VORWERK & CO. INTERHOLDING GMBH Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160131300 | Foot of a device, in particular of a table-top kitchen appliance - The invention relates to a foot ( | 05-12-2016 |
20160120370 | KITCHEN MACHINE - The invention relates to a kitchen appliance ( | 05-05-2016 |
20160120369 | Kitchen appliance comprising positioning device - The invention relates to a kitchen appliance ( | 05-05-2016 |
20160120368 | ELECTRIC KITCHEN APPLIANCE - The invention relates to an electrical kitchen appliance for processing food by means of at least one processing function, which can be set by a user, as well as to a corresponding method. The electrical kitchen appliance ( | 05-05-2016 |
20160120367 | Kitchen appliance comprising POSITIONING DEVICE - The invention relates to a kitchen appliance, in particular a mixer, comprising a housing ( | 05-05-2016 |
20160113432 | COOKING ATTACHMENT FOR A HEATABLE JAR OF A FOOD PROCESSOR - The invention relates to a cooking attachment ( | 04-28-2016 |
20160106264 | VERFAHREN UND KUECHENMASCHINE ZUM ZUBEREITEN EINES ZUBEREITUNGSGUTS - The invention initially relates to a method for preparing a food ( | 04-21-2016 |
20160106263 | Kitchen appliance comprising cooling device - The invention relates to a kitchen appliance ( | 04-21-2016 |
20160037983 | FLOOR CLEANING DEVICE FOR DRY AND WET CLEANING AS WELL AS METHOD FOR OPERATING A SELF-PROPELLED FLOOR CLEANING DEVICE - A method for operating a self-propelled floor cleaning device, in a first operating step, drives the floor cleaning device across a first treatment path across the floor to be cleaned according to a predetermined driving strategy, or according to a predetermined algorithm, which is calculated on the basis of data, which are detected by sensors and thereby carries out a first cleaning step by a first cleaning device. In the first operating step, areas of the floor surfaces to be cleaned, which are cleaned in at least a second operating step by a second cleaning device, or which are excluded from the cleaning by the second cleaning device, are determined. A floor cleaning device, which is suitable for carrying out the method, has a chassis, a first cleaning device for dry cleaning a floor surface, and a second cleaning device for wet cleaning areas of the floor surface. | 02-11-2016 |
20160037636 | KITCHEN APPLIANCE OPERABLE BY ELECTRIC MOTOR, DATA MEMORY ELEMENT, AND COMBINATION OF A KITCHEN APPLIANCE OPERABLE BY ELECTRIC MOTOR AND A DATA MEMORY ELEMENT - A kitchen appliance operable by electric motor includes a housing, which has an outer surface, and a data transmission interface designed to interact with a data memory element. The data transmission interface is formed in an outer surface of the housing by metal contact elements, which are arranged adjacent to each other and which each have a contact surface and form part of the outer surface. Further, a data memory element for transmitting data to a kitchen appliance operable by electric motor includes a plurality of contact elements that are separate from each other and optionally a contact surface. Further, a combination of a kitchen appliance operable by electric motor and a data memory element, which can be detachably connected to the kitchen appliance, can transmit data of the data memory element to the kitchen appliance while the data memory element is connected to the kitchen appliance. Further, a combination of a kitchen appliance operable by electric motor and a data memory element, which can be handled as an individual part, can bring the data memory element into contact with the kitchen appliance for data exchange. | 02-04-2016 |
20160027207 | METHOD FOR CLEANING OR PROCESSING A ROOM BY MEANS OF AN AUTONOMOUSLY MOBILE DEVICE - A method for cleaning or processing a room uses an autonomously mobile device. In order the relieve the user of the task of finding the exact subarea to which the device must travel, or avoid, on a map of the room, the user in order to select a subarea takes a photograph of the subarea and transmits it to a processing unit. In this way a method is provided that is less time-consuming and more convenient for the user. | 01-28-2016 |
20150327742 | AUTOMATICALLY DRIVEN CLEANING DEVICE - A device for cleaning or processing a surface, wherein the device has a light source for illuminating the surface with light and an optical detection device for detecting the light reflected by the surface. In addition, the invention relates to a method for operating a device according to the invention. To create a device for cleaning or processing a surface and a method of the type in question, which differentiates various surfaces with a better resolution than that in the prior art, it is proposed that the optical detection device has at least one filter element and at least one sensor element, which are arranged and designed to detect the light reflected from the surface with respect to at least four different spectral ranges. | 11-19-2015 |
