WO2012084627A1 - Appareil électroménager comportant un bandeau de commande - Google Patents

Appareil électroménager comportant un bandeau de commande Download PDF

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WO2012084627A1
WO2012084627A1 PCT/EP2011/072694 EP2011072694W WO2012084627A1 WO 2012084627 A1 WO2012084627 A1 WO 2012084627A1 EP 2011072694 W EP2011072694 W EP 2011072694W WO 2012084627 A1 WO2012084627 A1 WO 2012084627A1
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rotary selector
household appliance
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Michael Lamprecht
Thomas Lubert
Christopher Lee MASON
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BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H19/00—Switches operated by an operating part which is rotatable about a longitudinal axis thereof and which is acted upon directly by a solid body external to the switch, e.g. by a hand
    • H01H19/001—Thumb wheel switches
    • H01H19/003—Thumb wheel switches having a pushbutton actuator
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H25/00—Switches with compound movement of handle or other operating part
    • H01H25/06—Operating part movable both angularly and rectilinearly, the rectilinear movement being along the axis of angular movement
    • H01H25/065—Operating part movable both angularly and rectilinearly, the rectilinear movement being along the axis of angular movement using separate operating parts, e.g. a push button surrounded by a rotating knob
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H25/00—Switches with compound movement of handle or other operating part
    • H01H25/04—Operating part movable angularly in more than one plane, e.g. joystick
    • H01H2025/048—Operating part movable angularly in more than one plane, e.g. joystick having a separate central push, slide or tumbler button which is not integral with the operating part that surrounds it

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  • the invention relates to an electrical household appliance with a control element which is at least partially surrounded by a control panel, wherein the control element has a push-button function for operating the main switch device and includes a rotary selector with a rotary dial coat for influencing functional parameters of the household appliance.
  • a household appliance is apparent from DE 102 35 694 A1, which discloses a washing machine with a switch panel and a retractable arranged in the switch panel control.
  • the control element is in operative connection with a switching or control device and comprises a rotary selector switch with a one-piece rotary knob.
  • the main switch function (power supply) of the washing machine is switchable by the rotary knob, for example, in sunk flush with the control panel flush position off the household appliance and turns on the device in a protruding, raised position.
  • functional parameters of the washing machine e.g. Wash programs and / or wash temperatures, selectable or adjustable.
  • the control element thus combines two essential functions in one handle, so that fewer control knobs are required and the control panel can have a clear and pleasing appearance.
  • the setting of the function parameters can only be done in the above position of the control, which inevitably the power to the washing machine is turned on. So in order to make settings, the user must accept that the device - depending on the design of the switching and control device - automatically starts at least after a predetermined waiting time, which can lead to some hustle or irritation of the user.
  • any indications or symbols on the rotary knob move with them, so that they may be difficult to see or misunderstand for the user under certain circumstances.
  • the push-button function of the control element is realized by means of a central button with a push-button user interface that switches the power supply of the household appliance, and that the rotary selector is independent of the button, so that during a rotary movement of the rotary selector casing, the orientation of the push-button user interface remains unaffected.
  • the operating element is at least partially disposed in the control panel or surrounded by this - this is to be interpreted widely in the context of the invention. According to one exemplary embodiment, this can be understood to mean that the operating element comprises elements arranged in front of and behind the control panel, which elements are in operative connection without contact through the control panel. According to a further embodiment, the control panel has an opening through which the operating element passes through the control panel.
  • the control element according to the further exemplary embodiment may be a control element which can be lowered in the control panel.
  • the countersink function is independent of the pushbutton function of the pushbutton switching the power supply.
  • at least the rotary selector casing and the push-button user interface are arranged in front of the control panel without being retractable in this.
  • the button has at least one push-button function, by means of which the power supply of the device can be switched, but can also have further push-button functions.
  • another pushbutton function may cause a start and / or confirmation of a function parameter selected by means of the rotary selector jacket.
  • the further pushbutton function can be triggered, for example, by pressing the pushbutton user interface.
  • the two different push-button functions can be differentiated by an operating pulse on the push-button user interface by means of different time duration.
  • the control element can also be designed such that in this a further handle is integrated, which has the further push-button function.
  • the at least one push-button function does not necessarily have to be triggered by mechanical pressure.
  • the central push-button with the push-button user interface can also be designed as a touch switch.
  • the functional parameters that can be selected by means of the rotary voter jacket can be programs of the household appliance.
  • a washing machine for example, a washing program.
  • the term "functional parameter" is to be understood broadly and is not limited to individual parameter specifications such as, for example, a temperature indication. act, which refers to a selected by means of another control program.
  • the central button is not necessarily arranged in the geometric center of the control element.
  • the term "central” is thus to be understood broadly.
  • the pushbutton is arranged centrally in the sense of the invention if the push-button user interface runs to a substantial extent in the area of an upper side of the operating element facing the user or forms same.
