EP0819404B1 - Panneau décoratif avec dispositif pour coulisser verticalement le long de la porte fermée d'un appareil encastré - Google Patents

Panneau décoratif avec dispositif pour coulisser verticalement le long de la porte fermée d'un appareil encastré Download PDF

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EP0819404B1
EP0819404B1 EP97830352A EP97830352A EP0819404B1 EP 0819404 B1 EP0819404 B1 EP 0819404B1 EP 97830352 A EP97830352 A EP 97830352A EP 97830352 A EP97830352 A EP 97830352A EP 0819404 B1 EP0819404 B1 EP 0819404B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L15/00—Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware
    • A47L15/42—Details
    • A47L15/4251—Details of the casing
    • A47L15/4257—Details of the loading door
    • A47L15/4265—Arrangements of door covering/decoration panels or plinths, e.g. for integrated dishwashers

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  • the present invention relates to assemblies consisting of decorative panels which are mounted on the doors of built-in domestic appliances, and in particular to a device suitable to allow the vertical sliding thereof between two predetermined positions along the door in the closed position.
  • this type of decorative panel is used to camouflage a built-in appliance, typically a dishwasher, so that it blends with the kitchen furniture. This is achieved by applying to its door, with different means, a panel which has the same appearance of the other doors. In this way there is no visible element allowing to distinguish the appliance from the other members which make up the kitchen, its controls being accessible only when the door is open.
  • This solution which is fully satisfactory from the aesthetical point of view however has the drawback that it is not possible to check the operating cycle of the machine, e.g. checking which washing phase has been reached or detecting possible visual indications. Moreover, it is not possible to modify the cycle without stopping the operation of the machine due to the opening of the door.
  • a partial overcoming of the above-cited drawbacks is achieved through another mounting device which allows the closure of the door while retaining the decorative panel in a lower position, whereby the upper portion of the door remains accessible.
  • the control switchboard in said upper portion, so that it is accessible and visible also when the door is closed.
  • said device has nonetheless some limits of use.
  • the panel has been raised to the upper position it is not possible to lower it without opening the door. Since the lowering of the panel is possible only while the door is open, it results that the vertical sliding of the panel is not completely independent from the opened or closed position of the door on which it is mounted. Moreover, the lowering requires the simultaneous operation of two pushbuttons located on the sides of the door and is therefore not very easy.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide an assembly suitable to overcome the above-mentioned drawbacks.
  • the fundamental advantage of the assembly according to the present invention is the possibility of selecting the panel position at any time, so as to cover the door completely or to leave the controls in view for a subsequent check of the cycle and/or a possible change thereof, with no need to open the door. Therefore, the position can be repeatedly changed during the operating cycle without interfering therewith.
  • a further advantage of this assembly is that the aesthetical function of the decorative panel is not affected in any way, since no elements of the sliding device are visible when the door is in the closed position.
  • Still another advantage stems from the extreme operating simplicity of the sliding device, whereby it is possible to raise or lower the panel with a single hand and in a single movement.
  • Figs.1 and 2 schematically illustrate a built-in appliance, typically a dishwasher, covered on the front by a decorative panel 1 coupled through mounting members, described hereafter, which engage corresponding seats formed in the door 2.
  • a decorative panel 1 coupled through mounting members, described hereafter, which engage corresponding seats formed in the door 2.
  • an easy and balanced sliding of panel 1 is assured by four points of coupling to door 2, both at the top and at the bottom and along both the right and left side. Therefore, the following description concerning the mounting members on the right (looking frontally at the panel) can be applied specularly also to the members on the left.
  • panel 1 The passage of panel 1 from the upper position of fig. 1 to the lower position of fig.2 is controlled through the handle 3 for the opening of door 2, in the way which will be described later. Once it has been released, panel 1 slides downwards for a short length so as to make accessible the upper portion of the front plate 4 where the cycle display and the control switchboard, possibly of the push-pull type, are located. It should be noted that the travel of panel 1 may be either the shortest travel required for the access to the controls and such as to allow the opening of door 2 even with panel 1 in the lower position, or a longer travel to make visible a higher portion of the front plate 4.
  • the device allowing the vertical sliding of panel 1 between said two positions consists of a support plate 5 on which a substantially T-shaped rod 6 is pivoted, whose free end 6a moves within a track formed in a guide plate 7.
  • the support plate 5 is secured on the rear side of panel 1, while the guide plate 7 is embedded into a corresponding seat 8 formed in the upper portion of door 2.
  • This seat 8 as clearly shown in figs.1 and 2, has such a depth as to receive the whole sliding device so that panel 1 is mounted on door 2 with a very small play but sufficient for sliding panel 1 vertically. In this way, the free end 6a of rod 6 always remains engaged in the track of the guide plate 7.
  • peg 9 having an ogive-shaped tip extending rearwardly into a cylindrical body whose cross-section is reduced by a recess along a plane parallel to a vertical mid-plane, thus forming a vertical tooth on the rear of the tip.
  • peg 9 is introduced into a seat formed in door 2 with a vertically elongated rectangular shape. The height of said seat, together with the sliding device to be described further on, defines the sliding travel of panel 1 on door 2 (which may be indicatively of 15-20 mm to 40-50 mm).
  • the coupling of peg 9 takes place through the axial sliding of bolt 10 in its own seat against the action of a spring 11, which prevents the subsequent uncoupling only made possible by using a specific tool.
  • the guide plate 7 has an asymmetrical track 12 whose shape reminds a heart.
  • This track is a bilateral restraint since it is made up of an outer perimeter 12a and an inner perimeter 12b.
  • the outer perimeter 12a has a first "stop” 13 at the tip of the "heart”
  • the inner perimeter 12b has a similar "stop” 13' formed on the right edge of its upper side.
  • the support plate 5 is secured on panel 1 through six screws housed in suitable bores 14.
  • the guide plate 7 has the same number of holes 15 to allow the fixing of the support plate 5 when holes 14 and 15 are aligned (position C). In this way, the sliding device can be assembled completely on panel 1 and then it can be coupled to door 2 by simply introducing frontally the guide plate 7 and pegs 9 into their respective seats.
  • the movement to take back panel 1 to the upper position is opposite and substantially similar to the above-described movement for the lowering thereof
  • Panel 1 is raised so that the end 6a slides leftwards along the overlying inclined plane which makes part of the inner perimeter 12b, and then rightwards along the outer perimeter 12a, until it abuts at the top of the guide plate 7 (position D).
  • position D the top of the guide plate 7
  • panel 1 can move down and slide rightwards along the upper inclined plane of the inner perimeter 12b until it is back to the upper stop 13' (position A).

