Patent ID: 6020698
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
A control for an appliance, the appliance having a plurality of loads including a motor, the control comprising:an electronic circuit including an electronic controller and a plurality of electronic switches for controlling operation of the plurality cf loads;an electromechanical timer having a plurality of switches selectively positioned in either an open or closed state such that the plurality of switches define a plurality of binary sequences;a timer knob drivingly connected to the timer such that the timer knob is rotated by the timer and the timer position is initially controlled by the rotation of the timer knob, the timer knob being rotatably positionable in a plurality of control positions, each control position having a binary sequence defined by the switch states;wherein rotation from one control position to an adjacent control position only requires one switch to change states and further wherein the electronic circiut operates to control operation of the appliance in response to the binary sequence which are input from the timer to the electronic controler.