CN101151192A - Container - Google Patents

Abstract

A container for regenerating salt for a dishwasher comprises a body (1) having a spout adapted to engage an inner periphery of a mouth of a dishwasher salt tank. The spout has a gate (2) operable by a user to allow the flow of salt.

Description

Container

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of container that holds the regenerant salt that is used for dish-washing machine.

Background technology

Most of dish-washing machines are equipped with the salt cellar that is used for regenerant salt.To the filling of salt cellar normally regularly but be not frequent, but cumbersome for the dish-washing machine user.

Usually come salt cellar is filled by means of funnel.A kind of such device has been described among the DE-A-42 14 147.Yet though this device can overcome some problems relevant with the filling of salt cellar, its use is not no problem.

When using this device, the user need fill funnel with salt, then this device is placed on the oral area of salt cellar of dish-washing machine.Then actuating doors is to discharge salt.Not only when filling funnel, make salt not spread out the comparison difficulty, and avoid salt to spread out also relatively difficulty on the oral area that device is positioned at salt cellar the time.In addition, the user must measure and will add how much salt to funnel: if incorrect metering, cause spread out thereby must under the situation that partly is full of salt, remove funnel so more, perhaps filling necessary repetition whole operation under the not enough situation, thereby causing spread out more once more.

In fact advise that user's circulation of machine of dallying disposes the salt that spreads out.

EP 0947157A1 has described a kind of allied equipment.This device comprises two chambers; First chamber engages with the neighboring of the oral area of salt cellar and is connected to second chamber (this second chamber housing salt) by movable door.

This device also has some unfavorable character, thereby mainly is because Design of device stays a large amount of surplus salt in its first chamber.When device was pulled away from the oral area of salt cellar, surplus salt can scatter.

In addition, this device has the mobile relatively poor shortcoming of salt.It is generally acknowledged that when the salt cellar of dish-washing machine was filled with salt, the residuary water that is contained in the salt cellar entered container.These water drenched salt before salt enters salt cellar, and salt is attached on the wall of first chamber of device, thus Interference Flow.Under serious situation, in fact the existence of these water can hinder flowing of salt fully, thereby needs user's tilter, and the risk that causes salt to spread out is bigger.

The device of describing among the FR-A 2 807 641 attempts to solve some problems of this device.Yet it still has the structure of two chambers, thereby the shortcoming of relict sediment is still arranged.In addition, it still has such shortcoming, that is, and and problem that water enters and the influence that salt is flowed thereof.

Summary of the invention

The objective of the invention is to elimination/alleviation the problems referred to above.

According to a first aspect of the invention, a kind of container that holds the regenerant salt that is used for dish-washing machine is provided, this container comprises the main body with mouth of pipe, and this mouth of pipe is suitable for engaging with the inside circumference of the oral area of dishwasher salt tank, and the described mouth of pipe has the door that is available for users to operate to allow salt to flow.

Usually, the described mouth of pipe engages with described oral area, makes the leading edge of the described mouth of pipe stretch in the passage.Most preferably, the described mouth of pipe is a self-supporting, and promptly this mouth of pipe can support entire body when engaging with the opening of salt cellar, and without any need for other external bracing.

Be placed to before the described oral area of described salt cellar engages at described container, the user can operate described door.Optionally, can be placed to and operated described door (can reduce to a greater degree in this case and spread out) after the described oral area of described salt cellar engages at described container.

Have been found that container according to the present invention has good properties, thereby give the customer a kind of unprecedented outstanding convenient sense.

Described container can be filled described salt cellar rapidly easily under situation about not spreading out, and does not have any problem of one type of prior art syringe.

Preferably, described container keeps the salt in order to the q.s that recharges the representative type dishwasher salt tank.In fact, in this respect, most preferably described container is " disposable use " article, the customer (for example is subjected to the indication of float height in alarm lamp/buzzer phone on the machine or the salt cellar) when needed and uses container of the present invention that the salt cellar of dish-washing machine is recharged fully like this, and in case uses the discardable described container in back.

Described door preferably is the form of sheet/lid, and its described mouth of pipe that stops up described container when stored is to prevent the discharge of salt.Usually, be combined with can be by the handle of user's operation for described door.Most preferably, described handle comprises flap (flap) and described door by the pulling motor performance, and wherein this pulling campaign is torn described door from the described mouth of pipe, thereby allows salt enter described salt cellar.Optional is, that described door can be placed at described container when being the form of sheet is destroyed when engaging with the described oral area of described salt cellar/pierce through.The described parts that pierce through can comprise near the lid in end that is arranged in the described mouth of pipe, and when engaging with the oral area of described salt cellar, this lid is pushed back in described.Generally speaking, described lid have removable obstructing part with prevent with accidental movement before described oral area engages.

