Control panel, especially for an oven, and oven, especially domestic oven

US10001848B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Electrolux Home Products Corporation N. V. · BE

Inventors

• Jérôme Brasseur · Stockholm, SE
• Arnd Hofmann · Rothenburg ob der Tauber, DE
• Petter Karlsson · London, GB
• Martin Knausenberger · Rothenburg ob der Tauber, DE
• Stefan Lehmann · Tucson, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 20, 2011
• Grant date: Jun 19, 2018
• Expiry date: Jun 20, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F24C7/086
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an oven, especially to a domestic oven, which has a control panel comprising a user interface (1) for inputting data (D) into the control panel, wherein the user interface (1) comprises: at least one display element (2) for displaying data, wherein data (D) can be displayed on the display element (2) at a location (Z) on the display element (2) at a predetermined first axial position (x) and a predetermined second axial position (y), wherein the direction of the first (x) and of the second (y) axial positions are perpendicular to another, selecting means (3, 4) for selecting the location (Z) on the display element (2) by selecting or pretending a definite first (x) and second (y) position for a cursor (5), wherein at least one of the selecting means (3, 4) are established as a slider element extending in a longitudinal direction (L) and having a surface (6) sensitive for touching with a finger (7) of the user, wherein a control unit is arranged to position the cursor (5) in a position or direction (x, y) on the display element (2) in dependence on the location or movement of the finger (7) on the slider element (3, 4) in the longitudinal direction (L). By t…