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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2015
Vorwerk & Co. Interholding Gmbh, Wuppertal, DE;
Frank Starflinger, Bochum, DE;
Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH, Wuppertal, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a kitchen appliance (), in particular a mixer having a base device () and a vessel (), which can be arranged thereon, wherein the kitchen appliance () has a positioning device () for positioning a first partial area () of the kitchen appliance () relative to a second partial area () of the kitchen appliance (). For an advantageous monitoring of a positioning, it is proposed for an optical measuring device comprising a light emitter () and a light receiver () to be assigned to the positioning device (), which are arranged on the first partial area () and/or on the second partial area () in such a manner that the light intensity measured by the light receiver () varies as a function of the positioning of the first partial area () relative to the second partial area ().