Household electrical appliance with double interface and set of household electrical appliances equipped with a shared control panel

• Main Authors: BOMBARDIERI, GIOVANNI, MARIOTTI, COSTANTINO, LA BELLA, SAVIO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 08.10.2008
• Subjects: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; LAUNDERING; LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILEARTICLES; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; PHYSICS; REGULATING; TEXTILES; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE

A household electrical appliance, in the white goods category, comprises an operating unit (2) and a control panel (3) for the operating unit (2). The control panel (3) comprises a first user interface (31) and a second user interface (32), separate from the first user interface (31) and simplified compared with the first user interface (31). The control panel (3) has a configuration which can vary between a first configuration in which it makes the first user interface (31) directly accessible to the user and a second configuration in which it makes the second user interface (32) directly accessible to the user, the second configuration being different from the first configuration.