Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Control device interface, especially for vending machines and displays
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Application No.: US17756746Application Date: 2020-12-04
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Publication No.: US11946632B2Publication Date: 2024-04-02
- Inventor: Stefano Tobio , Paolo Marafin , Francesco Del Zoppo , Gianpaolo Zilio
- Applicant: CAREL INDUSTRIES S.p.A.
- Applicant Address: IT Brugine
- Assignee: CAREL INDUSTRIES S.p.A.
- Current Assignee: CAREL INDUSTRIES S.p.A.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Brugine
- Agency: INNOVATION CAPITAL LAW GROUP, LLP
- Agent Vic Lin
- Priority: IT 2019000023187 2019.12.06
- International Application: PCT/IB2020/061502 2020.12.04
- International Announcement: WO2021/111389A 2021.06.10
- Date entered country: 2022-06-01
- Main IPC: F21V3/00
- IPC: F21V3/00 ; F21V9/08 ; G06F3/041 ; F21W111/00 ; F21Y115/10

Abstract:
Described is an interface (10) for a control device having a front face (11) and a rear face (12) and comprising a plurality of layers grouped in a covering assembly (13) and a tactile assembly (14) extending between the front face (11) and the rear face (12); The covering assembly (13) comprises, in sequence: —a protective layer (15) having the front face (11); —a masking layer (16) which directly or indirectly covers a second face of the protective layer (15). The said tactile assembly (14) comprises—an operative layer (17) with sensitive pads (19) reactive to touch and permeable to light, transparent or perforated; —a matrix layer (21), opaque and equipped with shaped portions (23) which are either permeable to light or transparent or perforated and aligned with the sensitive pads (19). The sensitive pads (19) and/or the shaped portions (23) are configured to form signs (B) designed to generate luminous symbols visible after backlighting of the interface (10). The masking layer (16) has a permeability to light such that the signs (B) are not visible through said masking layer (16) when said front face (11) is illuminated by a light radiation resulting in a luminance not exceeding 4000 lx and the interface (10) is not backlit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230003362A1 CONTROL DEVICE INTERFACE, ESPECIALLY FOR VENDING MACHINES AND DISPLAYS Public/Granted day:2023-01-05
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