power of the heating device when a temperature is determined by the temperature sensor, which is above a first predetermined temperature, characterized in that the food preparation apparatus is configured such that a temperature is also determined by means of the thermistor and the protection device is configured such that it also switches off the heating device depending on the determined temperature or at least reduces the heating power of the heating device depending on the determined temperature, which is determined by means of the thermistor.
The present disclosure relates to a food preparation apparatus with a thermistor as a heating device for heating a food by the food preparation apparatus, with a temperature sensor for measuring a real temperature generated by the heating and a protection device which is configured such that it switches off the heating device or at least reduces the heating power of the heating device when a temperature is determined by the temperature sensor, which is above a first predetermined temperature, characterized in that the food preparation apparatus is configured such that a temperature is also determined by means of the thermistor and the protection device is configured such that it also switches off the heating device depending on the determined temperature or at least reduces the heating power of the heating device depending on the determined temperature, which is determined by means of the thermistor.
With little technical effort, it can thus be reliably avoided that the food preparation apparatus can become excessively hot.
The invention relates to a kitchen appliance system with a base unit having a housing, a controller and a communication interface, and with at least one accessory having an identifier. In order to increase user-friendliness, it is proposed that a detector is provided and configured to detect an identifier of at least one accessory and to forward corresponding information to the controller, that a position detector is provided and configured to detect the position of the at least one accessory in relation to the base unit and/or in relation to a further accessory and to forward corresponding information to the controller, in that the controller is configured to recognise an accessory and its position on the basis of the forwarded information, and in that the controller is configured to automatically confirm a proper position or change in position of a recognised accessory and, in the event of an undetermined position or change in position or in the event of an undetected position or change in position, to automatically confirm the position of the accessory, position change or in the case of an unrecognised accessory, to output a corresponding user message. Also described are a corresponding method, a control system for controlling a kitchen appliance system and a corresponding computer program.
A47J 36/32 - Time-controlled igniting mechanisms or alarm devices
A47J 43/046 - Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs, e.g. power-driven with tools driven from the bottom side
A47J 43/07 - Parts or details, e.g. mixing tools, whipping tools
15.
Kitchen Appliance System and Method of Operating a Kitchen Appliance System
The invention relates to a kitchen appliance system with a base unit including a housing, a control device and a communication interface and with at least one accessory including an identifier. In order to improve user-friendliness, provision is made for a detection device which is configured to detect an identifier of at least one accessory. The control device is configured to control an identifier which is detected by the detection device with at least one identifier from a database, to provide at least one operation mode associated with an identifier from the database matching the detected identifier via the communication interface as a quick start mode. The invention further relates to a method of operating a kitchen appliance system and a corresponding computer program.
A47J 43/046 - Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs, e.g. power-driven with tools driven from the bottom side
A47J 43/07 - Parts or details, e.g. mixing tools, whipping tools
A47J 36/32 - Time-controlled igniting mechanisms or alarm devices
G06F 3/0484 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
16.
Kitchen Appliance System and Method of Automatic Taring for a Kitchen Appliance System
The invention relates to a kitchen appliance system with a base unit having a housing and with at least one accessory having an identification feature. A weighing module configured for recording a gross weight and a control device are provided at the base unit. Furthermore, a detection device configured to detect an identification feature of at least one accessory is provided at the base unit, and the control device is configured to detect a change in position of the at least one accessory relative to the base unit relative to the base unit, to retrieve weight information corresponding to an identification feature detected by the detection device, and to calculate a net weight based on a gross weight detected by the weighing module and taking into account the weight information. A corresponding method is also described.
G01G 23/16 - Devices for determining tare weight or for cancelling out the tare by zeroising, e.g. mechanically operated electrically or magnetically operated
G01G 19/56 - Weighing apparatus combined with other objects, e.g. with furniture combined with handles of tools or of household implements
A47J 36/32 - Time-controlled igniting mechanisms or alarm devices
A47J 43/046 - Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs, e.g. power-driven with tools driven from the bottom side
A47J 43/07 - Parts or details, e.g. mixing tools, whipping tools
17.
Kitchen Appliance, Accessory for a Kitchen Appliance, System and Method for Operating a Kitchen Appliance
The invention relates to a kitchen appliance with a base unit including a housing, an electric motor, a detector, a controller and a communication interface, and with at least one accessory having an identification feature. The controller is configured to recognise an accessory on the basis of a detected identification feature and to display corresponding cooking information and also, on the first use of this accessory, to then automatically register it in a database. Also described are a system including a Kitchen appliance and having a database, an accessory having an integrated data carrier, an operating method and a computer program.
H04W 4/80 - Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
A preparation vessel arranged on a kitchen appliance base of a kitchen appliance, having at least one preparation space, at least one lid for closing the preparation space, at least one actuator element, and at least one actuating means, wherein the actuator element is movably mounted in an interface area relative to the kitchen appliance base, the actuating means being actuated by the actuator element, and the lid configured to lock or unlock by actuating the actuating means. A kitchen appliance having a preparation vessel is also provided. The preparation vessel and a kitchen appliance, which functions for the preparation of food with an enhanced ease of operation and high user safety, are realized in that at least one valve and at least one valve actuating are provided, and that the valve actuating means can at least be indirectly actuated with the actuating means.
The application relates to an accessory for a kitchen appliance, the kitchen appliance including a reading arrangement having a reading controller and at least one reading antenna connectable to the reading controller, the accessory including at least one transponder arrangement, wherein the transponder arrangement includes a transponder and an accessory position sensor connected to the transponder, wherein the accessory position sensor is configured to detect at least one accessory position parameter of the accessory, and wherein the transponder arrangement is configured to transmit the detected accessory position parameter to the reading arrangement.
The application relates to container arrangement for a kitchen appliance including a food receiving element, and at least one lid configured to close an opening of the food receiving element, wherein the lid is movable relative to the food receiving element between a first operating position and a second operating position different from the first operating position, wherein the lid includes at least one reading antenna connected to a first lid contact and a second lid contact, wherein the lid includes at least one transponder positioned within range of the reading antenna, wherein the food receiving element includes at least a first pot connection extending between a first upper pot contact and a first lower pot contact and a second pot connection extending between a second upper pot contact and a second lower pot contact, wherein the first lower pot contact and the second lower pot contact are configured to electrically connect to a reading controller, wherein the first lid contact and the second lid contact are arranged such that an electrical connection is established between the first lid contact and the first upper pot contact and an electrical connection is established between the second lid contact and the second upper pot contact only in the second operating position.
The application relates to a container arrangement for a kitchen appliance including a food receiving element and at least one lid configured to close an opening of the food receiving element. The lid is movable relative to the food receiving element between a first operating position and a second operating position, between a first operating position and a second operating position different from the first operating position. The lid includes at least a first magnetic field-based counter element and wherein the food receiving element includes at least one magnetic field-based sensor element connectable to a detection device. The detection device is configured to detect a second operating state of the lid. The magnetic field-based sensor element is configured to output the first sensor datum only upon detection of the first magnetic field-based counter element in the detection range of the magnetic field-based sensor element. The first magnetic field-based counter element is configured in the lid such that the magnetic field-based counter element is in the detection range of the magnetic field-based sensor element only if the lid is in the second operating position.