20150305567 | FOOD PROCESSOR - An electrically operated food processor with a mixing bowl and a mixer in the mixing bowl is provided with a camera, in particular an electronic camera, which is potentially directed towards the user of the food processor, and with stored gesture recognition software, as well as a gesture data bank, it being possible to use gesture recognition to cause the food processor to carry out a routine task. | 10-29-2015 |
20150305566 | FOOD PROCESSOR - An electrically operated food processor with a mixing bowl and a mixer in the mixing bowl, wherein the mixing bowl can be heated, is provided with a camera, in particular an electronic camera, which is potentially directed towards the user of the food processor, and with stored face recognition software, as well as a face data bank, it being possible to use face recognition to cause the food processor to carry out a routine task. | 10-29-2015 |
20150300376 | CLEANING DEVICE GENERATING TWO SUCTION FLOWS - A cleaning device includes an air flow generator for generating an air flow, which encompasses a first suction flow through a first suction line, which is arranged in flow direction of the air flow upstream of the air flow generator and which leads into a first collecting container, and a pressure flow in a pressure line, which is arranged in flow direction of the air flow downstream from the air flow generator. Using a Venturi nozzle, the air flow generates a second suction flow, which is separated from the first suction flow, through a second suction line, which leads into a second collecting container. | 10-22-2015 |
20150297052 | SELF-PROPELLED FLOOR CLEANING DEVICE COMPRISING A CONSECUTIVE VEHICLE, WHICH FOLLOWS A LEAD VEHICLE - A self-propelled floor cleaning device includes a manually controlled or program-controlled first cleaning vehicle, which moves across a treatment path across a surface, which is to be cleaned, including a first cleaning device for carrying out a dry cleaning step. A second cleaning vehicle, including a second cleaning device for carrying out a wet cleaning step, is coupled to the first cleaning vehicle such that the second cleaning vehicle follows the first cleaning vehicle on the treatment path thereof. The second cleaning vehicle can be connected to the first cleaning vehicle via a releasable mechanical coupling. However, it can also be in operative connection with the first cleaning vehicle via only a data transmission path. | 10-22-2015 |
20150280470 | METHOD FOR FORMING A TRANSPORT SAFETY SYSTEM AND BATTERY-OPERATED ELECTRICAL DEVICE - An electrical device having a transport safety system that prevents unwanted discharge of the battery during transport. The electrical device has a battery connected to the electrical device, a charging device configured to be connected to the electrical device or to the battery, and an electrical discharge protection circuit associated with the battery or the electrical device to prevent discharge of the battery during transport. The electrical discharge protection circuit is adapted to be activated when connected to the charging device by engaging a button actuation on the electrical device, and is adapted to be deactivated by charging the battery. The discharge protection circuit is configured so that a wanted or unwanted actuation of the button when the discharge protection circuit is activated does not lead to activation of electrical components of the electrical device. | 10-01-2015 |
20150279370 | ELECTRICALLY OPERATED FOOD PROCESSOR - An electrically operated food processor with a mixing bowl and a mixer in the mixing bowl is provided with an acoustic transducer and with stored speech recognition software, it being possible to use speech recognition to cause the food processor to carry out a routine task. The speech recognition may be activated by turning on the food processor. | 10-01-2015 |