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  • Casings For Electric Apparatus (AREA)
  • Wing Frames And Configurations (AREA)
  • Specific Sealing Or Ventilating Devices For Doors And Windows (AREA)
  • Securing Of Glass Panes Or The Like (AREA)
  • Washing And Drying Of Tableware (AREA)

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  1. Ensemble se composant d'un panneau décoratif (1) monté sur une porte (2) d'un appareil encastré, proposé avec au moins une paire d'éléments de couplage (9) fixés sur le côté arrière dudit panneau (1) et d'une paire de supports correspondants formés à la partie avant de ladite porte (2), lesdits éléments de couplage étant engagés dans lesdits supports de manière à permettre le coulissement vertical du panneau (1) par rapport à la porte (2), caractérisé en ce que ledit ensemble comprend, en outre, au moins un premier élément (6) intégré au panneau (1) et au moins un deuxième élément (12) intégré à la porte(2), ledit premier élément (6) communiquant avec ledit second élément (12) de manière à bloquer le panneau coulissant (1) de manière alternative dans au moins une position supérieure ou une position inférieure par rapport à ladite porte (2), lesdits premier et deuxième éléments étant adaptés pour être utilisables à plusieurs reprises et n'étant pas visibles lorsque la porte (2) est fermée.
  2. Ensemble selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le premier élément intégré au panneau (1) est une plaque de support (5) sur laquelle une corde (6) sensiblement en forme de T pivote dont l'extrémité libre (6a) se déplace dans une rainure formée dans une plaque de guidage (7), qui est le deuxième élément intégré à la porte (2), encastrée dans un support correspondant (8) formé à la partie supérieure de la porte (2), ledit support (8) présentant une profondeur telle qu'elle permet le montage du panneau (1) sur la porte (2) avec un très petit jeu, moyennant quoi, l'extrémité libre (6a) de la corde (6) reste toujours engagée dans la rainure (12) de la plaque de guidage (7).
  3. Ensemble selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que la plaque de guidage (7) présente une rainure asymétrique (12) appropriée pour former une contrainte à travers un périmètre extérieur (12a) et un périmètre intérieur (12b), ledit périmètre extérieur (12a) présentant au moins une butée (13) pour l'extrémité (6a) de la corde (6) correspondant à la position inférieure du panneau (1), et le périmètre intérieur (12b) présentant au moins une butée (13') correspondant à la position supérieure du panneau (1).
  4. Ensemble selon une ou plusieurs des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte une ou plusieurs butées intermédiaires entre la position supérieure et la position inférieure.
EP97830352A 1996-07-17 1997-07-15 Panneau décoratif avec dispositif pour coulisser verticalement le long de la porte fermée d'un appareil encastré Expired - Lifetime EP0819404B1 (fr)

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IT96MI001481A IT1283441B1 (it) 1996-07-17 1996-07-17 Pannello decorativo dotato di dispositivo per lo scorrimento verticale lungo lo sportello chiuso di un elettrodomestico da
ITMI961481 1996-07-17

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