A47J 43/07 - Parts or details, e.g. mixing tools, whipping tools
G01D 5/20 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member; Means for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for converting; Transducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means influencing the magnitude of a current or voltage by varying inductance, e.g. by a movable armature
A suction device with at least one fan for generating a suction air stream in a suction channel, at least one filter device for receiving suction material, at least one pressure measuring system and at least one control device, wherein the suction device is configured for coupling to a plurality of attachments on the suction channel, as well as a method for determining the filling level for a filter device of the suction device. The suction device and the method for determining the filling level ensures the most precise display possible of the filling level and also is simultaneously realizable in a cost-effective manner, in that the control device is configured and arranged for determining the filling level using at least one pressure measurement value and characteristic data, as well as for selecting the characteristic data used for the determination depending on the attachment connected to the suction device.
A47L 9/28 - Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
A suction device with at least one blower with a motor, at least one temperature sensor, and at least one control device. A method for operating a suction device as well as a computer program product is also provided. The suction device, as well as a method for operating a suction device and a computer program product, which prevents overheating of components within the suction device and simultaneously ensures energy efficiency, are realized in that the control device is designed and arranged to throttle or increase, at least temporarily, one operational parameter of the motor, depending on a comparison of a temperature value of the temperature sensor with at least one temperature threshold value.
A47L 9/28 - Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
G05D 23/19 - Control of temperature characterised by the use of electric means
A47L 5/28 - Suction cleaners with handles and nozzles fixed on the casings, e.g. wheeled suction cleaners with steering handle
24.
BATTERY-OPERATED FOOD THERMOMETER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD
The present disclosure relates to a food thermometer with a housing comprising a pointed end for a measurement of a temperature inside a product to be cooked. Inside the housing there is a battery arranged at the pointed end of the food thermometer. The battery is encased by a thermal insulation located between the housing and the battery.
The present disclosure relates to a food thermometer with a housing comprising a pointed end for a measurement of a temperature inside a product to be cooked. Inside the housing there is a battery arranged at the pointed end of the food thermometer. The battery is encased by a thermal insulation located between the housing and the battery.
The disclosure further relates to a method of manufacturing a food thermometer. Thermally insulating material is brought into a housing part of the housing of the food thermometer and heated. The battery is pushed into the heated thermally insulating material. The thermally insulating material is then cooled.
H01M 10/658 - Means for temperature control structurally associated with the cells by thermal insulation or shielding
H01M 50/22 - Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders characterised by the material of the casings or racks
25.
CONTROL DEVICE FOR A FOOD THERMOMETER AND SYSTEM COMPRISING CONTROL DEVICE AND FOOD THERMOMETER
The present disclosure relates to a control device for a food thermometer and a system comprising an electric food thermometer and the control device. By means of the control device, the energy consumption of the food thermometer can be kept low.
The present disclosure relates to a control device for a food thermometer and a system comprising an electric food thermometer and the control device. By means of the control device, the energy consumption of the food thermometer can be kept low.
The control device for a food thermometer, which can control the measurement of temperatures by the food thermometer, is configured such that intervals between temperature measurements by the food thermometer depending on the preparation of a food are controlled by the food thermometer.
A cleaning system has a base unit and a separably connected accessory device. The base unit has a detection device for detecting the type of accessory device connected to the base unit, a base memory and a control device for controlling an operating activity of the base unit and/or the accessory device depending on the type of connected accessory device. The accessory device has a configuration memory, in which configuration data for configuring the base unit and/or the accessory device for an operation of the cleaning system is stored. The control device of the base unit reads the configuration data stored in the configuration memory and stores this configuration data centrally in the base memory. The control device accesses the configuration data stored in the base memory for an operation of the cleaning system and adjusts the base unit and/or the accessory device based on the configuration data.
A47L 9/28 - Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
27.
RECHARGEABLE ELECTRIC FOOD THERMOMETER AND CHARGING DEVICE
The present disclosure relates to a food thermometer with a temperature sensor, with a rechargeable battery, with a coil through which the battery can be inductively charged. The food thermometer may comprise an elongated, liquid-tight container having an opening at an end face, wherein the opening is closed in a liquid-tight manner by a cap. The disclosure further relates to a charger for the food thermometer. The charger may be a food processor.
EXTRACTION INTERFACE FOR CONNECTING A FIRST FLOW CHANNEL TO A SECOND FLOW CHANNEL IN AN AIRTIGHT MANNER, BASE STATION WITH AN EXTRACTION INTERFACE AND SYSTEM CONSISTING OF A VACUUM CLEANING APPLIANCE AND A BASE STATION
An extraction interface for connecting a first flow channel to a second flow channel in an airtight manner has a main body with an extraction opening. The extraction opening has an opening plane and a sealing element that surrounds the extraction opening in the circumferential direction. In order to improve a sealing effect of the sealing element, the sealing element is an elastic bellows, which when viewed in a cross section oriented orthogonal to the opening plane has in a relaxed state of the sealing element an E-shape with at least one bending point, two legs that meet in the bending point and two leg end regions adjoining the legs. The leg end regions point radially outward in a direction facing away from the extraction opening and are connected to two locally separated connecting points of the main body.
A47L 11/40 - Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups , or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers or levers
A system has a floor processing device, a memory device and at least one accessory device for detachable connection with the floor processing device. The floor processing device has an acquisition device for acquiring the type of accessory device currently connected with the floor processing device, a user interface for receiving an operating specification for an operating parameter from a user, and a controller for controlling an operating activity according to the set operating parameter. The controller stores the operating parameter used last for a first operating activity together with information about the type of accessory device in the memory device and, after the accessory device has been disconnected from the floor processing device and then reconnected with the floor processing device, to access the stored operating parameter, and reset this operating parameter for a second operating activity to be performed chronologically after the first operating activity.
A47L 9/28 - Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
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Attachment for a Cleaning Device with Moisture Detection and Method for Moisture Detection
The invention relates to a cleaning device, in particular a suction wiper, having a housing with at least one cleaning medium for receiving a cleaning agent, having a cleaning medium carrier for receiving the cleaning medium, having a drive for driving the cleaning medium carrier and having a controller. At least one vibration sensor for detecting a strength of a vibration is arranged in the housing and the controller is designed to determine the moisture of the cleaning medium, the controller evaluating a change in the strength of the vibration. The invention also relates to a method for operating a cleaning device.
A47L 9/28 - Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
A47L 11/40 - Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups , or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers or levers
A47L 11/20 - Floor surfacing or polishing machines combined with vacuum cleaning devices
The invention relates to a method for operating a heating element (210), in particular in a food processor (1) for the at least partially automatic preparation of foodstuffs, wherein the following steps are performed: a) detecting an electrical resistance of the heating element (210) such that at least one resistance value is determined, b) performing a heating operation on the heating element (210) based on the at least one determined resistance value to perform the heating operation depending on a temperature of the heating element (210).
A47J 43/046 - Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs, e.g. power-driven with tools driven from the bottom side
A floor treatment appliance with a replaceable change component, a detection device for detecting an actual parameter that is influenced by wear of the change component, an evaluation device for determining a degree of wear of the change component based on the actual parameter and a communication device for communicating information concerning a required replacement of the change component to an external terminal that is communicatively linked to the floor treatment appliance. The change component is a floor treatment element that mechanically acts upon a floor surface to be treated, and the evaluation device calculates an average value of the actual parameter detected by the detection device referred to a defined time period of at least one hour, compares the average value with a defined reference value and determines the degree of wear of the change component in dependence on the result of the comparison.
