CN1477257A - Operation display device - Google Patents
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Abstract
An upper surface of an operating panel part 18 having an operating button part 28 and a display window 33 is covered with a panel sheet 20, and within the operating panel part 18, a control device 30 having a switch 31 provided at a position corresponding to the operating button part 28 and a display element 32 provided at a position corresponding to the display window 33 is arranged. The operating panel part 18 is equipped with light diffusing parts 34 corresponding to the display elements 32 from the plurality of display windows 33. To improve visibility and to improve metallic mold design or workability by preventing a surface of a panel sheet from looking rugged even after the panel sheet is stuck in an operation display device for a washing machine or the like in which operations of an operating button part are correspondently displayed by a display element.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of operation table showing device that is used on the electric equipment products such as washing machine.
Background technology
The operation table showing device of existing washing machine etc. is Fig. 5～formation shown in Figure 7.
Below, describe about its structure.
As shown in Figure 5, but operation control panel portion 1 and free switch ground hide lid 2 adjacent assemblings of Wash tub (not shown), have control thin plate 3 above the operation control panel portion 1 at this.This control thin plate 3 has operating portion 4,5 and program representation portion 6 etc.Operating portion 4 is operated when beginning the laundry action, and operating portion 5 is operated when selecting the running program of regulation.
If by the running program of operating portion 5 selection regulations, then program representation portion 6 bright lamps.Power switch 7 is used for the power supply of switch washing machine body.
Secondly, as shown in Figure 6, represent in the operation of operation control panel portion 1 below the inside of portion 8, control device 9 is installed.This control device 9 has a plurality of switches 10.This switch 10 is located at and operates on the operation button portion 11 corresponding positions of expression portion 8.Come push switch 10 by push action, can connect, disconnect the press section 12 of operation button portion 11.At this, operation button portion 11 is supported by button support portion 13 in the mode that can move up and down in operation expression portion 8.
On operation expression portion 8, pasting rubber-like control thin plate 3.Be located at the operating portion 4,5 on the control thin plate 3, can be by operation button portion 11 push switches 10.Control device 9 has the light-emitting component 15 that is contained in the expression case 14, light-emitting component 15 and the 6 corresponding settings of program representation portion.Further, as shown in Figure 7, light-emitting component 15 is positioned in expression window 16 places set in the operation control panel portion 1 so that be printed on control thin plate 3 the surface, with 17 corresponding expressions of certain program representation.
Below, the course of work of the operation table showing device of above-mentioned formation is described.
Connect power switch 7, making operation portion 5 again.According to this operation, connect power supply by press section 12 push switches 10 of operation button portion 11, can select the running program of stipulating.At this moment, follow procedure is represented the 6a of portion, 6b, 6c reprogramming content successively, and the user selects preset program.
In existing formation, the expression case of being fixed on the control device 9 14 is placed on the expression window 16 set in the operation control panel portion 1.Thus, be located at the end face shape of the expression case 14 on the control device 9 and the difficult coupling of end face shape of operation control panel portion 1, compared with operation control panel portion 1, expression case 14 exceeds easily.In this state, if above stick control thin plate 3, then control thin plate 3 and look rough and uneven in surface, visibility and attractive in appearance bad.
Summary of the invention
The present invention is point in view of the above-mentioned problems, even after its purpose was to stick the control thin plate, the control thin sheet surface can not seen rough and uneven in surface yet, when improving visibility, improves mould design and processing characteristics again.
For reaching above-mentioned purpose, indication device of the present invention, the top of operation control panel portion that will have operation button portion and expression window covered by the control thin plate, configuration has and is located at and operates the corresponding locational switch of button portion and be located at and represent the control device of the corresponding locational light-emitting component of window on the inboard of operation control panel portion, in operation control panel portion, be provided with by a plurality of expression windows respectively with the corresponding smooth diffusion part of light-emitting component.
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Fig. 1. be the cutaway view of operation table showing device of the washing machine etc. of the embodiment of the invention 1.
Fig. 2. be the vertical view of major part of washing machine with operation table showing device of the embodiment of the invention 1.
Fig. 3. be the three-dimensional exploded view of the operation table showing device of the embodiment of the invention 1.
Fig. 4. be the cutaway view of operation table showing device of the washing machine etc. of the embodiment of the invention 2.
Fig. 5. be the vertical view of major part of washing machine with operating button device of existing washing machine etc.
Fig. 6. be the exploded perspective view of the operation table showing device of existing washing machine etc.
Fig. 7. be the cutaway view of the operation table showing device of existing washing machine etc.
The specific embodiment
Below, with reference to accompanying drawing embodiments of the invention are described.
(embodiment 1)
As shown in Figure 2, but the lid 19 adjacent installations of operation control panel portion 18 and free switch ground covering Wash tub (not shown).In this operation control panel portion 18, be provided with control thin plate 20.On this control thin plate 20, be provided with operating portion 21,22,23a～23d, 24,25.Operating portion 21 is operated when starting, suspending the washing action.Operating portion 23a～23d operates when indivedual selection water yields, washing, rinsing, dehydration.24a～the 24d of expression portion is corresponding with operating portion 23a～23e respectively, the time of each operation of expression etc.
