CN115404658A

CN115404658A - Control panel subassembly and clothing treatment facility

Info

Publication number: CN115404658A
Application number: CN202110576790.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李平平; 孙广彬; 程宝珍; 尹俊明
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Washing Machine Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Washing Machine Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-05-26
Filing date: 2021-05-26
Publication date: 2022-11-29

Abstract

The invention belongs to the technical field of household appliances, and discloses a control panel assembly and clothes treatment equipment, wherein the control panel assembly comprises: the control panel bracket is provided with a movable key; the control panel is arranged above the control panel bracket, a key hole is formed in the control panel, and the key is correspondingly arranged in the key hole; the control panel support and/or the control panel are/is provided with limiting structures which are used for determining the relative positions of the control panel and the control panel support from top to bottom, and the upper surfaces of the limiting keys do not protrude out of the upper surface of the control panel. According to the control panel assembly, the upper and lower relative positions of the control panel and the control panel assembly are determined through the limiting structure, so that when the keys on the control panel support are correspondingly arranged in the key holes, the upper surfaces of the keys are not higher than the upper surface of the control panel, the control surface of the control panel assembly is flat and attractive, when the disc film is adhered to the surface of the control panel, the disc film can be completely and flatly adhered, and the manufacturing process is simple.

Description

Control panel subassembly and clothing treatment facility

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of household appliances, and particularly relates to a control panel assembly and clothes treatment equipment.

Background

In the control panel assembly who adopts the button to control among the prior art, generally install control panel on the control panel support to correspond the button setting key hole on the control panel support, the button is protruding in control panel surface when installing in the key hole, makes the user control through pressing the button. Most of control panel assemblies are also pasted with disc films, character marks or icon marks used for prompting users are printed on the disc films, a mode of directly printing the character marks or the icon marks on a control panel is replaced, and the manufacturing process is simpler. However, in the control panel assembly with the above structure, since the keys protrude from the surface of the control panel, the disk film cannot be smoothly adhered to the surface of the control panel, and holes need to be formed at positions corresponding to the keys on the disk film, so that the requirement on position accuracy when the disk film is adhered is high.

Another kind of control panel subassembly of button manipulation formula adopts the film button structure, and it has avoided above-mentioned needs to open a hole and protruding button complex problem on the dish membrane, but the film button still can form the arch on control panel subassembly's surface, influences control panel subassembly's aesthetic property.

Can realize controlling the surface at present and adopt touch button mostly for planar control panel assembly, or directly adopt touch display screen, compare with the scheme that adopts the push type button in traditional handicraft, manufacturing cost promotes by a wide margin, is unfavorable for promoting in low-cost domestic appliance.

In view of the above, the present invention is particularly proposed.

Disclosure of Invention

The technical problem to be solved by the invention is to overcome the defects of the prior art and provide a control panel assembly and clothes treatment equipment, wherein a limiting structure is arranged in the control panel assembly to limit the relative position of a control panel and a control panel bracket, so that when a key extends into a key hole on the control panel, the key and the control panel surface are kept flush, a flat control surface is formed, and the attractiveness of the control panel assembly is improved.

In order to solve the technical problems, the invention adopts the technical scheme that:

a control panel assembly comprising:

the control panel bracket is provided with a movable key;

the control panel is arranged above the control panel bracket, a key hole is formed in the control panel, and the key is correspondingly arranged in the key hole;

the control panel support and/or the control panel are/is provided with limiting structures which are used for determining the vertical relative positions of the control panel and the control panel support, and the upper surfaces of the limiting keys do not protrude out of the upper surface of the control panel.

Furthermore, the limiting structure protrudes from the upper surface of the control panel bracket and is abutted against the lower surface of the control panel;

and/or, limit structure is protruding in control panel's lower surface, with the upper surface butt of control panel support.

