Knob assembly for cook top
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorYeonsik Ha
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Abstract
A knob assembly includes a front panel, a knob located at a front side of the front panel and configured to rotate based on operation by a user, a knob shaft that is coupled to the knob and that extends through the front panel, a supporting pipe that receives the knob shaft and that supports the knob shaft, the supporting pipe being configured to maintain a position relative to the front panel, a valve configured to control supply of gas to the appliance, a valve shaft connected to the valve and configured to control the valve to adjust a flow rate of gas based on rotation of the valve shaft, and a joint that couples the knob shaft to the valve shaft and that is configured to transfer at least one of a rotational motion or a linear motion of the knob shaft to the valve shaft.
Claims20
A knob assembly for a home appliance, the knob assembly comprising:
- a panel that forms a surface of the home appliance;
- a fixed pipe disposed inside of the home appliance and affixed to the panel,
- a knob arranged on a front of the panel and configured to be pushed and rotated according to an operation of a user;
- a first shaft that is connected to the knob, that is passing through the panel;
- a control assembly fixed inside of the home appliance and controlled by the knob;
- a second shaft connected to the control assembly and configured to be pushed and rotated by the first shaft;
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- a joint disposed between the first shaft and the second shaft, the joint transmitting a rotational motion about a longitudinal direction of the first shaft and the second shaft and an axial motion along the longitudinal direction from one of the first shaft or the second shaft to the other of the first shaft or the second shaft,
- wherein the fixed pipe supports the joint.
A home appliance including a knob assembly to control a control assembly, comprising:
- a panel that forms a surface of the home appliance;
- a fixed pipe disposed inside of the home appliance and affixed to the panel,
- a knob arranged on a front of the panel and configured to be pushed and rotated according to an operation of a user;
- a first shaft that is connected to the knob, that is passing through the panel;
- the control assembly fixed inside of the cooking appliance and controlled by the knob;
- a second shaft connected to the control assembly and configured to be pushed and rotated by the first shaft;
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- a joint disposed between the first shaft and the second shaft, the joint transmitting a rotational motion about a longitudinal direction of the first shaft and the second shaft and an axial motion along the longitudinal direction from one of the first shaft or the second shaft to the other of the first shaft or the second shaft,
- wherein the fixed pipe supports the joint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.