EP1307696B1 - Control panel for an electrical appliance - Google Patents

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EP1307696B1
EP1307696B1 EP01960568A EP01960568A EP1307696B1 EP 1307696 B1 EP1307696 B1 EP 1307696B1 EP 01960568 A EP01960568 A EP 01960568A EP 01960568 A EP01960568 A EP 01960568A EP 1307696 B1 EP1307696 B1 EP 1307696B1
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Manfred Strobel
Claudia Rupp
Alfred Raab
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24C—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F24C7/00—Stoves or ranges heated by electric energy
    • F24C7/08—Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
    • F24C7/082—Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices on ranges, e.g. control panels, illumination
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D29/00—Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
    • F25D29/005—Mounting of control devices
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2400/00—General features of, or devices for refrigerators, cold rooms, ice-boxes, or for cooling or freezing apparatus not covered by any other subclass
    • F25D2400/36—Visual displays

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  • the present invention relates to a control panel for an electrical appliance, in particular for a refrigeration appliance.
  • Modern refrigerators especially those that are designed for use as a standalone device and not for installation in kitchen furniture, usually have a cuboid housing, the front of which is essentially filled by a door.
  • a narrow strip above the door occupies a control panel, on which a depending on the model of the refrigerator different number of switches, regulators and / or display elements for setting and displaying operating temperatures, of proper operation or malfunction, etc. are arranged.
  • a control panel according to the preamble of claim 1 is known from DE 29513201 U.
  • the outer shape of such refrigerators is set very narrow by their purpose and the manufacturers have little creative leeway that they could use to differentiate their products externally from those of other manufacturers or product lines manufactured by a same manufacturer, but marketed under different names to differentiate from each other.
  • control panel which often also carries the name of the manufacturer or the name of the relevant product line as a brand. So a manufacturer z. B. at a first product line, the control and display elements in the left area of the panel, at a second in the right area and a third possibly center on the control panel order to bring about a certain stylistic distinctness of the product lines.
  • Object of the present invention is to provide a control panel for an electrical appliance, in particular a refrigeration device, which can be used flexibly for a variety of device models with different arrangement of the control and display elements on the control panel.
  • a control panel having a base panel for attachment to an electrical appliance, a control circuit for the electrical appliance and a depositor for attachment to a visible side of the base panel in a conventional manner, characterized in that an adapter for mounting the control circuit behind the base panel is mountable in a plurality of positions on the base panel. These positions correspond to the preferred mounting positions of the operating elements, depending on the product line.
  • the base panel can then be the same for all product lines, an adaptation of the outer shape of the arrangement of the controls is still required only in the depositor. However, since this is only a flat strip with some matching to the location of display and / or controls cutouts or windows and optionally a printed label, here is the inevitable model-specific production associated with minimal effort.
  • the various positions at which the adapter is mounted each offset in the longitudinal direction of the panel against each other; a partial overlapping of the positions is not excluded.
  • the adapter has a set of fasteners, and a plurality of complementary thereto, mutually identical sets of fasteners are each arranged at the different mounting positions of the base panel.
  • the adapter can be an independent component; but it can also be connected to the control circuit to form a unit.
  • An important function of the adapter is to form a support for display elements and / or controllers and / or control buttons.
  • each of these control circuits may serve to control one of the cooling zones.
  • a flexible design of the control panel is possible if the adapters of the plurality of control circuits are mountable in a plurality of arrangements on the base panel.
  • Fig. 1 shows the structure of the diaphragm according to the invention in an exploded view. It is composed of a base panel 1, which is provided for attachment to the housing of a refrigerator, an adapter 2, an electronic unit 3, the control functions of the refrigeration appliance perceives, and a depositors. 4
  • the base panel is an elongated hollow body made of plastic, which is for example produced by injection molding.
  • a depression 5 On a viewing side facing a user of the refrigeration device, he has a depression 5, which is dimensioned such that it receives the insert 4 in a form-fitting manner, so that a flush and closed front part of the aperture is formed.
