Eugster/frismag Ag

Miele & Cie. Kg

Simon Wäger

Wolfgang Riessbeck

Dirk Irmscher

Christof Zwahlen

Stefan Reinhart

Dominic Jenny

Arnold Oberholzer

A food-preparation apparatus for forming and baking a food product () from a dough portion () in a capsule () includes a housing () having a capsule-handling device () for opening and/or emptying the capsule (), an upper plate (), and a lower plate (), arranged in the housing (). The lower plate can be adjusted in a guide device between a receiving position (A) for receiving the dough portion () from the capsule (), a position of interaction (W) for interacting with the upper plate () for baking and/or forming the dough portion, and an emptying position (E) wherein the lower plate () is inclined relative to a base surface () of the food-preparation apparatus. The guide device has a diverter () with a diverter element (), which can be switched between at least two switching positions for predetermining an adjustment distance of the lower plate () in the guide device, wherein the diverter element () is assigned an electromotive drive (M) for switching the diverter element () automatically.

Food-preparation apparatus with diverter mechanism

A domestic baking device for baking a food product, in particular a flat bread, from a dough portion initially held in a portion capsule (), the domestic baking device comprising a baking apparatus for baking the dough portion and a capsule-emptying apparatus () for removing the dough portion from a portion capsule (), the capsule-emptying apparatus () having at least one force application element, which can be moved along a movement path, for applying force to, in particular deforming and/or moving, the portion capsule (), which force application element can be driven by means of an electric motor, characterized in that the capsule-emptying apparatus () is assigned monitoring means for monitoring the portion capsule emptying operation, the monitoring means comprising comparing means, which are designed to monitor the curve of an electrical motor signal, in particular a current or voltage signal, over the movement path of the force application element for the reaching or exceeding of a reference signal (), which changes over the movement path of the force application element, and to perform an action if the reference signal () is reached or exceeded.

Baking device and operating method

A fully automatic coffee machine () includes an operating unit () having at least one touch sensor () for generating an operating signal, and a signal-conductor () to conduct the operating signal to a logic unit () connected to a coffee-producing assembly. The touch sensor (), signal-conductor () and logic unit () are arranged on a common printed circuit board (). The logic unit () is arranged in a logic section () of the printed circuit board () and the touch sensor () is arranged in a sensor section () on the printed circuit board (). The logic section () integrally transitions into the sensor section (), and is embodied as a logic unit flap which is released from the sensor section (), such that and is delimited from the sensor section () by at least one recess () in the printed circuit board such that the logic section () is not deformed by deformation of the sensor section ().

Operating unit for a coffee machine

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Amriswil, Switzerland

Simon Wäger