Kitchen appliances with speed control
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsWALTER ALEX PLANEGGER, MARIO HOSNER, JOZE DERMOL
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Abstract
A kitchen appliance has a power switch for controlling supply of power to a motor and a separate control circuit (18) for controlling the speed. A button (14) for control by the user is provided for controlling both the actuation and speed. A carrier (40) carries the button, and also carries a first actuator (44,86) for mechanically actuating the power switch when the button is first moved. When the button is further moved, the motor speed is controlled.
Claims15
A kitchen appliance, comprising a button arrangement and a motor, wherein the button arrangement is for controlling the on-off actuation of the motor as well as a speed of the motor, and comprises:
- a power switch;
- a speed control circuit, separate to the power switch;
- a buttons for movement by a user;
- and
- a carrier which carries the button) and a second actuator,
- wherein the carrier also carries a first actuator which is for mechanically actuating the power switch when the button is first moved, and
- the second actuator is for controlling the speed control circuit for controlling the motor speed when the button is further moved.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.