Patent ID: 8899117
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
1. A food machine, comprising: a step configured to change positions between an unloaded step-on position, a loaded projecting step-on position, and a not projecting rest position; and a safety device that detects whether a person is standing on the step when the step is in the loaded projecting step-on position, wherein the step is coupled to the food machine via a spring such that the step changes from the unloaded projecting step-on position to the loaded projecting step-on position when the step is loaded, and when the load is relieved the step automatically returns to the unloaded projecting step-on position via counteraction of the spring, and wherein a measuring apparatus of the safety device detects whether the step is in the loaded projecting step-on position, and wherein the safety device at least partially locks the function of the food machine when the loaded projecting step-on position is detected.