EP1607507B1 - Von vorn beschickbare Waschmaschine mit einer Tür, die angepasst ist, um Waschmittel zu enthalten - Google Patents

Von vorn beschickbare Waschmaschine mit einer Tür, die angepasst ist, um Waschmittel zu enthalten Download PDF

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EP1607507B1
EP1607507B1 EP04425356A EP04425356A EP1607507B1 EP 1607507 B1 EP1607507 B1 EP 1607507B1 EP 04425356 A EP04425356 A EP 04425356A EP 04425356 A EP04425356 A EP 04425356A EP 1607507 B1 EP1607507 B1 EP 1607507B1
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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
    • D06F37/00—Details specific to washing machines covered by groups D06F21/00 - D06F25/00
    • D06F37/26—Casings; Tubs
    • D06F37/28—Doors; Security means therefor
    • 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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  • the present invention relates to a front-loading washing or washing/drying machine comprising a door adapted to close the opening for access to the washing tank of the machine, the door comprising a dome-shaped wall with its convex side facing towards the access opening, and the door being movable between an open position and a closure position in which it forms a watertight seal with respect to the front wall of the machine by means of the interposition of a gasket, the door being provided with recesses for holding washing agents to be released for dilution in the tank in accordance with specific stages of the operative cycle of the machine.
  • the porthole-shaped door which is described in this document comprises a domed portion which extends appreciably axially towards the interior of the machine and is separated from the exterior by a substantially flat wall. Between the flat wall and the domed portion there is a hollow space with one or more compartments which are intended to hold one or more washing agents. These are introduced vertically through an opening formed radially in the dome and, during the operating cycle of the machine, are diluted by the washing liquid which enters the space inside the dome both through the input opening and through an outlet opening formed by a labyrinthine path which is provided in a position opposite that in which the input opening is disposed.
  • the porthole-shaped door in this case also has a dome-shaped portion extending appreciably axially towards the interior of the tank.
  • the washing agents have to be introduced into the various compartments in the domed portion with the door open.
  • a further example of the prior art is shown in DE-A-1460888 where a door, suitable for closing the opening for the access to the washing tank of a front-loading domestic washing machine, is provided with recesses for holding washing agents.
  • Each recess has an input opening for the washing agents disposed at its upper end and an outlet opening for the diluted agents disposed at the lower end and opening inside the tank of the machine.
  • the input opening is located on the door in a place that becomes operative for loading the washing agents only when the door is in the open position.
  • the object of the present invention is to devise a door for closing and opening the opening for access to the tank of a washing machine and/or washing/drying machine which contains the compartments for the loading of the washing agents without having the disadvantages encountered in the prior art.
  • the front wall of a front-loading washing machine is indicated 1.
  • the machine may also be of the washing/drying type.
  • the wall has an opening 2 which affords access to the rotary drum 3 which in turn is housed in conventional manner inside the washing tank 4.
  • the door 7 is movable between a closure position and an open position, for example, by pivoting about a vertical hinge axis which is not shown because it is conventional.
  • the door 7 may also be of the type in which the movement in order to move from the closure position to the open position and vice versa takes place by means of an articulated parallelogram-like system of levers, which is also known and conventional.
  • the door 7 is constituted by a dome-shaped wall 8 the convex surface 8a of which faces towards the interior of the machine, that is, towards the washing tank 4.
  • the wall 8 which may be made of transparent plastics material in conventional manner, is supported by an annular frame 9.
  • a second wall 10 also with a convex shape, is connected to the wall 8 and spaced therefrom by a distance in the axial direction, forming an intermediate pocket 11 in the region of the concavity 8b of the wall 8.
  • the pocket 11 has an outlet opening 12 which is open towards the interior of the drum 3.
  • a container 13 is placed in the pocket 11 and can be removed through the upper opening 14 of the pocket 11.
  • the container 13 is formed by opposed walls 15 and 16 which fit the shape of the walls 8 and 10 of the pocket 11, as well as by opposed side walls 17 and 18 ( Figure 3).
  • the wall 15 has, at its end 15a, a hinge 19 on which a lid 20 is articulated; when raised, the lid 20 affords access to the opening 21 of the removable container 13, which is formed in the upper end thereof.
  • the opening 21 is positioned in the region of the access opening 14 of the pocket 11.
  • the lower portion of the removable container 13 is provided with an outlet opening 22 which is positioned in the region of the opening 12 of the pocket 11.
  • the opening 22 is partially obstructed by a transverse wall 23 which, together with an opposed base wall 24, defines a substantially labyrinthine connection between the interior of the container 13 and the drum 3 in the tank 4.
  • the removable container 13 may be subdivided into several compartments arranged side by side with respective access openings 21a and 21b, as shown in Figure 3.
  • compartments are intended to hold, in conventional manner, various washing agents, particularly in the form of powders or spheres.
  • the opening 22 in the base of that compartment must be arranged to be closed to prevent the liquid being discharged directly into the tank during the filling of the compartment.
  • the compartment for this purpose therefore has an auxiliary duct 25 formed between the wall 15 of the container 13 and a wall 26 parallel and adjacent thereto.
  • the duct 25 has a mouth 25a disposed inside the compartment at a predetermined height above the base, as well as a lower outlet 25b which opens into the opening 12 of the pocket 11.
  • the duct 25 thus behaves as a siphon.
  • the wall 8 of the door has at least one through-hole 27 which, on the side facing towards the tank 4, is in alignment with a nozzle 28 forming part of the water supply system of the washing machine, which is not shown in detail because it is conventional; on the other side, the through-hole 27 is in a position above the opening 21 of the removable container 13.
  • the through-hole 27 is formed in the convex wall 8 of the door in a position which, when the door 7 is closed, is disposed inside of the watertight gasket 6.
  • the container 13 can in any case be removed from the pocket 11 without the need to dismantle parts.

