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Household appliance comprising a touch button

  • US 9,800,241 B2
  • Filed: 10/25/2013
  • Issued: 10/24/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2012
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A household appliance (1), comprising:

  • a control panel (2) having an area (A) designated thereon which provides a user to select desired program parameters by touching;

    a board holder (3) situated behind the control panel (2);

    a circuit board (4) situated in the board holder (3), the circuit board (4) including at least one touch button (7) having at least one spring (5) one end of which is fixed to the circuit board (4) and which transmits to the circuit board (4) a capacitive difference that is formed when the designated area (A) is touched, the at least one spring (5) having a plate (6) which is fixed to a free end of the spring (5) so as to contact the control panel (2);

    a cover (8) mounted onto the board holder (3) and fixing the circuit board (4) to the board holder (3), the cover (8) having a first element (9) that is situated on the cover (8) and that extends outwards from the cover (8) in parallel to the spring (5); and

    a guide (11) mounted onto the cover (8) and fixing the cover (8) to the board holder (3), the guide (11) having a U-shaped second element (10) that aligns with the first element (9) of the cover (8), wherein the first element (9) of the cover (8) and the second element (10) of the guide (11) are detachably coupled to each other to form a housing (Y) that surrounds the spring (5).

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