Braun Aktiengesellschaft

Sigrun Hickel

Wolfgang Franke

Reinhold Eichhorn

Manfred Klawuhn

Gerhard Schafer

Helmut Durr

Klaus Oprach

Albrecht Kullen

The invention is directed to an electric shaving apparatus with a first slide switch slidably arranged on a housing for operating a short-hair cutter assembly K1, K2, with a long-hair trimmer L displaceable by means of a slider as well as a second adjustable slide switch for operating at least one of the cutters. The second slide switch automatically follows in a defined range the control movement of the first slide switch into at least one further control position. The second slide switch is then movable into a cutter assembly locking position in opposition to the direction of the movement of the first slide switch.

Electric shaving apparatus

The present invention relates to an agitating and kneading tool (4) for being inserted into the center of a mixing bowl (2) of an electrically driven household appliance (16). The agitating and kneading tool (4) is conventionally composed of a hub (15) to which two differently shaped types of single tools (3, 10 and 1, 8) are fitted and which are drivable by a drive shaft (9) which preferably extends through the container bottom. It is suggested to furnish the hub (15) with a larger diameter in its lower area than in its upper area, in particular, to give it a conical shape. In its lower area, the hub (15) disposes of one or more single tools (1, 8) in the form of laterally projecting agitating arms, the said tools extending closely adjacent to the bottom in parallel to said. In the upper area of the hub (15), there is provision of one or more single tools in the form of kneading blades (3, 10). The agitating and kneading tool (4) according to this invention is preferably destined for use in household appliances (10), in which especially doughy masses must be kneaded, while, simultaneously, ingredients such as almonds, raisins etc. must be admixed.

Agitating and kneading tool

The invention is directed to a food processing apparatus (2) having a lid (22) adapted to be placed on a vessel (10), with a cover member (26) of semi-circular cross section and having a passage (24) opening into the vessel (10) being provided on the lid. The cover member (26) is provided with a vertically extending rectangular receiving opening (32) for receiving a semi-cylindrical receptacle (34) adapted to swivel through 180.degree. between a loading position and a discharge position. The receptacle (34) is adapted to receive whole fruits (45) without the operator contacting the shredding or cutting tools (12, 13), because the receiving opening (32) is closed in the loading position of the receptacle (34). Following loading of the fruits (45) into the receptacle (34), the latter is swivelled through 180.degree., enabling the fruits to be discharged through the passage (24) into the vessel (10) where a cutter blade (12) is used, while in the use of a shredding or cutting disc (13) the fruits will come to lie on the disc for being processed following which they will drop into the lower part of the vessel (10). With the receptacle (34) in the discharge position, the processing tool (12) is not accessible from the outside either because in this position, too, the receptacle (34) maintains the receiving opening (32) closed.

Kitchen apparatus for preparing food

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Waldems, Germany

Sigrun Hickel