A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet for forming an appearance of the laundry treating apparatus, wherein the cabinet has a laundry inlet defined therein, a drum disposed inside the cabinet, wherein a drum opening in communication with the laundry inlet is defined in the drum, wherein the drum accommodates laundry therein, and a control unit disposed in the cabinet to receive a control signal. The control unit includes a touch portion for forming an exposed surface outwardly of the cabinet, a circuit board spaced apart from the touch portion and positioned inside the cabinet, and a spring unit having a portion on one side in contact with the touch portion and a portion on an opposite side coupled to the circuit to connect the touch portion and the circuit to each other. The spring unit transmits an electrical signal input through the touch portion to the circuit board.

The invention relates to a knob structure for a washing machine and a washing machine. The knob structure includes a knob component, a display component, a pressing component, and a PCBA board. The knob component includes a knob rotating seat, a fixed body and a knob decorative ring. The upper part of the knob rotating seat is provided with a receiving groove 1, the middle section is provided with a receiving groove 2, and the lower end is provided with a receiving groove 3; the inner peripheral wall of the receiving groove 2 is provided with a plurality of uneven grooves distributed uniformly. A metal conductive sheet A is installed at the bottom of the second receiving groove. A metal conductive sheet B, a metal conductive sheet C, and a metal conductive sheet D are mounted on the lower end of the fixed body. The display assembly includes a display base, a display module, and a glass lens. The pressing component includes a knob fixing bracket, a switch button and a rotary sound generator. The invention can solve the shortcomings in the prior art, has a rotating segment display function, and is simple and convenient to operate.

The invention relates to a knob structure for a washing machine and a washing machine. The knob structure includes a knob component, a display component, a pressing component, and a PCBA board. The knob component includes a knob rotating seat, a fixed body and a knob decorative ring. The upper part of the knob rotating seat is provided with a receiving groove 1, the middle section is provided with a receiving groove 2, and the lower end is provided with a receiving groove 3; the inner peripheral wall of the receiving groove 2 is provided with a plurality of uneven grooves distributed uniformly. A metal conductive sheet A is installed at the bottom of the second receiving groove. A metal conductive sheet B, a metal conductive sheet C, and a metal conductive sheet D are mounted on the lower end of the fixed body. The display assembly includes a display base, a display module, and a glass lens. The pressing component includes a knob fixing bracket, a switch button and a rotary sound generator. The invention can solve the shortcomings in the prior art, has a rotating segment display function, and is simple and convenient to operate.

A connector for electrical contacting that includes a body configured to mechanically retain at least one electrically conductive contact, which is accessible on an exit side of the body for electrically contacting at least one other electrical contact. The body is constructed from at least two different components, with a first component of the at least two different components at least substantially forming the exit side and being made from a fire-retardant plastic, and a second component of the at least two different components having an ignition point which is lower than an ignition point of the first component of the at least two components, and the second component of the at least two different components having an elasticity which is greater than an elasticity of the first component of the at least two different components.

A connector for electrical contacting that includes a body configured to mechanically retain at least one electrically conductive contact, which is accessible on an exit side of the body for electrically contacting at least one other electrical contact. The body is constructed from at least two different components, with a first component of the at least two different components at least substantially forming the exit side and being made from a fire-retardant plastic, and a second component of the at least two different components having an ignition point which is lower than an ignition point of the first component of the at least two components, and the second component of the at least two different components having an elasticity which is greater than an elasticity of the first component of the at least two different components.

A dryer comprising: a user interface configured to receive input for a drying course; a communication interface; a drum; a hot air supply device to supply hot air to the drum; a sensing device, enabled to self-generate power based on a movement of the sensing device inside the drum while the drum is being rotated and transmits sensing data according to a voltage generated according to the self-power generation to the communication interface; and a processor to control an operation of the hot air supply device on the basis of the input for the drying course received through the user interface, where the control of the operation of the hot wind supplying device by the processor includes determining an operation time during which the hot air supply device operates to supply the hot air to the drum on the basis of the sensing data.

A laundry machine having a refreshing operation and a control method of the same are disclosed. The disclosed method comprises a steam water supply operation of supplying wash water to a tub up to a water level for generation of steam while preventing the wash water to pass through a drum, when the refreshing course is selected, a steaming operation of heating the wash water by driving a washing heater, thereby generating steam, and a refreshing operation of refreshing the laundry by alternately executing, after the steaming operation, a tumbling driving operation to tumble the laundry within the drum through rotation of the drum and a spin driving operation to rotate the laundry within the drum in close contact with an inner surface of the drum, in accordance with high-speed rotation of the drum.

A washing machine includes an operation manipulation interface configured to control starting or stopping of an operation of the washing machine by a touch input of a user and provided as one button or a touch panel, an operation manipulation interface configured to recognize speech of the user using a speech recognition system and control components related to the operation of the washing machine based on the recognized speech of the user, an indicator including a character indicator configured to indicate a washing operation, a rinsing operation, and a spin-drying operation, respectively, and a graph indicator configured to indicate a running time or remaining time of the operation of the washing machine, and a power control configured to turn the power of the washing machine on or off by a touch input of the user.

A washing machine includes an operation manipulation interface configured to control starting or stopping of an operation of the washing machine by a touch input of a user and provided as one button or a touch panel, an operation manipulation interface configured to recognize speech of the user using a speech recognition system and control components related to the operation of the washing machine based on the recognized speech of the user, an indicator including a character indicator configured to indicate a washing operation, a rinsing operation, and a spin-drying operation, respectively, and a graph indicator configured to indicate a running time or remaining time of the operation of the washing machine, and a power control configured to turn the power of the washing machine on or off by a touch input of the user.

A touch-sensitive and/or proximity-sensitive input device has an operator panel, a sensor film and a carrier plate, arranged on a side of the operator panel that is facing away from a user. The sensor film has at least one capacitive sensor area and also at least one antenna element. Provided on the carrier plate are a sensor circuit that is connected to the capacitive sensor areas and an antenna circuit that is connected to the antenna element. Such an input device can be used for example in electronic domestic appliances or commercial laundry treatment appliances.