Tiltable, embedded human-machine interface heating unit

Abstract

The invention relates to a heating appliance (1) comprising a frame, having a front portion of the appliance (1), and a human-machine interface (21) for user control of the operation of the heating appliance (1), the human-machine interface (21) being placed or capable of being placed in a lateral position in which it protrudes laterally from one of the two vertical sides, namely the right or left side, of the front portion, so as to be visible and accessible to the user, characterized in that the human-machine interface (21) is mounted to pivot relative to the front portion about a pivot axis (X) which is horizontal and parallel to the mean vertical plane of the front portion. Figure to be published with the abstract: Figure 1.

Description

Title of the invention: Tiltable, embedded human-machine interface heating device

[0001] The present invention relates to the field of heating buildings by means of a device fixed to the wall of said building, and relates in particular to a heating device comprising an on-board tiltable human-machine interface.

[0002] There are many types of heating appliances, particularly electric ones, such as, for example, convectors, fluid-filled radiators, whether independent or connected to a central heating system, radiant panels, storage heaters, etc. The heating function of these different heating appliances is controlled by various control and regulation methods, including a human-machine interface, which may take the form of a screen and associated buttons on the front of the appliance.

[0003] Currently, particularly on a vertical heating device, such a human-machine interface is fixed on one side of the heating device, at a fixed height.

[0004] It is known to mount the interface on the side of the device, perpendicular to the front panel. However, in order to read the information displayed on the interface screen and access the keys, the user must lean forward and position their head to the side of the device, against the wall to which it is mounted. The interface is therefore difficult for the user to access and use, and even more so for a user with reduced mobility.

[0005] It is also known to place the interface in a drawer system fixed to the rear of the device at a fixed height. In this way, the interface is movable between a concealed position behind the device and a deployed position on one side of the device. The interface can also be mounted to pivot about a vertical axis on one side of the device, between a concealed position behind the device and a deployed position on one side of the device. In such a deployed position, the interface faces the user, thus preventing the user from having to place their head against the wall.

[0006] However, depending on the mounting height of the interface, access to it may be difficult. Indeed, if the interface is placed at too great a height, access and use are difficult for people with reduced mobility. Conversely, if it is placed at too low a height, its use is complicated for able-bodied users.

[0007] In the case of vertical heating devices, the interface is generally installed 1500 mm from the floor to try to have a reading and use that It is suitable for the majority of people. Despite this, tall people are forced to bend down to read and interact with the interface, while people with reduced mobility struggle, or are unable to reach the interface at all.

[0008] There is therefore a need for a heating device with better accessibility of the human-machine interface.

[0009] The present invention aims to satisfy this need by providing a heating device with a user-friendly and easily readable human-machine interface that is adaptable to the size, disability, and operating position of any user. Thus, the heating device according to the invention allows any user, whether able-bodied or with reduced mobility, to easily use the human-machine interface without contorting themselves.

[0010] The solution to the accessibility problem proposed by the present invention is based on the addition of a positive and negative pivot function to the human-machine interface. This function, in addition to offering the possibility of orienting the human-machine interface during use, makes it possible to position said interface at a height sufficiently low to meet the standards for Persons with Reduced Mobility (PRM), which height must be between 900 mm and 1300 mm and is therefore lower than the current height of 1500 mm from the ground.

[0011] The present invention therefore relates to a heating appliance comprising a frame, having a part forming the front of the appliance, and a human-machine interface for the control of the operation of the heating appliance by a user, the human-machine interface being placed or able to be placed in a lateral position in which it protrudes laterally on one of the two vertical sides, namely the right side or the left side, of the part forming the front, so as to be visible and accessible to the user, characterized by the fact that the human-machine interface is mounted movable to pivot relative to the part forming the front around a pivot axis which is horizontal and parallel to the average vertical plane of the part forming the front.

[0012] It will be understood that the device according to the present invention allows both tall people and people with reduced mobility to easily read and interact with the human-machine interface fixed to the heating appliance. Indeed, tall people can tilt the human-machine interface upwards by pivoting it upwards around the pivot axis, in order to avoid having to bend down, and conversely, people with reduced mobility can tilt the human-machine interface downwards in order to easily reach the interface.