  • an elongated cutout 6 is formed, which extends over the larger Part of the back of the insert 4 extends and extend through the mounted at fully mounted control panel connecting elements between openings 10 of the insert keys, Drehschaltem or the like through the adapter 2 to corresponding switching elements of the electronics 3.
  • the cutout 6 also forms a window through which illuminated display elements such as individual light emitting diodes, seven-segment displays for the Ziffemdarwolf etc. through a transparent or translucent window of the insert 4 therethrough for a standing in front of the refrigerator user can be seen.
  • illuminated display elements such as individual light emitting diodes, seven-segment displays for the Ziffemdarwolf etc.
  • the adapter 2 For the attachment of the adapter 2 to the base panel 1, the latter has a plurality of notches 7a, 7b ..., 7f, 8a, ..., 8f, 9a, ..., 9f, most of which are at the edge of the cutout 6 are arranged.
  • the notches form three sets 7a, 7b, ..., 7f; 8a, ...., 8f and 9a, ...., 9f, wherein each notch of a set is arranged so that they can each receive one of six latching hooks 12a, 12b, ...., 12f of the adapter 2 ,
  • the three sets of notches correspond to left, center and right mounting positions of the adapter 2, respectively.
  • the electronics 3 is accommodated in a plastic housing which has a plurality of openings 13, 14, behind which switching elements or light-emitting diodes are respectively arranged on a circuit board of the electronics 3.
  • the adapter 2 has in a complementary arrangement for the openings 13, 14 a plurality of holders 15, 16, wherein the holders 15 each for slidably receiving a pin (not shown), one end of which through one of the openings 10th of the insert 4 extends and forms a key and the other end acts on the switching element behind the opening 13.
  • the brackets 16 are used for fixed recording of optical fibers (not shown), the light emitted from behind the openings 14 light emitting diodes led to the back of the insert 4.
  • the brackets 15, 16 and the pins and light guides to be inserted into them are each shaped so that the pins or light guides from the back of the electronics 3 facing the adapter forth to a stop in the brackets are inserted and are thus secured after the assembly of adapter 2 and electronics 3 against falling out.
  • both the adapter 2 and the base panel 1 can be manufactured in a simple and inexpensive manner by slide-open on-off tools.
  • the adapter is formed integrally with plastic parts of the housing of the electronics. In this way, a step in the assembly of the control panel is saved.
  • connecting parts such as the above-mentioned pins and optical fibers are inserted from the front of the adapter into their respective holders and latched therein.
  • a switching element or a light emitting diode is arranged in a simpler model with reduced functionality not behind all windows 13, 14 of the electronics.
  • the housing of the electronics 3 and the adapter 2 can be used unchanged for a simpler device model; only the insert 34 must be adapted by e.g. reduces the number of openings 10 and a printed label is adapted.
  • an adapter 2 'of the type shown in Figure 2 may be used, the back side of which (not shown in the figure) has an elongate recess 20 into which the seven-segment displays mounted on the electronics housing may engage.
  • Large-area openings 21 give the view from the front of the seven-segment displays free.
  • Brackets 15, 16 for buttons and / or light guides and latching hooks 17 for attachment to the electronics are also in the adapter 2 'available.
  • the adapter 2 'on For attachment to the base panel 1, the adapter 2 'on a plurality of tabs 22, each of the top and bottom of the adapter 2' up or down survive and each record a protruding latching tongue of the base panel.
  • the locking tabs 22 By the supernatant arrangement of the locking tabs 22 it is achieved that locking tongues, the other, partially overlapping positions of the adapter 2 'correspond to the base panel 1, respectively above and below the adapter 2' are, and so do not hinder the assembly of the control panel.
  • Figure 3 illustrates the wide variety of device models that can be equipped with individual control panels using the present invention using a small number of parts. If, for example, one considers only the two above-described different types of adapters 2, 2 'and associated electronics 3, 3' and base diaphragms 1, 1 'with two different widths for two different sizes of devices, then three model groups a, b, c with three depending on the installation position of the adapter and the electronics different models and, if the base panel 1 'is wide enough to accommodate the wider of the two electronics 3' in different positions, a fourth model group d.

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An operator control panel for an electrical appliance, in particular, a refrigerator, includes a base panel for fastening on the electrical appliance, a control circuit for the electrical appliance, an insert for attachment to a visible side of the base panel, and an adapter for fastening the control circuit behind the base panel in a number of different positions.

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Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft eine Bedienblende für ein Elektrogerät, insbesondere für ein Kältegerät.The present invention relates to a control panel for an electrical appliance, in particular for a refrigeration appliance.

