Abstract: A steam cooking apparatus has a cooking chamber, and a heating chamber adjacent the cooking chamber used for heating air laden with steam. Further, a steam heater is provided in the cooking chamber. Air and steam are circulated between the cooking chamber and the heating chamber, by means of an air circulation arrangement. A food support is provided for mounting in the cooking chamber. The food support has a bottom surface which includes a channel arrangement for positioning over the steam heater. The channel arrangement results in desired flow conditions over the steam heater to enable efficient generation of steam.

Abstract: There is provided a food processing apparatus (100) for use with a near-infrared light source and a sensor. The apparatus comprises a food processing chamber (110) configured to receive a food stuff, a food processing unit (120) configured to process the food stuff in the food processing chamber, and an optical component (130) configured to reflect emitted near-infrared light from the near-infrared light source towards the sensor, wherein the optical component is arranged at the food processing unit or a channel formed in the food processing chamber.

Abstract: A blade set assembly for a hair cutting appliance includes a stationary blade and a movable blade. The movable and stationary blades are arranged one on top the other and movable relative to each other. A guide unit is formed between the movable blade and the stationary blade, where the blades engage each other. The guide unit includes longitudinally spaced, laterally extending guideways, each defined between a stationary blade guide surface and a movable blade guide surface that overlap each other. Rolling elements are arranged at the guideways between the guide surfaces. The guide surfaces have a height extension greater than a radius of the rolling elements such that the guide surfaces overlap in a vertical direction. The guide surfaces provide for coupling in a longitudinal direction between the blades such that the guide unit provides for a set longitudinal distance for any force applied in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a blade set assembly (116) for a hair cutting appliance comprises a stationary blade (134) having a leading edge (148) and a movable blade (152) having a leading edge (158). The movable blade and the stationary blade are arranged on top of one another and operable to be moved with respect to one another in a lateral direction (Y). A guide unit (166) is formed between the movable blade and the stationary blade, the blades engaging one another at the guide unit, arranged to set a longitudinal distance (d) between the stationary blade leading edge and the movable blade leading edge and to define a movement path for the relative movement between the blades in the lateral direction. The guide unit comprises at least two longitudinally spaced, laterally extending guideways (168, 170), each defined between a stationary blade guide surface (172) and a movable blade guide surface (174) that overlap one another.

Abstract: There is provided a food processing apparatus (100) for use with a near- infrared light source and a sensor. The apparatus comprises a food processing chamber (110) configured to receive a food stuff, a food processing unit (120) configured to process the food stuff in the food processing chamber, and an optical component (130) configured to reflect emitted near-infrared light from the near-infrared light source towards the sensor, wherein the optical component is arranged at the food processing unit or a channel formed in the food processing chamber.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a food steamer. The food steamer comprises a food preparation chamber (2), a steam generator (3) communicating with the food preparation chamber (2) so that steam is able to flow from the steam generator (3) to the food preparation chamber (2), and a contaminant prevention means (8) configured to prevent the ingress of contaminants from the food preparation chamber (2) into the steam generator (3). The present invention also relates to an apparatus for preventing the ingress of contaminants from a food preparation chamber (2) into a steam generator (3) of a food steamer.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hair cutting appliance (10), particularly an electrically operated body grooming appliance (10), and to a cutting head (18) for a hair cutting appliance (10), the cutting head (18) comprising a blade set (20) comprising a stationary blade (36) and a cutter blade (38), the stationary blade (36) and the cutter blade (38) comprising at least one toothed leading edge (22, 24) jointly defined by respective teeth (62, 64) of the stationary blade (36) and the cutter blade (38), the teeth (62, 64) of the stationary blade (36) and the cutter blade (38) basically extending in a longitudinal direction (X), a skin protector (76) comprising a plurality of guide tabs (78) that are aligned with the teeth (62) of the stationary blade (36), wherein the stationary blade (36) further comprises a front face (58), particularly at the teeth (62) thereof, the front face (58) being arranged to face a user's skin, when in operation, wherein the cutter blade (38) is at least partially arranged at a

Abstract: The present invention relates to a food steamer. The food steamer comprises a food preparation chamber (2), a steam generator (3) communicating with the food preparation chamber (2) so that steam is able to flow from the steam generator (3) to the food preparation chamber (2), and a contaminant prevention means (8) configured to prevent the ingress of contaminants from the food preparation chamber (2) into the steam generator (3). The present invention also relates to an apparatus for preventing the ingress of contaminants from a food preparation chamber (2) into a steam generator (3) of a food steamer.

Abstract: To provide a hair cutting device permitting the user to really know the remaining hair length without having to do trial cuts, a hair cutting device (1) with hair length indicator means (4) is proposed, wherein the hair length indicator means (4) comprises a fixed delimiter (5) and at least one movable delimiter (6) being movable with respect to the fixed delimiter (5), such that the hair length is indicated by the distance (D) between the fixed (5) and the at least one movable delimiter (6). Preferably, the hair length indicator means (4) comprises more than one movable delimiter (6, 7), all movable delimiters (6, 7) being movable in circumferential direction and functionally couplable with a comb unit (19, 20) such that a change between movable delimiters (6, 7) is caused by attachment of the comb unit (19, 20) to the hair cutting device (1).

Abstract: To provide a hair cutting device permitting the user to really know the remaining hair length without having to do trial cuts, a hair cutting device (1) with hair length indicator means (4) is proposed, wherein the hair length indicator means (4) comprises a fixed delimiter (5) and at least one movable delimiter (6) being movable with respect to the fixed delimiter (5), such that the hair length is indicated by the distance (D) between the fixed (5) and the at least one movable delimiter (6). Preferably, the hair length indicator means (4) comprises more than one movable delimiter (6, 7), all movable delimiters (6, 7) being movable in circumferential direction and functionally couplable with a comb unit (19, 20) such that a change between movable delimiters (6, 7) is caused by attachment of the comb unit (19, 20) to the hair cutting device (1).

Abstract: In a facial sauna, a reservoir configuration is provided in a housing, comprising a water heating reservoir and a foam retrieval reservoir. A heating device for heating water is provided adjacent an outer region of a reservoir wall of the water heating reservoir. The reservoir configuration consists of at least two reservoir parts which are detachably connected to one another and which are separable from one another. The heating device is being provided at only one reservoir part adjacent the outer region of a reservoir wall. An inner region of the one reservoir wall of the reservoir part whose outer region lies adjacent the heating device is freely accessible when the reservoir parts are separated from one another.