Patent ID: 6540394
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A kitchen appliance comprising:a housing having a housing wall, a motor accommodated in the housing, means for turning said motor on and turned off, drive means which can be driven by said motor, and extend through said housing wall, protection means, accommodated in the housing and arranged to be movable between a locking position and a disengaging position, in the locking position said protection means inhibiting starting of the motor, and in the disengaging position said protection means allowing the motor to be started, and a container for holding a substance to be processed and arranged to be placed onto the housing adjacent the housing wall in a placement position, and to be is movable from said placement position into an operating position, in said operating position said container being disposed on the housing adjacent the housing wall, said container having a removable cover for closing the container, and containing a derivable tool for processing a substance present in the container, said tool, when the container is in its operating position, being derivable with the aid of the drive means, said cover being movable relative to the container between an open position and a closed position, said container including control means, movable between a rest position and an active position, said control means being coupled to the cover via first coupling means, and being coupled to the protection means via second coupling means, said first coupling means being arranged such that as a result of a movement of the cover from its open position into its closed position, the control means is compulsively moved from the rest position into the active position by means of the force exerted on the control means by the cover via the first coupling means, and as a result of a movement of the cover from its closed position into its open position the control means is compulsively moved from the active position into the rest position by means of the force exerted on the control means by the cover via the first coupling means, and said second coupling means being arranged such that as a result of a movement of the container from the placement position into the operating position the protection means is compulsively moved from the locking position into the disengaging position, and such that as a result of the movement of the container from the operating position into the placement position the protection means is compulsively moved from the disengaging position into the locking position.