Patent ID: 6350053
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
Kitchen appliance comprising a housing (1) having on an upper portion (2) a reception seat (3) and enclosing an electric motor unit (4) so that an output shaft (5) of the electric motor unit projects into the seat (3), a removable bowl (7) having a removable bottom (8) comprising a base (9) having a sidewall (10) of a shape complementary to the shape of the reception seat (3) to be seated in operation on said seat, a central region (12) of the base carrying a rotatable tool (13) secured to a shaft (14) passing through said base (9) of the electric motor unit (4), and a first safety device comprising at least one retractably mounted stop (17) and adapted to permit the coupling of the rotatable tool (13) with the output shaft (5) following retraction of said stop (17), only when the removable bowl (7) is correctly fixed on the base (9) and said base (9) is correctly seated in the reception seat (3),characterized in that the stop (17) is retractably mounted in the reception seat (3) between an inactive position in which the stop permits the seating of the base (9) on the reception seat (3) and in which the stop is retracted by an actuating means (22) secured to the base (23) of the bowl when said bowl (7) is correctly fixed to the base (9), and an active position in which the stop projects in the direction of the output shaft (5) and of which a portion (24) comes into engagement with at least one notch (25) formed in the sidewall (10) of the base (9) so as to prevent the coupling of the rotatable tool (13) with the output shaft (5) and in which the stop avoids the actuating means (22) when the bowl (7) is not present or incorrectly fixed on the base (9).