Abstract: A cooking assistance device is for weighing a kitchen appliance or food container and then calculating a weight of food contained by the kitchen appliance or container based on a known dry weight. The food weight is provided to cooking aid device (which may be an integral part of the assistance device or it may be a remote device) for providing cooking instructions to a user. The device is thus able to coordinate the use of multiple kitchen appliances or utensils for example when a recipe is being followed by a user, with user instructions, information or advice being provided.

Abstract: A cooking assistance device is for weighing a kitchen appliance or food container and then calculating a weight of food contained by the kitchen appliance or container based on a known dry weight. The food weight is provided to cooking aid device (which may be an integral part of the assistance device or it may be a remote device) for providing cooking instructions to a user. The device is thus able to coordinate the use of multiple kitchen appliances or utensils for example when a recipe is being followed by a user, with user instructions, information or advice being provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an operator control element, in particular a joystick, comprising a housing, an activation lever which is mounted in the housing so as to be pivotable about a pivot point, and a resetting unit for making available a resetting torque for resetting the activation lever from a deflected state into a neutral state. In order to specify an operator control element which makes available a haptic force feedback which is intrinsically safe, the invention proposes that the operator control element comprises an actuator unit which is operatively connected to the resetting unit, wherein the actuator unit is designed to perform limited modulation of the resetting torque, wherein in the case of a lower modulation limit the resetting torque in the deflected state is greater than zero.

Abstract: An epilating device (1) has a housing (2) defining a handle (4) and first and second shoulder portions (6, 8) forming an open jaw (10). A tweezer portion (12) is mounted in the jaw (10) for rotation about its axis such that an opening (20) is formed through the device (1) from a front side (22) of the housing (2) to a rear side (24) of the housing (2), the opening (20) being bounded by the handle (4), the shoulder portions (6,8) and the tweezer portion (12). A drive mechanism (36) located within the housing (2) is arranged to apply rotational motion to rotate the tweezer portion (12) about the axis. By providing an opening (20) through the housing (2) of the epilator (1) from the front (22) to the rear side (24), collection of hair and debris beneath the tweezer portion (12) is avoided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an operator control element, in particular a joystick, comprising a housing, an activation lever which is mounted in the housing so as to be pivotable about a pivot point, and a resetting unit for making available a resetting torque for resetting the activation lever from a deflected state into a neutral state. In order to specify an operator control element which makes available a haptic force feedback which is intrinsically safe, the invention proposes that the operator control element comprises an actuator unit which is operatively connected to the resetting unit, wherein the actuator unit is designed to perform limited modulation of the resetting torque, wherein in the case of a lower modulation limit the resetting torque in the deflected state is greater than zero.

Abstract: An epilating device (1) has a housing (2) defining a handle (4) and first and second shoulder portions (6, 8) forming an open jaw (10). A tweezer portion (12) is mounted in the jaw (10) for rotation about its axis such that an opening (20) is formed through the device (1) from a front side (22) of the housing (2) to a rear side (24) of the housing (2), the opening (20) being bounded by the handle (4), the shoulder portions (6,8) and the tweezer portion (12). A drive mechanism (36) located within the housing (2) is arranged to apply rotational motion to rotate the tweezer portion (12) about the axis. By providing an opening (20) through the housing (2) of the epilator (1) from the front (22) to the rear side (24), collection of hair and debris beneath the tweezer portion (12) is avoided.

Abstract: A depilation device is provided with a housing which has a handle portion extending parallel to a longitudinal housing direction, which handle portion can be held in one hand, and a head portion connected to the handle portion, and with depilation means which are provided in the region of the head portion and which can be applied to a body region to be depilated transversely to the longitudinal housing direction, wherein, the housing being of angled design, so that the head portion extends transversely to the handle portion, while the depilation means are formed by depilation discs which are provided at the free end of the head portion facing away from the handle portion.

Abstract: A depilation system (1) with a depilation device (2) and a cooling device (3). The housing (4) of the depilation device (2) is of angled design and is provided with a front outer wall (18) and a rear outer wall (19) in accordance with its angled shape, while a head portion (7) of the housing (4) extends transversely to a handle portion (6) of the housing (4), and depilation discs are provided at the tree end of the head portion (7). The cooling device (3) is provided for the major part in the region of the front outer wall (18) of the housing (4) of the depilation device (2).

Abstract: A hair-cutting apparatus (1), which preferably takes the form of a shaving apparatus, includes a toothed cutting device (10), which has a toothed cutter (13) having at least one row of hair catching teeth (14), the hair catching teeth (14) each having a non-bent first portion 18 which extends from the respective tooth base (17) and a bent second portion (20) which adjoins the first portion (18) and which extends up to the free end (19) of the respective hair catching tooth (14), a distance L existing between the bounding faces (21) of the non-bent first (?) portions (18) of the hair catching teeth (14), which bounding faces are remote from the free end portions (19) of the hair catching teeth (14), and the free end portions (19) of the hair catching teeth (14), which distance L lies in a range between 0.7 mm and 1.3 mm and preferably has a value of 1.0 mm.

Abstract: A depilation system which comprises a depilation device and a cooling device and in which the cooling device comprises a housing in which a certain quantity of cooling agent is contained, and in which the cooling device is provided with a skin contact portion having a certain skin contact surface area, and in which the cooling device has a certain power for cooling skin regions through the skin contact portion (13), and in which the value of the power of the cooling device (3) is at least 3 W, the value of the quantity of cooling agent contained is at least 20 ml, and the value of the contact surface area of the skin contact portion (13) is at least 3 cm2.

Abstract: In a depilation system (1) comprising a depilation device (2) and a cooling device (3) which are detachably connected to one another, and in which the cooling device (3) comprises a housing (11) in which a cooling agent is contained, the cooling device (3) is provided with an envelope (30) of a thermally insulating material, which envelope (30) covers the housing (11) of the cooling device (3) in a thermally insulating manner at least in that region which is in contact with a hand during operation of the depilation system (1), and which envelope (30) is detachably connected to the housing (11) of the cooling device (3) and is constructed such that it can be taken by hand from the housing (11) of the cooling device (3).