Moderne Kältegeräte, insbesondere solche, die für einen Einsatz als alleinstehendes Gerät und nicht etwa zum Einbau in Küchenmöbel konzipiert sind, haben in der Regel ein quaderförmiges Gehäuse, dessen Vorderfront im wesentlichen von einer Tür ausgefüllt wird. Einen schmalen Streifen oberhalb der Tür nimmt eine Bedienblende ein, an der eine je nach Modell des Kältegeräts unterschiedliche Anzahl von Schaltern, Reglern und/oder Anzeigeelementen zum Einstellen und Anzeigen von Betriebstemperaturen, von ordnungsgemäßem Betrieb oder Betriebsstörungen, etc. angeordnet sind. Eine Bedienblende gemäß dem Oberbegriff vom Anspruch 1 ist aus der DE 29513201 U bekannt. Die äußere Gestalt solcher Kältegeräte ist durch ihre Zweckbestimmung recht eng vorgegeben und läßt den Herstellern wenig gestalterischen Spielraum, den sie nutzen könnten, um ihre Produkte äußerlich von denen anderer Hersteller abzuheben oder auch Produktlinien, die von einem gleichen Hersteller gefertigt, aber unter unterschiedlichen Bezeichnungen vermarktet werden, von einander zu differenzieren. Die wichtigste Möglichkeit einer solchen Differenzierung ist die Gestaltung der Bedienblende, die häufig auch den Namen des Herstellers oder die Bezeichnung der betreffenden Produktlinie als Marke trägt. So kann ein Hersteller z. B. bei einer ersten Produktlinie die Bedien- und Anzeigeelemente im linken Bereich der Blende, bei einer zweiten im rechten Bereich und bei einer dritten möglicherweise mittig an der Bedienblende anordnen, um eine gewisse stilistische Unterscheidbarkeit der Produktlinien herbeizuführen.Modern refrigerators, especially those that are designed for use as a standalone device and not for installation in kitchen furniture, usually have a cuboid housing, the front of which is essentially filled by a door. A narrow strip above the door occupies a control panel, on which a depending on the model of the refrigerator different number of switches, regulators and / or display elements for setting and displaying operating temperatures, of proper operation or malfunction, etc. are arranged. A control panel according to the preamble of claim 1 is known from DE 29513201 U. The outer shape of such refrigerators is set very narrow by their purpose and the manufacturers have little creative leeway that they could use to differentiate their products externally from those of other manufacturers or product lines manufactured by a same manufacturer, but marketed under different names to differentiate from each other. The most important possibility of such a differentiation is the design of the control panel, which often also carries the name of the manufacturer or the name of the relevant product line as a brand. So a manufacturer z. B. at a first product line, the control and display elements in the left area of the panel, at a second in the right area and a third possibly center on the control panel order to bring about a certain stylistic distinctness of the product lines.

Es ist gebräuchlich, hinter der Blende eine Steuerelektronik anzuordnen, die die auf der Blende anzuzeigenden Signale erzeugt und den Betrieb des Kältegeräts anhand der von einem Benutzer an Reglern auf der Bedienblende vorgenommenen Einstellungen regelt. Indem für Geräte mit jeweils gleichen Leistungsmerkmalen unterschiedlicher Produktlinien jeweils gleiche Elektroniken verwendet werden, lassen sich in der Fertigung wie auch später in der Wartung der Geräte Kosten sparen. Die je nach Produktlinie unterschiedliche Anbringung der Bedienelemente zwingt jedoch dazu, diese Elektroniken je nach Produktlinie an unterschiedlichen Orten hinter der Bedienblende, z.B. rechts, links oder mittig, einzubauen. Die Bedienblenden müssen daher jeweils spezifisch für jedes einzelne Gerätemodell produziert werden. Dies führt zu einem erheblichen Aufwand bei der Herstellung von jeweils modellspezifischen Formwerkzeugen für die Produktion der Blenden sowie bei der Vorratshaltung von Ersatzteilen.It is common to arrange behind the panel control electronics that generates the signals to be displayed on the panel and controls the operation of the refrigerator based on the settings made by a user to controls on the control panel settings. By using the same electronics for devices with the same performance characteristics of different product lines, costs can be saved both in production and later in the maintenance of the devices. However, depending on the product line different attachment of the controls forces these electronics depending on the product line at different locations behind the control panel, eg right, left or in the middle, to install. The control panels must therefore be produced specifically for each individual device model. This leads to a considerable effort in the production of each model-specific molds for the production of the panels and in the stockpiling of spare parts.

Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung ist, eine Bedienblende für ein Elektrogerät, insbesondere ein Kältegerät, anzugeben, die flexibel für eine Vielzahl von Gerätemodellen mit unterschiedlicher Anordnung der Bedien- und Anzeigeelemente an der Bedienblende einsetzbar ist.Object of the present invention is to provide a control panel for an electrical appliance, in particular a refrigeration device, which can be used flexibly for a variety of device models with different arrangement of the control and display elements on the control panel.

