Signals and indicators – Combined functions
Patent
1977-05-31
1978-12-19
Yasich, Daniel M.
Signals and indicators
Combined functions
116129R, 116135, 338162, G09F 940, H01C 1032
Patent
active
041300807
ABSTRACT:
An indicating control structure for use in an appliance, such as a microwave oven, having a rotatably adjustable mechanism, such as the power level control thereof. The control includes a slider and a guide for guiding the slider reversibly along a preselected path. Integrally formed with the slider is a drive transmission for rotating the mechanism to a desired adjusted disposition as a result of a corresponding movement of the slider along the path. An indicator structure is associated integrally with the slider for indicating the disposition of the slider and, correspondingly, the adjusted disposition of the mechanism. The slider may define a flat plate with the guide slidably engaging the side edges of the plate to guide the slider in a substantially rectilinear path. The indicator structure may define an indicator and window which are selectively moved relative to a fixed adjacent indicium with the disposition of the window being displayed by a suitably associated illuminating device. The slider may be provided with a handle having opposed flat surfaces extending substantially perpendicular to the path of movement of the slider for facilitated control of the rotational disposition of the mechanism.
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Whirlpool Corporation
Yasich Daniel M.
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