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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2001
Heimo Obersteiner, Klagenfurt, AT;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
In a kitchen appliance ( ) having firstly a container ( ) and having secondly a cover ( ) for the container ( ) and having thirdly a tool drive means ( ) which is accommodated in the container ( ) and which is rotatably supported in the container ( ) with the aid of bearing means ( ) which allow a pivotal movement, which tool drive means is passed through an opening ( ) in the cover ( ) and is disposed in the opening ( ) so as to be clear of the cover ( ) in order to allow a pivotal movement of the tool drive means ( ), and having fourthly a drive arrangement ( ) placed on the cover ( ) coupled to the tool drive means ( ) so as to be in driving engagement therewith, the tool drive means ( ) is, in the fifth place, provided with a brake means ( ), whose braking function is disabled when the drive arrangement ( ) is coupled to the tool drive means ( ) and which in response to a disengagement of the drive arrangement ( ) from the tool drive means ( ) performs its braking function as a result of a pivotal movement of the tool drive means ( ).