Vorwerk & Co Interholding Gmbh

Markus Cornelissen

Torsten Lang

Uwe Kemker

Felix Thies

Stefan Hilgers

Christiane Stach

Jutta Schomacher

Julius Ganns

Frank Meyer

Raphael Liss

Klaus-Martin Weber

Martin Fieseler

Dirk Schmidt

Giuseppe Tupputi

Manuela GÜNDEL

Birgit Gawlik

Monique DÖTSCH

Bernhard Scheuren

Dirk Röllinghoff

Andreas Lamping

Dieter Kalemba

Dirk Hellrung

Petra Delseith

An electric kitchen appliance has a pot for receiving food to be processed using the electric kitchen appliance. An ultrasound transmitter and an ultrasound receiver are provided in order to determine the fill level of the food in the pot. The ultrasound transmitter and the ultrasound receiver are attached to the upper edge of the pot such that an ultrasound signal can be transmitted onto the surface of the food by the ultrasound transmitter, and an ultrasound signal reflected by the surface of the food can be received by the ultrasound receiver. In this manner, an electric kitchen appliance is provided which allows the fill state of the food in the pot to be determined in a simple and reliable manner.

Kitchen appliance

A suction nozzle for a vacuum cleaner has: a suction mouth which can be arranged adjacently to the surface to be cleaned and which comprises a suction edge that delimits a sub-surface exposed to the vacuum air stream; a vacuum air stream extraction opening; and a delimiter that can be controlled according to a detection result of a sensor. The sensor is an obstacle sensor for detecting a substantially stationary obstacle located in front of the suction nozzle, in particular a wall or piece of furniture, wherein the obstacle sensor is configured to detect obstacles that are disposed outside the portion of the surface over which the suction nozzle projects and, in relation to an arrangement of the suction nozzle during typical cleaning operation, that protrude beyond a suction edge plane that has the suction edge.

Suction nozzle for a vacuum cleaner

A cooking attachment for a heatable vessel of a food processor, which cooking attachment has one or more base openings, through which steam exiting from the vessel can enter into the cooking attachment and condensate can flow out of the cooking attachment into the vessel. In order for food which is contained in the cooking attachment to be cooked more quickly and uniformly, and/or to be kept hot following preparation, irrespective of its position within the cooking attachment, it is proposed that the cooking attachment should have a heating device which provides heating irrespective of the steam exiting from the vessel.

Cooking attachment for a heatable vessel of a food processor

The invention relates to a household robot, in particular an automatically movable cleaning robot for a floor area, having a housing, having running gear which is arranged on the underside of the housing, having a sensor system for detecting the area surrounding the housing and having a control for automatically controlling the running gear, in which the technical problem of preventing soiling by excrement from a living being is solved by providing detection element for detecting a sub-area of the floor area which has been soiled by excrement from a living being and by the control element changing the operating mode of the household robot dependent on an output signal from the detection element. The invention also relates to a method for operating a household robot.

Household robot and method for operating a household robot

The invention relates to a cooking attachment () for a heatable vessel () of a kitchen appliance, which cooking attachment () has a bottom () comprising at least one bottom opening (), through which steam, which escapes from the vessel (), can enter the cooking attachment () and/or condensate, which escapes from the cooking attachment (), can enter the vessel (). To attain a more homogenous and quicker cooking of the food contained in the cooking attachment (), it is proposed for the bottom () to have a plurality of spacers (), which stick out from the bottom (), for keeping a food contained in the cooking attachment () at a distance from the bottom opening (), on the side, which faces the interior of the cooking attachment (), wherein the bottom opening () is at least partially surrounded by the spacers () in circumferential direction.

Cooking attachment for a heatable jar of a food processor

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

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

Stirrer for a kitchen appliance

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Bornheim, Germany

Markus Cornelissen