Optionally, described can comprise the valve by user's operation.The preferred form of valve is the multi-part device, and wherein this valve has with the described oral area engaging portion of described salt cellar and is attached to the part of the described mouth of pipe of described container.The described part of described valve preferably all has at the discharge orifice of punctual permission being discharged salt.Described to realizing by rotation or other motion (for example motion of translation) of described container.

In another alternative embodiment, described door can comprise a plurality of individual components of operating by different way/removing.As embodiment, this can comprise lid and the material piece/piece below described lid that covers the described mouth of pipe.Described lid preferably covers the end of the described mouth of pipe, and described/piece preferably blocks the part of the described mouth of pipe.That described/piece most preferably is is water miscible/can in water, disperse.For present embodiment, the user is being placed to described container and is removing described lid before the described oral area of described salt cellar engages.Described then by with described salt cellar in any residuary water/moisture of existing contact and dissolves/dissipates.Salt is provided and delivered when described/piece dissolves/dissipates.

In another alternative embodiment, the described mouth of pipe self can comprise described door.In this alternative embodiment, can move with the generation flow channel with respect to described container by making the described mouth of pipe, thereby realize discharging salt from described container.

Preferably, described door is operated to expose the described mouth of pipe and to allow salt to flow by user's mechanical action.This mechanical action for example can be to tear or slide or rotate or spur or promote or tilt or pivotal action.

According to container of the present invention can by such as paper, strengthen in the multiple material of paper/card/cardboard, aluminium, plastics (for example PVC, polyethylene or polypropylene) one or more and make.Usually, it is preferred strengthening paper, cardboard, plastics or their compound.The different parts that should be understood that described container can comprise different materials, and for example the described main body of described container can comprise cardboard, and the described mouth of pipe can comprise plastic material.

Described container preferably includes such as taper shape, pyramid or oblong/cuboidal simple geometric shape.Most preferably, this shape attenuates in ending at the part of the described mouth of pipe.Clearly, the shape such as circular cone and pyramid comprises taper portion.Other shape such as cuboid preferably includes additional taper portion.

According to second aspect, provide a kind of method that the salt cellar of dish-washing machine is recharged, the container that holds salt of the present invention that this method utilization is limited here.

According to the third aspect, provide a kind of purposes of container when the salt cellar to dish-washing machine recharges of holding salt.

Description of drawings

Further describe the present invention with reference to following indefiniteness accompanying drawing, in the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 represents first embodiment of container;

Fig. 2 a and Fig. 2 b represent second embodiment of container;

Fig. 3 a to Fig. 3 d represents the 3rd embodiment of container;

Fig. 4 a to Fig. 4 c represents the 4th embodiment of container;

Fig. 5 a to Fig. 5 c represents the 5th embodiment of container;

Fig. 6 represents the 6th embodiment of container;

Fig. 7 a to Fig. 7 c represents the 7th embodiment of container; And

Fig. 8 a to Fig. 8 c represents the 8th embodiment of container, and all these is according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The specific embodiment

Fig. 1 represents to be the container 1 of pyramid form.Container 1 have removable door 2 (this door can by tear/pulling action removes).Removable door 2 is as the sealing members in the stored, and before being about to use, be removed before will engaging with the inside circumference of dishwasher salt tank oral area at the mouth of pipe (not shown) that exposes of container.

Fig. 2 a and Fig. 2 b represent container 1.In Fig. 2 a, container 1 is the form of truncated prism, and in Fig. 2 b, container 1 is the form of irregular hexagon.Container all has the mouth of pipe 3 in all cases.The mouth of pipe 3 sealing (sealing member is not shown) in stored usually is being about to remove sealing member before the use.The mouth of pipe can engage with the inside circumference of the oral area of dishwasher salt tank then.

Fig. 3 a to Fig. 3 d represents to be the container 1 of rescinded angle rectangular in form.Container 1 has the interior movable mouth of pipe 3 (it can move by pulling action) of wall of the truncated portion of being installed in.The wall of truncated portion has hole 4.Can make the mouth of pipe 3 motions, thereby it is aimed at hole 4 to allow the content of amount discharge container.Optionally, do not aim at the content discharge that does not allow container, played the effect of the sealing member on the container with hole 4 thereby can make the mouth of pipe 3 move into it.

