US 12,333,114 B2
Kitchen and/or catering device
Hannes Wild, Riegsee (DE); Arndt Manter, Horgenzell (DE); and Sebastian Siebert, Neubeuern (DE)
Assigned to Welbilt Deutschland GmbH, Eglfing (DE)
Filed by Welbilt Deutschland GmbH, Eglfing (DE)
Filed on Nov. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/389,318.
Claims priority of application No. 102022130189.3 (DE), filed on Nov. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0160321 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/044 (2006.01); F24C 7/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/044 (2013.01) [F24C 7/086 (2013.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A kitchen and/or gastronomy device, in particular a cooking device, comprising:
a control device;
a touch display connected to the control device; and
a turning unit with a knob that can be rotated around a Z-axis for executing a rotating user input and that can be pushed along the Z-axis in the direction of the touch display for executing a pushing user input, and with at least one touch element arranged at the knob for swiping and thereby actuating the touch display in response to the rotating user input, and for pressing against the touch display in response to the pushing user input,
wherein the turning unit is fixed on a surface of the kitchen and/or gastronomy device, and the at least one touch element, preferably each of a plurality of touch elements, comprises an electrically conductive element and a flexible housing that is elastically deformable and covers the electrically conductive element.