Patent ID: 9093233
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: D06F,H01H

Abstract:
1. A laundry appliance having a main body and a control panel assembly to control an operation of the appliance, the control panel assembly comprising: a control panel installed on a surface of the main body; a circuit board installed in a rear side of the control panel; a rotary switch installed on the circuit board and having a shaft protruding forwardly; a rotary knob having a knob body and a boss protruding from a central portion of the knob body; and a knob guide disposed between the knob body and the rotary switch and having a boss insertion opening formed at one end of the knob guide; wherein a part of the knob guide is formed where an inner diameter of a surface of the knob guide facing the boss increases away from the boss insertion opening.