Claims
- 1. In an electrically operated appliance control comprising an electrically operated device for providing two different functions of said device, an electrically operated visual display unit, and a manually operated selector means electrically interconnected to said device and said unit for selecting a desired function of said device and for setting said device to provide that selected function in a desired set manner thereof as being indicated on said display unit by such operation of said selector means, the improvement wherein said selector means comprises a manually operated movable selector member which when moved in one direction a certain amount from an off position thereof to a first position thereof selects one of said functions and then sets said device to provide that selected function in a desired manner as being indicated on said display unit as said selector member is being further moved in said one direction from said first position thereof and which when moved in the other direction a certain amount from said off position thereof to a second position thereof selects the other of said functions and then sets said device to provide that selected function in a desired manner as being indicated on said display unit as said selector member is being further moved in said other direction from said second position thereof.
- 2. A control as set forth in claim 1 wherein said one function of said device is a time of day function and said other function of said device is a run down interval timer function.
- 3. A control as set forth in claim 2 wherein said device has means that changes said time of day function thereof to a new time of day function as said selector member is being moved in either direction after said time of day function has been selected by said selector member having been moved in said one direction from said off position said certain amount from said first position thereof.
- 4. A control as set forth in claim 3 wherein said device has means that increases the interval time being selected by said selector member as said selector member is being moved in said other direction after said interval timer function has been selected by said selector member having been moved in said other direction from said off position said certain amount to said second position thereof.
- 5. A control as set forth in claim 4 wherein said means of said device that increases the interval time being selected also decreases the interval time being selected as said selection member is being moved in said one direction after a particular interval time has been selected by selector member.
- 6. A control as set forth in claim 5 wherein said selector member is rotatable whereby the movement thereof is a rotatable movement.
- 7. A control as set forth in claim 6 wherein said selector means comprises a rotary switch means operated by said rotatable selector member.
- 8. A control as set forth in claim 2 wherein said device has means that is adapted to operate the heating means of an oven of a cooking apparatus for a predetermined time period, said selector member of said selector means being adapted to select said predetermined time period for said device.
- 9. A control as set forth in claim 8 wherein said selector means has means that is adapted to select said predetermined time period to begin at a certain time in the future within certain limits.
- 10. A control as set forth in claim 8 wherein said means of said device that is adapted to operate the heating means is adapted to operate said heating means for a cooking operation for said predetermined time period or for an oven cleaning operation for said predetermined time period.
- 11. In an electrically operated applicance control comprising an electrically operated device for providing various modes of operation thereof, an electrically operated visual display unit, and a manually operated selector means electrically interconnected to said device and said unit for selecting a desired mode of operation of said device and for setting said device to provide that selected mode in a desired set manner thereof as being indicated on said display unit by such operation of said selector means, the improvement wherein said selector means comprises a manually movable selector member which when moved in one direction a certain amount from an off position thereof to a first position thereof first selects one of said modes of operation and then sets said device to provide that selected mode of operation in a desired manner thereof as being indicated on said display unit as said selector member is being further moved in said one direction from said first position thereof to a certain second position thereof and which when moved in said one direction to said second position thereof selects another mode of operation thereof and then sets said device to provide that other selected mode of operation in a desired manner as being indicated on said display unit as said selector member is being further moved in said one direction beyond said second position thereof.
- 12. A control as set forth in claim 11 wherein said device has means that is adapted to operate heating means of an oven of a cooking apparatus and wherein said one mode of operation of said device is to have said means of said device operate said heating means in a baking mode thereof.
- 13. A control as set forth in claim 12 wherein said selector member sets said means of said means of said device to cause said heating means to provide a set temperature depending upon the position of said selector member between said first position thereof that selects said baking mode and said second position thereof.
- 14. A control as set forth in claim 13 wherein said selector means increases the set temperature as said selector member is moved in said one direction from said first position thereof that selects said baking mode to said second position thereof.
- 15. A control as set forth in claim 13 wherein said other mode of operation of said device is to have said means of said device operate said heating means in a broil mode thereof.
- 16. A control as set forth in claim 15 wherein said selector member sets said means of said device to cause said heating means to provide a high broiling operation or a low broiling operation depending upon the position of said selector member between said second position thereof and a position beyond said second position in said one direction.
- 17. A control as set forth in claim 11 wherein said selector member selects a third mode of operation of said device when said selector member is being further moved in said one direction to a third position beyond said second position thereof.
- 18. A control as set forth in claim 17 wherein said device has means that is adapted to operate heating means of an oven of a cooking apparatus, said one mode of operation of said device causing said means of said device to operate said heating means in a baking mode thereof, said other mode of operation of said device causing said means of said device to operate said heating means in a broil mode thereof, said third mode of operation of said device causing said means of said device to operate said heating means in a cleaning mode thereof.
- 19. A control as set forth in claim 11 wherein said selector member is rotatable whereby the movement thereof is a rotatable movement.
- 20. A control as set forth in claim 19 wherein said selector means comprises a rotary switch means operated by said rotatable selector member.
- 21. In a method of making an electrically operated appliance control comprising the steps of forming an electrically operated device for providing two different functions of said device, forming an electrically operated visual display unit, forming a manually operated selector means, and electrically interconnecting said selector means to said device and said unit for selecting a desired function of said device and for setting said device to provide that selected function in a desired set manner thereof as being indicated on said display unit by such operation of said selector means, the improvement comprising the steps of forming said selector means to comprise a manually operated movable selector member which when moved in one direction a certain amount from an off position thereof to a first position thereof selects one of said functions and then sets said device to provide that selected function in a desired manner as being indicated on said display unit as said selector member is being further moved in said one direction and which when moved in the other direction a certain amount from said off position thereof to a second position thereof selects the other of said functions and then sets said device to provide that selected function in a desired manner as being indicated on said display unit as said selector member is being further moved in said other direction from said second position thereof.
- 22. In a method of making an electrically operated appliance control comprising the steps of forming an electrically operated device for providing various modes of operation thereof, forming an electrically operated visual display unit, forming a manually operated selector means, and electrically interconnecting said selector means to said device and said unit for selecting a desired mode of operation of said device and for setting said device to provide that selected mode in a desired set manner thereof as being indicated on said display unit by such operation of said selector means, the improvement comprising the step of forming said selector means to comprise a manually movable selector member which when moved in one direction a certain amount from an off position thereof to a first position thereof first selects one of said modes of operation and then sets said device to provide that selected mode of operation in a desired manner thereof as being indicated on said display unit as said selector member is being further moved in said one direction from said first position thereof to a certain second position thereof and which when moved in said one direction to said second position thereof selects another mode of operation thereof and then sets said device to provide that other selected mode of operation in a desired manner as being indicated on said display unit as said selector member is being further moved in said one direction beyond said second position thereof.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a divisional patent application of its copending parent patent application, Ser. No. 076,045, filed Jul. 21, 1987, now Pat. No. 4,761,540 which, in turn, is a divisional patent application of its copending parent patent application, Ser. No. 912,968, filed Sept. 29, 1986, now Pat. No. 4,695,711, which, in turn, is a divisional patent application of its copending parent patent application, Ser. No. 685,775, filed Dec. 24, 1984, now Pat. No. 4,636,621.
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