Household Electrical Appliance Control Panel and Method of Manufacturing Such a Control Panel
AssigneeSeb S.A.
InventorsJean-Louis Deshayes, Stéphane Retour, Emmanuel Gerard
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AssigneeSeb S.A.
InventorsJean-Louis Deshayes, Stéphane Retour, Emmanuel Gerard
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Household electrical appliance control panel (6) comprising a membrane (7) with blisters (70) defining the keys of the control panel (6) and a backing piece (8) to which the membrane (7) is attached, the backing piece (8) having openings (80) opposite said blisters (70), wherein the membrane (7) and the backing piece (8) are respectively made of a first and a second chemically non-metallizable material and wherein the backing piece (8) comprises at least one part that is not covered by the membrane (7) and onto which a decorative piece (9) of chemically metallizable material is overmoulded, the decorative piece (9) having an external surface which is chemically metallized.
A household electrical appliance control panel comprising a membrane supported by a backing piece, the membrane comprising blisters defining keys of the control panel, the backing piece comprising openings opposite said blisters designed for receiving a switch, wherein the membrane and the backing piece are respectively made of a first and a second chemically non-metallizable material and wherein the backing piece comprises at least one part not covered by the membrane, onto which a decorative piece made of chemically metallizable material is overmolded, the decorative piece comprising an external surface which is wet metallized by jointly immersing the backing piece, the membrane, and the decorative piece in a bath containing the metal to be deposited on the decorative piece.
A method of manufacturing a control panel of a household electrical culinary appliance, comprising a membrane comprising an upper side having blisters a vicinity of keys, the membrane being made of a first chemically non-metallizable material, wherein
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