EP2094892B1 - Vorderlader-waschmaschine - Google Patents

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EP2094892B1
EP2094892B1 EP07825341A EP07825341A EP2094892B1 EP 2094892 B1 EP2094892 B1 EP 2094892B1 EP 07825341 A EP07825341 A EP 07825341A EP 07825341 A EP07825341 A EP 07825341A EP 2094892 B1 EP2094892 B1 EP 2094892B1
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Matteo Battaglia
Andrea Stopponi
Luca Cesari
Rodolfo Flumini
Alessandro Menghi
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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
    • D06F39/14—Doors or covers; Securing 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
    • D06F37/00—Details specific to washing machines covered by groups D06F21/00 - D06F25/00
    • D06F37/42—Safety arrangements, e.g. for stopping rotation of the receptacle upon opening of the casing door

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  • the present invention relates to a laundry washing machine according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the invention is applicable to the field of front-loading laundry washing machines (in particular washing and washing/drying machines) and faces the problem of water dripping from an open door.
  • a door closes the load opening through which the laundry to be washed is loaded into a rotary drum arranged inside a wash tub.
  • the inner portion of the door touches the wet laundry and the wash water, and therefore said portion is wet at the end of the washing.
  • the Applicant has found that, when opening the door, water drops may fall onto the floor in front of the washing machine.
  • JP0671086 and JP2001314695 disclose top-loading washing machines wherein the internal surface of the lid is shaped so as to reduce water dripping.
  • the main object of the present invention is therefore to reduce the dripping of water from the door of a front-loading washing machine when the latter is opened.
  • the present invention is based on the idea of fitting the door with suitable means for collecting the water dripping from it.
  • said collecting means are controlled automatically as the door is opened, thus preventing any dripping from the door even if the user forgets to operate them.
  • the collecting means are advantageously arranged within a housing obtained in the door frame, in particular in the lower half thereof, and are extracted through the effect of springs or other extraction means when the door is opened.
  • Fig. 1 shows a front-loading laundry washing machine 1.
  • Machine 1 is of the type wherein the washing agent dispenser is arranged within the door.
  • Machine 1 comprises a cabinet 2 in which a wash tub is arranged in a known manner. Inside the latter, a perforated drum 3 rotates about a substantially horizontal axis.
  • the laundry to be washed is placed inside drum 3 through a load opening 4 on the front side of cabinet 2.
  • Load opening 4 is closed by a door 5 comprising an inner surface 51 protruding from a frame 52 in the direction of the axis of drum 3.
  • door 5 The rotation of door 5 is ensured in a known manner by a hinge 53 which constrains door 5 to cabinet 2.
  • door 5 is fitted in a known manner with a catch 54 adapted to engage into a hook 21 of cabinet 2.
  • the inner surface of door 5 comprises a washing agent dispenser 55.
  • Dispenser 55 has upper apertures 56 for loading washing agents (e.g. softener, detergent%) and lower apertures 57 for draining a watery solution containing the washing agents.
  • washing agents e.g. softener, detergent
  • the user pours washing agents into respective compartments of the dispenser through apertures 56, checking the levels of said washing agents through transparent inspection windows 58.
  • the lower half of frame 52 comprises collecting means adapted to collect water dripping from inner surface 51 or from dispenser 55.
  • Figs. 2 and 6 show an example of embodiment of a door according to the invention.
  • door 5 comprises a housing 7 which houses an extractable drawer 8.
  • Drawer 8 some detailed views of which are shown in Figs. 3a, 3b and 3c , can contain water. However, when dripping onto a rigid surface such as the plastic surface of drawer 8, water may splash out of the drawer.
  • drawer 8 contains an absorbing material 81 which can be easily removed in order to clean the drawer.
  • absorbing material refers to any material which can absorb water; in particular, the absorbing material may be a natural or synthetic absorbing sponge, e.g. made of reticular polyurethane, preferably having a density of about 30 - 35 Kg/m 3 .
  • a natural or synthetic absorbing sponge e.g. made of reticular polyurethane, preferably having a density of about 30 - 35 Kg/m 3 .
  • the absorbing sponge is shallower than drawer 8, so that an empty space of a few millimeters (preferably 5-10 mm) remains between the edge of the absorbing material and the edge of drawer 8.
  • the sponge is so shaped as to increase the surface exposed to water drops; this is obtained through a concave face.
