Household appliance control device

By designing the coordination between the sliding rod and the spring in the household appliance control device, the problem of lack of resistance and sound prompts when the knob is rotated, achieving a better operating experience and usage experience.

CN222461939UActive Publication Date: 2025-02-11ZHONGSHAN CITY HAISHANG ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202421351674.1
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-06-13
Publication Date
2025-02-11
Estimated Expiration
2034-06-13

AI Technical Summary

Technical Problem

The existing household appliance thermostat knobs lack resistance and sound prompts when rotating, resulting in inconvenient operation and lack of user experience.

Method used

A household appliance control device is designed, including an electrical panel, a rotary controller body, a knob, a sliding rod and a spring. By providing a rotating shaft hole and a radial groove on the electrical panel, and a sliding rod and a spring are provided in the knob. The sliding rod slides with the radial groove. When the knob is rotated, the sliding rod retracts and extends to form a sense of resistance, and passes through the sliding rod The combination with the spring generates a sound prompt.

Benefits of technology

It realizes the sense of resistance and sound prompts when the knob is rotated, enhancing the feel and user experience of operation, while increasing the sense of atmosphere.

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Abstract

A household appliance control device comprises an electric appliance panel, a rotary controller body, a knob, a sliding rod and a spring, the electric appliance panel is provided with a rotating shaft hole and radial grooves evenly distributed around the rotating shaft hole, the hollow end of the knob is open and comprises a shaft base and a cylindrical base arranged in the radial direction, the spring and the sliding rod are arranged in the cylindrical base, the sliding rod extends out of the cylindrical base, and the rotating shaft hole is formed in the rotating controller body. The rotary controller main body is fixed with the inner surface of the electric appliance panel, the rotating shaft is in running fit with the rotating shaft hole, and the sliding rod is in sliding fit with the radial groove; in the rotating process of the knob, the sliding rod retracts and extends out of the cylindrical seat to be matched with the radial groove to form resistance. When the knob rotates, the end part of the sliding rod enters the other radial groove from one radial groove to generate resistance, so that the hand feeling is increased; in addition, a sound prompt can be made, so that the atmosphere sense is increased.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to a control device for a household appliance. Background Art

[0002] The current prior art, Chinese Patent 201920840351.1, a thermostat knob structure, includes a controller box, a thermostat, a thermostat knob and a fixing ring; the thermostat has a metal shaft and is installed in the controller box, the metal shaft extends out of the controller box, the thermostat knob is connected to the metal shaft outside the controller box, the thermostat knob can be relatively rotatably sleeved in the fixing ring, the fixing ring is provided with a limiting structure for limiting the axial movement of the thermostat knob from the metal shaft, and the limiting structure is detachably connected to the controller box. The thermostat knob structure can eliminate the connection of the ground wire, which is beneficial to reduce production costs and improve production efficiency. The problem is that when the knob is turned, there is no resistance and no sound can be made. Utility Model Content

[0003] The utility model aims to provide a household appliance control device, which has the characteristics of having a sense of resistance and generating a sound prompt when a knob is turned.

[0004] The utility model is implemented as follows: a household appliance control device, which is special in that it includes an appliance panel, a rotary controller body, a knob, a sliding rod and a spring.

[0005] The electrical panel is provided with a shaft hole and radial grooves evenly distributed around the shaft hole.

[0006] The knob is hollow and has an open end, and includes a shaft seat and a cylindrical seat arranged in the radial direction.

[0007] The spring and the sliding rod are arranged in the cylindrical seat, and the sliding rod extends out of the cylindrical seat. The rotary controller body is fixed to the inner surface of the electrical panel, its rotating shaft is rotationally matched with the rotating shaft hole, and the sliding rod is slidingly matched with the radial groove; during the rotation of the knob, the sliding rod retracts and extends out of the cylindrical seat and cooperates with the radial groove to form a sense of resistance.

[0008] The special feature of the household appliance control device is that a circular cavity with a front opening is provided on the appliance panel, the shaft hole and the radial groove are provided on the bottom plate of the circular cavity, and the knob extends into the circular cavity and rotates to fit.

[0009] The household appliance control device is special in that the sliding end of the sliding rod is a truncated cone-shaped portion, the end of the truncated cone-shaped portion is spherical, and the other end of the sliding rod is provided with a spring column seat.

[0010] The special feature of the household appliance control device is that an annular baffle is provided inside the suspended end of the cylindrical seat, and the other end passes through the end plate of the knob and is provided with a countersunk hole.

[0011] It also includes a hollow plug with an open end and a cylindrical outer sleeve with an open end.

[0012] The truncated cone-shaped portion extends through the axial hole of the annular baffle and cooperates with the annular baffle to stop; the plug is embedded in the countersunk hole, and one end of the spring extends into the plug; the knob is inserted into the cylindrical outer sleeve and fixed.