[0013] In a particular embodiment, the human-machine interface is also mounted to move in translation relative to the part forming the front of the device, along a direction parallel to the pivot axis, between a hidden position, In this configuration, the human-machine interface is concealed behind a section of the appliance's front panel, while in an extended position, it protrudes from one side of the heater, making it visible and accessible to the user. This allows the human-machine interface to be retracted behind the heater's front panel when not in use, thus preserving the heater's aesthetic appeal.

[0014] Preferably, the human-machine interface is mounted on a movable drawer itself mounted to slide in a body forming a hood placed on the rear face of the heating device, such that in the hidden position, the drawer is entirely received in the body forming a hood and the human-machine interface is flush with the side of the heating device or is recessed from it.

[0015] Preferably, the hood-forming body is mounted so as to be able to pivot about an axis perpendicular to the mean vertical plane of the heating appliance, with additional means provided for immobilizing the hood-forming body after it has been rotated to the desired position. This allows the user to choose, during the installation of the heating appliance, depending on the precise installation location, whether the human-machine interface will protrude to the left or the right.

[0016] In a particular embodiment, the human-machine interface has a display face suitable for being visible and accessible to the user which has a dimension in a direction parallel to the pivot axis which is greater than the dimension in the orthogonal direction, so that the human-machine interface is oriented in a landscape mode.

[0017] Alternatively, the human-machine interface may have a display face suitable for being visible and accessible to the user which has a dimension in a direction orthogonal to the pivot axis which is greater than the dimension in the parallel direction, so that the human-machine interface is oriented in a portrait mode.

[0018] Preferably, the human-machine interface is housed in a casing carrying a pivot shaft extending along the pivot axis and rotatably mounted in at least one bore of a support fixed to the rear face of the heating appliance, optionally in the movable drawer, by means of a pivot joint, further providing means for locking the pivot shaft against axial translation relative to the support, optionally relative to the movable drawer. It will be understood that the provision of such means for locking against translation ensures an anti-pull-out function.

[0019] Preferably, the means for blocking axial translation comprise, on the one hand, a constricted cross-sectional area of ​​the pivot shaft limited on both sides by shoulders and, on the other hand, a blocking portion fixed to the support, where applicable to the movable slide, and traversed by the constricted cross-sectional area of ​​the pivot shaft, the surface of each shoulder orthogonal to the pivot axis being able to come into contact with an axial stop surface of the blocking part.

[0020] Alternatively, the means for blocking axial translation could include an area of ​​cross-section enlarged at the free end of the pivot shaft forming at least one shoulder, the surface of the at least one shoulder orthogonal to the pivot axis being able to come into contact with an axial stop surface of the support, where applicable of the movable drawer, turned towards the free end of the pivot shaft.

[0021] Advantageously, the pivot shaft has an oblong cross-section, the narrowed cross-section area also having a smaller oblong cross-section in the direction of the length of the oblong section.

[0022] Advantageously, the locking part is fixed by snapping it onto the support, where applicable onto the movable drawer.

[0023] Advantageously, the support, where applicable the movable drawer, has two bores configured to receive the portions of the pivot shaft located on either side of its narrowed section area.

[0024] Preferably, the narrowed cross-section area has two tabs opposite each other, namely an upper tab and a lower tab, each tab being rotationally received in a respective recess formed in the locking portion, namely an upper recess and a lower recess, each tab being able to abut against a radial stop surface radially delimiting the respective recess and extending in a plane parallel to the pivot axis. Thus, a pivoting movement around the pivot axis of the pivot shaft, and therefore of the human-machine interface, is limited both downwards and upwards by the interaction of one of the tabs with the radial stop surface of the recess in which said tab is received.In particular, a downward pivoting movement of the interface is limited by the cooperation of the lower tab with the lower radial stop surface, and an upward pivoting movement of the interface is limited by the cooperation of the upper tab with the upper radial stop surface.