  • the sponge has a concave face on one side and a flat face on the opposite side.
  • a single suitably shaped absorbing sponge it is also possible to insert in drawer 8 two overlaid sponge layers having different technical characteristics.
  • An absorbing sponge (having either flat or concave faces) is laid on the bottom of drawer 8; a filtering sponge (e.g. filtered polyurethane) is then laid over said absorbing sponge.
  • the filtering sponge is characterized in that water will not dwell on its outer surface, but will flow through it immediately, without essentially bouncing or moving on the surface. For this reason, the filtering sponge can reach the top edge of drawer 8, so that the absorbing sponge and the filtering sponge together essentially take up the whole volume of drawer 8.
  • the filtering sponge and the absorbing sponge make up one piece, since the two materials are glued or co-moulded together and then cut to size.
  • Drawer 8 has two housings 82 adapted to keep two coil springs 83 in position. The opposite end of springs 83 engages into corresponding tapered surfaces 72 inside housing 7.
  • housing 7 takes up a large portion (preferably more than 50%) of the depth of frame 52, thereby allowing to use a drawer 8 as big as possible.
  • Dispenser 55 also has a drain aperture 57a located on inner surface 51 at a distance from frame 52 that is shorter than the width of the portion of drawer 8 projecting from housing 7 when the door is open.
  • Fig. 6 shows a detail of door 5 with drawer 8 extracted; the detail shows in particular that drawer 8 extends past the drain aperture 57a in order to collect the water.
  • the collecting means may consist, more in general, of an extractable device, e.g. a plastic laminar support, on which a sponge or another absorbing material is secured.
  • an extractable device e.g. a plastic laminar support, on which a sponge or another absorbing material is secured.
  • the means that control the extraction of drawer 8 may comprise leaf springs or elastic means of a different kind, provided that they are adapted to extract the extractable device, e.g. drawer 8, from its housing when the door is opened.
  • the motion of the extractable device may be of different kinds as well, i.e.: translational, rotational or rotational-translational.
  • the extractable device may be a drawer 8 hinged to the door through one or several springs capable of causing a rotation of the door about a vertical axis, as shown in Fig. 7 .
  • the elastic means that generate said rotation must be calibrated to extract the drawer as necessary for collecting dripping water: an excessive or insufficient opening action would place the drawer in a position which would not ensure an effective collection of dripping water.
  • drawer 9 is hinged to the door in such a manner as to be rotatable about a horizontal axis.
  • elastic means that cause the drawer to be extracted when the door is opened.
  • control means essentially consisting of extraction means and locking means, the latter being adapted to keep the extractable device within its housing.
  • the extraction means are essentially elastic means, e.g. springs, which push extractable device 8 out of housing 7.
  • the locking means consist of a contact surface of the extractable device which engages with the cabinet as the extractable device closes when door 5 is closed.
  • the extractable device is a drawer 8 entirely contained in frame 52 of door 5.
  • the extractable device may be located in the inner surface of door 5, i.e. in an area not abutting against cabinet 2. In such a case, for the purpose of closing the extractable device again it will be possible to provide an appendix extending towards the door frame, thus abutting against cabinet 2 when door 5 is closed.
  • control means controlling the motion of the extractable device comprise a peg which can translate freely within the frame and a system of levers and hinges adapted to transfer the motion of said peg to said extractable device.
  • the peg As the door is closed, the peg is pushed into the frame and the system of levers and hinges transfers that motion to the extractable device, e.g. by rotating, translating, or rotating and translating it with movements similar to those described with reference to Figs. 1 to 8 .

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Claims (15)

  1. Frontladewäschewaschmaschine, worin ein Gehäuse (2) eine Ladeöffnung (3) besitzt, welche mittels einer Tür (5), die an dem Gehäuse (2) einhängt, geschlossen werden kann,
    wobei die Tür (5) eine Innenseite (51), angepasst zum zumindest teilweisen Einführen in die Öffnung (3), und einen Rahmen (52) angepasst zum in Eingriff bringen mit dem Gehäuse (2), umfasst,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Tür (5) in der unteren Hälfte der Tür (5) angeordnete Sammelmittel aufweist zum Sammeln des von der Tür tropfenden Wassers, wenn die Tür geöffnet wird und die Sammelmittel eine ausziehbare Vorrichtung (8) aufweisen.
  2. Wäschewaschmaschine nach Anspruch 1,
    worin die ausziehbare Vorrichtung (8) ein Schubfach ist.
