Kitchen appliance for processing food
AssigneePI-Design AG
InventorJorgen BODUM
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Abstract
A kitchen appliance for processing food includes a housing, in or on which a drive unit is arranged for driving a processing tool for processing food. The kitchen appliance also includes an actuating mechanism for actuating the drive unit, wherein the actuating mechanism has a moveable switching element arranged outside of the housing. A switch is arranged inside the housing and an opening passes through the housing. The switch is switchable with the switching element for actuating the drive unit such that the switching element is moved relative to the switch, and the kitchen appliance has a sealing element, which forms a seal while closing the opening and transfers the movement of the switching element to the switch.
Claims17
A kitchen appliance for processing food, the kitchen appliance comprising:
- a housing, in or on which a drive unit is arranged for driving a processing tool for processing food;
- an actuating mechanism for actuating the drive unit, wherein the actuating mechanism has
- a moveable switching element arranged outside the housing,
- a switch arranged inside the housing, and
- an opening passing through the housing;
- the switch being switchable with the movable switching element for actuating the drive unit such that the switching element is moved relative to the switch;
- and
- a sealing element, which forms a seal while closing the opening and transfers the movement of the switching element to the switch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.