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 ring assembly including a knob ring and a display device, the knob ring comprising:
- a knob ring body that has a ring shape and comprises an accommodating space for accommodating the display device, the accommodating space has an open front which opens the accommodating space frontward;
- a knob ring back plate that is mounted to a rear of the knob ring body and covers a rear of the accommodating space;
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- a display cover that covers the open front of the accommodating space and is translucent,
- wherein the knob ring body comprises a pair of protrusions that protrude in a radial direction from an outer circumference of the knob ring body and that are spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the knob ring body, and the accommodating space is disposed between the pair of protrusions.
A knob ring assembly including a knob ring and a display device, the knob ring comprising:
- a knob ring body that has a ring shape and comprises an accommodating space for accommodating the display device, the accommodating space has an open front which opens the accommodating space frontward;
- a knob ring back plate that is mounted to a rear of the knob ring body and covers a rear of the accommodating space;
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- a display cover that covers the open front of the accommodating space and is translucent,
- wherein the knob ring body includes an open radial portion that defines the accommodating space and is opened radially outward in a radial direction, and
- wherein the display cover covers the open radial portion of the knob ring body.
A knob ring assembly including a knob ring and a display device, the knob ring comprising:
- a knob ring body that has a ring shape and comprises an accommodating space for accommodating the display device, the accommodating space has an open front which opens the accommodating space frontward;
- a knob ring back plate that is mounted to a rear of the knob ring body and covers a rear of the accommodating space;
- a display cover that covers the open front of the accommodating space and is translucent;
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- a display housing that is disposed between the display device and the knob ring body and that provides insulation between the display device and the knob ring body,
- wherein the display housing is fastened to the knob ring back plate, and the knob ring back plate is fastened to the knob ring body, thereby the display device is coupled to the knob ring body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.