[0025] Advantageously, the tabs and recesses are arranged and configured to allow the human-machine interface to pivot 80° around the pivot axis, so that the latter can be oriented plus or minus 40° from the vertical. In other words, the maximum positive pivot angle of the interface is substantially equal to the maximum negative pivot angle of the interface and is on the order of 40 degrees.

[0026] Alternatively, when the human-machine interface is oriented in landscape mode, the tabs and recesses could be arranged and configured to allow a 90° pivoting movement of the human-machine interface around The pivot axis allows the interface to be oriented by plus or minus 45° from the vertical. When the human-machine interface is oriented in portrait mode, the tabs and recesses could be arranged and configured to allow a 40° pivot movement of the human-machine interface around the pivot axis, so that it can be oriented by plus or minus 20° from the vertical.

[0027] Preferably, the housing includes an opening leading into a passage provided inside the pivot shaft, through which pass the wire(s) used for supplying the human-machine interface and for controlling / regulating the heating device.

[0028] Advantageously, the pivot shaft is a hollow shaft open at both ends to allow the passage of the wire(s) of the human-machine interface.

[0029] Advantageously, the wire or wires run in guide channels formed in the housing.

[0030] In order to avoid applying stress to the wire(s) when pivoting the human-machine interface, in particular when moving it by more or less 40° degrees from the vertical, the wire(s) could also be held in the housing using harpoon clips.

[0031] To better illustrate the present invention, a particular embodiment thereof will be described below by way of example and not limitation, with reference to the attached drawing, in which:

[0032] [Fig. 1] is a perspective view of part of the rear of the heating device according to the present invention, the human-machine interface being in the deployed position with its display face in a vertical plane;

[0033] [Fig.2] is a front view of a control-regulation module according to the present invention;

[0034] [Fig.3] is a perspective view of the module of [Fig.2], showing the interior of the case;

[0035] [Fig.4] is an exploded, perspective view of the module of [Fig.2], of the movable drawer and its blocking part;

[0036] [Fig.5] is a perspective view of the movable drawer alone, the locking part being omitted;

[0037] [Fig.6] is a perspective view of the blocking part alone;

[0038] [Fig.7] is a perspective view showing the cooperation between the pivot shaft and the blocking part;

[0039] [Fig.8] is a front perspective view showing the movable drawer received in the body forming a hood;

[0040] [Fig.9] is a perspective view of the movable drawer, showing the guide elements in translation of the drawer within the body forming the hood;

[0041] [Fig. 10] is a perspective view showing the interior of the body forming the hood; and

[0042] [Fig. 11] is a front view of a variant of the control module assembly- regulation, drawer and body forming hood, also showing an enlarged detail of a spring and an enlarged detail of a rocker of a push-release type system.

[0043] If we refer first of all to [Fig. 1], we can see that we have represented a particular embodiment of the present invention, which consists of a vertical electric heating device 1 controlled by a control-regulation module 2 mounted on it and comprising a human-machine interface 21.

[0044] The heating appliance 1, shown here partially, is intended to be fixed to a wall opposite its rear face 10, which forms part of the appliance's frame, with a space provided between the rear face 10 of the appliance and the wall. The part of the heating appliance 1 opposite the rear face 10 and therefore visible to the user is called the front panel. This front panel has left and right vertical sides.

[0045] In [Fig. 1], the human-machine interface 21 is positioned so as to protrude from one side of the device 1 in such a way that the human-machine interface 21 is visible and accessible from the front of the device 1. This operating position is called the deployed position. It will be understood that when not in use, the interface 21 is positioned in the space between the rear face 10 of the device 1 and the wall in such a way that the interface 21 is not visible from the front of the device 1. This non-operating position is called the concealed position. In [Fig. 1], the interface 21 is oriented in landscape mode. It will be understood that it could also be oriented in portrait mode. In this embodiment, the module 2 is mounted to rotate on a movable drawer 3, which movable drawer 3 is mounted to slide in a body forming a hood 4, which body 4 is made integral with the rear face 10 of the heating device 1.The fixing height of the body forming the hood 4 is advantageously between 900 mm and 1300 mm from the ground.

