EP2147996B1 - Ensemble de porte réversible pour machine de traitement du linge à chargement frontal - Google Patents

Ensemble de porte réversible pour machine de traitement du linge à chargement frontal Download PDF

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EP2147996B1
EP2147996B1 EP08104846.4A EP08104846A EP2147996B1 EP 2147996 B1 EP2147996 B1 EP 2147996B1 EP 08104846 A EP08104846 A EP 08104846A EP 2147996 B1 EP2147996 B1 EP 2147996B1
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Luciano Sartor
David Kynoch
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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 refers to a reversible door for a front loading laundry treating machine and to a method for reversibly mounting said door assembly on a front loading laundry treating machine.
  • front loading laundry treating machines like laundry washing machines, laundry driers or laundry washing-drying machines, often poses the problem to choose a location suitable to allow the front loading door to be opened without encountering impediments. Since the opening direction of loading door is chosen by the manufacturer when assembling the laundry treating machine, it may happen that such machine cannot be properly located by a user.
  • US 7,363,781 discloses a front loading washing machine having a reversible door.
  • door reversing operations consist in removing the hinge that pivotally connects door to the appliance, reversing the door 180° and then re-attaching the hinge in a new position which is 180° rotated with respect to its initial position. If the plug associated to the door and extending within the appliance loading aperture when the door is in a closed position has an asymmetrical shape, it must be removed from the door and rotated 180° before the reversed door is mounted on the hinge.
  • a reversible door for a laundry dryer is disclosed in US 2006/0265959 .
  • the complexity of door construction causes the operation for reversing the door to be complicated.
  • a user In order to carry out the door reversing operation a user must remove not only the whole door from the appliance but he/she must also disassemble the door itself and reconfiguring its assembly. Such operation may result to be impracticable by a normal user and it may disadvantageously require the intervention of expert technicians.
  • WO 2005014913 discloses a washerldryer comprising a group of doors which can be mounted to be opened and closed in the required direction and provides the placement and the use of the cables connecting the knobs and indicators with the network voltage supply.
  • the aim of the present invention is therefore to solve the noted problems and thus providing a door assembly whose position relative to the laundry treating machine can be reversed so as to make it openable either from right to left or from left to right.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a door assembly whose opening direction can be reversed quickly and easily even by an unskilled user, the same door assembly requiring a minimum number of components to be disassembled.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a door assembly wherein the position of a door plug can be changed without need to remove the door assembly from the laundry treating machine.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a method for reversing a door assembly requiring few operations easy to be carried out.
  • Still another object of the invention is to provide a front loading laundry treating machine having a door which can be reversed between left and right hand orientations.
  • Figure 1 shows an exploded view of a door assembly according to a first embodiment of the invention
  • Figure 2 shows an exploded view of a door assembly according to a second embodiment of the invention
  • Figure 3 shows a perspective view of a front loading laundry treating machine comprising door assembly of figure 2 ;
  • a reversible door assembly according to a first embodiment of the invention comprises a frame portion 1 extending around an axis X and provided with coupling means 2 adapted to receive a hinge 3 for pivotally and removably associating door assembly to a front loading laundry treating machine 19 ( figure 3 ).
  • Further fixing means 14a, 14b are provided on the hinge 3 and on the machine front cabinet wall 21 for associating hinge 3 on the front loading laundry treating machine 19.
  • Frame portion 1 has substantially an annular shape whose extension corresponds to that of a laundry treating machine loading aperture 18 ( figure 3 ) through which laundry to be treated is loaded into the machine 19.
  • a lock 4 is removably mounted on the frame portion 1 by means of screws not shown in the drawings.
  • Lock 4 known per se, extends through an appropriate hole 20 formed on a support 27 which is provided on the front loading machine cabinet for ensuring that door remains closed when said machine 19 is working.
  • Door assembly comprises a door plug 5 that extends, at least partly, within a loading aperture 18 of a laundry treating machine 19 when the door is in a closed position. In this way laundry to be treated is maintained within the machine treating chamber 21.
  • Door plug 5 may also be provided with one or more air conduits in case the door assembly is applied in a machine suitable for drying laundry.
  • Door plug 5 has an asymmetrical shape relative to axis X as shown in figure 1 wherein it is provided with a cylindrical portion having a flat sidewall 7.
  • Door plug 5 may be made, at least partly, of a transparent material, i.e. a material having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly. Glass or translucent plastics are suitable material for door plug 5.
