Patent ID: 6218645
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: A47J,H01H

Abstract:
A control device for an electrical cooking appliance having a case, a bowl and a heating element associated with the bowl, said control device comprising:a rotatable part mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation, said rotatable part comprising at least one of: elements carrying indicia; elements arranged to control power switching means; elements arranged to modify a position of a setting element for controlling temperature or pressure; and elements arranged to act through a mechanism on a lock for lid of the appliance;a control button mounted for movement in translation parallel to the axis of rotation of said rotatable part, in opposition to elastic means, between a rest position, where said button is at least approximately flush with an external face of the case, and a depressed position in which said button is at least partly retracted into the case, and said control button has an opening or a transparent zone facing a zone of said rotatable part;first means defining camming surfaces on a surface of said rotatable part that is concentric with the axis of rotation of said rotatable part,second means defining camming surfaces on a surface of said button that is concentric with the axis of rotation of said rotatable parts, said camming surfaces of said second means being located to interact with said camming surfaces of said first means in such a manner as to provoke a first rotation of said rotatable part during depression of said button from the rest position of the depressed position,third means defining camming surfaces on a surface of said rotatable part that is concentric with the axis of rotation of said rotatable part, said third means being offset with respect to said first means, andat least one finger which bears elastically on said third means in such a manner as to start a second rotation of said rotatable part during return of said button from the depressed position to the rest position.