Patent ID: 6111240
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: G04C,G04G,H01H

Abstract:
An electric appliance comprising:an electric appliance proper;an operation member that is operated by being rotated and an angle of rotation of the operation member is correlated with a length of time;setting means for setting the operation time of said electric appliance proper in accordance with the angle of rotation of said operation member;timer means that starts counting time in response to a predetermined signal to calculate the remaining time for which said electric appliance proper is still to continue operating;control means for controlling the operation of said electric appliance proper so that said electric appliance proper continues operating until said remaining times runs out;adjustment means that, when said operation member is operated while said timer means is counting time, adjusts said remaining time to determine adjusted remaining time in accordance with the angle through which said operation member is rotated; anddisplay means having a plurality of figures marked around said operation member to indicate various lengths of time corresponding to various angles of rotation of said operation member, and having an illumination member for illuminating those figures individually, said display means displaying said remaining time which includes said adjusted remaining time by illuminating a specific one of said figures which corresponds to said remaining time.