Furthermore, a plurality of keys are arranged on the control panel bracket, and the limiting structures are limiting convex ribs which are protruded on the upper surface of the control panel bracket and extend along the upper surface of the control panel bracket; the extending direction of at least part of the limiting convex ribs is parallel to the distribution direction of part of the keys on the control panel bracket;

preferably, the control panel bracket has a certain extension length and a certain width, and the keys comprise a plurality of first keys distributed along the length extension direction of the control panel bracket on one side of the length extension direction of the control panel bracket and at least two second keys distributed along the width extension direction of the control panel bracket at one end of the distribution direction of the plurality of first keys;

the limiting convex rib at least comprises a first limiting part extending along the length direction of the control panel bracket and a second limiting part extending along the width direction of the control panel bracket;

preferably, the first limiting part is arranged on one side of the control panel bracket opposite to the plurality of first keys, and the first limiting part and the plurality of first keys are positioned on the same side of the distribution direction of the second keys; the two second limiting parts are respectively positioned at two ends of the first limiting part;

preferably, the second limiting part is connected with the first limiting part to form a limiting convex rib.

Furthermore, the upper surface of the control panel bracket is also provided with a deposited rib which is deposited and connected with the control panel, two ends of at least one deposited rib are connected, and a closed area which seals the key inside is formed on the upper surface of the control panel bracket;

preferably, the spacing structure is located at least partially within the enclosed region.

Further, the welding rib comprises a sealing welding rib forming a closed area and a supporting welding rib with two ends not connected; the support cladding rib is arranged inside and/or outside the closed area to support the control panel;

preferably, the support welding rib includes a first welding rib extending in a longitudinal direction of the panel bracket and a second welding rib extending in a width direction of the panel bracket, and the first welding rib and the second welding rib are provided in a disconnected state.

Furthermore, the limiting structure comprises a limiting convex rib arranged in the closed area, at least part of the limiting convex rib is arranged in parallel with part of the sealing deposition rib, and a supporting deposition rib parallel to the limiting convex rib and the sealing deposition rib is arranged between the limiting convex rib and the sealing deposition rib which are parallel to each other;

preferably, part of the keys are arranged between the sealing weld rib and the support weld rib in the closed area.

Furthermore, the control panel assembly also comprises a display panel, and a display lamp group is arranged on the display panel; the display panel is arranged below the control panel bracket, and the position on the control panel bracket, which corresponds to the upper part of the display lamp group, is provided with a light hole; the welding ribs forming the closed area seal the light-transmitting holes in the closed area.

Furthermore, a plurality of display lamp groups are arranged, and a plurality of light holes which correspond to the display lamp groups one by one are arranged on the control panel bracket; the control panel bracket is also provided with a light blocking structure positioned between the adjacent light holes;

preferably, the light blocking structure comprises a light blocking rib formed to extend downward from the lower surface of the control panel bracket;

preferably, the light blocking ribs extend downwards from the periphery of the light transmission holes to seal each light transmission hole in a closed area formed by one light blocking rib;

preferably, a reinforcing rib is arranged between every two adjacent light blocking ribs, and the reinforcing rib extends downwards from the lower surface of the control panel bracket between every two adjacent light blocking ribs to form the light blocking rib and is connected with the two light blocking ribs respectively.

Furthermore, the control panel assembly further comprises a disc film covering the upper surface of the control panel, and character marks or icon marks are arranged on the disc film.

After the technical scheme is adopted, compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects.

In the control panel assembly, the up-down relative positions of the control panel and the control panel bracket are determined by the limit structures arranged on the control panel bracket and/or the control panel, so that when the keys on the control panel bracket are correspondingly arranged in the key holes, the upper surfaces of the keys are not higher than the upper surface of the control panel, and further, no bulge exists on the control surface of the control panel assembly, and the control surface is flat and attractive. When the dish membrane is pasted on the control panel surface, the dish membrane can be levelly and smoothly and completely attached in the control panel surface to realized that low-cost manufacturing process realizes the effect of similar touch screen, kept the touch of pressing that the button was controlled simultaneously, science and technology when having strengthened user operation control panel subassembly experienced the sense.

In the control board assembly, the limiting structure is a limiting convex rib which is protruded out of the surface of the control board bracket and is abutted against the control panel for limiting, and the control board assembly is simple in structure and good in limiting effect. The extending direction of the limiting convex rib on the upper surface of the control panel bracket is matched with the direction of the keys distributed on the surface of the control panel bracket, so that the key part on the control panel around the key hole is supported and limited, and the structure of the upper surface of the key, which is not higher than the upper surface of the control panel, can be more effectively ensured to be stable.

