Illuminated rotary knob for household appliance
AssigneeArcelik Anonim Sirketi
InventorsMetin Gur, Abdurrahman Sahin, Fatih Ceylan, Ugur Camli
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an illuminated releasable rotary knob for use in an appliance, in particular in a cooking appliance comprising a panel which includes a regulator shaft; and a control unit which has an electrical connection for supplying electric power. The knob comprises non-transparent handle, a hub for releasably receiving the shaft, a cavity, an illuminating device for illuminating the cavity, a connector for receiving the electrical connection and a transparent indicator which receives the illumination from the cavity.
Claims15
A rotary knob for use in a household appliance, the household appliance comprising a panel which includes one or more regulator shafts, and the household appliance comprising a control unit, the rotary knob comprising:
- a non-transparent handle which has a hub adapted to releasably receive a respective regulator shaft;
- a cavity;
- an illuminating device adapted to illuminate the cavity, wherein the illuminating device includes a connector for receiving electrical power from the control unit;
- an indicator which is made from a transparent material, wherein the indicator is eccentrically disposed onto the non-transparent handle so as to face a user and adapted to receive illumination from the cavity;
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- a collar which is made from a transparent material, wherein the collar is circumferentially disposed onto the non-transparent handle so as face the user and adapted to receive the illumination from the cavity, wherein the non-transparent handle, the hub, the illuminating device including the connector, the indicator, and the collar are adapted for releasable installation onto the panel entirely from the outside.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.