[0013] The utility model discloses a household appliance control device. When a knob is turned, the end of a sliding rod enters another radial groove from a radial groove to generate resistance, thereby increasing the hand feeling; and a sound prompt is also emitted, thereby increasing the atmosphere. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0014] Figure 1 It is a cross-sectional view of the utility model.

[0015] Figure 2 yes Figure 1 AA view of the .

[0016] Figure 3 It is a stereogram of the utility model.

[0017] Figure 4 It is one of the three-dimensional exploded views of the utility model.

[0018] Figure 5 This is the second three-dimensional exploded view of the present utility model. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0019] The embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below, and examples of the embodiments are shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals throughout represent the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are exemplary and are only used to explain the present invention, and cannot be understood as limiting the present invention.

[0020] In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "installed", "connected", and "connected" should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a direct connection, or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium, or it can be the internal communication of two components. For ordinary technicians in this field, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0021] like Figure 1As shown, a household appliance control device includes an appliance panel 1, a rotary controller body 2, a knob 3, a sliding rod 4 and a spring 5.

[0022] The electrical panel 1 is provided with a shaft hole 11 and radial grooves 12 evenly distributed around the shaft hole 11, which can also be described as: a plurality of radial protrusions are evenly distributed, and the gap between two adjacent radial protrusions constitutes a radial groove;

[0023] The knob 3 is hollow and has an open end, and includes a shaft seat 31 and a cylindrical seat 32 arranged in the radial direction.

[0024] The spring 5 and the sliding rod 4 are arranged in the cylindrical seat 32, and the sliding rod 4 extends out of the cylindrical seat 32, the rotary controller body 2 is fixed to the inner surface of the electrical panel 1, the rotating shaft of the rotary controller body 2 is rotationally matched with the rotating shaft hole 11, and the sliding rod 4 is slidingly matched with the radial groove 12; during the rotation process of the knob 3, the sliding rod 4 retracts and extends out of the cylindrical seat 32 and cooperates with the radial groove 12 to form a sense of resistance.

[0025] As a further improvement of the utility model: the electrical panel 1 is provided with a circular cavity 13 with a front opening, the shaft hole 11 and the radial groove 12 are provided on the bottom plate of the circular cavity 13, and the knob 3 extends into the circular cavity 13 and rotates in cooperation.

[0026] As a further improvement of the utility model: the sliding end of the sliding rod 4 is a truncated cone-shaped portion 41, the end of the truncated cone-shaped portion 41 is spherical, and the other end of the sliding rod 4 is provided with a spring column seat 42, and the spring column seat 42 is inserted into one end of the spring 5.

[0027] As a further improvement of the present invention: an annular baffle 321 is provided in the suspended end of the cylindrical seat 32, and the other end passes through the end plate of the knob 3 and is provided with a countersunk hole 322.

[0028] It also includes a hollow plug 6 with an open end and a cylindrical outer sleeve 7 with an open end.

[0029] The truncated cone portion 41 extends through the axial hole of the annular baffle 321 and cooperates with the annular baffle 321 to stop; the plug 6 is embedded in the countersunk hole 322, and one end of the spring 5 extends into the plug 6; the knob 3 is inserted into the cylindrical sleeve 7 and fixed.

[0030] Although the embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various changes, modifications, substitutions and variations may be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention, and that the scope of the present invention is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A household appliance control device, characterized in that: Includes electrical panel, rotary controller body, knob, slide bar and spring, The electrical panel is provided with a shaft hole and radial grooves evenly distributed around the shaft hole. The knob is hollow and has an open end, and includes a shaft seat and a cylindrical seat arranged in the radial direction. The spring and the sliding rod are arranged in the cylindrical seat, and the sliding rod extends out of the cylindrical seat. The rotary controller body is fixed to the inner surface of the electrical panel, its rotating shaft is rotationally matched with the rotating shaft hole, and the sliding rod is slidingly matched with the radial groove; during the rotation of the knob, the sliding rod retracts and extends out of the cylindrical seat and cooperates with the radial groove to form a sense of resistance.

2. A household appliance control device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The electrical panel is provided with a circular cavity with a front opening, the rotating shaft hole and the radial groove are arranged on the bottom plate of the circular cavity, and the knob extends into the circular cavity and rotates to fit.

3. A household appliance control device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The sliding end of the sliding rod is a truncated cone-shaped portion, the end of the truncated cone-shaped portion is spherical, and the other end of the sliding rod is provided with a spring column seat.

4. A household appliance control device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The suspended end of the cylindrical seat is provided with an annular baffle, and the other end passes through the end plate of the knob and is provided with a countersunk hole. It also includes a hollow plug with an open end and a cylindrical outer sleeve with an open end. The truncated cone-shaped portion extends through the axial hole of the annular baffle and cooperates with the annular baffle to stop; the plug is embedded in the countersunk hole, and one end of the spring extends into the plug; the knob is inserted into the cylindrical outer sleeve and fixed.

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