Abstract: A cleaning device for a mixing vessel of a food processor operated by an electric motor, wherein the mixing vessel has a vessel bottom, a circumferential wall and a cover element and can be connected to a rotary element in a torque-proof manner with the aid of a fasteners and is designed for sweeping over at least a partial area of an inner wall of the mixing vessel and mechanically removing deposits located thereon during a rotation of the rotary element about a rotational axis. The cleaning device is in the form of a bristle element or wiper element and has a C-shaped design that is in contact with the vessel bottom, the circumferential wall and the cover element such that cleaning of the vessel bottom, the circumferential wall and the cover element can take place simultaneously when the mixing vessel is closed with the cover element.

Abstract: The invention relates to an attachable container (3, 4, 5) for placement onto a preparation vessel (2) of a food processor (1), wherein a floor-side opening (12) of the attachable container (3, 4, 5) lies vertically above an upper opening (7) of the preparation vessel (2). Closure means (13) are provided, which close the floor-side opening (12) in a closed position and can be moved to an open position so as to fill ingredients (23, 24) stored in the attachable container (2) into the preparation vessel (3, 4, 5). A food processor having one or several of such attachable containers (3, 4, 5) enables an automatic preparation of a meal with readily perishable foods.

Abstract: A system has a first floor processing device guided manually by a user within an environment, a second, exclusively automatically operated floor processing device, and a computing device. The first floor processing device has a detection device for detecting a parameter of the environment and/or a surface to be processed, and the second floor processing device has a navigation device for navigating and self-localizing in the environment. In order to enable an optimal floor processing of the environment with as little assistance by the user as possible, the computing device is set up, based on the parameter detected by the detection device of the first floor processing device, to determine whether a specific partial surface area of the surface to be processed is suitable for floor processing by the second floor processing device.

Abstract: A work base with a holding device for suspending a vessel and a system with such a work base and a vessel are proposed, wherein the vessel is secured against being pulled out of the holding device.

Abstract: A suction material collecting station for regenerating a filter chamber of a suction cleaner has an interface for connecting to the suction cleaner, a suction material collection container, a fan for generating a negative pressure in the suction material collection container, and an electric motor for driving the fan so that suction material contained in the filter chamber may be conveyed into the suction material collection container. The suction material collecting station has a control and evaluation unit that calculates a surroundings disturbance parameter and controls the operation of the electric motor automatically, depending on the surroundings disturbance parameter and a device parameter of the suction cleaner.

Abstract: A vacuumed material collection station for receiving vacuumed material from a vacuum cleaning apparatus includes a vacuumed material collection container and an interface for connecting the vacuum cleaning apparatus to the vacuumed material collection station. The vacuumed material collection station comprises a receptacle space for receiving a filter chamber of a vacuum cleaning apparatus connected to the vacuumed material collection station and a feed device for feeding the filter chamber into the receptacle space. The receptacle space is designed for completely encompassing the filter chamber and/or at the most not encompassing a chamber side facing the interface with the vacuum cleaning apparatus. The receptacle space forms a partial volume within the housing of the vacuumed material collection station, and the feed device is designed for removing the filter chamber from the vacuum cleaning apparatus and displacing the filter chamber into the receptacle space.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system with a household appliance, a charging station and a plurality of battery units. A control of the system is configured so that a battery unit connected to the charging station can be charged in dependence on a discharge of a battery unit which is connected to the household appliance for operating the household appliance to perform a use operation. The present disclosure further concerns a household appliance and a charging station. It is thereby made possible to perform particularly long use operations with only two battery units or at least a reduced number of battery units without an interruption for charging a battery, and at the same time to achieve the longest possible service life of the battery units.

Abstract: A system with a first floor processing device and a second floor processing device that is designed to orient and localize itself within an environment based on an area map. The first floor processing device is set up to detect a movement path during a movement by the first floor processing device and transmit information about the detected movement path to the second floor processing device. The second floor processing device has a control and evaluation unit that is set up to analyze the received information and, based upon the movement path detected by the first floor processing device and/or a partial area of the environment not traversed by the movement path, enter a no-go area into the area map which the second floor processing device is not allowed to traverse.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a system consisting of a first floor treatment apparatus that is exclusively guided manually within an environment by a user and a second floor treatment apparatus that is exclusively operated automatically, wherein the second floor treatment apparatus is designed for orienting and localizing itself within an environment. The first floor treatment apparatus is designed for detecting a movement path of the first floor treatment apparatus during a movement of the first floor treatment apparatus that is manually guided by a user, as well as for transmitting information on the detected movement path to the second floor treatment apparatus by wireless communication. The second floor treatment apparatus is designed for receiving the information and for autonomously traveling along the movement path within the environment based on the received information.