Diese Aufgabe wird ausgehend von einer Bedienblende, die in an sich bekannter Weise eine Basisblende zur Befestigung an einem Elektrogerät, eine Steuerschaltung für das Elektrogerät und einen Einleger zur Anbringung an einer Sichtseite der Basisblende aufweist, dadurch gelöst, daß ein Adapter zur Befestigung der Steuerschaltung hinter der Basisblende in einer Mehrzahl von Positionen an der Basisblende montierbar ist. Diese Positionen entsprechen jeweils den je nach Produktlinie bevorzugten Einbaulagen der Bedienelemente. Die Basisblende kann dann für sämtliche Produktlinien die gleiche sein, eine Anpassung der äußeren Gestalt an die Anordnung der Bedienelemente ist lediglich bei dem Einleger noch erforderlich. Da es sich bei diesem jedoch nur um einen flachen Streifen mit einigen zur Lage von Anzeige- und/oder Bedienelementen passenden Ausschnitten oder Fenstern und gegebenenfalls einer aufgedruckten Beschriftung handelt, ist hier die unvermeidliche modellspezifische Fertigung mit minimalem Aufwand verbunden.This object is achieved on the basis of a control panel having a base panel for attachment to an electrical appliance, a control circuit for the electrical appliance and a depositor for attachment to a visible side of the base panel in a conventional manner, characterized in that an adapter for mounting the control circuit behind the base panel is mountable in a plurality of positions on the base panel. These positions correspond to the preferred mounting positions of the operating elements, depending on the product line. The base panel can then be the same for all product lines, an adaptation of the outer shape of the arrangement of the controls is still required only in the depositor. However, since this is only a flat strip with some matching to the location of display and / or controls cutouts or windows and optionally a printed label, here is the inevitable model-specific production associated with minimal effort.

Entsprechend der langgestreckten Form der Bedienblende sind die verschiedenen Positionen, an denen der Adapter montierbar ist, jeweils in Längsrichtung der Blende gegeneinander versetzt; dabei ist eine teilweise Überlappung der Positionen nicht ausgeschlossen. Vorzugsweise weist der Adapter einen Satz von Befestigungselementen auf, und mehrere, zu diesem komplementäre, untereinander identische Sätze von Befestigungselementen sind jeweils an den unterschiedlichen Einbaupositionen der Basisblende angeordnet.According to the elongated shape of the control panel, the various positions at which the adapter is mounted, each offset in the longitudinal direction of the panel against each other; a partial overlapping of the positions is not excluded. Preferably, the adapter has a set of fasteners, and a plurality of complementary thereto, mutually identical sets of fasteners are each arranged at the different mounting positions of the base panel.

Der Adapter kann ein eigenständiges Bauteil sein; er kann aber auch mit der Steuerschaltung zu einer Baueinheit verbunden sein.The adapter can be an independent component; but it can also be connected to the control circuit to form a unit.

Eine wichtige Funktion des Adapters ist, eine Halterung für Anzeigeelemente und/oder Regler und/oder Bedientasten für die Steuerung zu bilden.An important function of the adapter is to form a support for display elements and / or controllers and / or control buttons.

Insbesondere bei Kältegeräten, die jeweils Kühl- oder Kältezonen mit unterschiedlicher Temperatur aufweisen, ist es denkbar, daß mehrere Steuerschaltungen hinter der Bedienblende angeordnet sind, wobei z.B. jede dieser Steuerschaltungen zur Regelung einer der Kühlzonen dienen mag. In einem solchen Fall ist genauso wie im Falle einer einzelnen Elektronik eine flexible Gestaltung der Bedienblende möglich, wenn die Adapter der mehreren Steuerschaltungen in einer Mehrzahl von Anordnungen an der Basisblende montierbar sind.In particular, in refrigerators, each having cooling or cooling zones with different temperatures, it is conceivable that a plurality of control circuits are arranged behind the control panel, wherein e.g. each of these control circuits may serve to control one of the cooling zones. In such a case, as in the case of a single electronics, a flexible design of the control panel is possible if the adapters of the plurality of control circuits are mountable in a plurality of arrangements on the base panel.

