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US 10,648,675 B2Granted
Household appliance comprising a knob with illuminated outer periphery
AssigneeArcelik Anonim Sirketi
InventorDavut Ayhan Serabatir
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Abstract
The household appliance of the present invention relates to a control panel by which the user can control the functions of the household appliance; at least one opening disposed on the control panel; a shaft that is disposed behind the control panel so as to extend towards the opening and that enables the related function to be realized; a knob that is disposed on the shaft and that enables the user to move the shaft; a sealing element that is disposed on the opening so as to almost completely surround the shaft.
Claims6
A household appliance comprising:
- a control panel by which a user can control functions of the household appliance;
- at least one opening disposed on the control panel;
- a shaft that is disposed behind the control panel so as to extend towards the opening and that enables a related function to be realized;
- a knob that is disposed on the shaft and that enables the user to move the shaft;
- a sealing element that is disposed on the opening so as to almost completely surround the shaft;
- wherein the sealing element is produced from transparent material, wherein a first transparent portion of the sealing element extends over the control panel and a second transparent portion of the sealing element extends under the control panel such that the first transparent portion and the second transparent portion of the sealing element sandwich the control panel;
- and
- a light source that is disposed behind the control panel so as to be aligned with the sealing element, wherein the first transparent portion and the second transparent portion of the sealing element are configured to emit light emitted from the light source and illuminate the knob by illuminating over and under the control panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.