EP1728026B2 - Control panel for domestic refrigerator - Google Patents

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EP1728026B2
EP1728026B2 EP05728213.9A EP05728213A EP1728026B2 EP 1728026 B2 EP1728026 B2 EP 1728026B2 EP 05728213 A EP05728213 A EP 05728213A EP 1728026 B2 EP1728026 B2 EP 1728026B2
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    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • F25D2400/08—Refrigerator tables
    • 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 a refrigerator according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Such a control panel is off DE 100 37 250 A1 known. It comprises a hollow base panel, which is provided for mounting on a housing of an electrical device, in particular above the door of a refrigeration device and flush with it.
  • a control circuit for controlling the functions of the refrigerator is housed in a housing that is attached to the control panel using an adapter.
  • Operating and/or display devices arranged on the visible side of the control panel, which allow a user to define the functions of the device or to obtain information about its operating status, are connected to the control circuit by transformers. These transducers may be light guides for transmitting light from a light source of the control circuit to a window of the base bezel, or moving parts such as a plunger for transmitting movement of a button to a switch of the control circuit.
  • control circuit mounted on a circuit board is first packaged in a plastic housing, and this housing is attached to the base panel with the aid of the adapter - which can be mounted at several different points in the base panel.
  • the object of the invention is to propose a control panel with a simpler structure that can be implemented more cheaply.
  • a recess is formed on the adapter, in which the circuit board is accommodated.
  • the adapter can also take over the function of the conventional housing, which is to protect the control circuit from mechanical damage.
  • this cutout is open toward a rear side of the adapter that faces away from the visible side of the control panel. This makes it possible to use the part of the adapter located between the circuit board and the visible side of the control panel, as explained above, for holding transformers between the control and/or display devices of the base panel and the circuit board.
  • FIG. 1 shows the structure of the screen according to the invention in an exploded view. It consists of a base panel 1, which is intended for attachment to the housing of a refrigeration device, an adapter 2, a circuit board 3, which carries a control circuit of the refrigeration device, and an insert 4.
  • the base panel 1 is an elongate hollow body made of plastic, which is produced, for example, by injection molding. On a visible side facing a user of the refrigeration appliance, it has a depression 5 which is dimensioned such that it receives the insert 4 in a form-fitting manner, so that both together form a flush and closed visible side of the panel. In the depression 5, an elongated cutout 6 is formed, which extends over the larger part of the rear side of the insert 4 and, when the control panel is fully assembled, through the transmitter between buttons or rotary switches arranged at openings 10 of the insert 4, through the adapter 2 to the corresponding switching elements 13 extend on the circuit board 3 of the control circuit.
  • the cutout 6 also forms a window through which the light-emitting display elements such as individual light-emitting diodes 14, seven-segment displays for displaying digits, etc. can be seen through a transparent or translucent window of the insert 4 for a user standing in front of the refrigeration device.
  • the light-emitting display elements such as individual light-emitting diodes 14, seven-segment displays for displaying digits, etc.
  • the adapter 2 For attaching the adapter 2 to the base panel 1, the latter has a large number of locking notches 7a, 6b, ..., 7f; 8a, 8f, 9a, 9f, most of which are arranged at the edge of the cutout 6.
  • the notches form three sets 7a, 6b, ..., 7f; 8a, 8f or 9a, .
  • the three sets of notches correspond to a left, a middle and a right installation position of the adapter 2.
  • Individual notches such as those marked 7c and 8a or 7d, 8b belong to several sets because they can be used in the left installation position of the adapter 2 the two latching hooks 12c, 12d and, in the central installation position, the latching hooks 12a, 12b.
  • the circuit board 3 is provided for latching in a recess or depression on the back of the adapter 2, slightly from a peripheral deformable wall 11 is limited.
  • 2 shows a perspective view of the circuit board 3 and the adapter 2 from the rear, which provides a glimpse of said, in 2 granted with 15 designated recess.
  • the course of the wall 11 follows exactly the outline of the circuit board 3 and thus serves as a joint aid for the latter during its assembly.
  • a narrow shoulder 16 is formed on its inside, on which the edge of the board 3 inserted into the recess 15 comes to rest.
  • a plurality of latching lugs 17 are distributed on the inside of the wall 11 at a distance from the shoulder 16 which corresponds approximately to the thickness of the circuit board 3.
  • FIG. When inserting the circuit board 3 into the recess 15, these latching lugs 17 are first displaced outwards, and then, as soon as the front of the circuit board 3 has reached the shoulder 16, snap behind the back of the circuit board and anchor it firmly.
  • the circuit board 3 shows a vertical section through the adapter 2 with the circuit board locked in it.
  • the circuit board 3 is equipped with circuit components on its front side facing the adapter 2 and the base panel 1 (not shown) and on its rear side, with the front side essentially carrying switches 13 and light-emitting diodes 14, which can be operated or visible from the visible side of the base panel 1 meant to be.
  • a plunger 18, which connects a button brought out on the visible side to a switch 13 on the circuit board 3, is guided in a channel formed in the adapter 2 so that it can be displaced perpendicularly to the surface of the circuit board.
  • Another channel 19 which can accommodate a light guide in the form of a molded body made of transparent plastic for transmitting light from a light-emitting diode mounted on circuit board 3 to a window of insert 4, is shown in section in the figure. Since the adapter 2 is manufactured uniformly for the control circuits of various models of refrigeration appliances, it has a large number of such channels 19, which are not assigned a light-emitting diode in every model of control circuit. Only those channels 19 that actually lead to a light-emitting diode on the circuit board 3 are fitted with an optical fiber.