A47L 9/28 - Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
A47L 9/04 - Nozzles with driven brushes or agitators
G06Q 30/06 - Buying, selling or leasing transactions
A cleaning device having an electrical interface for interacting with an electrical counter-interface and a base station to charge the cleaning device. The cleaning device being configured to move autonomously in a processing environment, to carry out cleaning tasks, and to move into a service position with a base station. The cleaning device determines a range of service functions offered by a base station. When the cleaning device is in the service position, at least one measured value of a voltage or measured value of a voltage curve at the electrical interface provides a means of identification. This identification is used to determine the range of service functions at the base station or to identify a communication interface for use in determining the range of service functions by a data processing device. A cleaning system, a procedure, and a computer program product associated with the cleaning device is provided.
A method for a food processor including a pot, a heating element for heating the pot and/or a food in the pot, and a temperature sensor for determining an actual temperature (TI) of the pot or the food in the pot, includes performing temperature control by a control device in a temperature control mode based on a desired temperature (TT) by adjusting an electrical energy supplied to the heating element in dependence on the actual temperature (TI) so that the actual temperature (TI) approaches or reaches the desired temperature (TT).
An apparatus for cleaning a floor surface including a control unit, a cleaning member for picking up dirt from the floor surface by moving the cleaning member, and an electric motor for moving the cleaning member. The electric motor is such that relative movement between a stator and a rotor of the electric motor can lead to an induction of a voltage and a reverse current. The control unit is configured such that a power supply of the electric motor is temporarily interrupted during a cleaning operation of the floor surface, and the control unit identifies a present surface condition of the floor surface currently being cleaned by means of the cleaning member on the basis of a detected current curve of the electric motor.
A47L 9/28 - Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
A47L 9/04 - Nozzles with driven brushes or agitators
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METHOD OF OPERATING A BASE STATION FOR A CLEANING DEVICE
A method for operating a base station for a cleaning device is proposed, wherein exclusively by means of a pressure sensor and/or by means of a differential pressure the filling level of the container is determined as state of the base station and additionally at least one further state of the base station is determined and/or wherein on reaching a predefined filling level the maximum number of still possible extraction processes with-out emptying a container is limited.
A47L 9/14 - Bags or the like; Attachment of, or closures for, bags
A47L 9/28 - Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
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KITCHEN APPLIANCE BASE, PREPARATION MODULE AND KITCHEN APPLIANCE
A kitchen device base having at least one collection area for at least one preparation module, whereby the collection area has at least one locking means for mechanical locking of the preparation module. A kitchen device base, a preparation module, and a kitchen device, with which automatic locking of various preparation modules on a kitchen device base is made possible, are realized in that the locking means has at least one drive unit and at least one movably mounted locking element, that the locking element can be moved at least indirectly by means of the drive unit, at least between a release position and a locking position, that in the release position the preparation module can be arranged in at least two different orientations in the collection area, and that in the locking position the preparation module is locked to the kitchen device base.
A47J 43/046 - Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs, e.g. power-driven with tools driven from the bottom side
39.
Kitchen appliance with a kitchen appliance base and a preparation module
A kitchen appliance, including at least one kitchen appliance base and at least one preparation module is provided. The kitchen appliance base includes at least one electrical interface and at least one receiving region. The preparation module includes at least one electrical counter-interface for electrical contacting with the electrical interface. The electrical interface includes at least two power contacts and at least one auxiliary contact. The electrical counter-interface includes at least two power counter-contacts and at least one auxiliary counter-contact. In the kitchen appliance, the insertion forces for the electrical contacting for the user are reduced, are realized by the power contacts and the power counter-contacts, as well as the auxiliary contact and the auxiliary counter-contact being designed and configured such that the power contacts are electrically contacted with the power counter-contacts at a different point in time than is the auxiliary contact with the auxiliary counter-contact.
H01R 33/76 - Holders with sockets, clips or analogous contacts, adapted for axially-sliding engagement with parallely-arranged pins, blades, or analogous contacts on counterpart, e.g. electronic tube socket
A47J 43/07 - Parts or details, e.g. mixing tools, whipping tools
H01R 33/97 - Holders with separate means to prevent loosening of the coupling or unauthorised removal of apparatus held
H02K 7/116 - Structural association with clutches, brakes, gears, pulleys or mechanical starters with gears
H02K 7/16 - Structural association with mechanical loads, e.g. with hand-held machine tools or fans for operation above the critical speed of vibration of the rotating parts
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METHOD FOR OPERATING A CLEANING DEVICE AS WELL AS CLEANING DEVICE
A method for operating a cleaning device includes selecting a cleaning activity to be performed by the cleaning device via a communications interface of the cleaning device or of an external terminal, implementing at least one device setting or application of the cleaning device for performing the cleaning activity, and performing the cleaning activity with the implemented device setting and/or device application. An instruction for steps to be chronologically implemented by the user, which contain a device setting and/or device application, is transmitted to the user as a function of the selected cleaning activity. A control and evaluation unit monitors the actual implementation of the device setting and/or device application corresponding to the step to be currently implemented, and transmits a note to the user when the device setting and/or device application actually implemented deviates from a predefined reference for the device setting and/or device application to be implemented.
A47L 11/40 - Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups , or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers or levers
A47L 9/28 - Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
41.
Method for influencing the device-typical sound emission of a cleaning device
A method for influencing the device-typical sound emission of a cleaning device, wherein the cleaning device has a device housing and a cleaning mechanism for carrying out a cleaning activity on a surface to be cleaned, wherein the cleaning device emits device-typical sound while carrying out the cleaning activity, and wherein the device-typical sound is detected and analyzed with respect to at least one sound frequency contained therein. In order to adapt the soundscape of the cleaning device in such a way that a user can ascertain a proper functionality of the cleaning device, a displaceable section assigned to a flow channel of the cleaning device is displaced relative to the flow channel and/or the device housing in dependence on the analysis result until a characteristic sound frequency for the cleaning activity emitted by the cleaning mechanism has a defined amplitude.
A47L 9/28 - Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
A47L 9/00 - DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL - Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
A household appliance has a device housing, a blower arranged in the device housing, an outlet opening formed in a direction of flow behind the blower in the device housing, a flow channel that connects the outlet opening with the blower in terms of flow, and a sound attenuator allocated to the flow channel for attenuating sound arising from the operation of the household appliance. The sound attenuator has sound-absorbing wall elements that have a wall surface that is curved in relation to a direction of a longitudinal extension of the flow channel, a support body for receiving the sound-absorbing wall elements, and a sound-reducing wall with a wall plane oriented parallel to the flow path. The sound attenuator is modular in design, formed of the support body, wall elements and sound-reducing wall, and is installed as a whole into the device housing between the blower and outlet opening.
A47L 9/00 - DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL - Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
A household appliance, particularly a floor treatment appliance, has an appliance housing, a fan arranged in the appliance housing, an outlet opening formed in the appliance housing downstream of the fan, a flow channel connecting the outlet opening to the fan in a flow-conducting manner, and a sound absorption device assigned to the flow channel in order to absorb sound generated by the operation of the household appliance. In order to create a sound absorption device that can be installed into the household appliance in a particularly simple manner, the sound absorption device comprises a plurality of sound-absorbing wall elements and a carrier body that accommodates the wall elements in a reversible manner, wherein a flow path is formed within the carrier body between opposing wall elements.
A47L 9/00 - DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL - Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
A method for peeling potatoes with a food processor and a food processor which comprises for food preparation a detachable food preparation vessel, a heating element for heating a food in the food preparation vessel and a rotatable tool for mixing or chopping the food in the food preparation vessel. The method includes attaching a potato peeling disc having an abrasive structure on its surface from above to the tool which is located centrally at a bottom of the food preparation vessel to establish a manually releasable, rotationally coupled connection such that in operation the potato peeling disc rotates at the same rotational speed as the tool; addition of potatoes into the food preparation vessel from above onto the potato peeling disc; motorized rotation of the tool in a first direction of rotation and peeling of the potatoes with the potato peeling disc inside the food preparation vessel.