In the control panel assembly, on one hand, the arrangement of the deposited ribs is matched with the limiting structure to play an auxiliary supporting role on the control panel, and the structure that the upper surface of the key is not higher than the upper surface of the control panel is further ensured. On the other hand, deposit the muscle and form sealing connection with control panel and control panel support to seal the button in the closed area that the muscle encloses that deposits, when avoiding between control panel and the control panel support seep water, the rivers of infiltration are to button department, lead to the electrical part damage of being connected with the button, perhaps cause the potential safety hazard.

In the control panel assembly, the arrangement of the light blocking structure on the control panel bracket avoids crosstalk interference among different light holes, and when any display lamp group is lighted, only the light hole corresponding to the display lamp group can be lighted, and adjacent light holes cannot be lighted, so that the situation that the area on the control panel, which does not need to be lighted, is irradiated by light rays and a user is misled is avoided.

The following describes embodiments of the present invention in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention and not to limit the invention to the proper form disclosed herein. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments, and that for a person skilled in the art, other drawings can be derived from them without inventive effort. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a control panel assembly in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a control plate assembly in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic top view of a control panel support in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the underside of a control panel support in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a clothes treating apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure: 1. a box body; 2. a base assembly; 3. a tray seat; 4. an upper cover; 5. a control panel assembly; 100. a disc film; 200. a control panel; 201. a key hole; 300. a control panel bracket; 310. pressing a key; 311. a first key; 312. a second key; 320. limiting convex ribs; 321. a first limiting part; 322. a second limiting part; 330. melting and coating the rib; 331. sealing and melting the ribs; 332. supporting the deposited ribs; 3321. a first deposited rib; 3322. a second deposited rib; 340. a light-transmitting hole; 350. a light blocking rib; 360. reinforcing ribs; 400. a display panel; 401. a display lamp set; 402. a control button; 500. and (5) mounting the box.

It should be noted that the drawings and the description are not intended to limit the scope of the inventive concept in any way, but to illustrate it by a person skilled in the art with reference to specific embodiments.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and the following embodiments are used for illustrating the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

Example one

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the control board assembly of the present embodiment includes:

a control panel bracket 300 on which a movable key 310 is provided;

the control panel 200 is installed above the control panel bracket 300, a key hole 201 is formed in the control panel 200, and the key 310 is correspondingly installed in the key hole 201.

The control panel bracket 300 and/or the control panel 200 are provided with a limiting structure for determining the relative position of the control panel 200 and the control panel bracket 300, and the upper surface of the limiting key 310 does not protrude out of the upper surface of the control panel 200.

The control panel assembly of the present embodiment may be installed in a home appliance, such as a washing machine, a dryer, a dishwasher, etc., and a user can operate the home appliance by pressing the button 310. The upper and lower relative positions of the control panel 200 and the control panel bracket 300 are determined by the arrangement of the limiting structure, so that when the keys 310 on the control panel bracket 300 are correspondingly installed in the key holes 201, the upper surfaces of the keys 310 are not higher than the upper surface of the control panel 200, and further, no protrusion exists on the control surface of the control panel assembly. When the key hole 201 is matched with the outer contour of the key 310, a complete flat control surface can be formed on the control board assembly, so that the control board assembly is more visually attractive.

Further, the control panel assembly further comprises a disc film 100 covering the upper surface of the control panel 200, and text marks or icon marks are arranged on the disc film 100.

In the above scheme, since the upper surface of the key 310 is not higher than the upper surface of the control panel 200, a flat and non-convex attaching surface can be provided for the disc film 100, and the disc film 100 can be directly attached to the upper surface of the control panel 200 without a hole, so as to form a flat and complete control surface for the user to operate. The button 310 can move downwards in a small amplitude when being pressed by external force, and automatically resets when the external force disappears, so that the pressing touch feeling of the user during operation is kept, and the user experience is good. And when button 310 was not pressed, control panel assembly upper surface was a complete smooth surface, can provide the display effect of similar touch screen in outward appearance and vision, and the science and technology sense when the user used is stronger, but its manufacturing cost is basically the same with the control panel assembly that traditional button was controlled to cooperate the dish membrane to show, has realized the manufacturing of the control panel assembly of low-cost high-color value.

In the specific solution of this embodiment, the limiting structure protrudes from the upper surface of the control panel bracket 300 and abuts against the lower surface of the control panel 200.

In another scheme of this embodiment, the limit structure may also protrude from the lower surface of the control panel and abut against the upper surface of the control panel bracket.

