Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.v.

Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag

Alexander Hauck

Jochen Holzinger

Klaus Winkelmann

Claus Meider

Volkmar Bunzel

Dominik Rauh

Laurent Jeanneteau

Kurt Reul

Veronika Bumann

Bianca Häuslein

Marcel Morosini

The present invention relates to a user interface () for a cooking hob. The user interface () or at least a portion of said user interface () is subdivided into partitions (). Each partition () corresponds with a cooking zone of the cooking hob. Each partition () comprises a digital display (), at least one power input device () and at least one timer input device (). The digital display () includes at least two seven-segment digits. The digital display () is provided for indicating a current cooking parameter, in particular a current power value, of the corresponding cooking zone and a current timer value relating to said corresponding cooking zone. Further, the present invention relates to a cooking hob with at least one user interface ().

User interface for a cooking hob

The present invention relates to a control device having at least one front panel, at least one button panel arranged behind the front panel, and at least one switch responsive to a user's touch of a switchable area on a front side of the front panel in front of said switch. The switch includes at least one light source element arranged at a rear side of the button panel illuminating the rear side of the front panel, and at least one reflector element arranged behind the button panel and the light source element to reflect the light to the rear side of the button panel. The button panel includes at least one cut out that corresponds with the switchable area of the switch or more switchable areas of neighbored switches, so that the light can pass through the cut-out and the front panel to be out of the control device.

Control device, in particular for a domestic appliance

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Rothenburg/Tauber, Germany

Alexander Hauck