[0046] As can be seen in Figures 2, 3 and 4, the module 2 comprises a housing 22 in which is received control electronics comprising at least one printed circuit board (not shown) and a connector 23, a human-machine interface 21 which is fixed to the front of the housing 22 and a pivot shaft 20 integral with the housing 22.

[0047] This housing 22 comprises a rectangular rear wall 22a and four side walls, including a top wall, a bottom wall, a left wall and a right wall 22b, the side walls delimiting a rectangular opening closed by the interface 21.

[0048] The pivot shaft 20 extends outside the housing 22, from one of the left and right walls, here the right wall 22b. Preferably, the pivot shaft 20 is formed as a single unit with the housing 22 and extends across the center of the wall 22b both vertically and horizontally. To allow the passage of the wire(s) 24 used for powering the interface 21 and for controlling / regulating the heating unit 1, the shaft 20 is hollow and has two open ends, the interior of the shaft 20 communicating with the interior of the housing 22 through an opening provided in the side wall 22b which carries the shaft 20.

[0049] The shaft 20 has an oblong cross-section. More precisely, the shaft 20 has two oblong sections of the same dimensions at its two end regions, referred to as end sections 20a and 20b, and a smaller oblong section between its two end sections 20a and 20b, referred to as the central section 20c. The lengthwise dimension of the central section 20c is smaller than the lengthwise dimension of the end sections 20a and 20b, while the widthwise dimension is the same. Thus, the central section 20c defines a narrowed cross-section area delimited by shoulders. This narrowed cross-section area has two tabs 200s and 200i, namely an upper tab 200s directed towards the upper wall of the housing 22 and a lower tab 200i directed towards the lower wall of the housing 22.The two tongues 200s and 200i are diametrically opposed to each other. Each tongue 200s, 200i is in the form of an elongated block projecting from the outer wall of the central section 20c and extending between the surfaces forming the shoulder of the end sections 20a, 20b.

[0050] Referring to [Fig.2], it can be seen that the human-machine interface 21 comprises a screen 210 and associated keys 211, for example four keys 211 on one side of the screen 210 and one key 211 on the other side of the screen 210. The screen 210 has a display face opposite inside the housing 22.

[0051] As can be seen in [Fig. 3], the connector 23 is received inside the housing 22, behind the screen 210 and the printed circuit board, and is connected to the wire(s) 24 used to power the human-machine interface 21 and to control / regulate the heating unit 1 by means of the latter. This connector 23 passes through a support 25 integral with the housing 22. This support 25 is removably fixed to the housing 22 by means of screws. The support 25 has guide channels 250 that receive and guide the wires 24. At least one of these channels 250 opens out of the support 25 and into the housing 22; in particular, one of the channels 250 opens opposite the opening communicating with the inside of the pivot shaft 20.

[0052] The human-machine interface 21 is arranged so as to be orientable relative to the front panel along a horizontal axis X parallel to the mean plane of the front panel. In particular, the module 2 is rotatably mounted on a movable drawer 3 such that the housing 22 is able to pivot around the longitudinal axis of the pivot shaft 20, which axis defines the pivot axis X of the human-machine interface 21. Thus, the pivot axis X is horizontal and parallel to the average vertical plane of the front panel. It will be understood that rotating the module 2 around this pivot axis X allows the interface 21 to be tilted downwards or upwards depending on the size or position of the user.

[0053] As can be seen in [Fig. 4], the drawer 3 is a two-part component comprising a locking portion 30 and a portion having at least one bore 31 for receiving the rotating pivot shaft 20. In the preferred embodiment shown in Figures 4 and 5, the drawer 3 has two bores 31 spaced apart in the direction of the pivot axis X, and the space between these bores is entirely occupied by the locking portion 30.