Weitere Merkmale und Vorteile der Erfindung ergeben sich aus der nachfolgenden Beschreibung von Ausführungsbeispielen mit Bezug auf die beigefügten Figuren. Es zeigen:

  • Fig. 1 einen exemplarischen Aufbau einer erfindungsgemäßen Bedienblende in einer auseinandergezogenen Darstellung;
  • Fig. 2 einen Adapter für eine Bedienblende;
  • Fig. 3 veranschaulicht die Flexibilität des erfindungsgemäßen Blendenkonzepts für den Aufbau von Bedienblenden für diverse Modelle von Kältegeräten.
Further features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description of exemplary embodiments with reference to the accompanying figures. Show it:
  • 1 shows an exemplary structure of a control panel according to the invention in an exploded view;
  • 2 shows an adapter for a control panel.
  • Fig. 3 illustrates the flexibility of the diaphragm concept according to the invention for the construction of control panels for various models of refrigeration equipment.

Fig. 1 zeigt den Aufbau der erfindungsgemäßen Blende in einer auseinandergezogenen Darstellung. Sie setzt sich zusammen aus einer Basisblende 1, die zur Befestigung an dem Gehäuse eines Kältegeräts vorgesehen ist, einem Adapter 2, einer Elektronik 3, die Steuerfunktionen des Kältegeräts wahrnimmt, und einem Einleger 4.Fig. 1 shows the structure of the diaphragm according to the invention in an exploded view. It is composed of a base panel 1, which is provided for attachment to the housing of a refrigerator, an adapter 2, an electronic unit 3, the control functions of the refrigeration appliance perceives, and a depositors. 4

Die Basisblende ist ein langgestreckter Hohlkörper aus Kunststoff, der z.B. im Spritzguß hergestellt ist. An einer einem Benutzer des Kältegerätes zugewandten Sichtseite weist er eine Vertiefung 5 auf, die so bemessen ist, daß sie den Einleger 4 formschlüssig aufnimmt, so daß sich eine bündige und geschlossene Vorderpartie der Blende bildet. In der Vertiefung 5 ist ein langgestreckter Ausschnitt 6 gebildet, der sich über den größeren Teil der Rückseite des Einlegers 4 erstreckt und durch den bei fertig montierter Bedienblende Verbindungselemente zwischen an Öffnungen 10 des Einlegers angeordneten Tasten, Drehschaltem oder dergleichen sich durch den Adapter 2 zu entsprechenden Schaltelementen der Elektronik 3 erstrecken. Der Ausschnitt 6 bildet auch ein Fenster, durch das Leuchtanzeigeelemente wie etwa einzelne Leuchtdioden, Siebensegmentanzeigen für die Ziffemdarstellung etc. durch ein durchsichtiges oder durchscheinendes Fenster des Einlegers 4 hindurch für einen vor dem Kältegerät stehenden Benutzer erkennbar sind.The base panel is an elongated hollow body made of plastic, which is for example produced by injection molding. On a viewing side facing a user of the refrigeration device, he has a depression 5, which is dimensioned such that it receives the insert 4 in a form-fitting manner, so that a flush and closed front part of the aperture is formed. In the recess 5, an elongated cutout 6 is formed, which extends over the larger Part of the back of the insert 4 extends and extend through the mounted at fully mounted control panel connecting elements between openings 10 of the insert keys, Drehschaltem or the like through the adapter 2 to corresponding switching elements of the electronics 3. The cutout 6 also forms a window through which illuminated display elements such as individual light emitting diodes, seven-segment displays for the Ziffemdarstellung etc. through a transparent or translucent window of the insert 4 therethrough for a standing in front of the refrigerator user can be seen.

