Rotary switch configuration for a household appliance
AssigneeBSH Bosch und Siemens Aktingesellschaft
InventorsReinhard Fleissner, Ernst Huber, Dirk Schumann
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Abstract
A rotary switch configuration for a household appliance includes a rotary knob seated in a cutout in an appliance panel and firmly connected to an actuating shaft so as to rotate with it but move axially, the actuating shaft transmitting the rotary movement of the rotary knob to a switching shaft of a switching unit mounted behind the appliance panel. Exact and wobble-free guidance of the rotary knob is achieved by the actuating shaft being rotatably mounted on the appliance panel by a bearing device.
Claims20
A rotary switch configuration for a household appliance with an appliance panel defining a cutout and having first and second opposing sides, comprising:
- an actuating shaft having an axial direction;
- a rotary knob to be seated in the cutout at the first side of the appliance panel, said rotary knob being firmly rotatably connected to said actuating shaft for rotation with said actuating shaft and being movably connected to said actuating shaft in said axial direction for axial movement with respect to said actuating shaft;
- a switching unit being mounted opposite said rotary knob at the second side of the appliance panel, said switching unit having a switching shaft;
- said actuating shaft being connected to said switching shaft to transmit rotary movement of said rotary knob to said switching shaft;
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- a bearing device adapted to rotatably mount said actuating shaft to the appliance panel.
In a household appliance having an appliance panel defining a cutout, the panel having first and second opposing sides, a rotary switch configuration comprising:
- an actuating shaft having an axial direction;
- a rotary knob being seated in the cutout at the first side of the appliance panel, said rotary knob being firmly rotatably connected to said actuating shaft for rotation with said actuating shaft and being movably connected to said actuating shaft in said axial direction for axial movement with respect to said actuating shaft;
- a switching unit being mounted opposite said rotary knob at the second side of the appliance panel, said switching unit having a switching shaft;
- said actuating shaft being connected to said switching shaft to transmit rotary movement of said rotary knob to said switching shaft;
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- a bearing device rotatably mounting said actuating shaft to the appliance panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.