Washing appliance

Abstract

Washing appliance including a body case forming an exterior of the washing appliance, a control panel attached to an upper side or a lower side of a front of the body case depending on a position of the body case selectively, for making various control required for operation of the washing appliance, and a mounting portion for mounting the control panel to the body case, thereby permitting easy operation of the operation buttons regardless of an up/down, or side by side arrangement of the washing appliance, and easy change of a position of the control panel with respect to the body case.

1 . A washing appliance comprising: 
 a body case forming an exterior of the washing appliance;    a control panel selectively mounted to an upper side or a lower side of a front of the body case depending on a position of the body case, the control panel having at least one mounting portion for mounting the control panel to the body case.    
   
   
       2 . The washing appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the mounting portion includes a magnet.  
   
   
       3 . The washing appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the control panel includes bent portions bent at opposite ends of the control panel toward the body case.  
   
   
       4 . The washing appliance of  claim 3 , wherein the mounting portion is positioned on an each inside surface of the bent portions.  
   
   
       5 . The washing appliance of  claim 4 , further comprising panel frames mounted to an upper side and a lower side of a front of the body case for mounting the control panel thereto.  
   
   
       6 . The washing appliance of  claim 5 , wherein the panel frames include brackets corresponding to the bent portions, the brackets made of ferrous material.  
   
   
       7 . The washing appliance of  claim 6 , wherein the brackets having magnets.  
   
   
       8 . The washing appliance of  claim 5 , wherein the panel frames include non-ferrous brackets, the brackets corresponding to the bent portions and having magnets.  
   
   
       9 . The washing appliance of  claim 8 , wherein the mounting portions are the same in size as the magnets of the brackets.  
   
   
       10 . The washing appliance of  claim 5 , further comprising a detachable cover panel mounted to the panel frame to which the control panel is not mounted.  
   
   
       11 . The washing appliance of  claim 10 , wherein the cover panel has a shape identical to the control panel excluding operation buttons.  
   
   
       12 . The washing appliance of  claim 11 , wherein the cover panel includes at least one mounting portion identical to the mounting portion of the control panel.  
   
   
       13 . A washing appliance comprising: 
 a body case forming an exterior of the washing appliance;    panel frames respectively mounted to an upper side and a lower side of a front of the body case, the each panel frame having brackets of a non-ferrous material, the brackets having magnets;    a control panel selectively attached to the upper or lower side of the panel frame, the control panel having mounting portions corresponding to the magnets, the mounting portions having the opposite poled magnets.    
   
   
       14 . The washing appliance of  claim 13 , wherein the mounting portions are the same in size as the magnets of the brackets.