EP2466210B1 - Appareil domestique avec panneau frontal doté de moyens de fixation de supports de boutons - Google Patents

Appareil domestique avec panneau frontal doté de moyens de fixation de supports de boutons Download PDF

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EP2466210B1
EP2466210B1 EP11193904.7A EP11193904A EP2466210B1 EP 2466210 B1 EP2466210 B1 EP 2466210B1 EP 11193904 A EP11193904 A EP 11193904A EP 2466210 B1 EP2466210 B1 EP 2466210B1
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Erdinc Atay
Gurkan Gundogdu
Ozgun Hodul
Mustafa Mert
Sabri Usta
Ramazan Uygun
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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
    • 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
    • G05G1/087—Controlling members for hand actuation by rotary movement, e.g. hand wheels retractable; Flush control knobs

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  • the present invention relates to a household appliance with an improved control panel, and more particularly the invention is pertaining to a household appliance having a front control panel adapted for holding and fixing of the knob holders.
  • Control knobs especially the pop-out type control knobs employed in the conventional household appliances are generally placed and operated in individual hollow housings that are mounted right onto the rear side of a secondary panel.
  • the hollow housing also known as knob holder, has corresponding fixing means for secure attachment to the secondary panel.
  • FIG. 1 there is shown a conventional arrangement of prior art as referred above wherein a number of knob holders are attached to a secondary panel by means of various fixing elements such as the grooves and additional supporting means adapted to prevent unintentional rotation and separation of said knob holder.
  • the secondary panel attached with the knob holders is then affixed to the front panel by means of a double-sided self adhesive tape as shown in Figure 2 .
  • This conventional arrangement with three components is mainly adopted for providing a front panel having a uniform surface without any tracing or unenviable viewing of the fixing elements and knob holders.
  • DE-C1-10044448 discloses a rotary switch arrangement for a household appliance wherein the hollow body of the knob holder is provided with elongated legs that engages to the upper and lower most vicinity of the front panel.
  • WO 2007/013023 A1 describes a household appliance, wherein easy mounting of the gas actuators or electrical actuators providing energy flow for the gas burners and electrical burners on the cook top to the rear surface of the knobs on the panel is provided.
  • So called pop-out type control knobs are known from the document DE 10 2006 039 196 B3 , for example.
  • the document EP 2 200 416 A2 discloses a device for fixing electrical mechanisms onto a frame chassis.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a household appliance having a knob holder engagement directly to the front panel wherein fixing elements are occupying less space as compared to the known elements of the conventional knob holders and control panels.
  • the present invention aims to solve the aforementioned technical problems by way of providing a novel household appliance comprising a number of control knobs on a control panel having knob openings and corresponding knob holders having a hollow body for securely holding and fixing of said knobs.
  • the knob holders and front control panel of the invention are adapted directly to engage each other without auxiliary fixing means.
  • the control panel comprises an inwardly arranged integral ridge in the circumferential vicinity of each knob opening wherein each ridge comprises at least one clamping slot arranged in perpendicular direction to the control panel.
  • the knob holders provided according to the present invention are characterized by a latching device having a tip portion arranged to be fixedly engaged with the slot when the knob holder abuts to the circumferential area of said ridge.
  • the knob holder is adapted tightly to surround the ridge.
  • the household appliance (not shown) according to the present invention comprises a control panel (20) which is generally in the form of a front panel as conventionally known in the prior art arrangements, and comprising a number of knob holders (10) for securely holding corresponding knobs, particularly pop-out type knobs (not shown).
  • Figure 3 shows a rear perspective view of the control panel arrangement according to the present invention wherein the knob holders (10), that are substantially in the form of a cylindrical hollow body, and the control panel (20) are adapted directly to engage to each other without auxiliary fixing elements and adhesive materials.
  • control panel (20) of the present invention is provided with inwardly arranged ridges (24) in the circumferential vicinity of the knob openings (26) wherein the each ridge (24) arranged in a manner as above is formed integrally with the control panel body (20) by way of, for instance inwardly bending the material of said control panel (20) with a bending process involving conventional bending machinery.
  • Each ridge (24) according to the present invention comprises at least one clamping slot (25) preferably in the form of a slit. Said slot (25) is arranged in perpendicular direction to the control panel (20) for engaging to the knob holder (10).
  • This arrangement according to the present invention preferably comprises at least two slots (25), and more preferably three slots (25) as shown in Figure 3 .
  • the slot (25) as referred above according to the invention is provided on a protrusion (22) that protrudes from the ridge (24).
  • Said protrusion (22) is arranged in perpendicular direction relative to the control panel (20) (parallel to the knob holder (10)) so that the knob holder (10) may easily engage with it.
  • the arrangement of the invention preferably comprises same number of protrusions (22) as the slots (25).
  • the knob holders (10) of the present invention comprise corresponding latching devices (16) having an inwardly bending tip portion (11) adapted to engage and lock with the slot (25) as shown in Figures 5 to 7 .
  • a detail (C) of the locking section shown in Figure 7 is magnified and shown again in Figure 8 for better illustration of the locking relation in-between the tip portion (11) of the latching device (16) and said slot (25). Accordingly, the tip portion (11) is adapted to lock with the slot (25) with its protruded structure.
  • the ridges (24) formed in the vicinity of the knob openings (26) are bended as an arc with a radius (R1) as shown in the detail (C) of Figure 8 .
  • the inventors report that best results for obtaining a durable ridge (24) is obtained when said radius is substantially equal to the thickness of the metal sheet constituting the control panel (20).
  • the knob holder (10) is adapted tightly to surround the ridge (24) portion by suitably adjusting its inside diameter (R2).
  • the knob holder's (10) contact surfaces with the control panel (20) are provided with an inclination (15) having a toleration angle for tolerating the arc shaped bending corner of the ridges (24), and eventually perfect abutting onto the control panel surface is obtained.
  • the perfect abutting of the knob holder (10) with the integral ridges (24), and also of the tight engagement between the slots (25) and latching devices (16) according to the invention no visual defects occur in the frontal view of the control panel as shown in Figure 4 .
  • each protrusion (22) as provided on the ridge (24) has arc shaped front corners (27) and also arc shaped smooth connection corners (28) for eliminating sharpness and improving durability.
  • the latching devices (16) formed on the knob holder (10) of the invention are formed by U shaped incision which provides a flexible structure permitting easier engagement and disengagement of the tip portion (11) to/from slot (25) of the ridge (24).
  • the positions of the latching devices (16) on the knob holder (10) are arranged such that when said knob holder (10) is put in place and permitted to abut the circumferential area of the ridges (24), the tip portion (11) of the latching device (16) immediately engages to the slit opening of the slot (25).
  • the knob holder (10) is eliminated of the unintentional rotation caused by rotation of the knob.
  • more protrusions (22) may be provided for strengthening the engagement of the knob holder (10) as may be appreciated by those skilled in the technical field.