Für die Befestigung des Adapters 2 an der Basisblende 1 weist letztere eine Vielzahl von Rastkerben 7a, 7b ..., 7f, 8a, ..., 8f, 9a, ..., 9f auf, von denen die meisten am Rand des Ausschnitts 6 angeordnet sind. Die Rastkerben bilden drei Sätze 7a, 7b, ..., 7f; 8a, ...., 8f bzw. 9a, ...., 9f,wobei jede Rastkerbe eines Satzes so angeordnet ist, daß sie jeweils einen von sechs Rasthaken 12a, 12b, ...., 12f des Adapters 2 aufnehmen kann. Die drei Sätze von Rastkerben entsprechen jeweils einer linken, einer mittigen und einer rechten Einbauposition des Adapters 2. Einzelne Rastkerben wie etwa die etwa mit 7c und 8a bzw. 7d, 8b bezeichneten gehören mehreren Sätzen an, denn sie können in der linken Einbauposition des Adapters die zwei Rasthaken 12c, 12d und in der mittigen Einbauposition die Rasthaken 12a, 12b aufnehmen.For the attachment of the adapter 2 to the base panel 1, the latter has a plurality of notches 7a, 7b ..., 7f, 8a, ..., 8f, 9a, ..., 9f, most of which are at the edge of the cutout 6 are arranged. The notches form three sets 7a, 7b, ..., 7f; 8a, ...., 8f and 9a, ...., 9f, wherein each notch of a set is arranged so that they can each receive one of six latching hooks 12a, 12b, ...., 12f of the adapter 2 , The three sets of notches correspond to left, center and right mounting positions of the adapter 2, respectively. Individual notches such as those denoted at 7c, 8a and 7d, 8b, respectively, belong to a plurality of sets because they can be in the left mounting position of the adapter the two latching hooks 12 c, 12 d and in the central installation position the latching hooks 12 a, 12 b record.

Die Elektronik 3 ist in einem Kunststoffgehäuse untergebracht, das eine Mehrzahl von Öffnungen 13, 14 aufweist, hinter denen auf einer Platine der Elektronik 3 jeweils Schaltelemente bzw. Leuchtdioden angeordnet sind. Der Adapter 2 weist in einer zur Anordnung der Öffnungen 13, 14 komplementären Anordnung eine Mehrzahl von Halterungen 15, 16 auf, wobei die Halterungen 15 jeweils zum verschiebbaren Aufnehmen eines Stiftes (nicht dargestellt) dienen, von dem ein Ende sich durch eine der Öffnungen 10 des Einlegers 4 erstreckt und eine Taste bildet und das andere Ende auf das Schaltelement hinter der Öffnung 13 einwirkt. Die Halterungen 16 dienen zur festen Aufnahme von Lichtleitern (nicht dargestellt), die von hinter den Öffnungen 14 angeordneten Leuchtdioden abgegebenes Licht an die Rückseite des Einlegers 4 heranführen.The electronics 3 is accommodated in a plastic housing which has a plurality of openings 13, 14, behind which switching elements or light-emitting diodes are respectively arranged on a circuit board of the electronics 3. The adapter 2 has in a complementary arrangement for the openings 13, 14 a plurality of holders 15, 16, wherein the holders 15 each for slidably receiving a pin (not shown), one end of which through one of the openings 10th of the insert 4 extends and forms a key and the other end acts on the switching element behind the opening 13. The brackets 16 are used for fixed recording of optical fibers (not shown), the light emitted from behind the openings 14 light emitting diodes led to the back of the insert 4.

Die Halterungen 15, 16 und die in sie einzuführenden Stifte und Lichtleiter sind jeweils so geformt, daß die Stifte bzw. Lichtleiter von der der Elektronik 3 zugewandten Rückseite des Adapters her bis an einen Anschlag in die Halterungen einführbar sind und dadurch nach dem Zusammenfügen von Adapter 2 und Elektronik 3 gegen Herausfallen gesichert sind.The brackets 15, 16 and the pins and light guides to be inserted into them are each shaped so that the pins or light guides from the back of the electronics 3 facing the adapter forth to a stop in the brackets are inserted and are thus secured after the assembly of adapter 2 and electronics 3 against falling out.

An der Rückseite des Adapters 2 sind jeweils entlang der oberen und unteren Kante des Adapters einander gegenüberliegend Rasthaken 17 angeordnet, die zur Befestigung des Adapters 2 an der Elektronik 3 durch Aufstecken dienen.At the back of the adapter 2 are each arranged along the upper and lower edge of the adapter latching hooks 17 which serve to attach the adapter 2 to the electronics 3 by plugging.

Da der Adapter 2 als von der Basisblende 1 getrenntes Teil ausgebildet ist, können sowohl der Adapter 2 als auch die Basisblende 1 in einfacher und preiswerter Weise durch schieberlose Auf-Zu-Werkzeuge gefertigt werden.Since the adapter 2 is formed as a separate part from the base panel 1, both the adapter 2 and the base panel 1 can be manufactured in a simple and inexpensive manner by slide-open on-off tools.