  • door plug 5 is slidably associated to the frame portion 1 such that it can be rotated relative to said frame portion 1 without the need to remove the plug 5 from the frame 1.
  • guiding means 6 are provided on an edge portion of door plug 5 and on the frame portion 1.
  • guiding means 6 comprise one or more ribs 8 that are received in one or more channels 9.
  • Ribs 8 and channels 9 can be made either in the frame portion 1 or in the door plug 5.
  • Ribs 8 and channels 9 may be shaped so as to interfere one another when coupled; In this way plug 5 can be secured to frame portion 1.
  • Door plug 5, hinge 3 and lock 4 are associated to the frame portion 1 independently on one another, such that each of them can be removed from the frame 1 without need to remove the other two at the same time.
  • Locking means 10 are provided for releasably fixing the relative position between the frame portion 1 and the door plug 5.
  • locking means 10 are in the form of an insert 11 that is received in conjugated seats 12a, 12b formed in the door plug 5 and in the frame portion 1.
  • a cover 13 may be associated to the frame portion 1 by means of snap connecting means 15, for example in the form of hooks 16 that clasp corresponding slots 22 provided in the cover 13.
  • Cover 13 is provided with an handle 17 for allowing the user to open and close the door assembly.
  • cover 13 and frame portion 1 may be formed in a single unitary piece. In case a cover 13 is not present handle 17 is formed on the frame portion 1.
  • FIG 2 it is shown a second embodiment of a door assembly according to the invention. Elements composing door assembly that are common both for the first embodiment and to the second one have been indicated in the figures with the same numbers. Reference is made to the description of said first embodiment as far as the features of common elements is concerned.
  • Said second embodiment comprises a frame portion 221 on which a hinge 3, a lock 4 and an asymmetrical door plug 225 are mounted so as to be removable from the frame 221 independently on one another, i.e. each of said hinge 3, lock 4 and plug 225 may be removed from the frame 221 without need to remove other components first.
  • door plug 225 is removably fixed to frame 1 by releasable fastening means 226, such as screws, passing through holes 223a, 223b provided on edge portions of frame 221 and plug 225 respectively.
  • a housing 224 is formed on the frame portion 221 for receiving a handle 17 which is provided on cover 13. Connection between cover 13 and frame portion 221 can be made as described with reference to the first embodiment of the invention shown in figure 1 , that is by means of snap connecting means 15, for example in the form of hooks 16 that clasp corresponding slots 22 provided in the cover 13.
  • asymmetrical plug 225 and frame portion 221 can be slidably coupled through guide means similar to those numbered as 6 in figure 1 , even though they are also fixed one another by releasable fastening means 226 as shown in figure 2 .
  • fastening means 226 and locking means 10 must be removed and the plug 225 must be rotated relative to frame portion 221 about axis X by sliding the plug 225 relative to the frame 221.
  • Fastening means (226) and locking means 10 are re-positioned in their respective seats 212a, 212b, 223a, 223b after the plug 225 position has been changed.
  • door plug 225 may be made, at least partly, of a transparent material and can comprise one or more air conduits.
  • FIG 3 it is shown a front loading laundry treating machine 19 provided with a door assembly made according to the second embodiment described above with reference to figure 2 .
  • the same machine 19 may be provided with any other embodiment of door assembly described herein.
  • laundry treating machine 19 is shown in a configuration wherein the door assembly is arranged as designed by a manufacturer. If a user were to reverse the opening of the door this can be simply done by carrying out the following operations.
  • the order of the steps that will be described here after is not mandatory and a man skilled in the art will promptly understand that such order may be changed arriving at the same final result.
  • locking means 10 and, where present, also fastening means 226, must be re-tightened fixing the position of door plug 5, 225 with respect to frame portion 1, 221, the latter being still in its initial position, i.e. the position it had before door reversing operations were started.
  • the door assembly must be rotated 180° about axis X from said initial position and the hinge 3 must be re-attached to the machine 19. In this way opening of the door will result inverted.
  • a user can also first release connecting means 10, 226, and 180° rotating door plug 5, 225 relative to frame portion 1, 221 in the manner described above while hinge 3 remains attached to the machine 19 and to the frame portion 1, 221, i.e. while the door assembly is still mounted on the laundry treating machine 19.
  • hinge 3 may be detached only from the machine 19 and kept fixed onto the frame portion 1, 221 and finally, i.e. after having 180° rotated the whole door assembly from its initial position, hinge 3 may be re-attached to said machine 19 in a position which is opposite to that it had before door reversing operations were started.