A47J 43/046 - Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs, e.g. power-driven with tools driven from the bottom side
45.
FOOD PROCESSOR INCLUDING POTATO PEELING DISC SYSTEM AND METHOD
A potato peeling disc for peeling potatoes has a central opening formed by an inner contour of the potato peeling disc. A surface of the potato peeling disc comprises a plurality of teeth. The teeth have an orientation such that potatoes are peeled by the teeth by rotating the potato peeling disc in a first direction of rotation about a central axis which is coaxial with the central opening.
A47J 17/18 - Machines for peeling with scraping discs or rotors
A23N 7/02 - Peeling potatoes, apples or similarly shaped vegetables or fruit
A47J 43/046 - Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs, e.g. power-driven with tools driven from the bottom side
46.
CUTTING DISC AND CUTTING DEVICE FOR CHOPPING FOOD PRODUCTS
A cutting disc configured to chop food products by rotating about an axis. There are cutting elements which are located on a first side of the cutting disc and which can chop food products by rotating the cutting disc in a first direction of rotation and which are arranged one behind the other when viewed in the first direction of rotation. The cutting elements arranged one behind the other are different.
B26D 1/143 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a circular cutting member, e.g. disc cutter rotating about a stationary axis
G01K 7/18 - Measuring temperature based on the use of electric or magnetic elements directly sensitive to heat using resistive elements the element being a linear resistance, e.g. platinum resistance thermometer
G01K 1/024 - Means for indicating or recording specially adapted for thermometers for remote indication
G01K 13/00 - Thermometers specially adapted for specific purposes
A47J 36/32 - Time-controlled igniting mechanisms or alarm devices
A23L 5/10 - General methods of cooking foods, e.g. by roasting or frying
48.
FOOD PREPARATION APPLIANCE WITH MULTI-PART ATTACHMENT PART
A food preparation appliance includes a food preparation vessel, a lid, an attachment part, a locking device, and a plurality of sensors. The lid may be placed on the food preparation vessel. The attachment part may be placed on the food preparation vessel instead of the lid. The locking device is for locking the lid placed on the food preparation vessel and for locking the attachment part placed on the food preparation vessel.
A47J 43/07 - Parts or details, e.g. mixing tools, whipping tools
A47J 43/046 - Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs, e.g. power-driven with tools driven from the bottom side
A47J 43/06 - Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs, e.g. power-driven with a plurality of interchangeable working units
An electrical penetration food thermometer having an elongated probe, a temperature sensor within the probe, an energy converter capable of generating an electrical power from a temperature difference, and a heat conductor thermally conductively connected to the energy converter.
G01K 7/04 - Measuring temperature based on the use of electric or magnetic elements directly sensitive to heat using thermoelectric elements, e.g. thermocouples the object to be measured not forming one of the thermoelectric materials
G01K 1/024 - Means for indicating or recording specially adapted for thermometers for remote indication
A self-propelled floor processing device with an evaluation unit, which is designed to navigate the floor processing device within an environment based on an area map and, during a movement, to determine a behavior parameter of the floor processing device and a movement path of the floor processing device. The evaluation unit is set up to analyze the behavior parameter and movement path, automatically determine a no-go area which the floor processing device must not traverse depending on the result of the analysis, and enter the determined no-go area in the area map or change a no-go area already entered in the area map.
G05D 1/02 - Control of position or course in two dimensions
A47L 9/28 - Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
G01C 21/00 - Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups
51.
CUTTING DEVICE FOR CHOPPING FOOD PRODUCTS AND FOOD PREPARATION APPLIANCE
A cutting device for chopping food products with a cutting disc with friction and/or cutting elements. The cutting device includes a shaft for the cutting disc. The cutting disc is attached to the shaft or can be detachably attached to the shaft, with a filling neck, via which food products can be fed to the cutting disc.
B26D 1/29 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a non-circular cutting member moving about an axis substantially perpendicular to the line of cut and rotating continuously in one direction during cutting with cutting member mounted in the plane of a rotating disc, e.g. for slicing beans
The invention relates to a method for controlling a kitchen appliance system (100), preferably for automatically processing at least one working stage (12.1) of a recipe (12) for preparing a dish (11), with the aid of a central control device (15) having at least one user input device (15.2) and an interface (15.3), the kitchen appliance system (100) comprising at least two kitchen appliances (10) which are entered in an appliance list and each kitchen appliance (10) from the appliance list having an interface (10.9), whereby this can be controlled by the central control device (15), wherein each kitchen appliance (10) has at least one appliance function (10.7), which can be selected and/or set by at least one parameter (10.8), in order to carry out at least one working stage (12.1) from the recipe (12) for the preparation of the food (11) automatically by the respective appliance function (10.7) of the kitchen appliance (10). According to the invention, it is provided that the user input device (15.2) has a user interface (16) for displaying and controlling the method, the user interface (16) having at least one foldable and unfoldable overview panel (18) which, in the folded state (I) of the overview panel (18), displays parameters (10.8) of a kitchen appliance (10) of the kitchen appliance system (100) and, in an unfolded state (II) of the overview panel (18), displays at least partially or the entire appliance list of the kitchen appliance system (100), wherein parameters (10.8) of at least each active kitchen appliance (10) with the respective appliance function (10.7) are displayed. Furthermore, the invention is also directed to a device for controlling a kitchen appliance system (100), preferably for automatically processing at least one stage (12.1) of a recipe (12) for preparing a food (11).
The invention relates to a household appliance (100), in particular a kitchen appliance (100) for preparing food, comprising a processing device (110) for at least partially automatically carrying out a household activity, in particular for processing ingredients, wherein the processing device (110) is controlled by a control unit (102). Further, the household appliance (100) comprises a position device (120) for detecting position information (200) of a user (1) operating the household appliance (100), the position information (200) being transmitted to the control unit (102). Furthermore, the household appliance (100) has a display (130) which is adapted to reproduce image information (140) determined by the control unit (102), wherein the image information (140) reproduced by the display (130) generates an impression of depth at the user (1) and is dependent on at least the position information (200) of the user (1). Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for operating a household appliance (100).
H04N 13/356 - Image reproducers having separate monoscopic and stereoscopic modes
H04N 13/302 - Image reproducers for viewing without the aid of special glasses, i.e. using autostereoscopic displays
54.
METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A PARAMETER RANGE ON A FLOOR TREATMENT DEVICE, AS WELL AS FLOOR TREATMENT DEVICE AND SYSTEM WITH A FLOOR TREATMENT DEVICE AND AN EXTERNAL TERMINAL
A method for adjusting at least one parameter range of a device parameter of a floor treatment device for treating a surface. The parameter range is available on the floor treatment device and depends on a floor type of the surface to be treated. The parameter range comprises a defined scope of values of the device parameter selected by the user for the treatment of the surface. The user moves the floor treatment device over the surface to be treated during an adjustment process, wherein a limiting device parameter, which is dependent on the nature of the surface and upon its use for the treatment of the surface leads to a predefined fault, is automatically determined during the movement of the floor treatment device, and wherein the parameter range is automatically adjusted based on the determined limiting device parameter which defines a range end of the parameter range.
A47L 9/28 - Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
A47L 5/28 - Suction cleaners with handles and nozzles fixed on the casings, e.g. wheeled suction cleaners with steering handle
55.
