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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2022
Vorwerk & Co. Interholding Gmbh, Wuppertal, DE;
Christian Bayard, Witten, DE;
Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH, Wuppertal, DE;
Abstract
A kitchen appliance, including at least one kitchen appliance base and at least one preparation module is provided. The kitchen appliance base includes at least one electrical interface and at least one receiving region. The preparation module includes at least one electrical counter-interface for electrical contacting with the electrical interface. The electrical interface includes at least two power contacts and at least one auxiliary contact. The electrical counter-interface includes at least two power counter-contacts and at least one auxiliary counter-contact. In the kitchen appliance, the insertion forces for the electrical contacting for the user are reduced, are realized by the power contacts and the power counter-contacts, as well as the auxiliary contact and the auxiliary counter-contact being designed and configured such that the power contacts are electrically contacted with the power counter-contacts at a different point in time than is the auxiliary contact with the auxiliary counter-contact.