Classifications

• • 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
  • D06F37/02—Rotary receptacles, e.g. drums
  • D06F37/04—Rotary receptacles, e.g. drums adapted for rotation or oscillation about a horizontal or inclined axis
  • D06F37/06—Ribs, lifters, or rubbing means forming part of the receptacle
• • 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 
  • D06F39/10—Filtering arrangements

Definitions

• the invention concerns a draining filter access apparatus for a top-loading rotating drum washing machine.
• the most common of these filtering means consists of a cylindrical box laid out along the axis of the drain pump, which is attached to the base of the machine. This box with the filter, connected to the draining well by piping, is accessible through a quick-remove plug that allows the filter to be removed and cleaned, the said plug being hidden by a gate located, depending on the case, on the front or back of the machine frame.
• the drain pump is attached to the tub in the extension of a draining well where the protection filter is placed.
• this assembly requires access through the inside of the drum after placing it in the loading position, so an arm can be penetrated inside.
• a lifter for the washing drivetrain and the gate mass compensation is then diametrically opposite the drum access opening, virtually plumb with the basket where the filter is mounted. Therefore, it was deemed practical to arrange the access grid to the strainer under a lifter attachment surface, which is hollowed out and consequently open at its ends.
• the English patent GB 725 123 shows a laundry machine comprising a cylindrical clothes receiving drum having axially extending lifters with generally angular cross- section with the apexes directed inward, the headers being embossed to receive and locate the said lifters.
• the sides and apex of one or more of the lifters are cut away to provide an access opening through the lifter apex to the space between the lifter side walls, an opening being provided in the cylindrical wall located between the sides of the lifter and registering with the lifter opening and a removable cover being provided of generally angular cross section telescoped over the lifter, said cover having sides straddling the side walls of the lifter and the sides and apex of the cover conforming to the sides and apex of the lifter.
• This removal cover is secured and located on the lifter by screw.
• the purpose of the present invention is to provide a solution for the disadvantage of the draining filter access apparatus affixed directly under bottom of the tub.
• This invention as characterized in the claims, solves the problem consisting to create a draining filter access apparatus with which the filter access be executed without taking off nor tools and without risk of further incidents.
• FIG. 1 shows a front view of the closed apparatus
• FIG. 3 shows a top view of the closed apparatus
• FIG. 4 shows a front view of the apparatus in an open position
• - figure 5 shows a below view of the apparatus in an open position
• - figure 6 shows a back view of the apparatus in an open position
• FIG. 7 shows a partial view, in perspective, of a washing machine drum equipped with an apparatus according to the invention in open position.
• the figures represent a draining filter access apparatus on a top-loading washing machine, integrated in one of the lifters equipping the washing machine drum 1, diametrically opposite to the drum 1 access door ; the said apparatus 10 including a body 11 equipped with an opening 111 normally closed by a lid 12 reproducing the exterior shape of a lifter interlocked to the body 11 by two studs aligned according to an axis XX'.
• the lid 12 being closed and normally stopped with a ratchet mechanism obtained via a flexible locking hook 14, interdependent with the body 11 , located at the end of the opening 111 opposite to the articulation of the lid 12, whose beak 141 ratchets on the lower edge of a small window 121 , forming a stop catch, made in the wall of a cavity 122 created in the free end of the lid 12 and open on the top to allow the said lid 12 to be released by removing the beak 141 of the flexible hook 14 under the action of a finger, accompanied by an action with the hand intended to bring the lid 12 to the opening stop corresponding more or less to its vertical position.
• the opening 111 of the body 11 is lined at its base by a collar 112 to be fitted into a passageway of a corresponding shape and dimensions made in the drum 1, against the wall of which the apparatus 10 is attached by four screws entering the openings 101 to 104 provided for this purpose in the base of the body 11, as it is the case for the other 5 lifters.
• the opening 111 of the access apparatus 10 lines up with the sump 20 of the draining circuit, where a basket 21 containing the filter one wants to clean is placed. Therefore, one just has to remove this basket 21 by passing it through the opening 111 of the access apparatus 10 10.
• the apparatus according to the invention is principally destined to equip the top loading washing machine but nothing to set itself in other laundering domains there the same problems exist under reserves of minors adaptations obvious for a man skilled 0 in the art.

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• Apparatuses For Bulk Treatment Of Fruits And Vegetables And Apparatuses For Preparing Feeds (AREA)
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