Device for positioning a kitchen appliance, base unit including the device, and method of using the base unit
The invention relates to a device (10) for displaceably positioning a kitchen appliance (11) on a working surface (12), comprising a displacement means (13) for displacing the kitchen appliance (11) on the working surface (12), wherein the displacement means (13) is designed for installation in a ground area (14) of a base unit (16) of the kitchen appliance (11), and a displacement means (15) for displacing the displacement means (13) between a deactivated state (Z1) of the displacement means (13) for positioning the displacement means (13) spaced from the working surface (12) and an activated state (Z2) of the displacement means (13) for positioning at least a part of the displacement means (13) on the working surface (12) for displacing the kitchen appliance (11). The invention further relates to a base unit (16) with a device (10) according to the invention, as well as a method for operating a base unit (16) according to the invention.
A47J 47/16 - Stands, or holders for kitchen articles
F16M 11/04 - Means for attachment of apparatus; Means allowing adjustment of the apparatus relatively to the stand
F16M 11/08 - Means for attachment of apparatus; Means allowing adjustment of the apparatus relatively to the stand allowing pivoting around a vertical axis
F16M 11/18 - Heads with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand
56.
ELECTRIC HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE WITH TOUCH PROTECTION FOR ELECTRICAL CONTACTS
An electrical household appliance includes electrical contacts. The electrical household appliance includes accesses to the electrical contacts for establishing an electrical plug connection.
H01R 13/44 - Means for preventing access to live contacts
H01R 13/502 - Bases; Cases composed of different pieces
H01R 24/76 - Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure with sockets, clips or analogous contacts and secured to apparatus or structure, e.g. to a wall
H01R 13/66 - Structural association with built-in electrical component
57.
JUICER INSERT FOR A PREPARATION VESSEL AND FOOD PROCESSOR WITH JUICER INSERT
A juicer insert for inserting into a preparation vessel, which juicer insert includes at least one rotatable tool holder, including at least one adapter element and at least one juicer tool. The transmission of rotational force the adapter element is configured at least indirectly couplable with the tool holder. The juicer tool is connected to the adapter element, so that a rotation of the adapter element causes a rotation of the juicer tool.
A47J 19/02 - Citrus fruit squeezers; Other fruit juice extracting devices
B30B 9/20 - Presses specially adapted for particular purposes for squeezing-out liquid from liquid-containing material, e.g. juice from fruits, oil from oil-containing material using rotary pressing members, other than worms or screws, e.g. rollers, rings, discs
B30B 15/14 - Control arrangements for mechanically-driven presses
A method for preparing a food or a beverage includes inserting a food thermometer into a product to be cooked and transmitting temperatures measured by the food thermometer to a control device.
The present disclosure relates to a food preparation appliance comprising a food preparation pot and a rotatable tool for chopping and/or blending a food in the food preparation pot wherein the tool is detachably connected to a shaft, which is at least partially outside the food preparation pot in order to be coupled to a drive for rotation. Further, a locking mechanism is provided for connecting the tool to the shaft in a locked manner. The locking mechanism is arranged in such a way that, during operation, the tool can be driven by the shaft in both rotation directions for chopping and/or blending a food.
A47J 43/046 - Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs, e.g. power-driven with tools driven from the bottom side
Recipe instructions may be executed by one or more cooking apparatuses, and annotated with one or more device types suitable to execute the respectively annotated recipe instructions. A parallelization constraint associated with a particular cooking user may influences a degree of parallelization of the food preparation with regard to the parallel use of the registered cooking apparatuses. A program analyzer module determines one or more subsets of the registered cooking apparatuses by identifying execution options for the recipe instructions on said one or more subsets resulting in a recipe execution in compliance with the parallelization constraint. The execution option providing a best match with the received parallelization constraint in accordance with predefined matching rules is selected recipe deployment instructions are provided in relation to the respective one or more cooking apparatuses of the selected execution option in accordance with the corresponding annotations for preparing the food product.
A47J 36/32 - Time-controlled igniting mechanisms or alarm devices
A47J 27/62 - Preventing boiling over, e.g. of milk by devices for automatically controlling the heat supply by switching off heaters or for automatically lifting the cooking-vessels
A computing device programmed for automatically generating and storing, in computer storage, a digitalization of information relating to a process involving a user-operated device. The computing device detects and records process details as a user uses a user-operated device. Specifically, a user interacts with a kitchen appliance via a user interface of the appliance. An action sequence of manual interactions is captured, each manual interaction triggering a function for processing ingredients in the kitchen appliance. Operating parameters of the kitchen appliance, detected via at least one sensor device of the kitchen appliance during the action sequence at the kitchen appliance, are automatically correlated with the manual interactions. Using the operating parameter data and the sequence of manual user interactions, partial steps of a user-known recipe are automatically identified by the computing device based on comparing the recorded information with reference data sets within library data.
A47J 43/046 - Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs, e.g. power-driven with tools driven from the bottom side
A47J 44/00 - Multi-purpose machines for preparing food
A system for cleaning an environment has least one self-propelled cleaning device, which has a status detection device, at least one environmental detection device, a computing device for defining a working activity to be performed as a function of the detected environmental parameter and/or detected operating status, and a database.
G06Q 10/06 - Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
A47L 11/40 - Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups , or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers or levers
64.
METHOD FOR CLEANING WITH A CLEANING ROBOT AND CLEANING ROBOT
A method for cleaning a surface in a private household with a cleaning robot which is provided with at least one sensor for detecting obstacles and for mapping the surroundings and/or performs a cleaning ride according to a route planned on the basis of sensor signals of the sensor. The cleaning robot has wheels for moving in a direction of travel and a cleaning mechanism for cleaning, the wheels and the cleaning mechanism being driven by at least one motor which is supplied with electrical energy by means of at least one battery of the cleaning robot.
A47L 9/28 - Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
G05D 1/02 - Control of position or course in two dimensions
A47L 9/00 - DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL - Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
A method for operating an automatically moving floor treatment appliance, wherein at least one floor treatment activity to be performed by the floor treatment appliance in a surrounding area is pre-planned for performance in a first time window having a defined start time and a defined time period. In the event that the first time window is not sufficient, at least a second time window is pre-planned, in which the floor treatment appliance continues the floor treatment activity. The floor treatment activity not completed upon the expiration of the first time window is stopped at the end of the defined time period of the first time window and is continued upon reaching a start time predefined for the second time window. The floor treatment plan specifies a cyclically successive floor treatment of several surrounding area subregions of the surrounding area according to a defined sequence of the surrounding area subregions.
A47L 11/40 - Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups , or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers or levers
A47L 11/282 - Floor-scrubbing machines, motor-driven having rotary tools
67.
Household appliance with a blower and a flow channel
A household appliance has a device housing, a blower arranged in the device housing, an outlet opening formed in the flow direction behind the blower in the device housing, and a flow channel. Soundwaves are generated by the blower, and produce resonances characterized by standing waves, which form between opposing inner walls of the flow channel. A sound reducing wall is positioned in the flow channel, the wall plane of which is oriented parallel to a primary flow direction of the air flow guided in the flow channel. The sound reducing wall is positioned in the flow channel so that a maximum for a fast amplitude of a sound particle velocity of the air flow guided in the flow channel lies in the wall plane of the sound reducing wall. The soundwaves form while interspersing the sound reducing wall between the opposing inner walls of the flow channel.
