SIMPLIFIED CONTROL PANEL FOR A FOOD PREPARATION MACHINE

摘要

A machine (1) for preparing food or beverage products is provided. Said machine (1) is adapted for injecting a fluid under pressure in an ingredient capsule inserted therein. Said machine (1) comprises a fluid reservoir (3), a fluid system, a fluid heating element, and a controller for managing at least one preparation parameter, and further comprises a selector for allowing a user to manually select at least one food or beverage preparation parameter. Said selector comprises a sliding element (10,16) comprising at least two independent switch actuators (23,24), and a contact panel (11) comprising at least two selector switches (21) linked to the machine controller, such that each of said selector switches (21) is actuated or unactuated by the presence or the absence of the corresponding switch actuator (23,24) for each given position of said sliding element (10,16), and such that the simultaneous state of actuation of said switches (21) is interpreted by said controller as a bitmap code for setting at least one corresponding preparation parameter.

主权项

1. A machine for preparing food or beverage products, the machine being adapted for injecting a fluid under pressure in an ingredient capsule inserted therein, the machine comprising a fluid reservoir, a fluid system, a controller for managing at least one preparation parameter, and a selector for allowing a user to manually select at least one food or beverage preparation parameter, the selector comprises:
a sliding element comprising at least two independent switch actuators; and a contact panel that comprises at least two selector switches linked to the machine controller, each of the selector switches is actuated/un-actuated by the presence, respectively the absence of a corresponding switch actuator for each given position of the sliding element, and the simultaneous state of actuation of the switches is interpreted by the controller as a bitmap code for setting at least one corresponding preparation parameter.