  • An advantageous embodiment of the invention provides that the button and the rotary selector are formed independently of each other such that the exercise of the push-button function leaves the rotary selector casing motionless.
  • This embodiment of the invention makes it possible to provide a rotary selector casing which is designed such that it reaches as far as the control panel. As a result, an optionally extending gap between the control panel and the control element can be covered. Such a designed rotary dial coat also complicates the ingress of water in the control panel.
  • the rotary selector and the probe arranged on a circuit board of an electrical device and with this electrically connectable common encoder with a non-rotatable encoder upper part and a rotatable encoder lower part include, and a button-control surface supporting spigot rotationally fixed to the encoder upper part is arranged and the rotary selector casing is arranged non-rotatably on a rotatably mounted on the encoder lower part Drehrichlerteil.
  • This embodiment of the invention has a particularly compact design.
  • the encoder has an approximately rotationally symmetrical outer shape, wherein the encoder is fastened with its lower side to form at least one electrical connection on the circuit board.
  • the encoder tapers upwards to a non-rotatable pin, wherein the probe surface supporting the probe is arranged on this.
  • the rotary selector casing has a hollow cylindrical basic shape and is arranged rotationally symmetrical about the encoder together with the rotary selector. To attach the rotary selector shell this can be connected via snap-in connections rotatably connected to the outer wall of the rotary selector.
  • the inner wall of the rotary selector casing and the outer wall of the rotary selector can in this case have ribs extending in the direction of the axis of rotation, which mesh with one another in such a way that, when the rotary selector casing is turned, the rotary selector rotates.
  • the rotary selector has a raised counterpart to a groove extending on the encoder lower part, so that rotation of the rotary selector causes the encoder lower part to rotate.
  • the rotary selector may be connected to the encoder base only for transmitting the rotational movement and otherwise rotatably rest on a support.
  • the support can be a light guide.
  • An advantageous development of the invention provides that below the board and against the operating element an abutment is arranged, which supports the board against bending. Damage or premature wear of the board is thereby avoided.
  • the anvil and the board can both be attached to the control panel with suitable connecting means.
  • optical fiber ends are the control panel penetrating and arranged around the control element around, that they correspond to different possible positions of the rotary vane shell, and the optical fiber ends are illuminated by means of a light guide, wherein the Light guide is designed and arranged such that it extends to at least one arranged on the board light emitting diode.
  • the optical fiber ends may be formed, for example, in the form of illuminable points or symbols or lines and arranged in the control panel. They make it easier for the user to recognize a possible or selected position of the rotary selector casing.
  • the arranged below the control panel light guide may be integrally formed with the optical fiber ends. However, he can only approach these as far as possible.
  • the light guide directs the light emitted by light emitting diodes (LEDs) to the light guide ends.
  • the light guide can be designed such that the light of individual light-emitting diodes is selectively conducted to individual light guide ends.
  • the selective light conduction can also be effected by further means in connection with the light guide or solely by these means.
  • the light guide may be formed in one piece or in several parts.
  • the control element may be a one-piece light guide.
  • the light guide may have other functions in the control. In addition, it can also serve the coupling of light into other components.
  • the optical fiber ends can be illuminated individually. As a result, the current orientation or position of the rotary voters jacket can be visually displayed.
  • a gap between each light guide end and control panel existing waterproof is sealed and the light guide below a running between control element and control panel gap comprises a fattykeitsableitende surface. This serves for the protection below the control panel arranged electronic components such as an electrical device, which is in operative connection with the control element and may include the aforementioned board.
  • the light guide ends can be welded into the control panel.
  • a device supporting the rotary vane cover consists of a light-conducting material.
  • the operating element can have visible areas which light up when light is coupled into the supporting device.
  • the supporting device protrudes at the edge of the rotary voters jacket facing the control panel so that an illuminable ring is made possible around it.
  • a region of the supporting device extends between the rotary selector casing and the pushbutton User interface, so that the delimitation of the two handles is illuminated annular.
  • the switching on of the main power supply or of the power current can be acknowledged by a flashing of the ring running around the pushbutton user interface.
  • a socket can be arranged between the supporting device and the light guide.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of a household appliance in the form of a washing machine
  • Figure 2 shows a section of a household appliance according to the invention according to an embodiment in the region of the control panel and the operating element in a sectional view
  • Figure 3 shows a perspective view of a stylus and an encoder in the assembled state
  • Figure 4 shows a perspective view of a light guide according to an embodiment
  • Figure 5 shows a rear perspective view of the light guide, on which a
  • Fiber optic box is locked to the light guide.
  • 1 shows schematically a household appliance 29 for the care of laundry W, which has a drum 36 for receiving the laundry W.
  • the drum 36 is rotatably arranged in a tub 37, which cleaning liquid L, in particular water or wash liquor can accommodate.