A47L 9/00 - DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL - Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
An automatically moving floor treatment appliance has an appliance housing, a drive, a detector for detecting surrounding area features, and a computer that transmits control commands to the drive, based on the surrounding area features detected by the detector. The detector has a plurality of inner and outer fall sensors arranged on an underside of the appliance housing, which detect a distance of the floor treatment appliance from the surface. The computer controls the drive to change a movement of the floor treatment appliance when the distance detected by the fall sensor is greater than a threshold value defining a slope. The fall sensors are interconnected in an evaluation circuit of the detection means so that the detection signals of the totality of inner fall sensors can be evaluated independently of the detection signals of the totality of outer fall sensors.
G05D 1/02 - Control of position or course in two dimensions
A47L 9/00 - DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL - Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
A47L 9/28 - Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
A47L 11/10 - Floor surfacing or polishing machines motor-driven
A47L 11/40 - Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups , or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers or levers
G05D 1/00 - Control of position, course, altitude, or attitude of land, water, air, or space vehicles, e.g. automatic pilot
70.
FILTER APPARATUS FOR A KITCHEN APPLIANCE AND KITCHEN APPLIANCE
A kitchen appliance for the preparation of food includes a filter apparatus. The filter apparatus filters steam generated during food preparation using the kitchen appliance.
A47J 36/38 - Parts, details or accessories of cooking-vessels for withdrawing or condensing cooking vapours from cooking utensils
A47J 43/046 - Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs, e.g. power-driven with tools driven from the bottom side
A47J 43/07 - Parts or details, e.g. mixing tools, whipping tools
B01D 29/11 - Filters with filtering elements stationary during filtration, e.g. pressure or suction filters, not covered by groups ; Filtering elements therefor with bag, cage, hose, tube, sleeve or like filtering elements
B01D 39/20 - Other self-supporting filtering material of inorganic material, e.g. asbestos paper or metallic filtering material of non-woven wires
71.
Automatically moving floor treatment appliance comprising at least one fall sensor
An automatically moving floor treatment appliance has an appliance housing, a drive, a computing element and a plurality of fall sensors. The computing element compares a detection result of a fall sensor with a known reference result, and when the detection result does not correspond with the reference result, determines a malfunctioning of the fall sensor. The computing element determines distances detected chronologically successively by the same fall sensor during a movement of the appliance with one another, and when the distances are identical, determines a malfunctioning of the fall sensor, and/or compares a detection result of the leading fall sensor with a detection result of a trailing fall sensor and when the trailing fall sensor detects a slope without the leading fall sensor having detected the slope before, determines a malfunctioning of the leading fall sensor and the trailing fall sensor takes over the from the leading fall sensor.
G05D 1/02 - Control of position or course in two dimensions
G05D 1/00 - Control of position, course, altitude, or attitude of land, water, air, or space vehicles, e.g. automatic pilot
G07C 5/08 - Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle, or waiting time
A versatile system includes a food thermometer and a holder for holding the food thermometer. The holder includes two different holding means by which the food thermometer can be held in two different holding positions. The present disclosure also relates to a holder for the system.
A system includes a kitchen appliance for preparing food and a battery-operated auxiliary device. The kitchen appliance includes a food preparation vessel for receiving the food to be prepared therein. The kitchen appliance includes a tool for mixing or comminuting the food in the food preparation vessel and/or a heating element for heating the food in the food preparation vessel.
A47J 36/32 - Time-controlled igniting mechanisms or alarm devices
A47J 43/046 - Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs, e.g. power-driven with tools driven from the bottom side
A self-propelled floor processing device has a drive unit for moving the floor processing device within an environment, a communication interface for outputting information to a user of the floor processing device, an obstacle detection unit for detecting obstacles within the environment and a computing device, which is set up to generate an area map based upon the obstacles detected by the obstacle detection unit, localize the floor processing device using the area map, and transmit control commands to the drive unit and the communication interface. The computing device defines at least one obstacle within the area map that cannot be independently overcome by the floor processing device as a transition obstacle, identifies the transition obstacle based upon a comparison of currently detected obstacles with the transition obstacle stored in the area map, and reports a manual transport requirement to the user upon reaching the transition obstacle.
A47L 11/40 - Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups , or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers or levers
A self-propelled floor processing device has a drive unit for moving the floor processing device within an environment, a communication interface for outputting information to a user of the floor processing device, an obstacle detection unit for detecting obstacles within the environment and a computing device, which is set up to generate an area map based upon the obstacles detected by the obstacle detection unit, localize the floor processing device using the area map, and transmit control commands to the drive unit and the communication interface. The computing device defines at least one obstacle within the area map that cannot be independently overcome by the floor processing device as a transition obstacle, identifies the transition obstacle based upon a comparison of currently detected obstacles with the transition obstacle stored in the area map, and reports a manual transport requirement to the user upon reaching the transition obstacle.
A47L 9/00 - DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL - Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
A47L 9/28 - Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
G05D 1/02 - Control of position or course in two dimensions
G01C 21/00 - Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups
A self-propelled cleaning appliance has a drive unit for moving the cleaning appliance within an environment, a communication interface for outputting a message to a user of the cleaning appliance, an obstacle detection device for detecting obstacles within the environment and a computing device that generates an environment map based on the obstacles detected by the obstacle detection device and for transmitting control commands to the communication interface. The computing device is designed for determining a first environment section, in which a position of a movable obstacle changes in a recurring manner, and for determining a second environment section that could only be cleaned incompletely. The computing device compares the position of the determined first environment section with the position of the determined second environment section and outputs a message concerning the movable obstacle to a user of the cleaning appliance via the communication interface if the positions match.
A47L 9/28 - Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
A47L 9/00 - DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL - Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
G05D 1/02 - Control of position or course in two dimensions
G05D 1/00 - Control of position, course, altitude, or attitude of land, water, air, or space vehicles, e.g. automatic pilot
78.
System and method for updating firmware of a cooking apparatus
Techniques for updating the firmware of a second cooking apparatus under the control of a first cooking apparatus controlling recipe execution by the first and second cooking apparatuses in a joint cooking process. The first cooking apparatus queries an update server to check if the current firmware version of the second cooking apparatus corresponds to the latest available firmware version for providing a particular cooking function. If the latest firmware version differs from the current firmware version, the latest firmware version is downloaded to the first cooking apparatus. The downloaded latest firmware version is uploaded to the second cooking apparatus while preventing interruption of the joint cooking process. Completion of the firmware update is registered by the first cooking apparatus after receipt of a confirmation from the second cooking apparatus. The first cooking apparatus the sends the recipe instructions for performing the particular cooking function to the second cooking apparatus.
H04W 4/30 - Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes
H04W 4/80 - Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
G06F 8/71 - Version control ; Configuration management
H04L 67/00 - Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications
79.
AUTOMATICALLY MOVING DISINFECTION ROBOT FOR DISINFECTING SURFACES
An automatically moving disinfection robot for disinfecting surfaces has a device housing, a drive means for the movement of the disinfection robot within a surrounding area comprising at least one room, a navigation means for the navigation and self-localization of the disinfection, a disinfection means, and a control means for controlling the disinfection activity. The control means controls a locally limited disinfection in only one subregion of the room, or a locally limited disinfection of only one object, in a fully automated manner. The disinfection means has a shielding means for separating the locally limited subregion to be disinfected from adjacent subregions of the same room. The shielding means is a housing, which is open only on one side and which is placed around the object or against the surface to be disinfected, so that the disinfection only takes place within the housing, but not outside of the housing.
