Breville Pty Limited

Bin Geng

Eddie Siu

Khon Thai

Lochana Subasekara Widanagamage Don

Mark Thomas

Raymond George Corkin

Lochana Subasekara

A kitchen device (), the kitchen device () including: a base () having a motor (); a vessel assembly () removably mounted on the base (), the vessel assembly () having: a vessel () providing a space () to receive ingredients to be processed; a blade assembly () at least partly located in the space () and drivable by the motor () to process the ingredients, the blade assembly () also projecting outwardly from the vessel () to provide for driving engagement by the motor (); and a collar () to engage the blade assembly () and secure the blade assembly () to the vessel (), the collar () being movable relative to the vessel () between a release position allowing removal of the blade assembly () from the vessel () and a securing position fixing the blade assembly () to the vessel (); the kitchen device () further including a sensor mechanism () to detect, when the vessel assembly () is mounted on the base (), whether the collar () is in the securing position, wherein the motor () is only operable when the sensor mechanism () detects that the collar () is in the securing position.

Kitchen device

A safety system () for a kitchen device () having a vessel () and a lid (), the safety system () comprising: a processor (); a retaining arm () adapted to, in a retaining position, retain the lid () against the vessel (); a first sensor () adapted to communicate a retaining signal to the processor () when the retaining arm () is in the retaining position; and a second sensor () adapted to communicate a function signal to the processor (), the function signal indicating a function of the lid (), wherein the processor () is adapted to select an operating mode of the kitchen device () in response to the retaining signal and the function signal.

Safety system, a method for selecting an operating mode, and a lid for a kitchen device

A locking mechanism () for a kitchen device () having a vessel (), the vessel () providing an interior space and having a rim () surrounding an opening () of the space, and a lid () to engage the rim () to close the space, the locking mechanism () comprising: a retaining arm (), the retaining arm () being attachable to the device () and movable between a free position, wherein the lid () is movable with respect to the vessel (), and a retaining position, wherein the retaining arm () is engageable with the lid () to retain the lid () against the vessel () to at least partly close the opening (); a securing assembly (), the securing assembly () being attachable to the device () to engage the retaining arm () and movable between a free position, wherein the retaining arm () may be moved between the free position and the retaining position, and a securing position, wherein the securing assembly () engages the retaining arm () to prevent movement of the retaining arm () from the retaining position; a processor; and an electric motor () operated by the processor to move the securing assembly () between the free position and the securing position.

Locking mechanism

A method and apparatus for power allocation across multiple loads. The method comprising the steps of: allocating available power between two or more power load elements, wherein a ratio of power allocated to a load element is based on a priority and measured parameters; and dynamically updating the power allocated to a load element as power requirements change.

Power sharing in an appliance

An apparatus for making a frozen dessert. The apparatus including a reservoir located within a chassis for receiving a liquid dessert mixture and a rotatable paddle located within the reservoir. The paddle can have a body coupled to at least one respective scraper element by a living hinge, such that the scraper element has a scraping edge that is radially-outward biased by the living hinge for abuttingly engaging a wall of the reservoir. The reservoir and the axis of rotation can be substantially horizontally directed, with a substantially vertically-orientated lid closing an opening of the reservoir, the lid defining an aperture for receiving the mixture or enabling egress of the frozen dessert.

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Ashfield, Australia

Bin Geng