Or, can also all set up bellied limit structure on the relative surface of control panel and control panel support, the limit structure and the control panel support upper surface butt of control panel lower surface, the limit structure and the control panel lower surface butt of control panel support upper surface.

In the above solution, the control panel 200 is mounted on the control panel bracket 300 from top to bottom, and in the process that the control panel 200 and the control panel bracket 300 approach each other, the distance between the two is reduced to a certain extent by the protruding limiting structure, so as to prevent the two from continuing to approach, thereby playing a role of limiting, and further making the upper surface of the key 310 not higher than the upper surface of the control panel 200.

In the preferred embodiment of this embodiment, the height of the limiting structure is set, so that the upper surface of the key 310 is just flush with the upper surface of the control panel 200, and the disk film 100 can be more flat after being adhered.

In a further aspect of this embodiment, the plurality of keys 310 are disposed on the console box 300, and the limiting structure is a limiting rib 320 protruding from the upper surface of the console box 300 and extending along the upper surface of the console box 300. The extending direction of at least part of the limiting convex ribs 320 is parallel to the distribution direction of part of the keys 310 on the control panel bracket 300.

Specifically, the control panel bracket 300 has a certain extending length and a certain width, and the key 310 includes a plurality of first keys 311 disposed along the extending direction of the length on one side of the control panel bracket 300 in the extending direction of the length, and at least two second keys 312 disposed along the extending direction of the width of the control panel bracket 300 at one end of the plurality of first keys 311 in the extending direction.

The stopper rib 320 includes at least a first stopper portion 321 extending in the length direction of the panel holder 300 and a second stopper portion 322 extending in the width direction of the panel holder 300.

In the above scheme, the supporting limit for the control panel 200 is realized by arranging the limit convex rib 320, the structure is simple, and the limit effect is good. The whole area of control panel 200 is great, sets up the first spacing portion 321 and the spacing portion 322 of second that extend along length direction respectively on control panel support 300, and it is spacing all to carry out control panel 200 in certain area in two directions of mutually perpendicular, has avoided control panel 200's local area to lack the condition that the support takes place deformation easily.

Meanwhile, the keys 310 on the control panel bracket 300 include first keys 311 distributed in the length direction and second keys 312 distributed in the width direction. The extending direction of the first limiting portion 321 matches with the distribution direction of the first keys 311, and the extending direction of the second limiting portion 322 matches with the distribution direction of the second keys 312, so that the structure that the upper surface of the keys 310 is not higher than the upper surface of the control panel 200 can be effectively ensured to be stable.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the first limiting portion 321 is disposed on a side of the control panel bracket 300 opposite to the plurality of first keys 311, and the first limiting portion 321 and the plurality of first keys 311 are located on a same side of the distribution direction of the second keys 312. The two second limiting portions 322 are respectively located at two ends of the first limiting portion 321.

Preferably, the second position-limiting portion 322 is connected to the first position-limiting portion 321 to form a position-limiting rib 320.

In detail, the first keys 311 in this embodiment are disposed near the front edge of the control panel bracket 300, and seven keys are disposed in a row. Two second keys 312 are distributed along the width direction on the right side of the rightmost first key 311. The limiting convex rib 320 is provided with a complete strip and is positioned in a semi-closed area enclosed by the first key 311 and the second key 312. The first limiting portion 321 is disposed near the rear edge of the console bracket 300 and opposite to the plurality of first keys 311. The left and right ends of the first limiting portion 321 extend forward to form a second limiting portion 322. The extending ends of the two second limiting parts 322 are bent towards the middle part, so that the supporting and limiting effect of the middle area is further enhanced.

In the above solution, the extending arrangement of the limiting rib 320 on the control panel bracket 300 can support and limit the area around the key hole 201 on the control panel 200 in a repeated manner, so as to further ensure that the structure of the upper surface of the key 310 not higher than the upper surface of the control panel 200 remains stable.

In a further embodiment of the present embodiment, the control panel holder 300 further includes a welding rib 330 welded to the control panel 200 on the upper surface thereof, and at least one welding rib 330 is connected at both ends thereof, so that a closed region for enclosing the key 310 is formed on the upper surface of the control panel holder 300.

Preferably, the retention structure, i.e., the retention bead 320, is at least partially located within the enclosed region.