  • the support 27 comprising hole 20 where lock 4 is received when door assembly is in a closed position, must be moved to a position corresponding to the reversed position assumed by lock 4 after having completed the reversing operation of the door assembly.
  • a door assembly according to the invention is very easy to be reversed so as to change from a left hand to right hand hinge. In this way, even an unskilled user can adapt the door opening direction according to the place where the front loading appliance has to be put thereby allowing the user to take into account the presence of further furniture articles or further appliances close to the front loading machine.
  • the method for reversibly mounting to a front loading laundry treating machine a door assembly has been proved to be quick and reliable.

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  1. Ensemble porte réversible pour une machine de traitement du linge à chargement frontal (19) comprenant une partie cadre (1, 221) s'étendant autour d'un axe X, un obturateur de porte (5, 225) ayant une forme asymétrique par rapport audit axe X, une charnière (3) et un verrou (4), caractérisé par le fait que chacun de ladite charnière (3), dudit verrou (4) et dudit obturateur de porte (5, 225) est monté uniquement sur une telle partie cadre (1, 221) de telle sorte qu'ils peuvent être retirés de l'ensemble porte indépendamment les uns des autres.
  2. Ensemble porte réversible selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ledit obturateur de porte (5, 225) est associé de façon coulissante à ladite partie cadre (1) et des moyens de verrouillage (10) sont disposés pour fixer de manière libérable une position relative entre ladite partie cadre (1, 221) et ledit obturateur de porte (5, 225).
  3. Ensemble porte selon la revendication 2, dans lequel des moyens de guidage (6) sont disposés sur ladite partie cadre (1, 221) et ledit obturateur de porte (5, 225).
  4. Ensemble porte selon la revendication 3, dans lequel lesdits moyens de guidage (6) comprennent au moins une nervure (8) et au moins un canal (9) apte à recevoir ladite au moins une nervure (8) à l'intérieur de celui-ci.
  5. Ensemble porte réversible selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ledit obturateur de porte (5, 225) est fixé de façon amovible à ladite partie cadre (1, 221) par des moyens de fixation libérables (226).
  6. Ensemble porte réversible selon la revendication 5, dans lequel lesdits moyens de fixation libérables (226) sont des vis.
  7. Ensemble porte selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant en outre un couvercle (13) associé à la partie cadre (1, 221), ledit couvercle (13) étant muni d'une poignée (17).
  8. Ensemble porte selon la revendication 7, dans lequel ledit couvercle (13) et ladite partie cadre (1, 221) sont faits d'un seul tenant.
  9. Ensemble porte selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ledit obturateur de porte (5, 225) est fait, au moins en partie, dans un matériau transparent.
  10. Ensemble porte selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ledit obturateur de porte (5, 225) comprend au moins un conduit d'air.
  11. Machine de traitement du linge à chargement frontal (19) comprenant un ensemble porte réversible tel que défini à l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10.
  12. Procédé pour monter de façon réversible, sur une machine de traitement du linge à chargement frontal (19), un ensemble porte comprenant une partie cadre (1, 221) s'étendant autour d'un axe X, une charnière (3) montée sur ladite partie cadre (1, 221) et un obturateur de porte (5, 225) ayant une forme asymétrique par rapport audit axe X, des moyens de liaison (10, 226) étant disposés pour fixer de façon libérable une position relative entre ladite partie cadre (1) et ledit obturateur de porte (5), caractérisé par le fait qu'il comprend les étapes suivantes : (a) retrait de l'ensemble porte, au niveau de la charnière (3), de ladite machine (19) ; (b) libération desdits moyens de liaison (10, 226) ; (c) rotation dudit obturateur de porte (5, 225) de 180° autour de l'axe X par rapport à la partie cadre (1, 221) ; (d) resserrage des moyens de liaison (10, 226) ; (e) rotation de l'ensemble porte de 180° autour de l'axe X à partir d'une position initiale ; (f) re-fixation de la charnière (3) à ladite machine (19).
  13. Procédé selon la revendication 12, dans lequel l'étape (a) est réalisée par libération de moyens de fixation (14a, 14b) associant la charnière (3) sur la machine (19) et l'étape (c) est réalisée en maintenant la charnière (3) attachée à la partie cadre (1, 221).
  14. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 12 à 14, dans lequel l'étape (c) est réalisée par coulissement de l'obturateur de porte (5, 225) par rapport à la partie cadre (1, 221).
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