User-friendly start-up mode of a beverage preparation machine
US10285535B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 13, 2010 |
| Grant date | May 14, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 13, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47J31/5255
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An electric beverage preparation machine has an arrangement for processing one or more beverage ingredients to dispense a beverage; a control unit connected to the beverage processing arrangement for controlling the processing of one or more beverage ingredients; a beverage user-selector for requesting a beverage; an operative mode in which such machine is immediately ready to process one or more beverage ingredients; and a start-up mode in which such machine is not ready to process one or more beverage ingredients and is brought into the beverage preparation mode from a low electric consumption standby mode or from an electrically switched off state. The control unit is arranged to store in the start-up mode any beverage request via the beverage user-selector and initiate automatically the processing of one or more beverage ingredients upon entering the operative mode after leaving the start-up mode.
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