[0054] The portion containing the bores 31 is substantially rectangular in shape. The bores 31 are configured to receive, for rotation, the end sections 20a and 20b of the pivot shaft 20, the central section 20c forming a narrowed cross-section extending into the space between the two bores 31 and thus being received in the locking portion 30. Therefore, the distance separating the two bores 31 corresponds to the length of the central section 20c of the pivot shaft 20. Each bore 31 is a cylindrical bore having a circular cross-section whose diameter is slightly larger than the dimension in the longitudinal direction of the oblong cross-section of the end sections 20a and 20b.

[0055] As can be seen in Figures 4, 6 and 7, the locking part 30 is in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped block provided with a central recess 30a with a U-shaped cross-section. The central recess 30a opens into the two bores 31 and is dimensioned to receive the section 20c forming a narrowed cross-section area of ​​the pivot shaft 20.

[0056] The two small side walls each carry two lugs 300 configured to be received in two corresponding orifices 301 of the drawer 3 in order to allow a snap-lock connection between the locking part 30 and the other part of the drawer 3. Each lug 300 may have a substantially square sloping surface, the orifices 301 having a square section.

[0057] The central recess 30a is open at both ends at the two opposing large walls of the locking portion 30. These two large walls cooperate with the shoulders formed by the end sections 20a and 20b of the pivot shaft 20. This cooperation prevents translational displacement of the pivot shaft 20 relative to the locking portion 30, and therefore relative to the slide 3, in the direction of the pivot axis X. These walls thus define axial thrust surfaces. Together, the axial thrust surfaces of the locking portion 30 and the Shoulders of the pivot shaft 20 constitute means for axial translational locking, providing an anti-pull-out function for the module 2 comprising the interface 21.

[0058] An upper recess 30b and a lower recess 30c are formed opposite each other in the central recess 30a and along it. Each recess 30b, 30c is delimited by a longitudinal wall 302 and two opposing transverse walls. The longitudinal wall 302 constitutes a radial abutment surface adapted to cooperate with a tab 200s, 200i of the pivot shaft 20. In particular, the upper recess 30b is adapted to cooperate with the upper tab 200s and the lower recess 30c is adapted to cooperate with the lower tab 200i. Thus, depending on its position, the radial stop surface limits the pivot angle of the pivot shaft 20 downwards and upwards, and therefore the angular orientation of the interface 21.

[0059] In the embodiment shown, the movable drawer 3 is mounted to slide in a body forming a hood 4. It will be understood that the drawer 3 could also be a fixed drawer attached to the rear face 10 of the heating device 1.

[0060] Referring to Figures 1, 8 and 10, it can be seen that the body forming the hood 4 has a front wall 4a attached to the rear face 10 of the heating device 1, in particular by means of four or more screws 40, a rear wall 4b, an upper wall, a lower wall and a left or right side wall, here right. The side opposite the side wall is open to allow the passage of the movable drawer 3. This body 4 is hollow, its internal volume being suitable for receiving the movable drawer 3 by sliding. Thus, the movable drawer 3 is able to occupy a hidden position, in which both the movable drawer 3 and the human-machine interface 21 that it carries are not visible from the front face of the heating device 1, and a deployed position, in which the human-machine interface 21 protrudes on one side of the heating device 1, in particular the side opposite the side wall of the body forming the hood 4.

[0061] In the embodiment shown in Figures 8 to 10, the rear walls 4b, upper and lower of the body 4 carry stop elements 41 adapted to cooperate with guide elements 32 and locking elements 33 carried by the movable drawer 3, which elements 41, 32 and 33 make it possible to guide and limit the translational movement of the movable drawer 3 relative to the body forming the cover 4 in the longitudinal direction of the pivot shaft 20, therefore along the pivot axis X, in particular in the direction of the deployed position. As can be seen in [Fig.[9] The guide elements 32 may be in the form of pairs of rails and comprise one guide element 32 on each wall of the drawer 3 located opposite an upper or lower wall of the body 4, four guide elements 32 on the wall of the drawer 3 opposite the front wall 4a of the body 4, and four guide elements 32 on the wall of the drawer 3 opposite the rear wall 4b of the body 4. The locking elements 33 are separate from and spaced apart from the guide elements 32. Each . The locking element 33 may be in the form of a rounded U-shaped projection, the opening of which is directed away from the housing 22. The locking elements 33 may comprise two locking elements 33 on each wall of the drawer 3 located opposite an upper or lower wall of the body 4 and two locking elements 33 on the wall of the drawer 3 opposite the rear wall 4b of the body 4. Alternatively, the translational mounting of the movable drawer 3 inside the body forming the cover 4 could be achieved by means of guide elements in the form of grooves carried by the walls of the drawer 3, which grooves are a combination of straight grooves and L-shaped grooves.The translational mounting of the movable drawer 3 inside the body forming the hood 4 could also be achieved by any other suitable means of translational mounting, in a manner analogous to the translational mounting of the slide in the guide described in French patent FR3030693.