Abstract

The invention relates to a control panel for an electric appliance, in particular, a refrigeration appliance, comprising a base panel, for fixing to a housing of the electric appliance, a control circuit for the electric appliance, mounted on a circuit board (3) and an adapter (2), fixing the control circuit to the base panel, comprising clips (17) which engage with the circuit board (3).

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Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft eine Bedienblende für ein Kältegerät nach dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1.The present invention relates to a control panel for a refrigerator according to the preamble of claim 1.

Eine solche Bedienblende ist aus DE 100 37 250 A1 bekannt. Sie umfasst eine hohle Basisblende, die zur Montage an einem Gehäuse eines Elektrogeräts, insbesondere oberhalb der Tür eines Kältegeräts und bündig mit dieser abschließend, vorgesehen ist. Eine Steuerschaltung zum Steuern der Funktionen des Kältegeräts ist in einem Gehäuse untergebracht, das mit Hilfe eines Adapters in der Bedienblende befestigt ist. An der Sichtseite der Bedienblende angeordnete Bedien- und/oder Anzeigeeinrichtungen, die es einem Benutzer erlauben, die Funktionen des Gerätes festzulegen oder Aufschluss über seinen Betriebszustand zu erhalten, sind mit der Steuerschaltung durch Übertrager verbunden. Bei diesen Übertragern kann es sich um Lichtleiter zum Übertragen von Licht von einer Lichtquelle der Steuerschaltung zu einem Fenster der Basisblende oder um bewegliche Teile wie etwa einen Stößel zum Übertragen einer Bewegung einer Taste zu einem Schalter der Steuerschaltung handeln.Such a control panel is off DE 100 37 250 A1 known. It comprises a hollow base panel, which is provided for mounting on a housing of an electrical device, in particular above the door of a refrigeration device and flush with it. A control circuit for controlling the functions of the refrigerator is housed in a housing that is attached to the control panel using an adapter. Operating and/or display devices arranged on the visible side of the control panel, which allow a user to define the functions of the device or to obtain information about its operating status, are connected to the control circuit by transformers. These transducers may be light guides for transmitting light from a light source of the control circuit to a window of the base bezel, or moving parts such as a plunger for transmitting movement of a button to a switch of the control circuit.

Zur Herstellung dieser herkömmlichen Bedienblende wird die auf einer Platine montierte Steuerschaltung zunächst in ein Kunststoffgehäuse verpackt, und dieses Gehäuse wird mit Hilfe des Adapters - der an mehreren verschiedenen Stellen in der Basisblende montierbar sein kann - an der Basisblende befestigt.To produce this conventional control panel, the control circuit mounted on a circuit board is first packaged in a plastic housing, and this housing is attached to the base panel with the aid of the adapter - which can be mounted at several different points in the base panel.

Aufgabe der Erfindung ist, eine Bedienblende mit einem einfacheren und preiswerter realisierbaren Aufbau vorzuschlagen.The object of the invention is to propose a control panel with a simpler structure that can be implemented more cheaply.

Die Aufgabe wird gelöst durch eine Bedienblende mit den Merkmalen des Anspruchs 1.The problem is solved by a control panel with the features of claim 1.