20150257589 | ELECTRICALLY OPERATED KITCHEN APPLIANCE - An electrically operated kitchen appliance with a cooking vessel and a lid for the cooking vessel, wherein: the lid can be locked in the closed position against the cooking vessel; the cooking vessel has a cooking vessel base and a cooking vessel wall extending upwards from the base; the cooking vessel wall transitions into a radially projecting cooking vessel edge; the lid has a lid edge, which covers the cooking vessel edge in the closed position; and the lock is formed by a locking part acting on the lid. In order to further improve a kitchen appliance of the type mentioned, particularly with respect to handling the lid of the cooking vessel, according to the invention a hinged section, which can be operated by an electric motor, is provided to interact with the lid edge, such that the lid can be pivoted by the motor out of a closed position into an open position and the lid can be removed from the hinged section by the user non-destructively. | 09-17-2015 |
20150208868 | ELECTRICALLY OPERATED KITCHEN APPLIANCE - An electrically operated kitchen appliance includes a mixing container, an electric-motor operated mixer in the mixing container, and a lid for the mixing container, wherein the lid preferably can be locked by an electric motor. A combination of at least the following features is proposed: the electric motor ( | 07-30-2015 |
20140337631 | METHOD FOR COPY-PROTECTED STORAGE OF INFORMATION ON A DATA CARRIER - A method for storing digital data information on a data carrier and for reading the information therefrom uses a disk having an individual digital identifier. A signature is formed, and the information includes information items, which can be processed by a first electronic data processing device only if the identifier and the signature are in a predefined relation to one another. To supply a household appliance operated by an electric motor with process control data, while ensuring that only original data are used, the information components can be processed by a second electronic data processing device even if the signature and the identifier are not in the predefined relation to one another. Also, a household appliance operable by an electric motor, in particular a food processor, has an electronic data processing device. A system and an integrated semiconductor circuit also realize the features for storing digital data information. | 11-13-2014 |
20140166375 | Arrangement for overcoming an obstruction to traveling movement - The invention relates to an arrangement ( | 06-19-2014 |
20140166047 | Traveling cleaning appliance and method for operating such an appliance - The invention relates to a traveling cleaning appliance ( | 06-19-2014 |
20140075689 | AUTOMATICALLY TRAVELING FLOOR CLEANING APPLIANCE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A FLOOR CLEANING APPLIANCE - An automatically traveling floor cleaning appliance during travel is capable of traveling over low obstacles extending lengthwise, typically represented by a carpet border, having an upwardly inclined obstructing surface, with a direction of travel at a right or acute angle with respect to a longitudinal extent of the obstacle. The appliance also has an obstacle detector. The appliance is formed so that the obstacle or an area adjoining same may be cleaned using a procedure in which the appliance assumes a direction of travel based on the extent of the obstacle, and with regard to the obstructing surface includes traveling on a floor area in front of the obstacle, and at a lateral distance of an associated boundary edge of the appliance in the direction of travel from the obstructing surface which is smaller than that corresponding to a width of the appliance perpendicular to the direction of travel. | 03-20-2014 |
20140060716 | AUTOMATICALLY TRAVELING FLOOR DUST COLLECTING APPLIANCE, AND RUNNING WHEEL, IN PARTICULAR FOR A FLOOR DUST COLLECTING APPLIANCE - An automatically traveling floor dust collecting appliance has at least one running wheel having an axis of rotation, a hub, and a tire forming a tire contact area merging radially inwardly into two oppositely situated side faces. The tire, which includes elastic material, has profile blocks, each forming a part of the tire contact area and provided one after the other in the peripheral direction. A running wheel is also provided, in particular for a floor dust collecting appliance. The part of the tire contact area formed by a profile block has a profile which in its cross-section slopes downwardly toward the center. This profile block at the same time forms a part of an associated side face. The profile block, at this transition, radially and in the direction of the axis of rotation, forms a farthest protruding portion of the tire contact area of the tire. | 03-06-2014 |
20130206771 | ELECTRICALLY OPERATED FOOD PROCESSOR WITH A COOKING VESSEL, AND VESSEL WITH A LID - The invention relates, in the first instance, to an electrically operated food processor ( | 08-15-2013 |
20130003490 | KITCHEN APPLIANCE - The invention relates to a kitchen appliance ( | 01-03-2013 |