EP2923020A2

EP2923020A2 - Food comminuting device

Info

Publication number: EP2923020A2
Application number: EP13815749.0A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Cedomir Repac
Original assignee: Genius GmbH
Current assignee: Genius GmbH
Priority date: 2012-12-28
Filing date: 2013-12-20
Publication date: 2015-09-30
Anticipated expiration: 2033-12-20
Also published as: WO2014102205A2; EP2923020B1; JP2016502938A; DE102012224516A1; JP6054545B2; AU2013369419A1; AU2013369419B2; US20150345200A1; DE202013105874U1; WO2014102205A3; CN204094843U; SI2923020T1

Abstract

The invention relates to a food comminuting device comprising a base part which comprises a cutting part, said base part and actuation part being interconnected in an articulated manner such that said actuation part can rotate from a contact position with the cutting part into a closed position and then from the closed position back into the contact position for pushing through the food which is to be comminuted. Said device comprises at least one drive device, in particular a spring drive, for supporting or carrying out the rotational movement from the closed position into the contact position and/or from the contact position into the closed position. Said food comminuting device is characterized in that said drive device can be selectively switched on or off and/or the supporting force of said drive device can be controlled.

Description

Food comminution device

The invention relates to a food crusher with an actuating part and with a base part, which has a cutting part, wherein the base part and the actuating part are articulated such that the actuating part for pressing food to be shredded from an insertion position against the cutting part in a closed position and then by the closed position is pivotable back into the insertion position, wherein the

Food shredding device has at least one drive device, in particular a spring drive, for supporting or effecting the pivoting movement from the closed position into the insertion position and / or from the insertion position into the closed position.

Devices of the type mentioned for crushing of smaller food, such as mushrooms, are known as hand-held devices.

For example, DE 102 42 651 A1 describes a cutting device for foodstuffs or the like to be cut, with a cutting part on which a plurality of substantially parallel arranged knives are held with cutting edges which form a cutting surface for the cutting material, in strips or slices or like to share. An actuating part designed as a punch has a bottom surface which can be moved toward and away from the cutting surface with the interposition of the material to be cut. The bottom surface has with the blades substantially corresponding groove or slot-shaped recordings with intermediate webs. The bottom surface acts on the material to be cut and moves it onto the cutting surface or between the blades. It is envisaged that the cutting part and the punch are arranged in the region of the free end of a respective pliers arm, wherein the pliers arms are pivotally connected in the region of the other free end by means of a pivot bearing and wherein the pliers arms are biased by an spring in an open position.

A similar device with a special cutting blade arrangement is known from DE 20 2007 018 922 111.

The aforementioned devices are devices which are held like a pair of pliers in one hand and in which the crushing operation is effected by closing the hand in which the crushing operation is held and thereby causing collapse of two tong arms.

There are also, as described below, completely different trained devices that are not held in the hand, but are placed on a work surface. In most cases, these devices have a vessel for the shredded good. These devices have with the aforementioned devices only the crushing principle, namely the pressing of the material to be shredded by a cutting device, in common.

For example, DE 10 2009 023 167 A1 discloses a device for cutting foodstuffs, such as fruits and vegetables, with a cutting part having a plurality of cutting edges and an actuating part, which are mounted pivotably relative to one another. For cutting the material to be cut, the actuating part is pressed against the cutting part, wherein the actuating part has a punch which pushes the material to be cut through the cutting part, wherein the cutting dipped into corresponding recesses of the punch. The cutting part has a cutting frame in which cutting blades are held. The apparatus further comprises a lid member for attachment to a receptacle for the cut cuttings, the lid member having an opening forming a passageway for the cutted cuttings.

Other devices for setting up on a work surface are For example, from DE 20 201 1 050 041 IM and DE 21 2005 000 048 U1 known.

The known devices which are placed on a work surface, have no drive means, so that both the pivotal movement of the insertion position in the closed position, as well as the pivotal movement must be made from the closed position to the insertion position by the user.

