DE7203985U - FRAME ARRANGEMENT FOR THE CONTROL PANEL OF ELECTRIC STOVES - Google Patents

Description

of the company Maybaum Elektrotroqsrä te fabrik , / 5768 Sundern / Sauerland

rCudwiq Maybaum

concerning

Frame arrangement for the control panel of electric cookers

The invention relates to a frame arrangement for the control panel of electric cookers.

So far it has been customary to use the control panels of electric stoves

is provided or is made of noble beam or aluminum. To identify the position of the various switches, regulators or the like appropriate embossing or printing provided. The operating and actuating elements, such as signal lights. Sockets, Timers, switches and / or regulators protrude from the front or surface of the control panel, i.e. so they are not flush with this, so that there are disturbing corners and edges that are in the Make cleaning of the control panel disadvantageous and overall to the rapid soiling of the control panel surface contribute. This non-flush closure is particularly disadvantageous in the case of the signal lights, sockets, and time switches and the like, since there is no need for an actuator to be used for better and easier handling would have to protrude beyond the front surface of the control panel. There is another disadvantage of the control panels that have been used up to now

in the relatively high manufacturing costs and in the relatively complicated assembly.

The invention is based on the object of creating a frame arrangement for the control panel of electric cookers there are no corners and edges that would facilitate the accumulation of dirt and interfere with cleaning. The control panel should be able to be produced at lower costs than the known control panels and easier to assemble allow the individual elements.

According to the invention, this object is achieved in a frame arrangement of the type mentioned by a profiled frame with openings and recesses for receiving the operating and display elements, namely the switches, signal lights, sockets, time switches and controls or the like, in which all operating and display elements, which do not have to be arranged raised above the surface of the control panel for their handling, but are sunk to achieve an essentially smooth surface and are flush with the respectively adjacent frame area.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is indicated by an integrally formed base frame in the area that accommodates the switches and / or controllers of the control panel has two longitudinal grooves offset upwards and downwards with respect to its longitudinal center, which in the Areas between the switches and controls are provided with openings, the one between the longitudinal grooves, after the side facing the viewer from the base of the protruding longitudinal web holes for carrying out the Actuating elements for the switches and controls as well as for the Has attachment of fasteners for this.

Preferably, above or below the upper or lower longitudinal groove, there are depressions for receiving signal lights or the like provided, the signal lights on the

Finish the front flush with the surface of the base frame. It is recommended that the indentations between the upper longitudinal groove and advantageously close to the upper one Longitudinal edge of the base frame provided ventilation slots are arranged.

Another embodiment of the invention stands out characterized in that the longitudinal grooves are covered by preferably transparent decorative strips. The decorative strips be held by brackets in the area of the switch and controller together with them by means of the fastening means are attached to the base frame.

As an alternative to the decorative strips, the longitudinal grooves and the longitudinal web can also be covered in sections with cover plates be covered, which holes sum through the Have actuators of the switch and regulator. The cover plates advantageously snap into the longitudinal grooves by means of longitudinal approaches.

Should the control panel provided according to the invention be used for electric cookers Find use, which have a socket for connecting auxiliary devices and / or a timer, so will according to the invention proposed that the base frame in the a socket or a time switch receiving area is formed recessed in such a way that the socket cover or the timer on the front is flush with the level of the cover plates or the decorative strips.

• The frame arrangement proposed according to the invention leaves

j can be produced at particularly low cost if the basic

j frame made by injection molding, preferably made of plastic

; or metal. Further embodiments of the

Invention are characterized by the fact that the decor

strip or the cover plates by injection molding, preferably made of plastic.

Further features and advantages of the invention emerge from the claims and from the following description, in which two exemplary embodiments of the invention are explained in detail with reference to the schematic drawing. It shows:

Figure 1

a switching pul ⁵ : in the front view;

Figure 2

a section along the line II-II of Figure ljund

Figure 3

a section along the line III-III of Figure 1.

The frame arrangement shown in Figure 1 has a Bas is frame on Io, in which near the upper longitudinal edge elongated, Ventilation slots 12 running parallel to this are provided for ventilating the interior of the stove. The Basic Rahiaen Io is made in one piece from plastic using an injection molding process. Of course, the base frame can also do Io be made of metal.

Below the ventilation slots 12, the base frame

10 a series of depressions arranged side by side

11, in which either continuously or only in a certain area signal or control lights 14 can be used. If these lights only in a certain area of the longitudinal extent of the frame arrangement are provided, the remaining, empty recesses 11 can advantageously by the signal lights 14 corresponding blind covers must be filled out.

The base frame Io has two longitudinal, relative the longitudinal center of the frame assembly upwards or downwards offset arranged longitudinal grooves 16, which in the between the ones provided for the inclusion of switches and / or controllers

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See areas lying sections with openings 18 are provided. The one between the longitudinal grooves to the front The protruding longitudinal web ° o has bores 22, 24 for receiving the actuating elements or the fastening means for the switches and controls on.

At the two longitudinal ends of the frame arrangement shown in FIG. 1 there are depressions 3o and 32 with corresponding openings formed in the base frame Io, which is for receiving on its front side with the front surface of the base frame flush sockets or time switches are intended.