  • the home appliance 29 also has a drive device 35 which rotates the drum.
  • the drive device 35 is connected to the control device 12.
  • the control element 2 shows a section of a household appliance 29 according to the invention in the region of a control panel 1 and a control element 2.
  • the control element 2 protrudes through an opening in the control panel 1.
  • the control element 2 comprises a rotary selector. 3 with a rotary selector jacket 4 and a rotary selector part 5 and a button 6 with a push-button user interface 7 and a button-user interface 7 supporting nozzle 8.
  • the rotary selector 3 and the button 6 include a common encoder 9, which is arranged on a circuit board 10 and this is electrically connected, wherein the circuit board 10 is part of an electrical device 1 1.
  • the electrical device 11 is preferably electrically connected to a control device 12, wherein signals of the electrical device 11 are forwarded to the control device 12 of the processes of the household appliance 29.
  • a light guide 13 is disposed below the control panel 1 and around the encoder 9 around.
  • the optical waveguide 13 has optical waveguide ribs 15, which are designed and arranged in such a way that they extend as far as the LEDs (light-emitting diodes) 16 arranged on the printed circuit board 10. Furthermore, the optical waveguide 13 has an edge 17 which couples light into optical fiber ends 18.
  • the optical fiber ends 18 are arranged around the operating element 2 around the control panel 1, whereby the position of the optical fiber ends 18 corresponds in each case to an orientation of the rotary dial jacket 4 which selects a functional parameter.
  • a light guide box 19 is attached via at least one locking connection 20 on the board 10. As can also be seen in FIG.
  • the light guide 13 has further latching elements 21 with which the light guide box 19 is fastened to the light guide 13.
  • the optical waveguide 13 shown in FIG. 4 has a liquid-dissipating surface 23, which extends below a gap 24 extending between operating element 2 and control panel 1.
  • the liquid-dissipating surface 23 is bounded by the rim 17 and the rim 25, the rim 17 having at least one opening 22 to a drainage channel (not shown) through which liquid enters and leaves the aperture 11 and the electronic device Board 10 can be routed.
  • an abutment 28 is arranged below the board 10 and opposite the operating element 2, which avoids bending of the board 10.
  • the operating element 2 has at least one printing function, which can be triggered by operating the push-button user interface 7, so that the power supply of the household appliance 29 according to the invention can be switched.
  • the socket 8 carrying the probe operating surface 7 is seated on a rotationally fixed encoder Top 30 on.
  • the rotary selector casing 4 By turning the rotary selector casing 4, functional parameters of the household appliance 29 can be selected.
  • the rotary selector casing 4 is rotatably connected to the Drehrichlerteil 5.
  • the rotary selector part 5 has a raised counterpart 31, which engages in a groove 32 on a rotatable encoder lower part 33 and transmits the rotational movement to the encoder lower part 33.
  • the rotary selector 5 shown in Fig. 1 is supported by this rotatably rests on the light guide 13.
  • a sleeve 34 is arranged to reduce noise between the light guide 13 and the rotary selector 5.
  • the optical fiber ends 18 are individually illuminated.
  • a light-emitting diode (LED) 16 arranged on the circuit board 10 is conducted to a specific light guide end 18, the light guide 13 and in particular the light guide ribs 15 are surrounded by the light guide box 19.
  • the light guide box 19 is arranged around the light guide 13 in such a way that the light of some LEDs 16 is conducted directly upwards to a respective light guide end 18 and does not radiate through other light guide ends 18.
  • the Drehrichlerteil 5 consists of a photoconductive material, in the embodiment shown here by a coupling of light from the optical waveguide 13 in the Drehrichlerteil 5, the gap 24 can be illuminated.

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L'invention concerne un appareil électroménager (29) comportant un élément de commande (2) qui est entouré au moins partiellement par un bandeau de commande (1), l'élément de commande (2) comprenant une fonction de bouton-poussoir pour commander l'interrupteur principal de l'appareil et un sélecteur rotatif (3) ayant une enveloppe (4) pour agir sur des paramètres de fonctionnement de l'appareil électroménager (29). L'invention vise à donner à un tel appareil électroménager une fonction de commande ou de réglage des paramètres de fonctionnement qui soit particulièrement confortable, intuitive et économe en énergie et d'assurer un meilleur contrôle de l'appareil. A cet effet, la fonction de bouton-poussoir de l'élément de commande (2) est assurée par un bouton central (6) offrant une interface utilisateur de bouton (7) et commandant l'alimentation électrique de l'appareil électroménager (29) et le sélecteur rotatif (3) peut être tourné indépendamment du bouton (6), si bien qu'en cas de mouvement de rotation de l'enveloppe (4) du sélecteur rotatif, l'orientation de l'interface utilisateur de bouton (7) reste inchangée.
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