[0062] The drawer assembly 3-module 2 can be moved in translation by a push-release type system 6, 7. Such a system 6, 7 can include a spring 6 and a rocker 7. In the embodiment of [Fig. 1 1], the spring 6 is interposed between the housing 22 and the rear wall 4b of the body forming the cover 4. It is a wound spring 6 having contiguous coils 60 extending into the housing 22 and a free end 61 attached to a fixing tab provided on the inner face of the rear wall 4b near the open side. Alternatively, as can be seen in [Fig.8], the spring could be interposed between the drawer 3 and the rear wall 4b of the hood-forming body 4. In this case, the contiguous coils extend into the part containing the bores 31 and the free end passes through the rear wall 4b and is integral with a stud (not visible) directed outwards from the hood-forming body 4 and arranged near the open side of this body 4.

[0063] In the embodiments of Figures 8 and 11, the rocker 7 is rotatably fixed to the body forming the cover 4 around a rotation axis A perpendicular to the pivot axis X. The rocker 7 has a projecting stud 70 adapted to cooperate with a triangular lug 34 of the drawer 3 in the hidden position of the drawer 3-module 2 assembly in order to lock the 2-3 assembly in said hidden position. The rocker 7 is mounted near the side wall of the body 4. As can be seen in Figures 4 and 5, the lug 34 is formed near the end of the part containing the bores 31 opposite the bores 31. Thus, a rotation of the rocker 7 around its axis of rotation A, for example following a press on the housing 22, causes the lug 34 to be released from the protruding stud 70, and therefore causes the drawer 3-module 2 assembly to be released from its locking in the hidden position.In the absence of a lock in the concealed position, the spring 6 pushes the assembly 2-3 towards the deployed position by sliding in the body 4. The deployment of the human-machine interface 21 is therefore facilitated.

[0064] Alternatively, the drawer assembly 3-module 2 can be moved in translation by hand, for example by means of a handle provided at the end of the housing 22 on the side opposite the pivot shaft 20.

[0065] The hood-forming body 4 can be mounted for rotation relative to the rear face 10 of the heating appliance 1, around a pivot axis orthogonal to the plane of this rear face 10. For this purpose, the front wall 4a of the hood-forming body 4 defines an opening through which passes a pivoting means 5 around said horizontal pivot axis, perpendicular to the X-axis of the pivot shaft 20. It will be understood that, alternatively, the hood-forming body 4 could be fixedly mounted on the rear face 10 of the heating appliance 1. Such a pivoting mounting is described in French patent FR3030694 and is therefore not detailed further here.

[0066] To facilitate handling of the body forming the cover 4 by a user, the rear wall 4b of the body 4 may have a recess 42 for receiving a suitable tool for such handling. For example, as can be seen in [Fig. 1], the recess 42 may be substantially L-shaped with clip tabs 420 for receiving and holding an Allen key.

[0067] In use, when the user wishes to access the human-machine interface 21 according to the embodiment shown, they simply slide the drawer 3-module 2 assembly to the deployed position, orient the interface 21 up or down to the desired angle by pivoting it around the pivot axis X, in order to effortlessly view the display screen 210, select the desired program, and then return the interface 21 to its non-use position, namely placing the display face of the interface 21 in a plane parallel to the mid-plane of the device 1 and sliding the drawer 3-module 2 assembly back into the hidden position. Thus, through simple translational and rotational movements, the human-machine interface 21 can be tilted according to the needs of each user.