The longitudinal grooves 18 and the longitudinal web 2ο can be covered by cover plates 34 must be covered. These cover plates are designed so that they each have a longitudinal section of the longitudinal grooves or completely cover the longitudinal web, whereby it can also be provided that the entire for accommodating switches and regulators determined areas of the frame arrangement by a single cover plate 34 with a corresponding longitudinal extent is covered. In the preferred exemplary embodiment shown here, the cover plates are made from injection molding made of colored plastic, which results in a particularly advantageous overall visual impression of the control panel. The individual cover panels can also be designed in different colors in the longitudinal direction to facilitate operation to have a facilitating marking effect for various switches or the like. As Figure 2 shows, the cover plates 34 are resiliently supported in the longitudinal grooves 16 or in the base frame Io itself by means of lugs 36 and 38, respectively. However, the cover plates 34 can also be used in addition to those for guiding the actuating elements of the switches through and controller bores required anyway, further bores to accommodate the also for fastening the switch and / or controller have fastening means used and be fastened together with these on the base frame.

Instead of the cover plates 34, in another embodiment decorative strips 4o are also used, which

preferably each completely cover the longitudinal grooves in the longitudinal direction. The decorative strips 4o are preferably produced from suitable plastic by injection molding. If the decorative strips 4o are made transparent, an advantageous and effective impression of the control panel can be achieved through appropriate lighting through the openings 18 from the rear, with different lighting colors, achieved either by different colored lighting sources or by not "overall running in the longitudinal direction colored decorative strip sections 4o, a marking effect can be achieved.

As FIG. 3 shows, the decorative strips are held in the longitudinal grooves 16 by means of brackets 42 which, together with the actuating devices for the switches or regulators, are connected to them Base frame Io are screwed on.

Depending on the needs of the individual fa] 't :; can with one The control panel used for a certain type of electric stove is used in sections, both decorative strips 4o and cover plates 34 in the various embodiments Find.

The features of the subject matter of the application disclosed in the above description, in the claims and in the drawing can be used individually or in any combination for the implementation of the inventive concept in its various embodiments may be essential.

Claims (15)

Expectations 1. Frame arrangement for the control panel of electric cookers, marked by a profiled frame (lo) with openings and depressions to accommodate the operating and Some organs, namely the switch, signal lights, sockets, Time switches and regulators or the like, in which all operating and display elements that are necessary for their handling need not be arranged raised above the surface of the control panel, in order to achieve a substantially smooth Surface are sunk and are flush with the adjacent frame area. 2. Frame assembly according to claim 1, characterized by an integrally formed base frame (lo) in which the Switch and / or regulator having area of the control panel two with respect to its longitudinal center to the top and bottom has staggered longitudinal grooves (16), which in the areas between aen switches and regulators with openings (18) provided siid, the one located between the longitudinal grooves (16), after the side facing the viewer from its base protruding longitudinal web (2o) bores (22, 24) to carry out the actuators for the switches and Has regulator as well as for the attachment of fasteners for this. 3. Frame arrangement according to claim 2, characterized in that near the upper longitudinal edge of the base frame (lo) Elongated ventilation slots (12) running essentially parallel to this are provided. 4. Frame arrangement according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that that above or below the upper izw. lower longitudinal groove (18) recesses (11) for receiving signal lights (14) or the like are provided, the signal lights on the front flush with the base frame (lo) complete. . Rahiuenaiiordrmng according to claim 3 and 4, characterized in that that the recesses (11) are provided between the upper longitudinal groove (18) and the ventilation slots (12). 6. Frame arrangement according to one of claims 2 to 5, characterized characterized in that the longitudinal grooves are covered by preferably transparent decorative strips (4o). 7. Frame arrangement according to claim 6, characterized in that the decorative strips are held in place by clips (42) that are in common with the switch and regulator this by means of the fastening means in the base frame (lo) are attached. 8. Frame arrangement according to one of claims 2 to 6, characterized characterized in that the longitudinal grooves (18) and the longitudinal web (2o) are covered in sections by cover plates (34) are, which have holes for passing through the Actuating organs for the switches and controls. 9. Frame arrangement according to claim 8, characterized in that the cover plates (34) in the longitudinal grooves (18) sowi ^ Snap into the base frame (lo) using lugs (36, 38). 10. Frame arrangement according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that that the cover plates (34) have bores through which the fasteners for the switches or controllers can be passed have and are attached to these together on the base frame (lo). 11. Frame arrangement according to one of claims 2 to lo, characterized characterized in that the base frame is formed so deeply in an area (3o) receiving a socket is that the socket cover on the front is flush with the plane of the cover plates (34) or the decorative strips (4o) concludes. 12. Frame arrangement according to one of claims 2 to 11, characterized in that a timer is received Area (32) of the base frame is recessed in such a way that the front surface of the timer is flush with the plane the cover (34) or decorative strips (4o) 13. Frame arrangement according to one of claims 2 to 12, characterized in that the base frame (lo) in the injection molding process, is preferably made of plastic or metal. 14. Frame arrangement according to claim 6 or 7 or according to one of claims 11 to 13 and claim 6 or 7, characterized in that that the decorative strips (4o) are made by injection molding, preferably from plastic. 15. Frame arrangement according to one of claims 8 to Io or according to one of claims 11 to 13 and one of claims S to Io, characterized in that the cover plates (34) are made by injection molding, preferably from plastic.