In the manual devices described above, it may happen that, depending on the nature of the material to be shredded, the spring force is insufficient to move the gun arms after a crushing process back to the starting position. This, for example, because parts of the goods get laterally between the blades and the walls of the slots of the ram and so jam the mechanism. On the other hand, the provision of a very strong spring has the disadvantage that the user in addition to the force for pushing the material to be shredded by the cutting part has to apply simultaneously the force for tensioning the spring, so that the crushing of certain foods could be impossible if the manual force the user is not large enough.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a food shredder that is individually adaptable to different shredding requirements of different foods.

The object is achieved by a food comminution device, which is characterized in that the drive device is optionally switchable or can be switched off and / or that the support force of the drive device is adjustable.

Switching off is preferably carried out in such a way that the actuating part is freely pivotable relative to the base part when the drive device is switched off. However, it can also be provided that a shutdown takes place in such a way that no pivoting of the actuating part relative to the base part is possible. The food shredder according to the invention has the advantage that it can be adjusted depending on the nature of the material to be shredded so that always a faster and more efficient shredding process is possible.

For example, in a food crusher, in which the drive means comprises at least one spring, which is tensioned during pivoting of the actuating part of the insertion position in the closed position and which relaxes in support of the pivotal movement of the actuating part from the closed position to the insertion position, a shutdown of the drive means when especially hard food is to be shredded, for which the user needs all his power anyway. In this way, it is avoided that the user additionally has to apply additional energy for tensioning the spring when the actuating part is pivoted from the insertion position into the closed position.

For crushing food, which can be pressed with little effort by the operating part through the cutting part, the drive can be switched on, however; For example, to support the pivoting of the operating part of the closed position in the insertion position or to effect independently.

Advantageously, it is possible in a food crusher in which the supporting force of the drive device is adjustable, for example, depending on the cuttability of the food good to choose an intermediate setting between complete shutdown and complete connection.

In a particularly advantageous embodiment may be provided in an advantageous manner that several, in particular exactly two, drive means and a plurality, in particular exactly two, coupling means are provided and that each of the drive means is selectively switched on or off by means of a coupling device. In particular, it can be advantageously provided that the plurality of drive devices independently can be switched or switched off.

Such a design has the very special advantage that a support or effecting the pivoting movement can be completely switched off by switching off all drive means that maximum support or effecting the pivotal movement by connecting all drive means is possible and that also by connecting only a part of the drive means a Intermediate adjustment can be achieved.

In a particularly advantageous embodiment, the food shredding device has two mirror-symmetrically arranged joints with coaxial pivot axes, for articulated coupling of the actuating part to the base part. In this case, it can be provided, in particular, that each of the joints has a drive device or that a separate drive device is attached to each of the joints. Preferably, the drive means are constructed and arranged mirror-symmetrically relative to each other.

In a particular embodiment, the drive means can be selectively switched on or off by means of a switchable coupling device. In particular, it can be provided that with the coupling device, a mechanical coupling of the drive means with the base part and / or the actuating part, for example by producing a form-locking connection or a frictional connection, can be effected.

In a particular embodiment, the coupling device has a coupling element, which can be converted either into a coupling position or a decoupling position, wherein by the coupling element in the coupling position, a mechanical, in particular positive and / or rotationally fixed, coupling a spring of the drive means to the base part or to the Operating part is made and the mechanical coupling is released in the decoupling position. In particular, can be provided that one end and / or one leg of the spring is firmly connected to the actuating part, while the other end and or the other leg of the spring can be selectively coupled by means of the coupling element to the base part. Of course, it is also possible conversely that one end and / or one leg of the spring is firmly connected to the base part, while the other end and / or the other leg of the spring can be selectively coupled by means of the coupling element to the actuating part.

In particular, it can be advantageously provided that the coupling element engages in the coupling position in a recess of the base part or the actuating part and is arranged in the decoupling position outside of the recess.

In particular, when a torque caused by the drive unit is to be transmitted for assisting or effecting the pivoting movement, it can be advantageously provided that the coupling element is arranged non-rotatably in the coupling position relative to the recess of the base part or of the actuating part in which it engages , This can for example be achieved in that the coupling element in cross-section out of round, in particular polygonal, is formed and engages in the coupling position in a corresponding, non-circular, in particular polygonal, recess of the base part or the actuating part.

