EP2341290A2 - Appareil domestique avec bouton de commande - Google Patents

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EP2341290A2
EP2341290A2 EP10194155A EP10194155A EP2341290A2 EP 2341290 A2 EP2341290 A2 EP 2341290A2 EP 10194155 A EP10194155 A EP 10194155A EP 10194155 A EP10194155 A EP 10194155A EP 2341290 A2 EP2341290 A2 EP 2341290A2
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Ihsan Caner Gürdal
Serdar Kenar
Sabri Usta
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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
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24C—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F24C3/00—Stoves or ranges for gaseous fuels
    • F24C3/12—Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
    • F24C3/124—Control panels
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05G—CONTROL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS INSOFAR AS CHARACTERISED BY MECHANICAL FEATURES ONLY
    • G05G1/00—Controlling members, e.g. knobs or handles; Assemblies or arrangements thereof; Indicating position of controlling members
    • G05G1/08—Controlling members for hand actuation by rotary movement, e.g. hand wheels
    • G05G1/082—Controlling members for hand actuation by rotary movement, e.g. hand wheels having safety devices, e.g. means for disengaging the control member from the actuated member
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05G—CONTROL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS INSOFAR AS CHARACTERISED BY MECHANICAL FEATURES ONLY
    • G05G1/00—Controlling members, e.g. knobs or handles; Assemblies or arrangements thereof; Indicating position of controlling members
    • G05G1/08—Controlling members for hand actuation by rotary movement, e.g. hand wheels
    • G05G1/10—Details, e.g. of discs, knobs, wheels or handles