As shown in Figure 3, operation control panel portion 18 has operation expression portion 27, with the operating portion 22 of operation expression portion 27,23a～23e, 24,25 corresponding positions on, will operate button portion 28 for freely setting of operation expression portion 27 with moving up and down.In Fig. 3, show 8 operation button portions 28.Operation control panel portion 18 is formed by acrylic resin.As shown in Figure 1, by between operation expression portion 27 and operation button portion 28, thinner wall section 29 being set, keep operation button portion 28 to move up and down.
Represent in the operation of operation control panel portion 18 below the inside of portion 27 control device 30 to be housed, on this control device 30, be provided with a plurality of switches 31.Switch 31 can be operated by operation button 28.In addition, control device 30 has a plurality of light-emitting components 32.Operation control panel portion 18 has expression window 33 and light diffusion part 34 on corresponding with indication device 32 respectively position.
At this, light diffusion part 34, for operation control panel portion 18 first peristomes integrally formed, that have inwall.First peristome, constitute on 18 of the operation control panels expression window 33 and on inwall diffusion come the inwall (diffusion part 34) of the light of self-emission device.Inwall is formed the shape that the face side aperture area of self-emission device 32 side direction operation control panel portions 18 enlarges gradually.In addition, light diffusion part 34 is formed by non-light transmissive material, not exposure mutually.At this,, can use the resin compound of astigmatism coccoids such as natural plastics and silicon or pigment etc. as non-light transmissive material.Use above-mentioned resin compound, by foreign material combined shaping method, the integrally formed thing that can be shaped operation control panel portion and light diffusion part are formed by different resin compounds.In addition, also available same plastic material with light diffusion part 34 and operation control panel portion 18 integrally formed after, on the inside of the light diffusingsurface of light diffusion part 18 by after be processed to form light shield layer.
In addition, can use LED element, miniature bulb etc. as light-emitting component.
Simultaneously, the expression window 33 as shown in Figure 3, have with the 24a～24d corresponding expression window 33a～33d of expression portion and with the 26 corresponding expression window 35a～35e of expression portion.Expression window 35a～35e, the light of the light-emitting component 32 of the bright lamp of running program that correspondence is selected by operating portion 22 reaches expression portion 26.In addition, control thin plate 20 has elasticity, be attached to operation expression portion 27 above.
Below, the course of work of the operation table showing device of above-mentioned formation is described.
If pushing the operating portion 24 back press operating parts 22 of connecting power switch, then operate button portion 28 with thinner wall section 29 as the fulcrum bending, connect switch with push switch 31.In view of the above, can select the running program stipulated.Then, if press operating part 21 then can be connected switch 31 by operation button portion 28 equally, start washing machine.
On the control device 30 of the inside that is disposed at operation control panel portion 18, be provided with a plurality of light-emitting components 32.Operation control panel portion 18 is provided with expression window 33a～33d and light diffusion part 34, owing to be provided with light-emitting component 32 with the corresponding position of window of respectively representing on the control device 30, so there is no need to be provided with diffusion chamber.
In view of the above, there is no need to be provided with diffusion chamber, so can shorten mould design and Mold Making schedule.Further, the tolerance because of assembling control device 30 and light-emitting component 32 does not make the surperficial scraggly situation of sticking control thin plate 20 back operation control panel portions 18, has improved visibility and aesthetics.
In addition, light diffusion part 34 because the face side of self-emission device 32 side direction operation control panel portions 18 enlarged openings area gradually so the light of light-emitting component 32 is spread effectively, makes the clear light of literal on the surface of control thin plate 20, can make visibility improve.
In addition and since light diffusion part 34 for mutually not light leak ground will represent the window masking structure, so can not improve visibility to adjacent expression window light leak.At this, so-called masking structure is the structure on every side that a kind of smooth diffusion part 34 surrounds the illuminating part of light-emitting component 32.The light diffusion part is made by non-light transmissive material as preceding illustrated, thus can prevent light that self-emission device 32 sends to around spill.
In addition, because light diffusion part 34 is integrally formed with operation control panel portion 18,, can improve visibility so the expression case can and not make the surface of control thin plate 20 look rough and uneven in surface from operation control panel portion 18 protrusions.In addition, because do not need to represent case, so can improve mould design and processing characteristics.
In addition, owing to use non-light transmissive material to make light diffusion part 34,, visibility is improved so be not easy to adjacent expression window light leak.
(embodiment 2)
As shown in Figure 4, light-emitting component 32 is fixed on the control device 30a.In the time of fixedly, (that is, second peristome limiting part 36 of) sheet material positions light-emitting component 32 to utilize a plurality of holes that have on the position of light-emitting component 32.Limiting part 36 is configured between operation control panel portion 18 and the control device 30a.Other formations are identical with the foregoing description 1, so use same-sign and omit its explanation.