Dadurch, dass der Adapter an der Platine angreifende Rastmittel aufweist, ist ein eigenes Gehäuse zur Befestigung der Platine nicht mehr erforderlich.Due to the fact that the adapter has latching means that act on the circuit board, a separate housing for fastening the circuit board is no longer required.

Efindungsgemäß ist an dem Adapter eine Aussparung gebildet, in der die Platine aufgenommen ist. So kann der Adapter auch die Funktion des herkömmlichen Gehäuses, die Steuerschaltung vor mechanischer Beschädigung zu schützen, übernehmen.According to the invention, a recess is formed on the adapter, in which the circuit board is accommodated. In this way, the adapter can also take over the function of the conventional housing, which is to protect the control circuit from mechanical damage.

Diese Aussparung ist erfindungsgemäß zu einer von der Sichtseite der Bedienblende abgewandten Rückseite des Adapters hin offen. Dadurch ist es möglich, den zwischen der Platine und der Sichtseite der Bedienblende befindlichen Teil des Adapters, wie oben erläutert, zur Halterung von Übertragern zwischen Bedien- und/oder Anzeigeeinrichtungen der Basisblende und der Platine zu nutzen.According to the invention, this cutout is open toward a rear side of the adapter that faces away from the visible side of the control panel. This makes it possible to use the part of the adapter located between the circuit board and the visible side of the control panel, as explained above, for holding transformers between the control and/or display devices of the base panel and the circuit board.

Weitere Merkmale und Vorteile der Erfindung ergeben sich aus der nachfolgenden Beschreibung eines Ausführungsbeispiels mit Bezug auf die beigefügten Figuren. Es zeigen:Further features and advantages of the invention result from the following description of an exemplary embodiment with reference to the attached figures. Show it:

Fig. 1 eine auseinandergezogene Darstellung einer Bedienblende gemäß der Erfindung; 1 an exploded view of a control panel according to the invention;

Fig. 2 eine perspektivische Ansicht einer Platine und eines Adapters der Bedienblende; und 2 a perspective view of a circuit board and an adapter of the control panel; and

Fig. 3 einen schematischen Schnitt durch den Adapter und die Platine im miteinander verrasteten Zustand. 3 a schematic section through the adapter and the circuit board in the locked state.

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 Platine 3, die eine Steuerschaltung des Kältegeräts trägt, und einem Einleger 4. 1 shows the structure of the screen according to the invention in an exploded view. It consists of a base panel 1, which is intended for attachment to the housing of a refrigeration device, an adapter 2, a circuit board 3, which carries a control circuit of the refrigeration device, and an insert 4.

Die Basisblende 1 ist ein langgestreckter Hohlkörper aus Kunststoff, der z.B. im Spritzguss hergestellt ist. An einer einem Benutzer des Kältegeräts zugewandten Sichtseite weist er eine Vertiefung 5 auf, die so bemessen ist, dass sie den Einleger 4 formschlüssig aufnimmt, so dass beide zusammen eine bündige und geschlossene Sichtseite der Blende bilden. 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 Übertrager zwischen an Öffnungen 10 des Einlegers 4 angeordneten Tasten oder Drehschaltern sich durch den Adapter 2 zu entsprechenden Schaltelementen 13 auf der Platine 3 der Steuerschaltung erstrecken. Der Ausschnitt 6 bildet auch ein Fenster, durch das Leuchtanzeigeelemente wie etwa einzelne Leuchtdioden 14, Siebensegmentanzeigen für die Zifferndarstellung etc. durch ein durchsichtiges oder durchscheinendes Fenster des Einlegers 4 hindurch für einen vor dem Kältegerät stehenden Benutzer erkennbar sind.The base panel 1 is an elongate hollow body made of plastic, which is produced, for example, by injection molding. On a visible side facing a user of the refrigeration appliance, it has a depression 5 which is dimensioned such that it receives the insert 4 in a form-fitting manner, so that both together form a flush and closed visible side of the panel. In the depression 5, an elongated cutout 6 is formed, which extends over the larger part of the rear side of the insert 4 and, when the control panel is fully assembled, through the transmitter between buttons or rotary switches arranged at openings 10 of the insert 4, through the adapter 2 to the corresponding switching elements 13 extend on the circuit board 3 of the control circuit. The cutout 6 also forms a window through which the light-emitting display elements such as individual light-emitting diodes 14, seven-segment displays for displaying digits, etc. can be seen through a transparent or translucent window of the insert 4 for a user standing in front of the refrigeration device.