In a particular embodiment, the coupling element is designed as, in particular linear, sliding slide. In this case, it can be provided, in particular, that it can be inserted to bring about the coupling position into a recess of the base part or of the actuating part, in particular positively and / or non-rotatably, and is pulled out of the recess of the base part or the actuating part to bring about the decoupling position.

In an advantageous embodiment, which in particular allows the drive device or the drive devices to be particularly space-saving and in a position which does not disturb the comminuting process is to accommodate, it is provided that the articulated connection is formed by at least one joint, in particular a hinge joint, with a joint head and a condyle, wherein at least one component of the drive means is part of the joint. Alternatively or additionally, it may also be provided that the drive device is arranged in the region of the joint and / or is mechanically couplable with parts of the joint for bringing about the coupling position.

In a particular embodiment, the recess into which the coupling element can engage is arranged in a part of the articulated connection, in particular in a joint head or a joint head receptacle.

In particular, in such an embodiment, for example, be provided that the coupling element in a part of the articulated connection, in particular in a condyle or a condyle, especially movably arranged, and / or that the coupling element forms part of the articulated connection, in particular a condyle ,

In a particularly reliable and compact executable embodiment, the coupling element, which is designed for example as a slide, arranged on the pivot axis of the articulated connection. In particular, in this case it can be provided that the coupling element is guided displaceably along the pivot axis of the articulated connection.

In a particular embodiment, the actuating part has a condyle receptacle into which a condyle of the base part designed as a journal, for example, can be received for binding the articulated connection. Moreover, in this embodiment, the conical head receptacle preferably has a guide for a coupling element designed as a slide, which can be displaced along the pivot axis of the articulated connection either into a coupling position or into a decoupling position. In the coupling position, a free end of the slider engages torsionally rigid in a recess of the joint head and thus couples a fixed to the operating part Spring, in particular spiral spring or coil spring or leg spring, to the base part. Upon pivoting of the actuating member relative to the base member, the spring is tensioned and stored energy for the Rückschwenkbewegung.

This may be provided in particular that the spring is at least partially formed as a spiral spring which surrounds the pivot axis concentrically and wherein the outer end of the coil spring is fixed to the actuating part, while the inner end of the coil spring is arranged in a longitudinal slot formed as a slide coupling element , In this way it is possible that the slider can be moved along the pivot axis, without bending the coil spring.

It is also possible that the spring is designed as a helical spring, wherein one end of the helical spring is disposed linearly displaceable in a longitudinal slot of the coupling element designed as a slide, while the other end is fixed to the actuating part.

For effecting a torsionally rigid coupling of the coupling element to the base part, as already explained, it can be provided that the coupling element is designed to be non-circular in cross section at its free end, so that it can not rotate in the correspondingly formed receptacle.

In a particularly advantageous embodiment, the articulated connection is designed such that the actuating part, at least in a certain pivot position, in particular in the insertion position, of the base part, in particular exclusively by pulling apart of actuating part and base part, is detachable. Such a design has the very special advantage that the base part and the actuating part, for example, for a cleaning process can be separated easily and preferably without the aid of a tool. Another advantage of such an embodiment is that if necessary, the operating part can also be replaced by another operating part, for example with another press ram for another cutting part. Such a tool-free separability of the base part and the actuating part can be achieved, for example, by the fact that the condyle receptacle has a radial opening through which the condyle can be removed or inserted from the condyle receptacle in the radial direction. In a particularly advantageous embodiment, the articulated connection is designed such that the actuating part, at least in a specific pivot position, in particular in the insertion position, of the base part, in particular exclusively by pulling apart of actuating part and base part, regardless of whether the drive device is switched on or solvable is switched off and / or regardless of whether the coupling element is in the coupling position or in the decoupling position.

This can be achieved, for example, by the receptacle having an additional, in particular radially aligned, opening, through which the coupling element, preferably in the radial direction, that is to say perpendicular to the pivot axis, can be removed from the receptacle. Accordingly, it is not necessary in such an embodiment to first transfer the coupling element into the decoupling position and thus to remove it from the receptacle, in order to enable the actuating part to be released from the base part. Rather, as already mentioned, the coupling element can be removed through the additional opening from the receptacle.

As already mentioned, it may be provided in an advantageous manner that the switched-on drive device is supported on the one hand on the base part and on the other hand on the actuating part and / or that the switched-in drive device acts and / or is arranged between the base part and the actuating part.

