Patent ID: 7145105

Claim:
Electric kettle including a power supply base comprising electrical connection means suitable for being connected to an external electrical source, and a manual control button movable between a resting position and an activation position, and a receptacle, removable from the power supply base, comprising a container suitable for containing a liquid to be heated, an electrical heating device suitable for heating the liquid in the container, and complementary electrical connection means which are suitable, when the receptacle is placed on the power supply base, for cooperating with the electrical connection means and supplying electrical power to the heating device, characterized in that the receptacle includes control means suitable for cutting the electrical power supply to the electrical heating device and which include a switch that is movable between an open position and a closed position, wherein the kettle includes transmission means suitable, when the receptacle is placed on the base, for shifting the switch from its open position to its closed position when the manual control button is shifted from its resting position to its activation position.