Fig. 4 a to Fig. 4 c represents the container 1 of rectangular form.Container 1 has near the movable mouth of pipe 3 (it can move by pulling action) that is installed in the wall of a container.Wall of a container has hole 4.Can make the mouth of pipe 3 move into it and aim at, to allow the content of amount discharge container with hole 4.Optionally, do not aim at the content discharge that does not allow container, played the effect of the sealing member on the container with hole 4 thereby the mouth of pipe 3 is moved into.

Fig. 5 a to Fig. 5 c represents to be the container 1 of bottle form.Bottle 1 has the mouth of pipe 3.Near the mouth of pipe 3, has the water soluble film (not shown).When the mouth of pipe 3 of container 1 inserts the oral area of dishwasher salt tank, thereby the content that the water of any existence causes water soluble film to be broken allows bottle 1 is discharged.

Fig. 6 represents to be the container 1 of bottle form.Bottle 1 has the mouth of pipe 3.Runner in the different piece of the mouth of pipe 3 is aimed at opened the mouth of pipe 3, thereby allow the content of bottle to discharge.

Fig. 7 a to Fig. 7 c represents to be the container 1 of bottle form.Bottle 1 has the mouth of pipe 3.Near the mouth of pipe 3, has film 5.Thereby make this film rupture allow the content of container 1 to discharge.Break by puncture component 6 in coaxial arrangement around the mouth of pipe 3 being moved downward finishing at the bottom of the bottle.Puncture component 6 separates with film 5 by removable holding element 7 when stored.

Fig. 8 a to Fig. 8 c represents to be the container 1 of bottle form.Bottle 1 has two part 1 a and 1b.Thereby container 1 dies down and can easily it be separated with joint portion between the 1b along part 1a.Part 1a is the form of the funnel with mouth of pipe 3.In use, the described part of container is separated, and part 1a is placed to the inside circumference of the oral area of dishwasher salt tank engages.The content of container 1 (this content can be arranged in the secondary package) can be discharged by funnel 1a then.

Claims (15)

1. container that holds the regenerant salt that is used for dish-washing machine, this container comprises the main body with mouth of pipe, and this mouth of pipe is suitable for engaging with the inside circumference of the oral area of dishwasher salt tank, and the described mouth of pipe has the door that is available for users to operate to allow salt to flow.

2. container according to claim 1, wherein, the internal channel of the described oral area of the in use described mouth of pipe and described salt cellar (for example inner most channel engagement.

3. container according to claim 1 and 2, wherein, the user can be placed to and the described door of operation before or after the described oral area of described salt cellar engages at described container.

4. according to claim 1,2 or 3 described containers, wherein, described container is an one-off.

5. according to each described container in the claim 1 to 4, wherein, described door is the form of the sheet/lid of the described mouth of pipe that blocks described container.

6. container according to claim 5, wherein, described door is combined with can be by the handle of user's operation.

7. according to each described container in the claim 1 to 4, wherein, described door comprises valve.

8. according to each described container in the claim 1 to 4, wherein, the described mouth of pipe self comprises described door, and the described mouth of pipe generates the mobile passage of salt with respect to the motion of described container.

9. according to the described container of arbitrary aforementioned claim, wherein, described door is by user's mechanical action operation.

10. according to the described container of arbitrary aforementioned claim, wherein, described door comprises the multi-part device, wherein said valve has the described oral area engaging portion and the part that is attached to the described mouth of pipe of described container with described salt cellar, the described part of described valve all has at the discharge orifice of punctual permission being discharged salt, and is described to realizing by the rotation or the motion of translation of described container.

11. according to the described container of arbitrary aforementioned claim, wherein, described container is made by one or more materials of selecting from paper, reinforcement paper, card, cardboard, aluminium and plastic material.

12. according to the described container of arbitrary aforementioned claim, wherein, described shape attenuates in ending at the part of the described mouth of pipe.

13. container according to claim 12, wherein, described container is taper shape or pyramid.

14. method that the salt cellar of dish-washing machine is recharged, this method utilization is according to the container that holds salt of arbitrary aforementioned claim, described method comprises: the described mouth of pipe of described container is engaged with the described inside circumference of the described oral area of described dishwasher salt tank, and before the engagement step, during or operate described door afterwards and flow into described salt cellar to allow salt.

15. according to the purposes of each described container when the salt cellar to dish-washing machine recharges in the claim 1 to 13.

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