As already mentioned, it may be provided in an advantageous manner that the articulated connection is formed by at least one joint, in particular a hinge joint, with a joint head and a joint head receptacle.

In particular, it can be advantageously provided that the base part on the one hand has at least one condyle and the operating part on the other hand has a corresponding condyle to form an articulated connection, or that the actuating part on the one hand at least one condyle and the base part on the other hand has a corresponding condyle to form an articulated connection.

In such a device can be provided in an advantageous manner that the switched-drive device is supported on the one hand on the joint head and on the other hand on the joint head receptacle. It may alternatively or additionally also be provided that the drive device is arranged on and / or in the joint and / or that at least one component of the drive device is part of the joint.

As also already mentioned, the drive device can have at least one spring, in particular a spiral spring or a helical spring or a leg spring. The drive device may - alternatively or additionally - also have a gas pressure spring. The drive device can also be designed as an electromotive drive device.

In a particular embodiment, the drive means comprises at least one spring, which is tensioned during pivoting of the actuating part of the insertion position in the closed position and which relaxes in support of the pivotal movement of the actuating member from the closed position to the insertion position. Alternatively, it is also possible that the drive means comprises at least one spring which is tensioned during pivoting of the actuating part from the closed position into the insertion position and which relaxes in support of the pivoting movement of the actuating part of the insertion position in the closed position. In a particular embodiment, it is possible to switch between the two aforementioned modes.

The device can in particular be designed to be set up for a comminution process on a work surface. For example, the device may have a stand, for example with feet, for placement on a work surface. Especially can also be a vessel for collecting the minced food good as a stand and act.

In an advantageous manner, the device can be designed as a lid, which can be placed on a vessel - preferably completely covering the vessel opening - and / or fixed to a vessel. The shredded food can be collected safely and reliably in the vessel in this way. In particular, it is also avoided in this way that undesirable things get into the vessel to the food. This especially if in the kitchen area at the same time more food would be prepared. Furthermore, a decrease in the device after use is not necessary to set up a separate lid. This applies in particular to temporally short interrupted uses of the device.

In a particular embodiment, the base part is designed as a vessel for the shredded food. In addition, such a vessel can also be designed as a stand for setting up the food comminution device on a work surface.

However, regardless of whether the base part is also designed as a vessel or not; can be advantageously provided that the base part is additionally designed as a stand for erecting the food shredding device on a work surface or has a stand for setting up the food shredding device on a work surface.

Especially advantageous is a kitchen appliance, which has a vessel for collecting the comminuted material and a food comminution device according to the invention, which is designed as a lid for the vessel. In this case, it can be provided in an advantageous manner, in particular, that the food reduction device designed as a lid can be placed completely covering the vessel opening onto the vessel. In particular, it may additionally be provided that the food comminution device for a comminution process temporarily, for example with a screw connection or with a latching connection, on the vessel edge can be determined.

Advantageously, the kitchen appliance can be designed to be set up for a comminution process on a work surface. In this case, provision may advantageously be made in particular for the vessel to be designed as a stand for setting up the food shredding device on a work surface. For example, can be arranged on the outside of the bottom of the vessel feet, especially non-slip feet made of rubber or other elastic material.

In the drawing, the subject invention is shown schematically and will be described with reference to the figures below, wherein the same or equivalent elements are usually provided with the same reference numerals. Showing:

1 shows an embodiment of an inventive

Food crusher in a perspective view,

2 is a detail view of a condyle,

3 shows a detailed view of the condyle receptacles and the drive devices,

4 shows two schematic diagrams illustrating the connection and disconnection of a drive device,

5 is a detail view of the joints and the drive means,

Fig. 6 shows the operating part when switched on and switched off the drive device and

Fig. 7 detail views of the joints and the drive means in the switched on and off.

1 shows an exemplary embodiment of a food shredder according to the invention, which has a base part 2 with a receptacle for a replaceable cutting part 3. In the illustrated embodiment, the cutting part 3 includes a first cutting area 4 and a second cutting area 5, the cutting areas 4, 5 each having different cutting blade arrangements.