Below, the course of work of the operation table showing device of above-mentioned formation is described.
Such as previously described, become the light diffusion part 34 of first peristome, be the structure that the face side of light-emitting component 32 side direction operation control panel portions 18 of light emitting source enlarges aperture area gradually of doing for oneself.Thus, the light that sends of self-emission device 32 is spread effectively.For this light-emitting component 32 can being positioned at the center of light diffusion part 34, and limiting part 36 is set.According to this structure,,, can improve visibility so the literal that forms on control thin plate 20 surfaces is represented clearly because the surface of control thin plate 20 is illuminated effectively.
In addition, on limiting part 36, be provided with second peristome with light-emitting component 32 corresponding positions, it is just right to accommodate light-emitting component 32 in this second peristome.Above-mentioned second peristome plays a part to prevent light-emitting component 32 inclinations and positions.In addition, because the surface element of second peristome is positioned at the bottom of light diffusion part 34, the hole of above-mentioned second peristome and light diffusion part 34 bottoms is in opposite position, so the light that self-emission device 32 sends can not drain to other light diffusion parts, and arrives corresponding expression window.
In addition, in order to locate light-emitting component 32, also second peristome that is formed on the limiting part 36 can be formed by non-light transmissive material.Like this, when surrounding the illuminating part of light-emitting component 32 by second peristome, also can prevent light leak.
In addition, because limiting part 36 is made of the sheet material that has a plurality of holes on the position of light-emitting component 32, so light diffusion part 34 diminishes with the dislocation that is located at a plurality of light-emitting components 32 on the control device 30, make the literal on control thin plate 20 surfaces obtain clear expression, can improve visibility.Further, can reduce board cost easily and process.
Simultaneously, in the various embodiments described above, be illustrated about using washing machine, but also can be applicable to clothes drier, tableware cleaning and brushing machine etc.
As previously discussed, in the 1st invention of the present invention, because in operation control panel portion, be provided with operation button portion and expression window by a plurality of expression windows respectively with the corresponding smooth diffusion part of light-emitting component, even so after having sticked the control thin plate, the surface of control thin plate can not seen rough and uneven in surface yet, when visibility can be improved, can improve mould design and processing characteristics again.
Claims (13)
1. operation table showing device comprises operation control panel portion with operation button portion and expression window, covers the control thin plate above the described operation control panel portion and is located at control device on the described operation control panel portion inboard, it is characterized in that:
Described control device, with the corresponding position of described operation button on have switch, in addition, with the corresponding position of described expression window on have light-emitting component,
Described expression window has the light diffusion part.
2. operation table showing device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described smooth diffusion part has the aperture area that the face side from the described operation control panel of described light-emitting component side direction portion enlarges gradually.
3. operation table showing device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described smooth diffusion part for having from first peristome of described expression window to the side-prominent inwall of light-emitting component, and has to the outstanding diminishing aperture area of direction of described inwall.
4. operation table showing device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described smooth diffusion part, and for guiding to the tectosome of expression window from the light that described light-emitting component sends.
5. operation table showing device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described smooth diffusion part has the structure of surrounding described light-emitting component.
6. operation table showing device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described smooth diffusion part is the formed body that is formed by non-light transmissive material.
7. operation table showing device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described smooth diffusion part, for the integrally formed body of described operation control panel portion.
8. operation table showing device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: between described operation control panel portion and described control device, have tabular limiting part, described limiting part, with the corresponding position of described light-emitting component on have second peristome.
9. operation table showing device as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that: described second peristome has inwall, and described inwall surrounds described light-emitting component.
10. operation table showing device as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that: have described second opening in the structure of the bottom of described smooth diffusion part.
11. operation table showing device as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: between described operation control panel portion and described control device, has tabular limiting part, described limiting part, with the corresponding position of described light-emitting component on have second peristome, described smooth diffusion part for having from first peristome of described expression window to the side-prominent inwall of light-emitting component, and has to the outstanding diminishing aperture area of direction of described inwall.
12. washing machine that the operation table showing device is housed, this operation table showing device, comprise operation control panel portion, cover the control thin plate above the described operation control panel portion and be located at control device on the inboard of described operation control panel portion, it is characterized in that with operation button portion and expression window:
Described control device, with the corresponding position of described operation button on have switch, in addition, with the corresponding position of described expression window on have light-emitting component,
Described expression window has the light diffusion part.
13. the washing machine that the operation table showing device is housed as claimed in claim 12, it is characterized in that: between described operation control panel portion and described control device, has tabular limiting part, described limiting part, has second peristome with the corresponding position of described light-emitting component, described smooth diffusion part for having from first peristome of described expression window to the side-prominent inwall of light-emitting component, and has to the outstanding diminishing aperture area of direction of described inwall.
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