In the above solution, the deposited rib 330 may be arranged to cooperate with the limiting rib 320 to assist in supporting the control panel 200. Specifically, the deposited rib 330 forming the closed area encloses the key 310 inside, and the limiting convex rib 320 is disposed in the semi-closed area enclosed by the key 310. Corresponding to the control panel 200, that is, the areas of the lower surface of the control panel 200 located at the two sides of the key hole 201 are respectively supported by the limiting convex rib 320 and the deposited rib 330, so that the area of the control panel 200 located at the periphery of the key hole 201 is not easy to deform in a downward concave manner, and the structure of the upper surface of the key 310 not higher than the upper surface of the control panel 200 is more stable.

On the other hand, the welding rib 330 is hermetically connected to the lower surface of the control panel 200 and the upper surface of the control panel holder 300, respectively, so that a sealed environment is formed inside the closed region with respect to the outside. When the control panel 200 is connected to the control panel bracket 300, a gap is inevitably formed between the control panel 200 and the control panel bracket 300, and particularly, when the control panel assembly is used in a washing apparatus such as a washing machine, water may be easily infiltrated into the gap between the control panel 200 and the control panel bracket 300. The keys 310 are sealed in the closed area defined by the deposited ribs 330, so that the phenomenon that water seepage between the control panel 200 and the control panel bracket 300 flows to the keys 310 to cause damage to electric devices connected with the keys 310 or cause potential safety hazards can be avoided.

In a further aspect of the present embodiment, the welding rib 330 includes a sealing welding rib 331 forming a closed region, and a support welding rib 332 having two ends that are not connected to each other. Support weld ribs 332 are provided on the inside and/or outside of the closed area to support the control panel 200.

Preferably, the support welding rib 332 includes a first welding rib 3321 extending in the longitudinal direction of the panel holder 300 and a second welding rib 3322 extending in the width direction of the panel holder 300, and the first welding rib 3321 and the second welding rib 3322 are provided separately from each other.

In the above-described embodiment, the keys 310 are relatively intensively disposed in the middle region of the panel holder 300, the closed region formed by the seal-welded rib 331 is correspondingly disposed in the middle region of the panel holder 300, and the inside and the outside of the closed region form a large-area vacant region. The arrangement of the support welding rib 332 can support the neutral area, so that the control panel 200 is prevented from being easily deformed by stress. The support welding rib 332 includes the first welding rib 3321 and the second welding rib 3322 perpendicular to each other, and thus a larger area of support can be achieved with a smaller amount of material.

Specifically, in the panel holder 300 of the present embodiment, the seal welding rib 331 is provided in a right area on the surface of the panel holder 300, one second welding rib 3322 is provided on the right outer side of the closed area, and two second welding ribs 3322 are provided on the left outer side. One first welding rib 3321 is provided at an interval at each of the front end portions of the second welding ribs 3322 on both the left and right ends.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, at least a part of the stopper rib 320 and a part of the seal welding rib 331 are provided in parallel, and a support welding rib 332 is further provided between the stopper rib 320 and the seal welding rib 331 which are partially parallel to each other and are parallel to each other.

More preferably, part of the key 310 is disposed between the seal weld rib 331 and the support weld rib 332 in the closed region.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the first stopper portion 321 of the stopper rib 320 and the left second stopper portion 322 are provided inside the seal welding rib 331 and are close to the seal welding rib 331. The second stopper 322 on the right has a large space from the right portion of the seal welding rib 331, and a support welding rib 332 extending forward and backward is provided between the both. The support welding rib 332 is closer to the right second stopper 322 with a certain distance from the right portion of the seal welding rib 331, and the two second keys 312 are provided in the spaced region between the support welding rib 332 and the seal welding rib 331.

In this embodiment, the control board assembly further includes a display board 400, a display lamp set 401 is disposed on the display board 400, and the display lamp set 401 is composed of one or more LED lamp beads. The display panel 400 is disposed under the control panel holder 300, and the control panel holder 300 is provided with a light-transmitting hole 340 at a position corresponding to a position above the display lamp set 401. The weld rib 330 forming a closed region closes the light-transmitting hole 340 within the closed region.

The control panel 200 is made of a transparent material, and when the display lamp set 401 is lighted, the generated light can illuminate the light-transmitting hole 340, and then illuminate the corresponding area on the control panel 200. Characters or icon marks are printed on the disc film 100 covered on the control panel 200, and the disc film 100 has certain light transmittance, so that the area, corresponding to the light hole 340, on the disc film 100 can be illuminated, and the display of corresponding contents is realized. When the disc film 100 is printed with colored text or icon marks, a display effect similar to a color display screen can also be realized, with a high color value.

