DASHBOARD FOR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE HAVING SUCH DASHBOARD

摘要

The present invention relates to a dashboard and an electrical appliance having such control panel. The dashboard (7) has a wall (8) forming a compartment (12) and having a surface (13) facing the interior of the compartment (12) and a front surface (14) exposed to the exterior, having thereon an on-off control (24, 29) for powering said electrical appliance on/off as well as controls (25, 26, 27 and 28) for actuating the operating functions of said electrical appliance (1) after power-up. The dashboard (7) is characterized in that the power on/off controls (24, 29) and the controls for actuation of the operating functions (25, 26, 27 and 28) are in the form of respective illuminated icons symbolically representing the functions performed thereby, said functions being able to be actuated by the user touching the respective icons, said illuminated icons being made visible upon actuation of the machine power-on control (24, 29) and being made invisible upon power-off, said illuminated icons (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29), when formed, being visible from the outside through said wall (8) of the dashboard (7), the thickness of said wall (8) at said illuminated icons (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29) being smaller than the general thickness of said wall (8).