Operating device for a household appliance having an electronic display panel
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1. An operating device for a household appliance, comprising:
- an electronic display panel having a panel surface;
an operating element, movable relative to the display panel for setting operating conditions of the household appliance, the operating element being adjacent the display panel and projecting outwardly from the display panel, wherein the operating element is disposed within surface dimensions of the display panel such that a contour of an edge of the operating element is configured to appear coincident with a contour of a surface edge of the display panel, anda front face disposed on the operating element, the front face including a touch-sensitive screen electronic display on which information can be displayed and by which operating conditions can be set.
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Abstract
An operating device for a household appliance includes an electronic display panel, and an operating element that is displaceable relative to the display panel to set operating conditions of the household appliance. The operating element has a region which is disposed within an area of the display panel.
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1. An operating device for a household appliance, comprising:
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an electronic display panel having a panel surface; an operating element, movable relative to the display panel for setting operating conditions of the household appliance, the operating element being adjacent the display panel and projecting outwardly from the display panel, wherein the operating element is disposed within surface dimensions of the display panel such that a contour of an edge of the operating element is configured to appear coincident with a contour of a surface edge of the display panel, and a front face disposed on the operating element, the front face including a touch-sensitive screen electronic display on which information can be displayed and by which operating conditions can be set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A household appliance, comprising:
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an electronic display panel having a panel surface; and an operating element, movable relative to the display panel for setting operating conditions of the household appliance, the operating element being adjacent the display panel and projecting outwardly from the display panel, wherein the operating element is disposed within surface dimensions of the display panel such that a contour of an edge of the operating element is configured to appear coincident with a contour of a surface edge of the display panel, and a front face of disposed on the operating element, the front face including a touch-sensitive screen electronic display on which information can be displayed and by which operating conditions can be set. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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