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lacking experience and knowledge,
provided they have been given
supervision or instruction concerning
the use of the appliance and fully
understand all dangers and safety
precautions involved.
∙ Children must not be permitted to
play with the appliance.
∙ Children must not be permitted
to carry out any cleaning or
maintenance work on the appliance
unless they are supervised and at
least 8 years of age.
∙ The appliance and its power cord
must be kept well away from children
under 8 at all times.
∙ Caution: Keep any packaging materials
well away from children – these are
a potential source of danger, e.g. of
suffocation.
∙ Always position the appliance on a level
heat-resistant surface.
∙ In order to prevent damage to the
housing, do not position the appliance on
or near hot surfaces or open fl ames such
as hot-plates or gas fl ames.
∙ Caution: the accessible housing surfaces
become very hot during operation. Burns
can occur from touching the hot parts.
∙ Every time the appliance is used, the
main body including the power cord as
well as any attachment fi tted should
be checked thoroughly for any defects.
Should the appliance, for instance, have
been dropped onto a hard surface, or if
excessive force has been used to pull the
power cord, it must no longer be used:
even invisible damage may have adverse
effects on the operational safety of the
appliance.
∙ Do not allow the power cord to touch hot
surfaces.
∙ Do not let the power cord hang free.
∙ Do not leave the appliance unattended
while in use.
∙ Do not cover the toast slot during
operation.
∙ Do not try to remove bread from the
toaster with your fi ngers or insert any
other objects (e.g. knives, forks) into the
toast slot as the heating elements carry a
live current.
∙ Always remove the plug from the wall
socket
- after use,
- in case of any malfunction,
- before cleaning the appliance.
∙ When removing the plug from the wall
socket, never pull on the power cord;
always grip the plug itself.
∙ No responsibility will be accepted if
damage results from improper use, or if
these instructions are not complied with.
∙ This appliance is intended for domestic or
similar applications, such as
- in shops, offi ces and other similar
working environments,
- in agricultural working environments,
- by customers in hotels, motels etc. and
similar establishments,
- in bed-and breakfast type environments.
