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US 6,658,868 B2Granted
Operator control panel for an electrical appliance
AssigneeBSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
InventorsAlfred Raab, Claudia Rupp, Manfred Strobel
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Abstract
An operator control panel for an electrical appliance, in particular, a refrigerator, includes a base panel for fastening on the electrical appliance, a control circuit for the electrical appliance, an insert for attachment to a visible side of the base panel, and an adapter for fastening the control circuit behind the base panel in a number of different positions.
Claims22
An operator control panel, comprising:
- a base panel to be fastened on an electrical appliance, said base panel having a visible side and a rear side;
- a control circuit for controlling the electrical appliance;
- an insert attached to said visible side of said base panel;
- and
- an adapter fastening said control circuit to a number of positions at said rear side of said base panel.
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A refrigerator, comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- an operator control panel connected to said housing, said control panel having:
- a base panel removably fastened to said housing, said base panel having a visible side and a rear side;
- a control circuit for controlling the refrigerator;
- an insert attached to said visible side of said base panel;
- and
- an adapter fastening said control circuit to a number of positions at said rear side of said base panel.
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In combination with a refrigerator, an operator control panel, comprising:
- a base panel to be fastened to the refrigerator, said base panel having a visible side and a rear side;
- a control circuit for controlling the refrigerator;
- an insert attached to said visible side of said base panel;
- and
- an adapter fastening said control circuit to a number of positions at said rear side of said base panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.