A system comprising a food processor for preparing a food in a food preparation vessel and/or another kitchen appliance, and to a method and a computer program product. The food processor comprises a tool for mixing or chopping the food in the food preparation vessel. A control unit can access a recipe and be caused by a recipe step of the recipe (26) to operate the tool and/or the heating element in a manner defined by the recipe step. The control unit is configured such that a desired time is defined during the food preparation process or for a completion of at least two recipe steps. In this way, it is possible to monitor a food preparation process during the performance with regard to completion times. Depending on the monitoring, measures can be taken to optimize a preparation of one or more foods in terms of time.
A47J 43/046 - Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs, e.g. power-driven with tools driven from the bottom side
The present disclosure relates to a domestic food processor with a plurality of electrically operable functional components for preparing a food in a pot. A control unit of the domestic food processor can access a recipe and can be caused by a recipe step of the recipe to operate one of the functional components in a manner defined by the recipe step. The recipe is configured such that the recipe defines at least one start condition for each of a plurality of recipe steps. The control unit is configured such that, depending on the start conditions of the recipe steps, the control unit can set at least one next recipe step at the latest at the end of a preceding recipe step. The present disclosure further relates to a process and computer program products. It is thus possible to prepare a food semi-automatically in a shorter time.
A47J 43/046 - Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs, e.g. power-driven with tools driven from the bottom side
A47J 44/00 - Multi-purpose machines for preparing food
82.
FOOD PROCESSOR AND METHOD FOR TAKING A FOOD SAMPLE
The present disclosure relates to a food processor along with a corresponding method for performing a food preparation process by heating, chopping and/or mixing a food in a food preparation vessel. The food processor comprises a control device configured such that the control device ensures, based on one or more cooking parameters, that in a cooking mode a food is heated, chopped and/or mixed in the food preparation vessel. A sampling mode for taking a food sample is provided and the control device is configured such that at least one of the cooking parameters is modified compared to the cooking mode for a modified continuation of the food preparation process when the sampling mode is activated. A particularly reproducible cooking result can be achieved in this way despite taking a food sample.
A47J 43/07 - Parts or details, e.g. mixing tools, whipping tools
A47J 43/046 - Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs, e.g. power-driven with tools driven from the bottom side
A household appliance includes a food ingredients container and a tool. The food ingredients container is configured to receive one or more food ingredients. The tool is configured to blend and/or chop the one or more food ingredients.
A23G 1/18 - Apparatus for conditioning chocolate masses for moulding
A23G 1/10 - Mixing apparatus; Roller mills for preparing chocolate
A23N 1/02 - Machines or apparatus for extracting juice combined with disintegrating or cutting
A47J 19/02 - Citrus fruit squeezers; Other fruit juice extracting devices
A47J 43/046 - Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs, e.g. power-driven with tools driven from the bottom side
B01F 27/808 - Mixers with rotary stirring devices in fixed receptacles; Kneaders with stirrers rotating about a substantially vertical axis with stirrers driven from the bottom of the receptacle
84.
ELECTRICALLY OPERATED KITCHEN APPLIANCE COMPRISING AN ELECTRICAL INTERFACE FOR A PREPARATION VESSEL
An electrically operated kitchen appliance includes at least two functional elements for performing a function of the kitchen appliance and has a receiving region for holding a preparation vessel. The receiving region has an electrical interface with electrical contact elements that are electrically connected to a functional element of the kitchen appliance, and establish an electrically conductive connection to corresponding contact elements of a preparation vessel, which is connected to the receiving region. The kitchen appliance has a switch-over device, which is assigned to the electrical contact elements and which changes a connection assignment between the electrical contact elements of the kitchen appliance and the functional elements of the kitchen appliance in such a way that after the actuation of the switch-over device, a functional element is connected to a different electrical contact element than prior to the actuation of the switch-over device.
A47J 43/07 - Parts or details, e.g. mixing tools, whipping tools
A47J 43/046 - Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs, e.g. power-driven with tools driven from the bottom side
H01R 29/00 - Coupling parts for selective co-operation with a counterpart in different ways to establish different circuits, e.g. for voltage selection, for series/parallel selection
An automatically moving floor treating device has an electric motor-driven drive, an obstacle detection device, a sensor system, and an evaluation and control device. To analyze further properties of the floor surface, the evaluation and control device controls the drive of the floor treating device so that the floor treating device rotates around a defined location point of the floor surface. The evaluation and control means is furthermore configured to evaluate the parameter, which is detected by the sensor system during the rotation or movement of the floor treating device around the defined location point of the floor surface, and to determine an angle-dependent anisotropy of the parameter of the floor surface based on an anisotropy of the parameter of the floor surface based on defined different directions in space of the surrounding area, and to enter them in the surrounding area map by specifying an angular coordinate.
A47L 11/40 - Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups , or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers or levers
86.
SYSTEM OF A HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE AND AN ACCUMULATOR HAVING AN OPTICAL DISPLAY MEANS
A system of a household appliance has an appliance housing, an accumulator having an accumulator housing and an integrated optical display, and a display control for controlling a display of information on the accumulator display. The appliance has a detector for determining appliance states of the appliance, which do not relate to the accumulator, wherein the detector is configured to transmit the detected appliance state to the display control, wherein the display control is configured to control the accumulator display to display the received appliance state. The display control is configured to control the display of a remaining running time, which specifies how long a charging capacity, which is still available in the accumulator, will last, to complete an activity, which is currently performed, wherein the remaining running time relates to a combination of an appliance parameter of the appliance and of the current charging capacity of the accumulator.
A47L 9/28 - Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
The present disclosure relates to a food preparation apparatus with a rotatable chopping tool for chopping foods having a control unit. The chopping tool is arranged or arrangeable relative to a vessel in such a way that foods chopped by means of the chopping tool are transported downwards by gravity to be collected in the vessel. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to a method for chopping a food using a food preparation apparatus, a computer program product, and a use of a chopping attachment. A food preparation apparatus comprises a control unit configured to set a target parameter of a chopping process of a food by means of the chopping tool taking into account provided information. In this way, a particularly good and reproducible chopping result is achieved.
The application relates to food preparation apparatus with an electrical heating device comprising at least two electrical PTC thermistors for heating a food in a food preparation space, wherein the electrical PTC thermistors are electrically connected in parallel. The parallel-connected PTC thermistors are electrically connected to each other by one or more electrical bridges.
The application relates to food preparation apparatus with an electrical heating device comprising at least two electrical PTC thermistors for heating a food in a food preparation space, wherein the electrical PTC thermistors are electrically connected in parallel. The parallel-connected PTC thermistors are electrically connected to each other by one or more electrical bridges.
Using designs in accordance with the present application, local heating during the preparation of a food may be avoided.
H05B 3/26 - Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater non-flexible heating conductor mounted on insulating base
H05B 3/68 - Heating arrangements specially adapted for cooking plates or analogous hot-plates
89.
SELF-PROPELLED SURFACE TREATMENT UNIT WITH AN ENVIRONMENTAL MAP
A self-propelled surface treatment unit has a drive device for the autonomous travel of the surface treatment unit within an environment, an energy storage device, a data storage device having an environmental map of the environment, and a navigation device for the navigation and self-location of the surface treatment unit within the environment on the basis of the environmental map having environmental zones. In order to improve the efficiency and service life of the energy storage device, the environmental map has energy data for at least two environmental zones, which indicates the amount of energy that the surface treatment unit will require to treat the surface in each one of the environmental zones.
G05D 1/02 - Control of position or course in two dimensions
A47L 9/28 - Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
A47L 9/00 - DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL - Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
90.
