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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2016
Bsh Hausgeräte Gmbh, Munich, DE;
Reinhard Fleissner, Altenmarkt a.d. Alz, DE;
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
An operator control apparatus for a domestic appliance includes a carrier plate and an operator control element which is rotatably arranged on the carrier plate for setting an operating condition of the domestic appliance. The operator control element includes a front cap having a first transparent region and a second transparent region which is separate from the first transparent region. A light guide extends into the front cap to guide light from a light source such as to illuminate the first transparent region with a first light intensity of the light which is coupled out of the light guide, and to illuminate the second transparent region with a second light intensity of the light which is coupled out of the light guide, with the second light intensity of the light being different from the first light intensity.