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  1. Appareil ménager comprenant un nombre de boutons de commande sur un panneau de commande (20), ledit panneau de commande (20) possédant des orifices à bouton (26) et les supports à bouton (10) correspondants possédant un corps creux pour le maintien et la fixation sécurisés desdits boutons, caractérisé en ce que le panneau de commande (20) comprend en outre une arête (24) disposée à l'intérieur et formée intégralement avec le panneau de commande (20) dans le voisinage circonférentiel de chaque orifice à bouton (26), dans lequel chaque arête (24) comprend au moins une fente d'encastrement (25) disposée perpendiculairement au panneau de commande (20), et en ce que le support à boutons (10) comprend un dispositif de verrouillage (16) dont une partie supérieure (11) est disposée afin de s'engager fixement dans la fente (25) lorsque le support à boutons (10) jouxte la zone circonférentielle de ladite arête (24), dans lequel le support à boutons (10) est fermement adapté afin d'entourer l'arête (24).
  2. Appareil ménager selon la revendication 1, dans lequel chaque arête (24) comprend trois fentes d'encastrement (25) tandis que chaque support à boutons (10) comprend des dispositifs de verrouillage (16) qui y correspondent.
  3. Appareil ménager selon la revendication 1 ou 2 dans lequel ladite arête (24) comprend des saillies (22) portant les fentes d'encastrement (25).
  4. Appareil ménager selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes 1 à 3, dans lequel les boutons de commande sont des boutons de commande escamotables.
  5. Appareil ménager selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes 1 à 4, dans lequel le panneau de commande (20) est en tôle métallique.
  6. Appareil ménager selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes 1 à 5, dans lequel l'arête (24) disposée à l'intérieur possède un angle de courbure arqué avec un rayon (R1).
  7. Appareil ménager selon la revendication 6 dans lequel ledit rayon (R1) équivaut à l'épaisseur de la tôle métallique.
  8. Appareil ménager selon l'une des revendications précédentes 1 à 7, dans lequel la surface jouxtante du support à boutons (10) mise en contact avec le panneau de commande (20) est dotée d'une inclinaison (15) dont l'angle de tolérance tolère l'angle de courbure arqué de l'arête (24).
  9. Appareil ménager selon l'une des revendications précédentes 3 à 8, dans lequel les saillies (22) comprennent des angles avant arqués (27) et des angles de liaison (28).
  10. Méthode de fabrication d'un appareil ménager comprenant les étapes de : mise à disposition d'un panneau de commande (20), formation d'une nombre d'orifices à bouton (26) sur ledit panneau de commande (20) et pliage de la zone circonférentielle de chaque orifice à bouton (26) afin de former une arête disposée à l'intérieur (24) formée intégralement avec le panneau de commande (20) dans le voisinage circonférentiel dudit orifice à bouton (26), formation d'au moins une fente d'encastrement (25) sur ladite arête (24), la fente (25) étant disposée perpendiculairement au panneau de commande (20), fourniture d'un nombre de supports à bouton (10), chacun comprenant un dispositif de verrouillage (16) dont une partie supérieure (11) est disposée afin de s'engager fixement dans la fente (25) de ladite arête (24), mise en place dudit support à bouton (10) sur le panneau de commande (20), de sorte que le support à bouton (10) entoure fermement l'arête (24) et le montage du panneau de commande ainsi formé (20) sur l'appareil ménager.
  11. Méthode selon la revendication 10 dans laquelle la méthode comprend en outre la formation d'au moins une saillie (22) et la formation de ladite fente d'encastrement (25) sur ladite saillie (22).
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