Für die Befestigung des Adapters 2 an der Basisblende 1 weist letztere eine Vielzahl von Rastkerben 7a, 6b, ..., 7f; 8a, 8f, 9a, 9f auf, von denen die meisten am Rand des Ausschnitts 6 angeordnet sind. Die Rastkerben bilden drei Sätze 7a, 6b, ..., 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 mit 7c und 8a bzw. 7d, 8b bezeichneten gehören mehreren Sätzen an, denn sie können in der linken Einbauposition des Adapters 2 die zwei Rasthaken 12c, 12d und in der mittigen Einbauposition die Rasthaken 12a, 12b aufnehmen.For attaching the adapter 2 to the base panel 1, the latter has a large number of locking notches 7a, 6b, ..., 7f; 8a, 8f, 9a, 9f, most of which are arranged at the edge of the cutout 6. The notches form three sets 7a, 6b, ..., 7f; 8a, 8f or 9a, . The three sets of notches correspond to a left, a middle and a right installation position of the adapter 2. Individual notches such as those marked 7c and 8a or 7d, 8b belong to several sets because they can be used in the left installation position of the adapter 2 the two latching hooks 12c, 12d and, in the central installation position, the latching hooks 12a, 12b.

Abweichend von der dargestellten Ausführung kann auch nur ein einziger Satz von Rastkerben vorgesehen und die Länge des Ausschnitts auf nicht mehr als die Länge des Adapters 2 beschränkt sein, so dass zwar nur eine Einbauposition des Adapters 2 möglich ist, die Bedienblende 1 jedoch steifer wird. Zur Versteifung der Bedienblende 1 ist es auch möglich, die den Ausschnitt 6 durch ein oder mehrere vertikale Querstreben (nicht dargestellt) zu unterteilen.Deviating from the embodiment shown, only a single set of locking notches can be provided and the length of the cutout can be limited to no more than the length of the adapter 2, so that although only one installation position of the adapter 2 is possible, the control panel 1 is stiffer. To stiffen the control panel 1, it is also possible to subdivide the cutout 6 by one or more vertical cross braces (not shown).

Die Platine 3 ist zur Verrastung in einer Aussparung oder Vertiefung an der Rückseite des Adapters 2 vorgesehen, die von einer umlaufenden, geringfügig verformbaren Wand 11 begrenzt ist. Fig. 2 zeigt eine perspektivische Ansicht der Platine 3 und des Adapters 2 von der Rückseite her, die einen Einblick in besagte, in Fig. 2 mit 15 bezeichnete Aussparung gewährt. Der Verlauf der Wand 11 folgt exakt dem Umriss der Platine 3 und dient für die letztere damit als Fugehilfe bei ihrer Montage. Etwa in halber Höhe der Wand 11 ist an ihrer Innenseite eine schmale Schulter 16 gebildet, auf der der Rand der in die Aussparung 15 eingeführten Platine 3 zu liegen kommt. Eine Mehrzahl von Rastnasen 17 ist an der Innenseite der Wand 11 in einem Abstand von der Schulter 16 verteilt, der in etwa der Dicke der Platine 3 entspricht. Beim Einführen der Platine 3 in die Aussparung 15 werden diese Rastnasen 17 zunächst nach außen verdrängt, um anschließend, sobald die Vorderseite der Platine 3 die Schulter 16 erreicht hat, hinter der Rückseite der Platine einzuschnappen und diese so fest zu verankern.The circuit board 3 is provided for latching in a recess or depression on the back of the adapter 2, slightly from a peripheral deformable wall 11 is limited. 2 shows a perspective view of the circuit board 3 and the adapter 2 from the rear, which provides a glimpse of said, in 2 granted with 15 designated recess. The course of the wall 11 follows exactly the outline of the circuit board 3 and thus serves as a joint aid for the latter during its assembly. Approximately halfway up the wall 11, a narrow shoulder 16 is formed on its inside, on which the edge of the board 3 inserted into the recess 15 comes to rest. A plurality of latching lugs 17 are distributed on the inside of the wall 11 at a distance from the shoulder 16 which corresponds approximately to the thickness of the circuit board 3. FIG. When inserting the circuit board 3 into the recess 15, these latching lugs 17 are first displaced outwards, and then, as soon as the front of the circuit board 3 has reached the shoulder 16, snap behind the back of the circuit board and anchor it firmly.