  3. Wäschewaschmaschine nach Anspruch 1 oder 2,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Sammelmittel Steuerungsmittel, angepasst zum Steuern der Bewegung der ausziehbaren Vorrichtung, aufweisen,
    wobei die Steuerungsmittel zumindest teilweise auf dem Rahmen (52) angeordnet sind und insbesondere elastische Mittel (83) angepasst zum Ausziehen der ausziehbaren Vorrichtung aus einem Behälter (7), der in dem Rahmen (52) enthalten ist, aufweisen.
  4. Wäschewaschmaschine nach Anspruch 3,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die elastischen Mittel (83) angepasst sind um die ausziehbare Vorrichtung (8) aus dem Behälter (7) zu verschieben.
  5. Wäschewaschmaschine nach Anspruch 3,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die ausziehbare Vorrichtung (8) klappbar zu der Tür (5) ist und die elastischen Mittel angepasst sind um eine Rotation der ausziehbaren Vorrichtung (8) um eine horizontale Achse oder um eine vertikale Achse zu erzeugen.
  6. Wäschewaschmaschine nach einem der Ansprüche 3 bis 5,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Steuerungsmittel eine Oberfläche der ausziehbaren Vorrichtung (8), welche angepasst ist um mit dem Gehäuse (2) in Eingriff gebracht zu werden, aufweist.
  7. Wäschewaschmaschine nach einem der Ansprüche 3 bis 5,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Steuerungsmittel einen Zapfen, welcher innerhalb des Rahmens (52) frei versetzt werden kann und ein System von Hebeln und Scharnieren angepasst zum Übertragen der Bewegung des Zapfens auf die ausziehbare Vorrichtung (8), aufweisen.
  8. Wäschewaschmaschine nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Tür (5) eine Waschmittelabgabevorrichtung (55) aufweist.
  9. Wäschewaschmaschine nach Anspruch 8,
    wenn abhängig von einem der Ansprüche 3 bis 7,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Abgabevorrichtung (55) eine Ablassöffnung (57a), die unterhalb der Abgabevorrichtung (55) in einem Abstand von dem Rahmen (52), kürzer als die Breite des Abschnittes des Schubfaches (8) über dem Behälter (7), wenn die Tür (5) offen ist, aufweist.
  10. Wäschewaschmaschine nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Sammelmittel automatisch gesteuert werden, wenn die Tür geöffnet wird.
  11. Wäschewaschmaschine nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Sammelmittel ein absorbierendes Material (81) umfassen,
    wobei das absorbierende Material (81) insbesondere einen absorbierenden Schwamm, vorzugsweise hergestellt aus netzartigem Polyurethan, umfasst.
  12. Wäschewaschmaschine nach Anspruch 11,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Schwamm seichter als das Schubfasch (8) ist.
  13. Wäschewaschmaschine nach Anspruch 11 oder 12,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Schwamm eine konkave Seite besitzt,
    wobei der Schwamm insbesondere eine flache Seite gegenüber der konkaven Seite besitzt.
  14. Wäschewaschmaschine nach einem der Ansprüche 11 bis 13,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Sammelmittel umfassen einen absorbierenden Schwamm zum Behalten des Wassers und einen Filterschwamm, vorzugsweise hergestellt aus gefiltertem Polyurethan, welches über dem absorbierenden Schwamm zum Durchsickern des Wassers in den absorbierenden Schwamm, wobei insbesondere der absorbierende Schwamm und der Filterschwamm im Wesentlichen das gesamte Volumen der ausziehbaren Vorrichtung einnehmen.
  15. Tür für eine Frontladewäschewaschmaschine umfassend eine Innenseite (51), die aus einem Rahmen (52) relativ herausragt,
    gekennzeichnet durch Umfassen von in der unteren Hälfte der Tür (52) angeordneten Sammelmittel zum Sammeln des von der Tür tropfenden Wassers, wenn die Tür geöffnet wird,
    wobei die Sammelmittel eine ausziehbare Vorrichtung (8) aufweisen und gekennzeichnet durch Umfassen eines Behälters (7) für die ausziehbare Vorrichtung (8) und Steuerungsmittel angepasst zum Steuern der Bewegung der ausziehbaren Vorrichtung (8),
    wobei die Steuerungsmittel zumindest teilweise auf dem Rahmen (52) angeordnet sind.
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