Button assembly of control panel assembly

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2007-09-04

2007-09-04

Friedhofer, Michael A (Department: 2832)

Electricity: circuit makers and breakers

Electric switch details

Actuators

C200S314000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11140592

ABSTRACT:
A button assembly of a control panel assembly, which includes buttons each enabling execution of a selected operation of a drum washing machine when pressed, is disclosed. The button assembly includes a control panel provided with a plurality of button holes, a printed circuit board fixedly mounted to a rear surface of the control panel, a vertical rib attached to the control panel, a plurality of vertically-arranged horizontal ribs each having one end connected to the vertical rib, a plurality of buttons each connected to the other end of an associated one of the horizontal ribs, and slidably fitted in an associated one of the button holes, and flow guides each adapted to guide water, penetrating an associated one of the button holes, downward along a predetermined flow path.

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