[0068] It is understood that the particular embodiments which have just been described have been given by way of indication and not limitation and that modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Claims

Demands

1. Heating appliance (1) comprising a frame, having a front part of the appliance (1), and a human-machine interface (21) for controlling the operation of the heating appliance (1) by a user, the human-machine interface (21) being placed or capable of being placed in a lateral position in which it protrudes laterally on one of the two vertical sides, namely the right side or the left side, of the front part, so as to be visible and accessible to the user, characterized in that the human-machine interface (21) is movable and pivotable relative to the front part about a pivot axis (X) which is horizontal and parallel to the mean vertical plane of the front part.

2. Heating device (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the human-machine interface (21) is also mounted movable in translation relative to the front part of the device (1), along a direction parallel to the pivot axis (X), between a masked position, in which the human-machine interface (21) is concealed behind a region of the front part of the device (1), and a deployed position, in which the human-machine interface (21) protrudes on one side of the heating device (1), so as to be visible and accessible to the user.

3. Heating device (1) according to claim 2, characterized in that the human-machine interface (21) is mounted on a movable drawer (3) itself mounted to slide in a hood-forming body (4) placed on the rear face (10) of the heating device (1), such that in the concealed position, the drawer (3) is entirely received in the hood-forming body (4) and the human-machine interface (21) is flush with the side of the heating device (1) or is recessed from it.

4. Heating appliance (1) according to claim 3, characterized in that the hood-forming body (4) is mounted so as to be able to pivot about an axis perpendicular to the mean vertical plane of the heating appliance (1), furthermore being provided means for immobilizing the hood-forming body (4) after the latter has been pivoted to the desired position.

5. Heating device (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 4 characterized in that the human-machine interface (21) has a display face suitable to be seen and accessible to the user which has a dimension in a direction parallel to the pivot axis (X) which is greater than the dimension in the orthogonal direction, so that the human-machine interface (21) is oriented in a landscape mode.

6. Heating device (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the human-machine interface (21) has a display face suitable for being visible and accessible to the user which has a dimension in a direction orthogonal to the pivot axis (X) which is greater than the dimension in the parallel direction, so that the human-machine interface (21) is oriented in a portrait mode.

7. Heating device (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the human-machine interface (21) is received in a housing (22) carrying a pivot shaft (20) extending along the pivot axis (X) and mounted for rotation in at least one bore (31) of a support integral with the rear face (10) of the heating device (10), where applicable in the movable drawer (3), by a pivot joint, further being provided means for locking in axial translation of the pivot shaft (20) relative to the support, where applicable relative to the movable drawer (3).

8. Heating device (1) according to claim 7, characterized in that the means for blocking axial translation comprise, on the one hand, a narrowed section area (20c) of the pivot shaft (20) limited on both sides by shoulders and, on the other hand, a blocking part (30) fixed to the support, where applicable to the movable drawer (3), and crossed by the narrowed section area (20c) of the pivot shaft (20), the surface of each shoulder orthogonal to the pivot axis (X) being able to come into contact with an axial stop surface of the blocking part (30).

9. Heating device (1) according to claim 8, characterized in that the narrowed cross-section area (20c) has two tabs (200s, 200i) opposed to each other, namely an upper tab (200s) and a lower tab (200i), each tab (200s, 200i) being rotationally received in a respective recess (30b, 30c) formed in the locking portion (30), namely a recess upper (30b) and lower recess (30c), each tongue (200s, 200i) being able to come against a radial stop surface radially delimiting the respective recess (30b, 30c) and extending in a plane parallel to the pivot axis (X).

10. Heating device (1) according to any one of claims 7 to 9, characterized in that the housing (22) includes an opening leading into a passage provided inside the pivot shaft (20), through which pass the wire(s) (24) used for supplying the human-machine interface (21) and for controlling / regulating the heating device (1).

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