EP0327043B1 - Bac distributeur de détergent pour machines à laver - Google Patents

Bac distributeur de détergent pour machines à laver Download PDF

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EP0327043B1
EP0327043B1 EP89101688A EP89101688A EP0327043B1 EP 0327043 B1 EP0327043 B1 EP 0327043B1 EP 89101688 A EP89101688 A EP 89101688A EP 89101688 A EP89101688 A EP 89101688A EP 0327043 B1 EP0327043 B1 EP 0327043B1
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detergent
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Lucio Amati
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Whirlpool EMEA SpA
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Merloni Elettrodomestici SpA
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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 
    • D06F39/02—Devices for adding soap or other washing agents

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  • washing machines generally have a drawerlike detergent dispenser compartment, constituted by a container adapted to be filled with an appropriate dose of detergent and to be subsequently crossed by a flow of conveying water.
  • the container is usually divided into a series of chambers separated by adapted partitions so as to contain the detergents and additives to be used in the different washing steps.
  • Each of said chambers must naturally be connected, in operating position, with appropriate ducts for the inflow and outflow of water.
  • the dispenser compartment is mounted longitudinally slidable on adapted guides so that it can be extracted to fill it with detergent at each operating cycle. The user must therefore open the dispenser manually.
  • a programmable additive dispenser for a washing machine presenting a rotably mounted detergent receptacle which must be opened manually; said dispenser also suffers the lamented jamming risks due to the fact that the receptacle, which has the shape of a 180 degrees circular sector, cannot be removed for the cleaning of the dispenser.
  • the aim of the present invention is to solve the above described problem by providing a detergent dispenser compartment for washing machines which is easy to open and close and in particular allows automatic pushbutton-operated opening.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a detergent dispenser compartment which is simple in concept, safely reliable in operation and versatile in use in relation to the different type of washing machines.
  • a detergent dispenser compartment for washing machines comprising a container which is adapted to contain said detergent and is angularly rotable about a vertical axis between a working position arranged below delivery means for the washing water, inside the washing machine, and a detergent loading position, protruding outside said washing machine, said container having the shape of a circular sector and being rotably mounted about a vertical axis arranged substantially at the center of curvature of said circular sector, characterized in that it comprises support means which allows said container to be removed when the said compartment is in the said detergent loading position.
  • the reference numeral 1 generally indicates the detergent dispenser compartment for washing machines.
  • the compartment 1 is in the shape of a circular sector and is mounted rotatably about a vertical axis arranged substantially at the center of curvature of said circular sector within a control panel 2 rigidly associated with the front panel 3 of the washing machine. Said circular sector substantially extends for a quarter of a circumference.
  • the compartment 1 is constituted by a container 4 adapted to be filled with detergent and removably mounted on a corresponding support 5.
  • Said support 5 defines a substantially C-shaped front guide 5A in which the container 4 is slidably mounted so that it can be extracted completely when the compartment is rotated to its detergent loading position.
  • the pivot 11 is pivoted on a bracket 13 defined in a recess of the control panel 2.
  • the compartment is rotatable between a working position and a loading position, which is substantially rotated through 90 degrees with respect to the first position and in which it protrudes from the machine. In working position (fig. 1) the compartment is inserted in a hopper 14 for the outflow of the washing water.
  • the hopper 14 is upwardly closed by a cov r 15 in which appropriate channels for the delivery of the washing water are defined.
  • the cover 15 has, on one side, a series of partitions 16a, 16b, 16c which define channels 17a, 17b, 17c respectively connected to the delivery openings for the washing water at high and low temperature, for the additive entrainment water and for the pre-washing water.
  • Further partitions 18 direct the washing and pre-washing water from the channels 17a, 17c towards the openings 19a, 19c, respectively connected to said chambers 7, 8 of the container 4, while the channel 17b ends with the opening 19b for inflow into the chamber 9; it should be noted that the openings 19a, 19b, 19c are arranged at a respective end of the chambers 7, 8, 9 in the compartment's. working position.
  • a pair of annular channels 20, having a uniformly distributed plurality of small holes 21 for washing the boundary surfaces of the chambers 7 and 8, furthermore extends from the partitions 18.
  • the chambers 7 and 8, which usually contain detergent in powder form, are therefore affected both by the water exiting from the openings 19a, 19c and by the water which is sprinkled from the holes 21 on the related boundary surfaces, ensuring a complete entrainment of the detergent.
  • An actuation element 27 for opening the compartment is arranged on a crosspiece 28 to the side of said compartment.
  • Said actuation element 27 has an opening pushbutton 29 which can be actuated in a conventional manner against the elastic biasing action of a spring 30.
  • the actuation of the pushbutton 29 actuates the sliding, against the biasing action of a related spring 31, of a slider 32 which has, at one end, a wedge 32a engaged by a wing 33 of said pushbutton.
  • the compartment opens automatically, actuated by the spring 25 which rotates the pivot 11 to which the support 5 of the container 4 is coupled This rotation extends through approximately 90 degrees, to abut a shoulder 39 of the compartment on the panel of the washing machine, so as to move said compartment to a loading position which protrudes substantially completely from the washing machine.
  • the action of the spring 25, which has an adjustable tension is damped by the friction element 24 which acts on the pivot 11 by means of the gear 22-23.
  • the detergent dispenser compartment allows to easily and rapidly perform the opening and closure operations; in particular, the compartment can be opened with a pushbutton by means of simple mechanical elements.
  • the risks of jamming due to deposits, observed in conventional dispenser compartments which slide on guides, are avoided, since the compartment is rotatable.

