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US 5,350,140 AGranted
Universal control console
AssigneeWhite Consolidated Industries, Inc.
InventorsBrian D. Ripley, James L. Boston, Edward G. Luehrmann, Dale L. Barglof
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AssigneeWhite Consolidated Industries, Inc.
InventorsBrian D. Ripley, James L. Boston, Edward G. Luehrmann, Dale L. Barglof
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The present invention pertains to a universal control console for use on domestic washing machines or dryers. The control console of the present invention extends between a pair of mounting end caps, and provides a plurality of mounting means to facilitate the mounting and attachment of controls thereto. The apertures include a central aperture having upwardly and downwardly extending rectangular apertures and a generally circular main opening. The main opening includes a pair of opposed radial notches. Below the downwardly extending rectangular aperture is a generally T-shaped aperture. Several generally tab-receiving apertures are laterally-spaced from the central aperture. The openings in the control console cooperate to mount a variety of control devices, allowing interchangeability among controls which is desirable for different appliance models. The control console of the present invention can be used with numerous models of washing and drying machines, eliminating the need to have custom-designed control consoles for each machine model.
A universal control console, comprising a generally planar central section and a pair of end section, said central section defining a hole pattern which is adapted to interchangeably receive control devices, said hole pattern including a central aperture and a plurality of laterally-spaced mounting apertures, said central aperture comprising a main opening and a plurality of outwardly extending apertures, wherein the central aperture and the laterally-spaced openings are adapted to interchangeably receive the control devices, and a generally T-shaped opening, said T-shaped opening being downwardly spaced from said central aperture.
A universal control console for a domestic appliance, said console defining a plurality of hole patterns, each of which is adapted to interchangeably receive control devices therein, said hole pattern comprising:
A universal control console comprising a control device mounting means, said mounting means including means for receiving a mounting body of a control device mounting bracket and means for receiving elastic mounting tabs provide by said mounting bracket, whereby when said control device mounting bracket is mounted to said universal control console the mounting body is received by the mounting body receiving means and an elastic tab is received by the elastic mounting tab receiving means.
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