Method for operating a kitchen system, kitchen system for preparing food, and computer program product
A technique to operating a kitchen system for at least partially automatic preparation of food, a kitchen system and a computer program product are proposed, wherein one or more preparation parameters for one or more preparation steps and/or one or more kitchen appliances of the kitchen system to be used for the preparation are determined, adjusted and/or selected automatically and using a database system.
The present disclosure relates to a system comprising a food processor and a mixing device having at least one vessel with a mixing tool. The vessel can be both part of the food processor and part of the mixing device. The maximum possible rotational speed at which the food processor can rotate the mixing tool may be at least five times greater than the maximum possible rotational speed at which the food processor can rotate the mixing tool. The present disclosure also relates to a stand part for the mixing device of the system. The stand part may be configured to rotate the mixing tool at or below a predetermined rotational speed as well as at or below a predetermined torque level.
A47J 43/07 - Parts or details, e.g. mixing tools, whipping tools
A47J 43/046 - Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs, e.g. power-driven with tools driven from the bottom side
92.
PREPARATION VESSEL FOR CONNECTION WITH A RECEIVING AREA OF A BASE UNIT OF A FOOD PROCESSOR
A preparation vessel is adapted for connection with a receiving area of a base unit of an electric motor-driven food processor. In order to provide a preparation vessel for a food processor that can be locked with a base unit of a food processor regardless of its height, the preparation vessel has a locking assembly for locking the preparation vessel with the base unit of the food processor. The locking assembly has a displaceable contact element, which is arranged on the preparation vessel in such a way that it can be activated by a corresponding activating assembly of the receiving area of the food processor with the preparation vessel in a state properly connected with the base unit, so as to induce the locking of the preparation vessel by means of the locking assembly.
A47J 43/07 - Parts or details, e.g. mixing tools, whipping tools
A47J 43/046 - Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs, e.g. power-driven with tools driven from the bottom side
93.
PREPARATION VESSEL FOR CONNECTION WITH A LOCKING ASSEMBLY
A preparation vessel for connection with a receiving area of a base unit of an electric motor-driven food processor has a pot, a pot foot that can be connected with the receiving area, and a cover that closes the pot opening of the pot. The preparation vessel has a locking assembly with a locking element for locking the pot with the cover. The pot foot has at least one activating element for activating the locking assembly. The activating element is arranged on the pot foot in such a way that it can be activated by a corresponding activating assembly of the receiving area of the food processor.
A47J 43/07 - Parts or details, e.g. mixing tools, whipping tools
A47J 43/046 - Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs, e.g. power-driven with tools driven from the bottom side
94.
SYSTEM WITH KITCHEN APPLIANCES FOR A COORDINATED COOKING AND PROCESS
The present disclosure relates to a system having at least two kitchen appliances; an electronic resource storage device for storing a list of kitchen appliances comprised by the system and/or for storing the number of users which are available for the preparation of one or more foods; a recipe storage device for storing a recipe for the preparation of a food; an optimizing device configured such that it optimizes the preparation of one or more foods, taking into account information for the system comprised by a recipe; a control device for the preparation of one or more foods according to a sequence of process steps optimized by the optimizing device. The present disclosure also relates to a method for preparing a food using the system.
A47J 36/32 - Time-controlled igniting mechanisms or alarm devices
A47J 43/046 - Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs, e.g. power-driven with tools driven from the bottom side
A47J 43/07 - Parts or details, e.g. mixing tools, whipping tools
G05B 15/02 - Systems controlled by a computer electric
A method for operating a cleaning system that comprises at least one self-traveling cleaning device that travels in an environment based on an environment map and carries out cleaning activities. The cleaning device accesses a database, in which multiple cleaning activities are stored. A user accesses the database and defines in advance at least one randomly occurring event, depending on the occurrence of which at least one certain cleaning activity is carried out. The user defines an event-dependent activity scenario and the activity scenario is carried out upon the subsequent occurrence of the defined event. At least one cleaning activity is also scheduled time-dependently, and predefined rules determine whether only the event-dependent activity scenario or only the time-dependently scheduled cleaning activity is carried out if the time of an occurrence of a defined event falls short of a predefined minimum time interval.
G05D 1/02 - Control of position or course in two dimensions
A47L 9/28 - Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
The present disclosure relates to a system of a food processor and a mixing device with a shareable vessel. The invention also relates to a mixing device for the system having a standing part and a vessel which can be inserted into the standing part or is integrated into the standing part. There is a mixing tool in the vessel, wherein the standing part comprises an electric drive with which the mixing tool can be driven.
A47J 43/046 - Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs, e.g. power-driven with tools driven from the bottom side
The invention relates to a supply unit (10) for generating electric energy for an electric function during an operation of a functional element (6) of a kitchen utensil (5) which can be arranged in a first temperature region (201), comprising a first temperature section (11) for an arrangement in the first temperature region (201), a second temperature section (12) for an arrangement in a second temperature region (202) comprising a temperature difference (200) with respect to the first temperature region (201). Furthermore, the invention relates to a kitchen utensil (5), as well as a kitchen system (1).
G01K 1/16 - Special arrangements for conducting heat from the object to the sensitive element
G01K 1/024 - Means for indicating or recording specially adapted for thermometers for remote indication
H10N 10/10 - Thermoelectric devices comprising a junction of dissimilar materials, i.e. devices exhibiting Seebeck or Peltier effects operating with only the Peltier or Seebeck effects
98.
Method for operating a system with at least two automatically moving floor processing devices as well as system for implementing such a method
A method for operating a system with at least two floor processing devices includes detecting environmental features of an environment and generating an area map based on the detected features. The area map is divided into partial areas that are assigned to the floor processing devices so that each partial area is only processed by one of the floor processing devices. A movement route and a movement timespan of the floor processing device is detected and stored with the area map. Several partial areas are combined into partial area groups, and the partial areas are allocated to the floor processing devices based on the stored movement route and movement timespan so that a floor processing of a first partial area group by a first floor processing device takes place at essentially the same time as a floor processing of a second partial area group by a second floor processing device ends.
A47L 11/40 - Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups , or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers or levers
G01C 21/00 - Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups
A47L 9/28 - Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
G05B 19/4155 - Numerical control (NC), i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by programme execution, i.e. part programme or machine function execution, e.g. selection of a programme
G05D 1/02 - Control of position or course in two dimensions
99.
Method for operating a system with two automatically moving floor processing devices as well as system for implementing such a method
A method for operating a system with a first automatically moving floor processing device and a second automatically moving floor processing device in which the first floor processing device detects environmental features in an environment of the first floor processing device. The first floor processing device or a shared computing device allocated to both the processing devices generates a first area map based on the detected environmental features, and the first floor processing device also detects the second floor processing device, and the position of the second floor processing device is thereupon stored within the generated first area map. The second floor processing device receives information about a current position of the second floor processing device within the first area map, and controls a second floor processing activity as soon as the first floor processing device has detected the second floor processing device.
A cooktop module (1) to connect to a kitchen appliance base (2). The range of functions of kitchen appliances is expanded, in that the cooktop module (1) features at least one surface (3) for at least one cooking vessel (9), at least one electrical heating means (4), at least one connection area (5) for accommodation on the kitchen appliance base (2), and at least one electrical contact means (6), wherein a cooking vessel (9) which can be positioned on the surface (3) can be warmed by the heating means (4), and wherein the heating means (4) can be electrically connected to the kitchen appliance base (2) via the electrical contact means (6).
A47J 36/32 - Time-controlled igniting mechanisms or alarm devices
A47J 43/046 - Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs, e.g. power-driven with tools driven from the bottom side
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