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  1. Frontlade-Waschmaschine oder -Trockner (1), mit einer Tür (7), die zum Schließen der Öffnung (2) für den Zugang zur Trommel (4) der Maschine (1) ausgebildet ist, wobei die Tür eine kuppelförmige Wand (8) aufweist, deren konvexe Seite in Richtung der Zugangsöffnung (2) ausgerichtet ist, und die Tür zwischen einer geöffneten und einer geschlossenen Position bewegt werden kann, in der sie mittels der Einfügung eines Dichtung (6) eine wasserdichte Abdichtung bezüglich der Vorderwand der Maschine bildet, wobei die Tür (7) mit Aussparungen (11, 13) zur Aufnahme der Waschmittel versehen ist, die gemäß den jeweiligen Stufen des Betriebszyklus der Maschine zur Auflösung in die Trommel (4) freigegeben werden, wobei die Aussparungen mindesten ein Fach (11) umfassen, das sich überwiegend vertikal erstreckt und in der kuppelförmigen Wand (8) im Bereich der konkaven Wölbung (8b) davon integriert ist, wobei das Fach eine Einspeisungsöffnung (14) für die Waschmittel besitzt, die am oberen Ende des Fachs angeordnet ist, und eine Auslassöffnung (12) für die aufgelösten Waschmittel, die im unteren Teil des Fachs angeordnet ist, und eine Öffnung in die Trommel (4) der Maschine durch die kuppelförmige Wand, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Einspeisungsöffhung (14) in Richtung der Außenseite der Tür offen und zugänglich ist, während sich die Tür in der geschlossenen Position befindet.
  2. Frontlade-Waschmaschine oder -Trockner (1), mit einer Tür gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Fach (11) im Inneren zumindest einen Behälter (13) enthält, der durch die obere Öffnung (14) herausgezogen werden kann, wobei der Behälter mit einer ersten Öffnung (21) versehen ist, die im Bereich der oberen Öffnung (14) des Fachs (11) angeordnet ist, und mit einer zweite Öffnung (22, 25b), die in dem Bereich der Auslassöffnung (12) des Fachs in die Trommel (4) angeordnet ist.
  3. Frontlade-Waschmaschine oder -Trockner (1), mit einer Tür (7) gemäß Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der entfernbare Behälter (13) einen Deckel (20) aufweist, der hochgehoben werden kann, um die erste Öffnung zu öffnen und zu schließen (21).
  4. Frontlade-Waschinaschine oder -Trockner (1), mit einer Tür (7) gemäß einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die zweite Öffnung (22) des entfernbaren Behälters (13) schräg verlaufende Wände (23, 24) aufweist, die die Öffnung (22) teilweise versperren und einen Labyrinthpfad bilden.
  5. Frontlade-Waschmaschine oder -Trockner (1), mit einer Tür (7) gemäß einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die zweite Öffnung (25b) mit einem Kanal (25) verbunden ist, der sich im entfernbaren Behälter (13) und der Öffnung darin erstreckt, wobei der Kanal (25) die Funktion eine Siphons übernimmt.
  6. Frontlade-Waschmaschine oder -Trockner (1), mit einer Tür (7) gemäß einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Behälter (13), der aus dem Fach (11) entnommen werden kann, eine Vielzahl an getrennten Abteilungen umfasst, die nebeneinander zur Aufnahme verschiedener Waschmittel angeordnet sind.
  7. Frontlade-Waschmaschine oder -Trockner (1), mit einer Tür (7) gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die kuppelförmige Wand (8) mit mindestens einem Durchgangsloch (27) versehen ist, das auf der einen Seite zu einem einen Wasserhahn bildenden Teil (28) des Wasserversorgungssystems der Waschmaschine ausgerichtet ist und sich auf der anderen Seite im Bereich der ersten Öffnung (21) des entfernbaren Behälters (13) öffnet, wobei das Durchgangsloch (27) in der kuppelförmigen Wand (8) an einer Position in der wasserdichten Dichtung (6) zur Abdichtung der Tür (7) bezüglich der Vorderwand (1) der Maschine angeordnet ist.
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