Beverage machine with a collapsible interface
US11700969B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 30, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jul 18, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47J31/4403
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A machine (1) for preparing and dispensing a beverage has an outside housing (30) having one or more outside faces (30a, 30b, 30c, 30d). The machine includes a user-interface device (31) movable from: a deployed operative position adjacent to a face (30a) of such one or more outside faces (30a, 30b, 30c) so that the device (31) is accessible by a user; to a retracted storage position in the outside housing (30). The user-interface device (31) is movable from its deployed operative position into its retracted storage position and vice versa along a first direction (31′) and a second direction (31″) that is non-parallel to the first direction (31′).
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