EP0208334A2 - Casier pour une machine à laver le linge - Google Patents

Casier pour une machine à laver le linge Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0208334A2
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: housing; carrying structure; washing machine; laundry washing; assembly
Prior art date: 1985-07-11
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP86109497A

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German (de)

English (en)

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EP0208334B1 (fr

EP0208334A3 (en

Inventor

Franco Del Frate

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Industrie Zanussi SpA

Original Assignee

Industrie Zanussi SpA

Zanussi Elettrodomestici SpA

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1985-07-11

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1986-07-11

Publication date

1987-01-14

1986-07-11 Application filed by Industrie Zanussi SpA, Zanussi Elettrodomestici SpA filed Critical Industrie Zanussi SpA

1986-07-11 Priority to AT86109497T priority Critical patent/ATE50606T1/de

1987-01-14 Publication of EP0208334A2 publication Critical patent/EP0208334A2/fr

1987-08-12 Publication of EP0208334A3 publication Critical patent/EP0208334A3/en

1990-02-28 Application granted granted Critical

1990-02-28 Publication of EP0208334B1 publication Critical patent/EP0208334B1/fr

2006-07-11 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
- D06F39/00—Details of washing machines not specific to a single type of machines covered by groups D06F9/00 - D06F27/00
- D06F39/12—Casings; Tubs

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the present invention relates to a housing for a laundry washing machine particularly of the domestic top-loading type.
a laundry washing machine particularly of the domestic top-loading type.
There are known laundry washing machines having a housing including a carrying structure assembly adapted to be disassembled for giving access to the various operating components of the machine.
French Patent No. 2,082,075 for instance describes a laundry washing machine with a housing comprising a base frame and a pair of rear corner posts secured thereto for carrying a cantilevered tom panel corresponding to the base frame; the laundering assembly is mounted on the base frame and is enclosed between a front panel and two side panels secured respectively to the top panel, to the base frame and to the corner posts.
a structure of this type does not offer sufficient rigid thoughity and requires complicated, time-consuming and thus expensive assembly operations, in particular, it appears rather impractical and inconvenient that the laundering assembly is only supported on the base frame during assembly and maintenance operations.
the Italian utility model application No. 34037/84 filed in the name of the present applicant, describes a laundry washing machine having a housing composed of two mutually connectable and exchangeable half-shells and a pair of cross members adapted to be secured to top portions of the half-shells and to support the laundering assembly; the housing is completed by a base frame and a top panel.
a housing comprising a carrying structure for supporting the laundering assembly with the respective operating components, the housing being adapted to be closed by substantially planar panels and characterized in that the carrying structure is formed by a box element made of a sheet material cut to measure and bent to an L configuration so as to comprise in a single piece the bottom and a vertical wall of the housing, the carrying structure being completed by a panel disposed opposite the vertical wall and connected thereto by two upper rails.
the housing shown in figs. 1-3 comprises a box element 5 forming a bottom 6 and a rear wall 7 in a single piece.
element 5 may of course also form the bottom and anyone of the vertical walls of the housing.
Element 5 is formed of a planar sheet material which is cut to size and subsequently bent to an L configuration having upright edge portions 8 and 9, respectively, along the lateral borders of the bottom and rear wall panels.
edge portions 8 and 9 are preferivelyably formed with reinforcing flutes 10 and 11, respectively.
the rear end portions of edge portions 8 are then secured as by means of rivets 12 to the lower end portions of edge portions 9 so as to impart the necessary rigidity and structural stability to element 5.
the carrying structure of the housing is completed by two rails 13, 14 and a front panel 15. Rails 13 and 14 interconnect the lateral top portions of element 5 and front panel 15, the latter being additionally secured to bottom 6. All of these connections are preferably established by riveting.
the laundering assembly (not shown) is then mounted within the thus obtained carrying structure by suspending it by means of springs 16 from edge portions 9 of rear wall 7 and rails 13 and 14 as indicated in fig. 1, and by securing it to bottom 6 by conventional means (not shown).
the housing is finally closed by lateral panels 17, 18 secured to the above descriebd structure by means of thread-cutting screws, and by a (not shown) top panel made and secured in any known manner.
the lateral borders of front panel 15 and the forward borders of lateral panels 17, 18 are profiled in a manner to form respective hinges 20 after being mounted (fig. 3).
lateral panels 17, 18 have their forward borders secured to the carrying structure by these hinges, so that thread-cutting screws are only required for securing them to rear wall 7. Lateral panels 17 and 18 thus assume also a structural function in this construction.
the housing according to the invention permits rapid and unobstructed access to the laundering assembly for any required maintenance operations after the lateral panels have been dismounted in a sufficiently simple manner, the laundering assembly remaining supported by the carrying structure formed of element 5, front panel 15 and rails 13 and 14 (fig. 2).
a further advantage offered by the proposed solution resides in the possibility of providing housings of different widths by simply varying the cutting and bending dimensions of the sheet material for forming element 5 in a manner solely resulting in different heights of upstanding edge portions 8 and 9.
This modification obviously entails substitution of the front panel 15, which has to correspond to the required width and may be of varying appearance to conform to that of other components of a kitchen combination or the like.

