Household appliance comprising a control element and a display element

US7197367B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MIELE & CIE. KG · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Brinkemper · Rheda-Wiedenbrück, DE
• Michael Buehlmeyer · Harsewinkel, DE
• Norbert Fox · Herzebrock, DE
• Uwe Hahn · Walldorf, DE
• Tobias Heidemann · Melle, DE
• Joerg Nattkemper · Hamm, DE
• Detlef Niehaus · Hamm, DE
• Margit Pohlueke · Vellmar, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 30, 2002
• Grant date: Mar 27, 2007
• Expiry date: Oct 30, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A47J31/52
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

The present invention relates to a household appliance including at least one control element and at least one display element, the control element(s) being able to be used to select programs of which, in each case, at least one program parameter is settable via the control element(s), and further including a program control including a data processing means and a data memory; the control and display elements as well as the data memory being in data communication with the data processing means.In order to improve clarity and to allow user-modified programs to be called up repeatedly, a setting of the program parameter(s) is assigned to a user identification, storable under this user identification, and able to be called up by the selection of a program made via the control element(s) (6, 10).