Abstract: A floor processing device automatically moves within an environment, with a driving attachment, a floor processing unit, an obstacle detection unit, a control unit and a detection unit for detecting device parameters and/or environment parameters control unit is set up to determine an error of the floor processing device based upon the detected parameters that prevents the floor processing device from moving and/or the floor processing device from processing a surface to be processed in such a way that the floor processing device is unable to automatically extricate itself from the error situation. The control unite is set up to analyze the parameters detected by the detection unit with respect to recurring patterns that have a repeatedly encountered combination of an error and at least one chronologically preceding environment and/or device parameter.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method (100) for the digitalization a cooking process (200) in a kitchen appliance (10) comprising the following steps: Detection (103) of at least one operating parameter (210) of the kitchen appliance (10) during a manual user interaction (201) for processing an ingredient (2) recorded in the kitchen appliance (10). The invention also concerns a kitchen appliance (10) for production of a cooking process (200) and a system (1) for the digitalization of a cooking process.

Abstract: A cleaning device for a mixing vessel of a food processor operated by an electric motor, wherein the mixing vessel has a vessel bottom, a circumferential wall and a cover element, wherein the cleaning device can be connected to a rotary element positioned in the mixing vessel of the food processor in a torque-proof manner with the aid of a fastening means and is designed for sweeping over at least a partial area of an inner wall of the mixing vessel and mechanically removing deposits located thereon during a rotation of the rotary element about a rotational axis. The cleaning device has a C-shaped design that is in contact with the vessel bottom, the circumferential wall and the cover element such that cleaning of the vessel bottom, the circumferential wall and the cover element can take place simultaneously when the mixing vessel is closed with the cover element.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a spectrometer comprising a spectral decomposition device and a radiation detector. These components are configured such that the spectral decomposition device can break up an incident electromagnetic measuring radiation into components in a wavelength-dependent manner. The radiation detector can measure the intensity of at least one of these components. The spectrometer is configured such that the spectrometer transmits analysis information from the analysis of a food or of a food component to a food preparation device and/or outputs it to the user via an output device. The present disclosure further relates to a system including a control device as well as to a method. In this way, a reproducible cooking result as well as an output of the nutritional values and the actual energy content of the prepared food can be made possible.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a food preparation device. The device comprises a food preparation space, a heating element for heating a food in the food preparation space, and/or a tool for blending and/or chopping a food in the food preparation space. The device further comprises a spectrometer for analyzing a food associated with the device. The present disclosure further relates to a method for analyzing a food. In this way, a reproducible cooking result as well as an output of the nutritional values and the actual energy content of prepared food can be made possible.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a food preparation appliance and to a method and a computer program product. The food preparation appliance comprises a food preparation pot, a rotatable tool for chopping food in the food preparation pot and a sensor, in particular for weight determination of a food in the food preparation pot. A control unit is provided and configured such that, when a food is comminuted by the tool, the control unit is able to determine, based on a sensor signal from the sensor, whether a predetermined chopping state of the food has been reached. The present disclosure further relates to a method and a computer program product. It is thus possible to obtain a particularly reproducible cooking result.

Abstract: The invention concerns a food preparation device 1 comprising a food preparation pot 2, a heating element 3 for heating food 4 in the food preparation pot 2, a tool 5 for blending and/or comminuting food 4 in the food preparation pot 2, a lid 6, 7 for the food preparation pot 2, and an electric motor 8 for rotating the tool 5. A monitoring unit monitors a power input of the electric motor 8 for detecting an overpressure in the food preparation pot 2. The invention also concerns a method and a computer program product. A very reliable detection of overpressure can thereby be enabled.

Abstract: An electric motor operated kitchen appliance has a base unit having an electric motor and a preparation vessel, which can be connected to the base unit and into which a rotating element protrudes, which can be rotationally driven by means of the electric motor, wherein a grinding element, which, with a grinding area of a grinding vessel held on the preparation vessel, forms a grinder, can be connected to the rotating element. To advantageously further develop the kitchen appliance, the grinding element is connected to the rotating element via a coupling element having at least one elastic partial area.

Abstract: The invention relates to an attachable container (3, 4, 5) for placement onto a preparation vessel (2) of a food processor (1), wherein a floor-side opening (12) of the attachable container (3, 4, 5) lies vertically above an upper opening (7) of the preparation vessel (2). Closure means (13) are provided, which close the floor-side opening (12) in a closed position and can be moved to an open position so as to fill ingredients (23, 24) stored in the attachable container (2) into the preparation vessel (3, 4, 5). A food processor having one or several of such attachable containers (3, 4, 5) enables an automatic preparation of a meal with readily perishable foods.