Workplace aid for kitchens

Abstract

A workplace aid for kitchens having a working surface for cutting and cleaning vegetables, fruit or the like, and for subsequent direct conveyance into a container. The workplace aid composed of a case having a circular design and having a work plate which constitutes the upper closure, is integrated, in its entirety, in a working surface having a cut-out of a kitchen combination. The work plate, lying loose on the case and being connected to a lift table which is seated eccentrically on the case bottom of the case and has a scissor-type design, is adjustable in its height and laterally displaceable. This has the advantage that the prepared, for example, vegetables can easily be conveyed into a ready container due to the adjustability of the work plate in its height and the lateral displacement of the work plate over the cooking area.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A workplace aid for a kitchen to aid in cutting, cleaning, and subsequent direct conveyance of foods into a container, the kitchen having a working surface, the workplace aid comprising: 
 a substantially round case integrated into a cut-out defined by the working surface;    a work plate disposed entirely in the case and forming an upper closure to the case.    
     
     
         2 . The workplace aid as recited in    claim 1    further comprising a lift table disposed eccentrically on a bottom of the case and connected to the work plate, the lift table being extendable so as to adjust a height and a lateral position of the work plate.  
     
     
         3 . The workplace aid as recited in    claim 2    further comprising a pressure sensor disposed in the area of a foot of the lift table, and wherein the lift table together with the work plate function as a scale in an extended condition.  
     
     
         4 . The workplace aid as recited in    claim 3    further comprising a display panel associated with the work plate.  
     
     
         5 . The workplace aid as recited in    claim 4    wherein the work plate is transparent and the display is visible through the work plate.  
     
     
         6 . The workplace aid as recited in    claim 1    wherein the case defines a storage receptacle underneath the work plate, whereby the receptacle is useable for storing utensils.  
     
     
         7 . The workplace aid as recited in    claim 6    wherein the case defines a second receptacle underneath the work plate, whereby the second receptacle is useable for motorized kitchen machines.  
     
     
         8 . The workplace aid as recited in    claim 1    wherein the case includes a lighting disposed in a wall of the case.