Bei einer nicht in einer Figur dargestellten Variante der Bedienblende ist der Adapter einteilig mit Kunststoffteilen des Gehäuses der Elektronik ausgebildet. Auf diese Weise wird ein Arbeitsschritt bei dem Zusammenbau der Bedienblende eingespart. Bei einer solchen einteiligen Ausbildung werden Verbindungsteile wie die oben erwähnten Stifte und Lichtleiter von der Vorderseite des Adapters her in ihre jeweiligen Halterungen eingeführt und darin verrastet.In a variant of the control panel not shown in a figure, the adapter is formed integrally with plastic parts of the housing of the electronics. In this way, a step in the assembly of the control panel is saved. In such a one-piece construction, connecting parts such as the above-mentioned pins and optical fibers are inserted from the front of the adapter into their respective holders and latched therein.

Um die erfindungsgemäße Blende bei unterschiedlichen Modellen von Kältegeräten nutzbar zu machen, genügt es, wenn z.B. bei einem einfacheren Modell mit verringertem Funktionsumfang nicht hinter allen Fenstern 13, 14 der Elektronik ein Schaltelement bzw. eine Leuchtdiode angeordnet ist. Das Gehäuse der Elektronik 3 sowie der Adapter 2 können so unverändert auch für ein einfacheres Gerätemodell eingesetzt werden; lediglich der Einleger 34 muß angepaßt werden, indem z.B. die Zahl der Öffnungen 10 reduziert und eine aufgedruckte Beschriftung angepaßt wird.In order to make the diaphragm according to the invention usable in different models of refrigeration appliances, it is sufficient if e.g. in a simpler model with reduced functionality not behind all windows 13, 14 of the electronics, a switching element or a light emitting diode is arranged. The housing of the electronics 3 and the adapter 2 can be used unchanged for a simpler device model; only the insert 34 must be adapted by e.g. reduces the number of openings 10 and a printed label is adapted.

Durch Verwendung eines anderen Typs von Elektronik 3 und eines angepaßten Adapters kann die Blende selbstverständlich auch für Kältegeräte mit einem erweiterten Funktionsumfang nutzbar gemacht werden. So kann z.B. ein Adapter 2' vom in Fig. 2 gezeigten Typ verwendet werden, dessen der (nicht in der Fig. gezeigten) Elektronik zugewandte Rückseite eine langgestreckte Aussparung 20 aufweist, in die auf dem Gehäuse der Elektronik montierte Siebensegmentanzeigen eingreifen können. Großflächige Öffnungen 21 geben den Blick von vorne auf die Siebensegmentanzeigen frei. Halterungen 15, 16 für Taster und/oder Lichtleiter sowie Rasthaken 17 zur Befestigung an der Elektronik sind auch bei dem Adapter 2' vorhanden.By using a different type of electronics 3 and a matched adapter, the aperture can of course be used for refrigerators with a wider range of functions. For example, an adapter 2 'of the type shown in Figure 2 may be used, the back side of which (not shown in the figure) has an elongate recess 20 into which the seven-segment displays mounted on the electronics housing may engage. Large-area openings 21 give the view from the front of the seven-segment displays free. Brackets 15, 16 for buttons and / or light guides and latching hooks 17 for attachment to the electronics are also in the adapter 2 'available.

Zur Befestigung an der Basisblende 1 weist der Adapter 2' eine Mehrzahl von Laschen 22 auf, die jeweils von der Ober- bzw. Unterseite des Adapters 2' nach oben bzw. unten überstehen und jeweils eine vorstehende Rastzunge der Basisblende aufnehmen. Durch die überstehende Anordnung der Rastlaschen 22 wird erreicht, daß Rastzungen, die anderen, teilweise überlappenden Positionen des Adapters 2' an der Basisblende 1 entsprechen, jeweils oberhalb und unterhalb des Adapters 2' liegen, und so den Zusammenbau der Bedienblende nicht behindern.For attachment to the base panel 1, the adapter 2 'on a plurality of tabs 22, each of the top and bottom of the adapter 2' up or down survive and each record a protruding latching tongue of the base panel. By the supernatant arrangement of the locking tabs 22 it is achieved that locking tongues, the other, partially overlapping positions of the adapter 2 'correspond to the base panel 1, respectively above and below the adapter 2' are, and so do not hinder the assembly of the control panel.