The food shredder 1 further comprises an actuating part 6 which is hingedly connected to the base part 2 so that it can be pressed against the cutting part for pushing food to be shredded out of the illustrated loading position in which material to be shredded can be placed on the cutting part 3 3 in a (not shown) closed position can be pivoted, which is indicated in the figure by the curved arrow.

The actuator part 6 has a first ram 7 and a second ram 8. The first ram 7 is used to food, which is placed on the first cutting portion 4 of the cutting part 3 to push through the first cutting area 4 therethrough, wherein the food is divided by the cutting blades of the first cutting area 4. The second ram 8 serves to press food, which is placed on the second cutting region 5 of the cutting part 3, through the second cutting region 5, the food being cut by the cutting blades of the second cutting region 5.

After dividing the food falls into a vessel 9, which also serves as a stand for setting up the food shredding device 1 on a (not shown) work surface. The food shredding device 1 is designed as a lid, which can be placed on the vessel 9 latching and the vessel opening completely covering. After all food to be processed has been pushed through the cutting part 3, the food shredder 1 can be removed from the vessel 9, for example to empty the vessel 9.

The base part 2 has a frame 13 which provides the receptacle for the cutting part 3. In addition, the base part 2 has two rod ends (shown in detail in Figure 2), in cooperation with enable the joint recordings of the operating part 6 a hinged coupling of the operating part 6.

In the illustrated embodiment, the articulated connection of the actuating part 6 with the base part 2 is formed by two mirror-symmetrically constructed and mirror-symmetrically arranged joints 10. The joints 10 are formed as hinged joints with mutually coaxial pivot axes 1 1 and described in more detail below.

In the region of each of the joints 10, a respective drive device 12 for supporting or effecting the pivoting movement from the closed position to the inlay position is arranged, which are likewise described in more detail below.

FIG. 2 shows a detailed view of one of the rod ends 14 arranged on the inside of the frame 13. The rod end 14 is designed substantially as a pin projecting inwardly from the frame 13 with parallel walls such that a rod end receptacle 15 of the actuating part 6, as shown in FIG can be deferred. For this purpose, the condyle receptacles 15 each have a radial opening 16, which make it possible to postpone the actuating part 2 in the insertion position on the rod ends 14. The width of the rod ends 14 is just chosen so that they fit through the radial openings 16 of the condyle 15, but can no longer leave the condyle 15 as soon as the actuator 2 has been pivoted from the insertion position to another pivot position. In this way it is ensured that the actuating part 2 does not accidentally come loose during the comminution process.

As will be described in detail below, the drive device 1 1 is switched on in each case in that the free end 17 of a slider 18 is inserted in a rotationally rigid manner in a recess 19 of the condyle 14. A co-rotation of the slider 18 in the coupled position is prevented by the fact that the free end 17 of the slider 18 and the recess 19 out of round, cuboid in the present example, are formed. To turn off the drive device 1 1, the slider 18 is again pulled out of the recess 19.

In order to enable the operating part 6 in the insertion position to be released from the base part 2 even when the slide 18 is in the coupled position, the recess 19 and the rod ends 14 likewise have radial openings 20, which make it possible to the free ends 17 of the slider 18 perpendicular to the pivot axes 1 1 to pull out of the recesses 19 can. By this configuration is achieved in an advantageous manner that the actuating member 6 can be solved regardless of the position of the slider 18 of the base part 2. The user is therefore not forced to turn off the drive means before - for example, for a cleaning operation - the operating part 6 can be detached from the base part 2.

Figures 4a and 4b both show a joint 10, which is formed from a joint head receptacle 15 of an operating part 6 and a joint head 14 of a base part 3, and illustrate the principle of switching on and off of the helical spring 24 designed as a drive device.

The hinge 10 makes it possible for the actuating part 6 to pivot relative to the base part 2 about a pivot axis 1 1. In the actuating part 6, a linear guide 21 is provided, in which a slider 18 designed as a coupling element 23 along the pivot axis 1 1 is guided linearly displaceable.

The coil spring 24 surrounds the pivot axis 1 1, the linear guide 21 and the slide 18 concentrically. A first end 25 of the coil spring 24 is designed as a leg and fixed to the actuating part 6. The other end 26 of the coil spring 24 is bent at an angle and guided in a longitudinal slot 22 of the slider 18 linearly displaceable.

