Abstract: An electric juicer having a housing, or case, a juice receptacle arranged on the case, a pouring accessory disposed on the receptacle and a juicer cone. The case contains a motor for rotating the cone through the intermediary of a transmission, the pouring accessory has a bottom permitting gravity flow of the collected juice toward a lateral flow outlet, and the bottom has an opening providing for the passage of the transmission. In accordance with the invention, the pouring accessory has a transmission axis, or shaft, belonging to the transmission, the shaft being mounted for free rotation in the opening. This arrangement permits the juicer to be used with or without the pouring accessory.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cooking appliance comprising a case (1) and a vessel (2). Said vessel is intended to receive a cooking bath and is equipped with a draining device (10) which is used to drain the contents of the vessel (2) into a draining container (3), said container being removably-disposed in relation to the case (1). According to the invention, the draining device (10) comprises a thermostatic valve (16) consisting of a heat-sensitive mechanical element which moves according to the temperature.

Abstract: A device for separating and collecting waste entrained by an air flow generated by a suction group in a vacuum cleaner, the device having an air inlet tube opening in a tangential direction into a waste separation chamber, a conduit having a plurality of openings being located in a central part of said chamber, the conduit being in communication with the suction group, and the chamber being connected to a tank for collecting waste. According to the invention, the conduit has inclined walls directed toward the separation chamber, in the direction of circular movement of the air flow in the separation chamber, and the end of each wall has a substantially flat opening that is parallel to the underlying and adjacent conduit. The openings in the conduit are situated in line with the openings in the walls.

Abstract: A toaster having: a frame enclosing an open heating chamber; a bread supporting carriage mounted in the chamber and vertically movable relative to the frame, the carriage being retainable in a lowered position for toasting; an extension piece fixed to the carriage; a restoring element coupled between the frame and the extension piece for urging the carriage upwardly away from the lowered position to a first bread discharge position; and a control mechanism for controlling the position for the carriage. The control mechanism includes: a lever mounted for rotation about a first axis, a crank element extending perpendicular to the first axis and connected to the lever for rotation as a unit therewith, and a cam device connected to the extension piece and engaged by the crank element at a location spaced from the first axis for converting rotational movements of the actuating lever into vertical movements of the carriage.

Abstract: A filter coffee maker having: a boiler; a case in which the boiler is disposed; an ascending conduit coupled to the boiler for upward movement of the hot water produced by said boiler; a filter holder or filter holder housing; a lid pivoted on the case; and a water delivery head arranged in the lid. The delivery head has an inlet opening brought into communication with a hot water outlet orifice of the conduit and an outlet opening that opens above the filter holder or housing when the lid is closed. The lid has a lower face presenting a protuberance in which the inlet opening is arranged, the ascending conduit has an upper end with a closed upper part, and the orifice opens in a direction facing a lateral wall forming part of the case.

Abstract: A foot component of a hand mixer or blender, the hand mixer or blender having a case that houses a motor and the foot component being constructed to be coupled to the case. The foot component is composed of: a tube having a lower end; a bell made of a first material connected to the lower end of the tube, the bell having a lower edge; and a protection element covering the lower edge of the bell and made of a material that is softer than the first material.

Abstract: A filter-holder includes a cylindrical cup (1), a filtering chamber (4) defined by the inner side wall (5) of the cup and a perforated base (6) provided with a grille (7), a vessel (9) collecting the infusion placed underneath the grille (7) and provided with elements for evacuating the infusion (11), and at least two infusion, outlet pipes (15, 16). The filter-holder includes an infusion dispensing trough (10) placed beneath the vessel (9) which includes elements channelling (13, 35) the infusion flow towards the filter-holder outlet pipes. A selecting member (S1, S2) generates a relative rotational motion between the vessel (9) and the trough (10) to obtain an infusion flow either through one outlet pipes only (15), or through both outlet pipes (15, 16).

Abstract: A food-cooking appliance having a main body in which a cooking bowl (6) is mounted and a lid (7) removably mounted to the main body and designed to close the main body in a substantially airtight manner during cooking. The food-cooking appliance also includes odor treatment means (10) for treating cooking odors, which means are associated with the lid (7), and heater means. The lid (7) is removably mounted to be removable from the main body and from the cooking odor treatment means (10) so as to be separable simultaneously from the main body and from the odor treatment means (10).

