Patent ID: 6234663
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: A47J,H01H

Abstract:
A hand-held electric kitchen appliance, adapted to drive at least one working tool, comprising:a housing enclosing an electric motor having an output shaft adapted to drive the working tool, which has an axle whose one end is inserted in an opening provided in the housing;a switch for controlling the speed of the motor which is actuated by a manually operated button rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation so as to occupy a ""stop"" position and several angularly related ""operating"" positions; andan ejector device for the working tool which is controllable by the button in said ""stop"" position;wherein the manually operated button is also swingably mounted about a swinging axis transverse to said axis of rotation so as to control the actuation of the ejector device of the working tool.