JP2582583Y2 - Cookware display - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a display device for cookware such as a rice cooker, and more particularly to an operation button.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of cooking utensil has an operation button 11 formed in a convex shape on a panel 9 provided on an upper part of a cooking utensil main body 8 as shown in FIG. The configuration was such that the panel sheet 10 having a small translucent portion where the lamp 12 could be confirmed was attached.

[0003]

In the above conventional example, the display lamp 12 is small and it is difficult to confirm the lighting state, and the display of the operation buttons 11 is difficult to see when the room is dark.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and comprises a control board having a plurality of light-emitting lamps and a tact switch, and an inverted conical recess for accommodating the light-emitting lamps. The panel provided, comprising a panel sheet provided with a translucent portion at a position facing the light emitting lamp and affixed to the panel, and a panel cover that allows the self-illuminated switch mounted on the panel sheet to be viewed, The self-illuminated switch has a button part having a spherical surface, a fixed part at one end, a transparent material having a movable piece at the other end, and printing on the back surface.

[0005]

According to the above construction, the light from the light-emitting lamp is reflected and diffused by the concave portion formed in the shape of an inverted cone, enters the translucent panel sheet and is made uniform, and the entire button portion is illuminated by the lens function of the button portion. And the characters printed on the back side can be easily confirmed.

Further, when the button is pressed, the movable piece descends with the fixed part as a fulcrum, and the tact switch on the control board is pressed, so that a self-illuminating switch which serves both as an operation button and a lamp cover is provided.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a cooking utensil main body, and 2 denotes a panel fixed to an upper portion of the cooking utensil main body 1, and includes a plurality of inverted conical concave portions 2a.
a is provided.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a control board housed inside the panel 2, which has a plurality of light-emitting lamps (LEDs) 3a of different colors, a tact switch 3b, and the like. Light-emitting lamp (LE
D) 3a is housed in the bottom of the recess 2a of the panel 2.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a panel sheet, which is a translucent portion 4a at a portion facing the opening 2b of the concave portion 2a and a convex portion curved upward at a portion facing the movable boss 2d provided above the tact switch 3b. 4b are respectively formed and attached to the panel 2.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a self-illuminating switch, which has a button portion 5a having a substantially spherical surface, a fixed portion 5b at one end and a movable piece 5c at the other end, and is integrally formed of a transparent material. Display characters 5d such as "reserved", "cooked rice", "heat retention", and "off" are silk-printed on the back surface opposite to the semi-transparent portion 4a of FIG. The fixed part 5 of the self-illuminating switch 5
b is provided on the panel 2 and the convex portion 4 of the panel sheet 4 is provided.
The movable piece 5c is fitted movably so as to be in contact with the projection 4b of the panel sheet 4 so as to be in contact with the projection 2c having a flat portion that is the same as or slightly higher than the vertex b.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a menu operation button, which is fixed on the panel sheet 4 so as to be pressed by a projection provided on the panel 2.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a panel cover, which is fixed to the panel 2 so that the self-illumination switch 5 and the menu operation buttons 6 can be operated.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

When the self-illumination switch 5 for "cooking rice" is pressed to cook rice, the movable piece 5c of the self-illumination switch 5 is pushed through the convex portion 4b of the panel sheet 4 and the movable boss 2d, and the tact switch 3b is pushed, thereby emitting a light. LED) 3a is turned on. The light of the light-emitting lamp (LED) 3 a
The light is reflected and diffused inside the panel sheet 4, enters the translucent portion 4 a of the panel sheet 4, is made uniform, and the entire button portion 5 a appears to be shining by the lens action of the button portion 5 a, and is printed on the back surface of the button portion 5 a. The display character 5d of "cooked rice" can be clearly confirmed even when the room is dark as well as when it is dark.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, a control board having a plurality of light emitting lamps and a tact switch, a panel provided with an inverted conical recess for accommodating the light emitting lamps, and a panel facing the light emitting lamps are provided. A panel sheet provided with a translucent portion and affixed to the panel, and a panel cover that allows the user to view the self-illuminated switch placed on the panel sheet, wherein the self-illuminated switch has a spherical button surface. The fixed portion at one end is formed of a transparent material having a movable piece at the other end, and is configured by printing on the back surface thereof.
"Rice rice" printed on the back side of the button part as if the whole button part seemed to shine by the lens function of the button part
The present invention also provides a display device for cooking utensils that can clearly display characters such as when the room is dark as well as when the room is dark.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cutaway top view of a display device of a rice cooker showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a main part, similarly.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a display device of a rice cooker showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 panel 2a recess 3 control board 3a light emitting lamp (LED) 3b tact switch 4 panel sheet 4a translucent part 5 self-illuminated switch 5a button part 5b fixed part 5c movable piece 5d display character 7 panel cover

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A panel provided with a control board (3) having a plurality of light emitting lamps (3a) and a tact switch (3b), and an inverted conical recess (2a) for accommodating the light emitting lamps (3a). 2), a panel sheet (4) provided with a translucent portion (4a) at a position facing the light-emitting lamp (3a) and attached to the panel (2), and placed on the panel sheet (4). A panel cover (7) that allows the self-illuminating switch (5) to be seen, and the self-illuminating switch (5) has a spherical surface on the button part (5a), and a fixed part (5b) on one end and the other end on the other end A cooking utensil display device formed of a transparent material having a movable piece (5c).