摘要 |
KETTLE AND BASE A device for heating a water that it contains, being a combination of cordless kettle (10) having a heating element and base (11), the base (11) having within it a power supply and a processor for responding to information originating from the kettle (10), the processor adapted to respond to user inputs and to effect power control over the kettle (10), wherein the base has a plurality of discrete temperature selection control buttons (23) and an on/off switch (25), each of the discrete control buttons (23) being operatively associated with a respective individual pre determined fixed temperature, such that input from a selected one of the temperature control buttons and then subsequently a second input from the on/off switch (25) causes the power to be supplied to the heating element in the kettle (10) for heating the water to the pre-determined fixed temperature associated with the said one temperature control button (23). |