The free end 17 of the slider 18 is non-circular, namely cuboid and engages in the coupling position, as shown in Figure 4a, a form-fitting manner in a rectangular recess 19 of the joint head 15 a. In this coupling position, the coil spring is tensioned when the Operating part 6 relative to the base part 2, for example, when transferring from the insertion position, the closed position, is pivoted. In the opposite pivoting movement, the coil spring 24 relaxes and thus causes or supports the opposite pivotal movement, for example, from the closed position to the insertion position.

To turn off the drive device, the free end 17 of the slider 18 is pulled out of the recess 19. This is shown in FIG. 4b. In this decoupled position, the actuating part 6 can be pivoted relative to the base part 2, without the coil spring 24 is tensioned. Rather, the coupling element 23 can freely rotate in this decoupled position with the actuating part 6.

Figure 5 illustrates the principle of switching on and off of the coil spring 24 having drive means 12 in a perspective view. It can be clearly seen that the left drive device is switched off, because the free end 17 of the slider 18 is pulled out of the recess 19.

Figures 6a and 6b respectively show an actuating part 6 and illustrate the position of the free ends 17 of the slide 18. In the operating part 6 shown in Figure 6a, the free end 17 is in a retracted position in which it is not in a recess of the base part 2 engages. In this position, the drive device is switched off.

In the operating part 6 shown in Figure 6b, the free end 17 is in an advanced position, in which it engages in a recess of the base part 2. In this position, the drive device is switched on.

In the setting shown in Figure 7a, the drive means of the left hinge is turned off because the free end 17 of the slider 18 does not engage in the corresponding recess 19 of the operating part 6.

In the setting shown in Figure 7b, the drive means of the left hinge is switched on, because the free end 17 of the slider 18 engages in the corresponding recess 19 of the operating part 6. LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1 food crusher

2 base part

3 cutting part

4 first cutting area

5 second cutting area

6 actuating part

7 first punch

8 second punch

9 vessel

10 joints

1 1 swivel axes

12 drive devices

13 frames

14 rod ends

15 condyle recordings

16 radial openings in the condyle recordings

17 free end

18 slides

19 recess

20 radial openings in the rod ends

21 linear guide

22 longitudinal slot coupling element

coil spring

first end of the coil spring other end of the coil spring

Claims

claims

1 . Food shredding device comprising an actuating part and a base part, which has a cutting part, wherein the base part and the actuating part are articulated such that the actuating part for pressing food to be shredded from an insertion position against the cutting part in a closed position and then back from the closed position the insertion position is pivotable, wherein the food shredding device has at least one drive device, in particular a spring drive, for supporting or effecting the pivoting movement from the closed position to the insertion position and / or from the insertion position into the closed position, characterized in that the drive device is selectively switchable or can be switched off and / or that the supporting force of the drive device is adjustable.

2. Food shredding device according to claim 1, characterized in that the drive means is selectively switched on or off by means of a switchable coupling device.

3. Food grinding apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a plurality, in particular exactly two, drive means and a plurality, in particular exactly two, coupling means are provided and that each of the drive means is selectively switched on or off by means of a coupling device.

4. food crusher according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that a plurality, in particular exactly two,

Drive devices are present, which can be switched on or off independently.

5. Food crusher according to one of the claims

2 to 4, characterized in that the coupling device has a coupling element which can be transferred either into a coupling position or a decoupling position, wherein by the coupling element in the coupling position, a mechanical, in particular positive and / or rotationally fixed, coupling a spring of the drive means to the base part or is made to the actuating part and the mechanical coupling is released in the decoupling position.

6. Food crusher according to claim 5, characterized in that a engages the coupling element in the coupling position in a recess of the base part or the actuating part and / or that b the coupling element in the coupling position relative to the recess of the base part or of the actuating part, in which it engages is non-rotatable and / or that c the coupling element in cross-section out of round, in particular polygonal, is formed and in the coupling position in a corresponding, non-round, in particular polygonal,

Recess of the base part or the actuating part engages and / or that d the coupling element is designed as, in particular linearly displaceable, slide and / or that the coupling element is designed as a slide, the

Inducing the coupling position in a recess of the base part or the actuating part, in particular form-fitting, is arranged inserted and / or that f. the coupling element is designed as a slide which can be pulled out to bring about the decoupling position from a recess of the base part or of the actuating part.