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  • the present invention relates to control knobs used for adjusting a plurality of parameters of home appliances, and particularly relates to a home appliance control knob which is rotatable and which comprises a hollow cover and a body placed onto said cover, where said cover has a body opening and where said body has an externally seen front surface which is placed to said body opening.
  • control knobs In order to adjust a plurality of parameters (program, temperature adjustment, etc.) in home appliances, control knobs with different shapes are used. One of these is the knobs realizing the desired adjustment by being rotated around themselves. As an example to these knobs, control knobs providing the adjustment of the flame amount of a stove or control knobs providing the adjustment of the temperature degree of an oven can be given.
  • One of the rotating knob embodiments is the two piece knobs used in home appliances since they are esthetic.
  • such types of control knobs comprise two pieces called body and cover.
  • the cover part which is hollow and whose one surface has a structure similar to an open cylinder functions as a female piece in this structure, accordingly, the body part which functions as the male part is placed onto the cover.
  • the body extension which is called body extension in the related technical field and which completes the cover can be seen from outside. Since the body or at least said body extension is different from the cover in terms of color or in terms of the material used, the obtained knob embodiment provides an esthetical appearance.
  • this body and the cover are fixed to each other by means of ultrasonic welding. This method increases the production costs and production time.
  • a rotary knob which is used in household appliances such as cookers, washing machines or the like.
  • said control knob is constructed in the form of a hollow cylindrical member and the end face of the hollow cylindrical rotary knob is closed by an exchangeable front face which is held on the rotary knob by means of a snap connection.
  • control member for gas appliances.
  • Said control member comprises an outer casing through which the gas valve arm passes and which has the first and second casing pieces which are snap-fittingly secured together.
  • a control member which is rotatably and detachably mounted on the operating surface of the appliance by magnetic force is disclosed.
  • the external parts of the operating element are formed by a movable plate with its movable surface mounted on the operating surface, and a hollow gripping component is fastened in the movable plate preferably by a snap-fit connection.
  • An object of the subject matter invention is to provide a two-piece control knob which can be manufactured in a shorter time and with a lower cost, and which provides the operator faults to be at minimum because of the particular structure thereof.
  • Another object of the subject matter invention is to provide a two-piece control knob with longer usage duration.
  • Another object of the subject matter invention is to provide a two-piece control knob whose body and cover part can be connected to each other by snap-fit connection.
  • a rotatable control knob of the present invention comprising a hollow cover and a body placed onto said cover connected to each other by a snap-fit assembly, wherein said snap-fit assembly comprising at least one locking leaf which is in the form of an inward extension from the inner lateral surface of said cover and which has a resting surface facing the cover upper surface at the end part thereof; at least one locking tab which is positioned on the outer circumference of the body so as to correspond to said locking leaf and which has a resting surface which contacts with the resting surface of said locking leaf from above.
  • a preferred embodiment of the present invention relates to improvements realized on a rotatable home appliance control knob comprising a hollow cover and a body placed onto said cover, where said cover has a body opening and where said body has an externally seen front surface placed onto said body opening.
  • At least one locking leaf which is in the form of an inward extension from the inner lateral surface of said cover and which has a resting surface facing the cover upper surface at the end part thereof; at least one locking tab which is positioned on the outer circumference of the body so as to correspond to said locking leaf and which has a resting surface which contacts with the resting surface of said locking leaf from above; and at least one placement housing which is formed at the continuation of said locking tabs on the body and wherein at least the end part of the locking leaf is placed are provided, whereby the snap-fit assembly between the body and cover is ensured.
  • the end of the locking leaf has a cross section like an inverse trapezoid. This is very helpful for engaging the leafs with each other and guiding these parts along each other.
  • said seating surface comprises a tapered part formed so as to be compliant with the depth of the outer step, especially so when the resting surfaces of the locking leaf and the locking tab come into contact, said tapered part rests onto the outer step.
  • peripheral recess which extends partially or completely with said seating surface along the lower circumference of the open surface of said cover, and correspondingly, there is a peripheral projection which exists on the circumference of the outer part of the body and which is embodied so as to be placed partially or completely into said peripheral recess.
  • said peripheral recess has a step and the outer part of the body has an inner step whereon said step is placed and which is formed so as to extend inwardly at the continuation of the peripheral projection.
  • said body comprises an upper part which also defines said front surface and which has a shaft bearing; and a shaft inlet through which the gas valve shaft passes.
  • the subject matter improvement is explained with examples in order for the subject matter to be more understandable. Accordingly, in the detailed description below, the subject matter invention is explained to be applied to the knob (B) of a built-in oven (A) whose representative view is given in Figure 1 . However, the subject matter invention can be applied to any appliance's any control knob which is rotatable and which has two pieces.
  • the subject matter control knob (B) comprises substantially a body (10) with a circular form, and a hollow cover (20) which is placed onto said body (10) by means of a snap-fit connection which is an improvement of the subject matter invention.
  • the body (10) is circular and the cover (20) is in the form of a cylinder with an open surface (25).
  • Said body (10) comprises an inner part (11); an outer part (12) which encompasses said inner part (11) so that there is peripheral housing (14) in between, and an upper part (13) extending upwardly from the upper region of the inner part (11).
  • said cover (20) comprises a body opening (24) formed on the lateral surface, and during assembly, a front surface (133) defined by the upper part (13) of the body is placed onto said body opening (24) so as to be seen from outside.
  • Said front surface (133) is used for esthetical reasons, and in general it has a different color from the other components of the control knob and it is called design piece or similar names are used in the related technical field.
  • the embodiments which are an improvement of the subject matter invention and which provide the body (10) and the cover (20) to connect to each other by snap-fit connection are as follows.
  • Said locking leafs (21) are positioned peripherally so that there are preferably equal spaces in between.
  • a flat resting surface (212) facing the upper surface of the cover (20) is formed.
  • the end part (211) of the locking leaf (21) has a cross section like an inverse trapezoid.
  • each locking leaf (21) a plurality of locking tabs (112) are embodied on the outer periphery of the inner part (11) of the body (10), and placement housings (114) which are formed at the continuation of said locking tabs (112) and where at least the end part (211) of the corresponding locking leaf (21) is placed are embodied.
  • the locking tab (112) has a flat resting surface (113) which contacts the resting surface (212) of the locking leaf (21) from above.
  • said resting surfaces (113, 212) can be embodied so as to comprise serrated surfaces or so as to be in a form providing a female-male contact in order to provide a more effective locking.
  • each locking tab (112) extends along an arc defined by a narrow angle so as to be compliant to the circular form of the body inner part (11), and each locking tab (112) has an upper part with a trapezoidal cross section so as to define a projection. Accordingly, when the cover (20) is pressed towards the body (10), firstly the angled lower surface of the end part (211) of the locking leaf (21) contacts with the angled upper surface of the locking tab (112). Thus, the locking leaf (21) bends backwardly and it passes through the placement housing (114), and when the end part (211) is separated from the locking tab (112), the locking leaf (21) returns to the former position.
  • the resting surfaces (113, 212) of the locking tab and the locking leaf come into direct contact with each other.
  • the body outer part (12) has a peripheral outer step (121) extending substantially along the middle part of the lateral surface thereof.
  • a seating surface (23) which defines the periphery of the cover (20) open surface (25) rests onto said outer step (121).
  • said seating surface (23) comprises a tapered part (231) formed so as to be compliant with the depth of the outer step (121). Accordingly, when the resting surfaces (113, 212) of the locking leaf and the locking tab come into contact, said tapered part (231) rests onto the outer step (121).
  • a peripheral recess (22) is embodied in the cover (20) open surface (25) periphery's part between said seating surface (23) and the locking leaf (21), and correspondingly, a peripheral tab (123) is embodied which extends along the periphery of the body outer part (12) and which enters into said peripheral recess (22) partially during assembly.
  • Said peripheral tab and recess (123, 22) are embodied so as to extend along all circular periphery completely or so as to extend for instance along only the locking leafs (21).
  • the upper surfaces of the peripheral recess (22) and the peripheral tab (123) are curved so as to complete each other.
  • the peripheral recess (22) has a step (221) extending inwardly, and correspondingly, the peripheral tab (123) has an inner step (122) formed so as to extend inwardly at the continuation thereof.
  • This form which completes one another particularly has a function in the product type where the locking between the locking leaf (21) and the locking tab (112) is at a lower point.
  • such a form is not required. Since, locking is realized before the peripheral tab (123) enters into the peripheral recess (22). Thus, this embodiment realizes the required function with the same efficiency without the peripheral recess (22), peripheral tab (123) and the steps (122, 221).
  • a shaft bearing (131) with a shaft inlet (132) is formed in the middle region of the upper part (13) of the body.
  • the shaft of a gas valve, which is controlled by the control knob, passes through said shaft bearing (131).
  • the body has at least one support rib (111) which extends between the shaft bearing (131) and the inner body upper surface and which preferably has triangular form.

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