Patent ID: 7342329

Claim:
A power supply for electrical domestic appliances, comprising: at least one connection to a mains electricity supply; at least one connector for releasable electrical coupling of the power supply to a separate domestic appliance having an electrically driven element; and measuring and control means for controlling a feed signal generated by the power supply by means of at least one control signal transmitted by the domestic appliance, when the domestic appliance is coupled to the power supply, thereby controlling current and voltage supplied to the electrically driven element of the domestic appliance, wherein the domestic appliance has a sensor means for generating one of the at least one control signal, the at least one control signal that is detectable by the measuring and control means consists of the power taken up by the domestic appliance, and the domestic appliance and electrically driven element are separable from both the measuring and control means and the power supply, and wherein the power supply is provided with identification means for identifying a type of the domestic appliance coupled to the power supply.