Figur 3 veranschaulicht die große Vielfalt von Gerätemodellen, die sich mit Hilfe der vorliegenden Erfindung unter Verwendung einer kleinen Zahl von Teilen mit individuellen Bedienblenden ausrüsten lassen. Betrachtet man z.B. lediglich die zwei oben beschriebenen verschiedenen Typen von Adapter 2, 2' und zugehörigen Elektroniken 3, 3' sowie Basisblenden 1, 1' mit zwei verschiedenen Breiten für zwei verschiedene Baugrößen von Geräten, so ergeben sich bereits drei Modellgruppen a, b, c mit drei je nach Einbaulage des Adapters und der Elektronik unterschiedlichen Modellen sowie, falls die Basisblende 1' breit genug ist, um auch die breitere der zwei Elektroniken 3' in verschiedenen Stellungen aufzunehmen, eine vierte Modellgruppe d. Zieht man darüber hinaus die Möglichkeit eines modularen Aufbaus der Elektronik und ihres Adapters in Betracht, z.B. dahingehend, daß eine Basisschaltung 3" verwendet wird, die alle Steuer-und Anzeigefunktionen eines einfachen Gerätemodells aufweist, und zu der nach Bedarf Erweiterungsmodule 3"' für weitere Funktionen hinzugefügt werden, so läßt sich die Modellvielfalt abermals vergrößern, wobei von den daraus resultierenden Modellgruppen e, f jeweils nur ein Beispiel in der Fig. gezeichnet ist. Dabei kann eine Modularisierung z.B. dahingehend vorgenommen werden, daß die Basisschaltung 3" für Anzeige- und Regelfunktionen eines reinen Kühlschranks ausgelegt ist, und daß ein Zusatzmodul 3"' bei einem kombinierten Kältegerät zum Anzeigen der Temperatur bzw. zum Regeln eines Gefrier- oder Kellerfachs eingesetzt wird. Denkbar wäre auch, die Anzeigefunktionen zu modularisieren, dahingehend, daß eine Basisschaltung 3", die die Regelfunktionen wahrnimmt, mit jeweils unterschiedlichen Zusatzmodulen 3"' kombiniert wird, die zum Anzeigen des Betriebszustandes des Geräts mit Hilfe einfacher Leuchtdioden bzw. zum Anzeigen eines quantitativen Temperaturwerts durch eine Siebensegmentanzeige eingesetzt werden.Figure 3 illustrates the wide variety of device models that can be equipped with individual control panels using the present invention using a small number of parts. If, for example, one considers only the two above-described different types of adapters 2, 2 'and associated electronics 3, 3' and base diaphragms 1, 1 'with two different widths for two different sizes of devices, then three model groups a, b, c with three depending on the installation position of the adapter and the electronics different models and, if the base panel 1 'is wide enough to accommodate the wider of the two electronics 3' in different positions, a fourth model group d. In addition, considering the possibility of a modular construction of the electronics and its adapter, for example, in that a basic circuit 3 "is used, which has all the control and display functions of a simple device model, and to the extent necessary extension modules 3"'for more Functions are added, so the model variety can be increased again, of the resulting model groups e, f only one example in the Fig is drawn. In this case, a modularization be made, for example, to the effect that the base circuit 3 "is designed for display and control functions of a pure refrigerator, and that an additional module 3"'used in a combined refrigeration appliance for displaying the temperature or for controlling a freezer or basement compartment becomes. It would also be conceivable to modularize the display functions in such a way that a base circuit 3 ", which perceives the control functions, is combined with respectively different additional modules 3"'for indicating the operating state of the device with the aid of simple light-emitting diodes or for Display a quantitative temperature value through a seven-segment display.

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  1. Control panel for an electric appliance, particularly a refrigerating appliance, with a base panel (1) for fastening to the electric appliance, a control circuit (3, 3', 3", 3"') for the electric appliance and an insert (4) for mounting at a viewing side of the base panel (1), characterised in that an adapter (2, 2', 2", 2"') for fastening the control circuit behind the base panel (1) can be mounted on the base panel (1) in a plurality of positions.
  2. Control panel according to claim 1, characterised in that the several positions are respectively offset relative to one another in longitudinal direction of the panel.
  3. Control panel according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the base panel (1) comprises several mutually offset identical sets of fastening elements (7a, 7b, ... 7f; 8a, ..., 8f; 9a, ..., 9f) for the adapter (2).
  4. Control panel according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the adapter (2) is connected with the control circuit to form a constructional unit.
  5. Control panel according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that indicating elements and/or regulators and/or control buttons of the control circuit (2) are retained in the adapter (3).
  6. Control panel according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that it comprises at least one second control circuit (3"') and second adapter (2"'), wherein the totality of the adapters (2", 2"') can be mounted on the base panel (1) in a plurality of arrangements.
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