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Textile Engineering (AREA)
Main Body Construction Of Washing Machines And Laundry Dryers (AREA)
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Iron Core Of Rotating Electric Machines (AREA)
Treatment Of Fiber Materials (AREA)
Accessory Of Washing/Drying Machine, Commercial Washing/Drying Machine, Other Washing/Drying Machine (AREA)

EP86109497A 1985-07-11 1986-07-11 Casier pour une machine à laver le linge Expired - Lifetime EP0208334B1 (fr)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
AT86109497T ATE50606T1 (de)	1985-07-11	1986-07-11	Gehaeuse fuer eine waschmaschine.

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
IT3404585U		1985-07-11
IT8534045U IT209162Z2 (it)	1985-07-11	1985-07-11	Mobile per macchina lavabiancheria.

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0208334A2 true EP0208334A2 (fr)	1987-01-14
EP0208334A3 EP0208334A3 (en)	1987-08-12
EP0208334B1 EP0208334B1 (fr)	1990-02-28

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Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP86109497A Expired - Lifetime EP0208334B1 (fr)	1985-07-11	1986-07-11	Casier pour une machine à laver le linge

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EP (1)	EP0208334B1 (fr)
AT (1)	ATE50606T1 (fr)
DE (1)	DE3669180D1 (fr)
ES (1)	ES295199Y (fr)
IT (1)	IT209162Z2 (fr)

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
EP0265704A1 (fr) *	1986-10-30	1988-05-04	Domar S.A.	Enveloppe de machines à laver
EP0588100A1 (fr) *	1992-08-21	1994-03-23	Miele & Cie. GmbH & Co.	Machine pour le traitement du linge
CN1069362C (zh) *	1994-08-18	2001-08-08	日本建铁株式会社	洗衣机的外框结构
WO2002022937A1 (fr) *	2000-09-16	2002-03-21	Dyson Limited	Procede de fabrication d'un appareil de blanchissage
EP2202345A1 (fr)	2008-12-24	2010-06-30	Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.	Processus de fabrication d'une armoire électrique et armoire électrique ainsi fabriquée
CN113584815A (zh) *	2020-04-30	2021-11-02	松下家电(中国)有限公司	方便装配的衣物处理设备

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FR1255372A (fr) *	1960-01-20	1961-03-10	Esswein & Cie Soc	Châssis-carrosserie plus particulièrement pour machine à laver
FR1520703A (fr) *	1967-03-01	1968-04-12	Chalectro Cie Des Machiens A L	Machine à laver à châssis en cage
FR2082075A5 (fr) *	1970-03-03	1971-12-10	Chalectro
GB2071706B (en) *	1980-03-19	1983-07-13	Hotpoint Ltd	Washing machines and clothes dryers

1985
- 1985-07-11 IT IT8534045U patent/IT209162Z2/it active
1986
- 1986-06-24 ES ES1986295199U patent/ES295199Y/es not_active Expired
- 1986-07-11 DE DE8686109497T patent/DE3669180D1/de not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1986-07-11 EP EP86109497A patent/EP0208334B1/fr not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1986-07-11 AT AT86109497T patent/ATE50606T1/de not_active IP Right Cessation

Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
EP0265704A1 (fr) *	1986-10-30	1988-05-04	Domar S.A.	Enveloppe de machines à laver
EP0588100A1 (fr) *	1992-08-21	1994-03-23	Miele & Cie. GmbH & Co.	Machine pour le traitement du linge
CN1069362C (zh) *	1994-08-18	2001-08-08	日本建铁株式会社	洗衣机的外框结构
WO2002022937A1 (fr) *	2000-09-16	2002-03-21	Dyson Limited	Procede de fabrication d'un appareil de blanchissage
US6920676B2 (en)	2000-09-16	2005-07-26	Dyson Limited	Method of manufacturing a laundry appliance
EP2202345A1 (fr)	2008-12-24	2010-06-30	Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.	Processus de fabrication d'une armoire électrique et armoire électrique ainsi fabriquée
CN113584815A (zh) *	2020-04-30	2021-11-02	松下家电(中国)有限公司	方便装配的衣物处理设备

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Publication number	Publication date
ES295199Y (es)	1987-07-16
IT209162Z2 (it)	1988-09-16
EP0208334B1 (fr)	1990-02-28
EP0208334A3 (en)	1987-08-12
DE3669180D1 (de)	1990-04-05
ES295199U (es)	1986-11-01
IT8534045V0 (it)	1985-07-11
ATE50606T1 (de)	1990-03-15

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