7. Food crusher according to claim 6, characterized in that the recess is arranged in a part of the articulated connection, in particular in a condyle or a condyle.

8. food shredding device according to claim 5 to 7, characterized in that a. the coupling element is arranged in a part of the articulated connection, in particular in a joint head or a joint head receptacle, in particular movably, and / or that b. the coupling element forms part of the articulated connection, in particular a joint head, and / or that c. the coupling element is arranged on the pivot axis of the articulated connection and / or that d. the coupling element is guided displaceably along the pivot axis of the articulated connection.

9. food crusher according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that a. the articulated connection is designed such that the actuating part, at least in a certain pivot position, in particular in the insertion position, of the base part, in particular exclusively by pulling apart of actuating part and base part, is solvable and / or b. the articulated connection is designed such that the actuating part, at least in a specific pivot position, in particular in the insertion position, of the base part, in particular exclusively by pulling apart of actuating member and base member, regardless of whether the drive device is switched on or off and / or that is solvable c. the articulated connection is designed such that the actuating part, at least in a specific pivot position, in particular in the insertion position of the base part, in particular exclusively by pulling apart of actuating part and base part, regardless of whether the coupling element in the coupling position or in the decoupling position located.

10. Food grinding apparatus according to claim 9, characterized in that the condyle receptacle has a radial opening through which the condyle is removable or insertable from the condyle receptacle in the radial direction.

1 1. Food shredding device according to one of claims 6 to 10, characterized in that the receptacle has an additional, in particular radially aligned, opening through which the coupling element can be removed from the receptacle in order to release the actuating part from the base part, at least in the coupling position a certain pivot position of the actuating part relative to the base part to allow.

12. Food shredding device according to one of claims 1 to 1 1, characterized in that a. the switched drive device is supported on the one hand on the base part and on the other hand on the actuating part and / or that b. the switched-on drive device acts and / or is arranged between the base part and the actuating part.

13. Food crusher according to one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that a. the articulated connection is formed by at least one joint, in particular a hinge joint, with a joint head and a condyle receptacle and / or that b. the base part on the one hand has at least one joint head and on the other hand the actuating part has a corresponding joint head receptacle for forming an articulated connection, or in that the actuating part has on the one hand at least one joint head and the base part on the other hand a corresponding joint head receptacle for forming an articulated connection.

14. Food crusher according to claim 13, characterized in that a. the switched-drive device on the one hand to the

On the other hand supported on the condyle and / or that b. the drive device is arranged on and / or in the joint and / or that c. at least one component of the drive device is part of the joint.

15. Food crusher according to one of claims 1 to 14, characterized in that a. the drive device comprises at least one spring, in particular a spiral spring or helical spring or leg spring, or that b. the drive device comprises at least one spring, which is stretched during pivoting of the actuating part of the insertion position in the closed position and which relaxes in support of the pivotal movement of the actuating part from the closed position to the insertion position or that c. the drive device comprises at least one spring, which is stretched during pivoting of the actuating part from the closed position to the insertion position and which relaxes in support of the pivoting movement of the actuating part of the insertion position in the closed position.

16, food shredding device (1) according to one of claims 1 to 15, characterized in that the food shredding device is designed as a lid on a vessel (18) - preferably completely covering the vessel opening - placed and / or fixed to a vessel (18) is.

17. Food shredding device (1) according to one of claims 1 to 16, characterized in that a. the base part is designed as a container for the comminuted foodstuff and / or that b. the base part is designed as a stand for setting up the food shredding device on a work surface or a stand for setting up the Food crusher on a work surface has.

18. kitchen appliance with a food crusher according to one of claims 1 to 17, which is designed as a lid, and with a vessel to which the device - preferably completely covering the vessel opening - is placed and / or on which the device, preferably without tools releasable again , is fixed.

19. Kitchen appliance according to claim 18, characterized in that a. the vessel is designed as a stand for setting up the food shredder on a work surface and / or that b. the kitchen appliance is designed to be set up for a shredding process on a work surface.