In the above solution, the display panel 400 is fixedly disposed in the mounting box 500, and the mounting box 500 is connected to the control panel bracket 300, so as to assemble the display panel 400 and the control panel bracket 300. Have control circuit on the display panel 400, through the cladding muscle 330 that forms closed area, also seal the cladding muscle 331 and seal light trap 340 in closed area, can prevent that the infiltration between control panel 200 and the control panel support 300 from dripping to display panel 400 through light trap 340, and then lead to the chance water short circuit of control circuit, the condition of control panel subassembly breaking down.

The display panel 400 is further provided with control buttons 402 corresponding to the keys 310 on the control panel holder 300 one by one, and the control buttons 402 are connected to a control circuit on the display panel 400. When a user presses the key 310 to contact the control button 402, a feedback signal is triggered, and the control board assembly sends a signal that the corresponding key 310 is triggered to a control system of the household appliance, so as to control the household appliance to perform a corresponding operation.

Further, a plurality of display lamp sets 401 are provided, and a plurality of light holes 340 corresponding to the display lamp sets 401 one to one are provided on the control board holder 300. The panel support 300 is also provided with light blocking structures between adjacent light transmissive holes 340.

Specifically, the light blocking structure includes a light blocking rib 350 formed to extend downward from the lower surface of the panel bracket 300. The light blocking ribs 350 extend from the surface of the control panel bracket 300 to at least the lowest positions of the LED lamp beads of the display lamp groups 401, so that when each display lamp group 401 is independently lighted, only the light holes 340 above the display lamp group 401 can be correspondingly lighted, and the adjacent light holes 340 cannot be lighted due to the light rays dispersing around, so that the situation that the light rays emitted by the display lamp groups 401 are adjacent to the area, which is not required to be lighted, on the control panel 200 are lighted, so that the actual display content is not obvious, and the situation of a user is misled is avoided.

In a preferred embodiment of the present embodiment, the light blocking ribs 350 extend downward from the periphery of the light transmission holes 340, and each light transmission hole 340 is sealed inside a sealed area formed by one light blocking rib 350.

Preferably, a reinforcing rib 360 is disposed between two adjacent light blocking ribs 350, and the reinforcing rib 360 extends downward from the lower surface of the control panel bracket 300 between two adjacent light blocking ribs 350 and is connected to the two light blocking ribs 350 on two sides respectively.

In the above scheme, the independent light blocking ribs 350 are respectively arranged below each light hole 340, so that the effect of preventing crosstalk interference between different light holes 340 is better. The reinforcing ribs 360 are arranged in the interval area between the two adjacent light blocking ribs 350, and the light blocking ribs 350 are connected into a whole, so that the structure of the light blocking ribs 350 is more stable and is not easy to damage.

In this embodiment, the control board assembly is provided with the limiting ribs 320 to determine the vertical relative position between the control panel 200 and the control board bracket 300, so that when the control panel 200 and the control board bracket 300 are installed in a matching manner, and the keys 310 on the control board bracket 300 are correspondingly installed in the key holes 201 on the control panel 200, the upper surfaces of the keys 310 do not protrude out of the upper surface of the control panel 200. When the disc film 100 is pasted on the surface of the control panel 200, the disc film 100 can completely cover the whole surface, and a flat control surface is formed after the disc film is pasted. The control panel assembly has the appearance similar to a touch screen in vision, is attractive and elegant, is strong in technological sense, but keeps the touch feeling of pressing control, is close to the traditional key control type control panel assembly in manufacturing process, is far lower than the manufacturing cost of the touch screen control panel, and can be widely applied to upgrading of the traditional key control type control panel assembly.

Example two

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the present embodiment provides a laundry treating apparatus including the control panel assembly 5 according to the first embodiment. The laundry treating apparatus includes, but is not limited to, a washing machine, a dryer, a washer-dryer, etc.