Fig. 3 zeigt einen vertikalen Schnitt durch den Adapter 2 mit der darin verrasteten Platine. Die Platine 3 ist an ihrer dem Adapter 2 und der (nicht gezeigten) Basisblende 1 zugewandten Vorderseite und an ihrer Rückseite mit Schaltungskomponenten bestückt, wobei die Vorderseite im wesentlichen Schalter 13 und Leuchtdioden 14 trägt, die von der Sichtseite der Basisblende 1 bedienbar bzw. sichtbar sein sollen. Ein Stößel 18, der eine an der Sichtseite herausgeführte Taste mit einem Schalter 13 der Platine 3 verbindet, ist in einem im Adapter 2 geformten Kanal senkrecht zur Oberfläche der Platine verschiebbar geführt. Ein weiterer Kanal 19, der einen Lichtleiter in Gestalt eines Formkörpers aus transparentem Kunststoff zum Übertragen von Licht einer auf der Platine 3 montierte Leuchtdiode zu einem Fenster des Einlegers 4 aufnehmen kann, ist in der Figur im Schnitt gezeigt. Da der Adapter 2 für die Steuerschaltungen diverser Modelle von Kältegeräten einheitlich gefertigt wird, hat er eine Vielzahl solcher Kanäle 19, denen nicht in jedem Modell von Steuerschaltung eine Leuchtdiode zugeordnet ist. Nur diejenigen Kanäle 19, die tatsächlich auf eine Leuchtdiode der Platine 3 münden, werden mit einem Lichtleiter bestückt. 3 shows a vertical section through the adapter 2 with the circuit board locked in it. The circuit board 3 is equipped with circuit components on its front side facing the adapter 2 and the base panel 1 (not shown) and on its rear side, with the front side essentially carrying switches 13 and light-emitting diodes 14, which can be operated or visible from the visible side of the base panel 1 meant to be. A plunger 18, which connects a button brought out on the visible side to a switch 13 on the circuit board 3, is guided in a channel formed in the adapter 2 so that it can be displaced perpendicularly to the surface of the circuit board. Another channel 19, which can accommodate a light guide in the form of a molded body made of transparent plastic for transmitting light from a light-emitting diode mounted on circuit board 3 to a window of insert 4, is shown in section in the figure. Since the adapter 2 is manufactured uniformly for the control circuits of various models of refrigeration appliances, it has a large number of such channels 19, which are not assigned a light-emitting diode in every model of control circuit. Only those channels 19 that actually lead to a light-emitting diode on the circuit board 3 are fitted with an optical fiber.

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  1. Control panel for a household refrigeration appliance, with a base panel (1) provided for fastening to a housing of the household refrigeration appliance, a control circuit for the household refrigeration appliance arranged on a circuit board (3), and an adapter (2) which holds the control circuit in the base panel (1), characterised in that the adapter (2) has latching means (17) which engage on the circuit board (3), the circuit board (3) is accommodated in a depression (15) of the adapter (2), and the depression (15) is open towards a rear side of the adapter (2) that faces away from the visible side of the base panel (1),
    wherein the control panel has an inlay (4), wherein the control panel (1) is an elongated hollow body made of plastic, which on a visible side facing towards a user of the refrigeration appliance has a depression (5) which is dimensioned such that it accommodates the inlay (4) with a positive fit, so that the two together form a flush and closed visible side of the base panel (1),
    wherein formed in the depression (5) is an elongated cutout (6), which extends over the majority of the rear side of the inlay (4), and through which, when the control panel is fully assembled, transformers between buttons or rotary switches arranged at openings (10) of the inlay (4) extend through the adapter to corresponding switching elements (13) on the circuit board (3) of the control circuit,
    wherein the cutout (6) also forms a window, through which lighting display elements can be identified through a transparent or translucent window of the inlay (4) for a user standing in front of the refrigeration appliance.
  2. Control panel according to claim 1, characterised in that the control panel (1) has a visible side, to which control and/or display facilities are attached, and transformers (18) for coupling the control and/or display facilities to the control circuit are held in the adapter (2).
  3. Control panel according to claim 1, characterised in that the depression (15) is surrounded by a wall (11), the contour of which is adapted to the contour of the circuit board (3).
  4. Control panel according to claim 3, characterised in that the wall (11) is embodied as resiliently deformable and carries latching means (17), which hold the circuit board (3) in its correct position on the adapter (3).
  5. Control panel according to claim 4, characterised in that the circuit board (3) lies against supports (16) in its correct position.
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