Abstract: A device for filtering the frying bath of an electric fryer having a heating resistor that is immersed in a frying bath in a tank during frying, the device including: a filter screen adapted to extend beneath the immersed electric resistor; and at least one holding element for connecting said screen to the immersed electric resistor. An electric fryer composed of; a tank provided to receive a frying bath; an electric heating resistor provided to be immersed in the frying bath; and the device described above.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for assisting in culinary preparation, comprising a plurality of electric household appliances (10, 20, 30) and a remote monitoring and control apparatus (2). According to the invention, the user can select a prerecorded culinary preparation that is modeled as a sequence of steps of preparation and, in the course of at least one step, the monitoring and control apparatus (2) receives a condition signal SE from certain of the electric household appliances, and emits toward certain others a control signal SC dependent on the one hand on condition signals SE and on the other hand of prerecorded operational parameters.

Abstract: The invention relates to a toaster in which the housing (1) comprises: a toasting chamber (2); a toast rack (5), which can move vertically inside said chamber (2) between an eject position and a toasting position; a driver (6), which is linked to the toast rack (5), is slide mounted on a vertical column (7) and is used to lower the toast rack (5) from the eject position, in which the driver (6) is returned by an elastic means (9), to the toasting position, in which the driver (6) is held in place by an unlockable means (10); and a rising damping device comprising a piston (16) which can slide vertically along a determined path in a housing (17) that is solidly connected to the drive and the upper face of which can come into contact with a stop end (19) located in the top part of the housing (1).

Abstract: A filter coffee maker having: a boiler; a case in which the boiler is disposed; an ascending conduit coupled to the boiler for upward movement of the hot water produced by said boiler; a filter holder or filter holder housing; a lid pivoted on the case; and a water delivery head arranged in the lid. The delivery head has an inlet opening brought into communication with a hot water outlet orifice of the conduit and an outlet opening that opens above the filter holder or housing when the lid is closed. The lid has a lower face presenting a protuberance in which the inlet opening is arranged, the ascending conduit has an upper end with a closed upper part, and the orifice opens in a direction facing a lateral wall forming part of the case.

Abstract: A pressing iron having, from bottom to top, a heating soleplate, a body delimited by an envelope that contains a water reservoir, and a gripping handle connected to the body. The reservoir is provided with a vent at the rear of the iron and at the top of the reservoir, the iron is provided with an opening situated at the front of the iron above the reservoir, and the iron further has a tube connecting the vent to the opening.

Abstract: A food-cooking appliance having a cooking bowl designed to be closed by a lid (7) in a substantially airtight manner during cooking, heater means, and odor treatment means (10) for treating the cooking odors, which means discharge the treated stream of air to the outside of the appliance via at least one opening (20), the food-cooking appliance being characterized in that it includes cooling means (21) designed to generate a cooling stream directed to sweep across the opening (20).

Abstract: A cooking appliance comprising a shell (4) and a control knob (7) mobile relative to the shell (4) which comprises a heating element and bears a removable hot plate fixed on the heating element by at least one locking member (1) and releasable by moving the member (1). The appliance comprises a lever (8) forming a crank-shaft assembly pivoting about a pin (12) whereby it is fixed to the shell (4); one part of the lever (20) co-operates with the knob (7) and another part (19), drives the locking member (1) when the knob is stressed and acts on the lever (8).

Abstract: A toaster composed of a case having lateral walls that constitute the outer cover of the toaster, the case containing a frame forming a toasting chamber having an opening at an upper part of the case and an opening at a lower part of the case, a base removably connectable to the case and facing the opening at the lower part of the case, and a heating unit for the chamber having heating elements situated in proximity to the chamber and connected to a device for supplying electric power and for controlling the heating elements. The base is completely removable from the case, and the base and the case have respective elements that interact with one another when the case is disposed on the base, such that withdrawal of the case from the base suppresses the interaction to prevent the supply of electric power to the heating elements.