Specifically, the clothes treatment device comprises a box body 1, wherein the bottom of the box body 1 is provided with a base assembly 2, and the base assembly 2 comprises feet which are arranged below to support the clothes treatment device. The top of the box body 1 is provided with a disc seat 3, and an upper cover 4 and a control panel component 5 are respectively arranged on the disc seat 3. Wherein the control panel assembly 5 is provided at a front side of the tray 3, the upper cover 4 is openably/closably provided on the tray 3, and the upper cover 4 opens the laundry input opening so that a user inputs laundry into the laundry treating apparatus and takes out the laundry after completion of laundry treatment.

In detail, the tray base 3 is provided with a containing groove for installing the control board assembly 5, the control board bracket 300 of the control board assembly 5 is installed in the containing groove in a buckling connection or screw connection mode, and the control board assembly 5 is convenient to maintain and replace by adopting a detachable connection mode.

In this embodiment, the control surface of the control panel assembly 5 is disposed upward, and the upper surface of the key 310 is not higher than the upper surface of the control panel 200, so that the disc film 100 covers the control panel 200 to form a complete and smooth control surface, which has an appearance effect similar to a touch screen, and improves the technological sense and the aesthetic degree of the clothes treatment device. Meanwhile, the manufacturing cost of the control panel assembly 5 is far lower than that of a touch screen, so that the production cost of the clothes treatment equipment is not remarkably increased, the control panel assembly is particularly suitable for being popularized in household clothes treatment equipment, and the user experience can be improved under the condition that the production cost is not increased.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A control panel assembly, comprising:

the control panel bracket is provided with a movable key;

the control panel support and/or the control panel are/is provided with limiting structures which are used for determining the relative positions of the control panel and the control panel support from top to bottom, and the upper surfaces of the limiting keys do not protrude out of the upper surface of the control panel.

2. The control panel assembly of claim 1, wherein the stop structure protrudes from an upper surface of the control panel bracket and abuts a lower surface of the control panel;

3. The control panel assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein the plurality of buttons are provided on the control panel bracket, and the limiting structure is a limiting convex rib protruding from the upper surface of the control panel bracket and extending along the upper surface of the control panel bracket; the extending direction of at least part of the limiting convex ribs is parallel to the distribution direction of part of the keys on the control panel bracket;

preferably, the control panel bracket has a certain extension length and width, and the keys comprise a plurality of first keys distributed along the length extension direction on one side of the control panel bracket in the length extension direction, and at least two second keys distributed along the width extension direction of the control panel bracket at one end of the distribution direction of the plurality of first keys;

4. The control panel assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the upper surface of the control panel bracket is further provided with a deposited rib deposited and connected with the control panel, two ends of at least one deposited rib are connected, and a closed area for sealing the key is formed on the upper surface of the control panel bracket;

preferably, the spacing structure is located at least partially within the closed region.

5. The control panel assembly of claim 4, wherein the weld beads include a seal weld bead forming a closed area, and a support weld bead having two ends that are not connected; the support deposited rib is arranged inside and/or outside the closed area to support the control panel;

preferably, the support welding rib includes a first welding rib extending in a longitudinal direction of the panel holder and a second welding rib extending in a width direction of the panel holder, and the first welding rib and the second welding rib are provided in a disconnected manner.

6. The control panel assembly of claim 5, wherein the limiting structure includes a limiting rib disposed inside the closed region, at least a portion of the limiting rib is disposed parallel to a portion of the sealing deposited rib, and a supporting deposited rib is disposed between the limiting rib and the sealing deposited rib, the supporting deposited rib being parallel to the limiting rib and the sealing deposited rib;

7. The control panel assembly of any of claims 4-6, further comprising a display panel on which the set of display lights are disposed; the display panel is arranged below the control panel bracket, and the position on the control panel bracket, which corresponds to the upper part of the display lamp group, is provided with a light hole; the welding ribs forming the closed area seal the light-transmitting holes in the closed area.

8. The control panel assembly of claim 7, wherein the display lamp set is provided in plurality, and the control panel bracket is provided with a plurality of light holes corresponding to the display lamp set in one-to-one correspondence; the control panel bracket is also provided with a light blocking structure positioned between the adjacent light holes;

preferably, the light blocking structure includes a light blocking rib formed to extend downward from a lower surface of the panel support;

9. The control board assembly according to any one of claims 1-8, further comprising a tray film covering an upper surface of the control panel, wherein the tray film is provided with a text mark or an icon mark.

10. A clothes treating apparatus comprising the control panel assembly of any one of claims 1 to 9.