Breville Pty Limited

Margaret Antkowiak

Richard Llewelyn Jones

Mark Thomas

Lochana Subasekara Widanagamage Don

Pierce James Barnard

Sebastien Tiburzio

Stephen John McClean

A kitchen device () including: abase () having a mechanism () that is operated using electrical power to cause processing of food; a vessel () removably mounted on the base () and including a bottom wall (), a side wall () extending upwardly from the bottom wall () to a rim () so as to provide a space () to receive the food to be processed, with the rim () surrounding an opening () to the space (); a lid () removably coupled to the rim () so as to at least partially close the opening (); and an interlock system () operatively associated with the mechanism () to permit the delivery of the electric power to the mechanism (), the system () including a first interlock circuit () and a second interlock circuit (), wherein delivery of the electric power to the mechanism () is permitted by the completion of the first interlock circuit () and activation of the second interlock circuit (), wherein the first interlock circuit () includes a first coupling () to complete the first circuit (), the first coupling () including a first portion () mounted to the lid () and a second portion () mounted to the vessel () adjacent the rim () so that the first portion () is located adjacent the second portion () when the lid () is coupled to the rim () thereby completing the first circuit (), and wherein the second interlock circuit () includes a second coupling () to activate the second interlock circuit (), the second coupling () including a first portion () that is part of the second interlock circuit () and mounted to the base (), the first portion () being operatively associated with a second portion () that is mounted to the vessel () and part of the first interlock circuit (), wherein completion of the first interlock circuit () causes operation of the second portion () of the second coupling (), thereby causing operation of the first portion () of the second coupling () to thus activate the second interlock circuit () and permit delivery of the electric power to the mechanism ().

Kitchen device

A food processor () with a food preparation vessel (), a base () housing a drive motor () and a spindle assembly () for detachable engagement with an accessory () for rotation in the preparation vessel (). The spindle assembly () has a gear assembly such that the accessory () is driven at a speed that differs from that of the drive motor ().

Food preparation devices, systems and accessories used therein

A handheld motorised food cutting device () is disclosed herein. The handheld motorised food cutting device () comprises a body () to be gripped in a user's hand so that the device () is supported by the hand, the body () having a passage () extending inwardly of the body () from an inlet opening () through which a food item to be processed is inserted for movement along the passage () in a processing direction (); a blade assembly () moveably mounted in the body () for reciprocating movement along a cutting path that is transverse of said processing direction (), with the blade assembly () being exposed to the passage () so as to be engaged by the food item moved in said processing direction (); and a drive assembly () to drive said blade assembly () along said cutting path, wherein the body () provides a surface to abut a palm of said hand, with fingers of the hand extending at least partly about said body so that the body () is gripped, and wherein said processing direction () is transverse of said surface.

Handheld motorised food cutting device

A cutting accessory for a food processor has a body that fits within the food processor's bowl and lid. The body supports a cutting disc that is offset to the food processor's spindle. The cutting disc is driven by the rotation of the spindle.

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Bronte, Australia

Margaret Antkowiak