Patents by Inventor Stefan Rest

Stefan Rest has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12042089
    Abstract: In order to improve and make more reliable the preparation of food by several kitchen appliances, the present invention proposes a system and a method. The system for preparing foodstuffs comprises a first kitchen appliance, in particular a cook mixer, a second kitchen appliance and a control unit, the first kitchen appliance having at least one detection means for detecting at least one piece of information about the state of a foodstuff, wherein the first kitchen appliance is connected to the control unit via a first communication connection, and wherein the further kitchen appliance is connected to the control unit via a second communication connection, and is characterized in that the control unit is configured to compare the at least one piece of detected information about the state of the foodstuff with a preparation instruction and in that the control unit is configured to control the further kitchen appliance as a function of the result of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Büttner, Hendrik Koetz, Marcelo Caballero, Stefan Rest, Michael Sickert
  • Publication number: 20200170447
    Abstract: In order to improve and make more reliable the preparation of food by several kitchen appliances, the present invention proposes a system and a method. The system for preparing foodstuffs comprises a first kitchen appliance, in particular a cook mixer, a second kitchen appliance and a control unit, the first kitchen appliance having at least one detection means for detecting at least one piece of information about the state of a foodstuff, wherein the first kitchen appliance is connected to the control unit via a first communication connection, and wherein the further kitchen appliance is connected to the control unit via a second communication connection, and is characterized in that the control unit is configured to compare the at least one piece of detected information about the state of the foodstuff with a preparation instruction and in that the control unit is configured to control the further kitchen appliance as a function of the result of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Christian Büttner, Hendrik Koetz, Marcelo Caballero, Stefan Rest, Michael Sickert
  • Publication number: 20200154942
    Abstract: To improve food preparation and make it more reliable, this invention proposes a food preparation system comprising a first kitchen appliance, a second kitchen appliance and a control unit, the first kitchen appliance comprising at least one detection means for detecting at least one piece of information relating to a property of a food, wherein the control unit is connected via a first communication connection to the first kitchen appliance, and wherein the control unit is connected to the second kitchen appliance via a second communication connection, characterized in that the control unit is configured to select at least one preparation instruction in dependence on the at least one piece of detected information, and in that the second kitchen appliance is configured to perform a preparation operation in accordance with the at least one selected preparation instruction. Furthermore, the present invention provides a corresponding method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Christian Büttner, Hendrik Koetz, Michael Sickert, Stefan Rest, Marcelo Caballero