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  • Detail Structures Of Washing Machines And Dryers (AREA)
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Claims (11)

  1. Compartiment distributeur de détersif (1) pour machines à laver, comprenant un conteneur (4) qui est adapté pour contenir ledit détersif et qui peut tourner angulairement autour d'un axe vertical entre une position de travail disposée au-dessous de moyens d'amenée (16 à 21) de l'eau de lavage, à l'intérieur de la machine à laver, et une position de chargement du détersif, en saillie à l'extérieur de ladite machine à laver, ledit conteneur (4) ayant la forme d'un secteur de cercle et étant monté pour tourner autour d'un axe vertical agencé sensiblement au centre de courbure dudit secteur de cercle, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend des moyens de support (5, 5A, 11, 12) qui permettent de retirer ledit conteneur (4) lorsque ledit compartiment (1) se trouve dans ladite position de chargement du détersif.
  2. Compartiment selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit axe de rotation vertical est extérieur audit conteneur (4).
  3. Compartiment selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens (5, 5A, 11, 12) comprennent un support (5) définissant un guide avant (5A) dans lequel ledit conteneur (4) est monté coulissant, ledit support (5) étant couplé à un pivot (11) qui constitue ledit axe de rotation vertical.
  4. Compartiment selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit pivot (11) est monté pivotant sur une ferrure (13) définie dans un renfoncement du panneau de commande (2) de la machine à laver.
  5. Compartiment selon la revendication 1 ou 3, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens (5, 5A, 11, 12) comprennent une fourchette élastique (12) servant à accoupler ledit conteneur (4) audit pivot (11).
  6. Compartiment selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que ladite fourchette élastique (12) est formée en saillie sur ledit conteneur (4), sur le bord de la face qui est montée adjacente à la partie avant dudit support (5).
  7. Compartiment selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend un élément d'actionnement d'ouverture (27) possédant un bouton poussoir (29) adapté pour actionner le coulissement d'un coulisseau (32) qui possède une partie élargie (34) adaptée pour retenir, dans la position de travail de la machine, une dent (35) définie par le compartiment (1) de manière à libérer ladite dent (35).
  8. Compartiment selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que le coulisseau (32) présente un téton axial (36) adapté pour pénétrer dans un trou (37) prévu latéralement dans le bouton poussoir de marche (38) de la machine à laver de manière à empêcher l'actionnement de celui-ci lorsque le compartiment (1) est ouvert.
  9. Compartiment selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend un ressort d'ouverture (25) adapté pour faire pivoter angulairement le pivot (11) qui constitue l'axe de rotation dudit compartiment (1).
  10. Compartiment selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que ledit pivot (11) forme un secteur denté (22) qui engrène avec un pignon (23) qui est monté avec friction, une extrémité dudit ressort d'ouverture (25) du compartiment (1) étant accouplée rigidement à une extrémité dudit secteur denté (22), ledit ressort (25) étant accouplé rigidement dans une position réglable à son autre extrémité.
  11. Compartiment selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit secteur de cercle s'étend sensiblement sur un quart de circonférence.
EP89101688A 1988-02-02 1989-02-01 Bac distributeur de détergent pour machines à laver Expired - Lifetime EP0327043B1 (fr)

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AT89101688T ATE82600T1 (de) 1988-02-02 1989-02-01 Waschmitteleinspuelschale fuer waschmaschinen.

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IT332188 1988-02-02
IT03321/88A IT1220287B (it) 1988-02-02 1988-02-02 Cassetto distributore di detersivi per macchine lavatrici

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EP3290568B1 (fr) 2016-09-05 2019-03-20 Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag Lave-linge avec un distributeur de detergent
EP3511465A1 (fr) 2016-09-05 2019-07-17 Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag Machine à laver le linge équipée d'un distributeur d'agents de traitement
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EP0327043A3 (en) 1989-11-29
ES2035376T3 (es) 1993-04-16
IT8803321A0 (it) 1988-02-02
ATE82600T1 (de) 1992-12-15
DE68903506T2 (de) 1993-04-01
DE68903506D1 (de) 1992-12-24
IT1220287B (it) 1990-06-15

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