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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2000
Jean-Claude Bizard, Fontaine les Dijon, FR;
Seb S.A., Ecully, FR;
Abstract
A control device for an electrical cooking appliance having a case, a bowl and a heating element associated with the bowl. The control device includes a rotatable part mounted for rotation about an axis and supporting elements having indicia and/or arranged to control a power switch and/or to modify a position of a setting element for a temperature or pressure controller, and/or to act through a mechanism on a lock for a lid, a control button mounted for movement in translation parallel to the axis between a rest position, where it is at least approximately flush with an external face of the case, and a depressed position where it is at least partly retracted into the case, first camming surfaces on a surface of the rotatable part that is concentric with the axis, second camming surfaces on a surface of the button that is concentric with the axis and located to interact with the first camming surfaces to provoke a first rotation of the rotatable part during depression of the button from its rest position to its depressed position, third camming surfaces on a surface of the rotatable part that is concentric with the axis, the third camming surfaces being offset with respect to the first camming surfaces, and at least one finger which bears elastically on the second camming surfaces in such a manner as to start a second rotation of the rotatable part during return of the button to its rest position.