CN102482829A

CN102482829A - Automatically controlled washing machine having fill level display for laundry treatment agent

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Publication number: CN102482829A
Application number: CN2010800325997A
Authority: CN
Inventors: M·克吕格尔; W·普罗佩; D·乌斯库赖特
Original assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
Current assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
Priority date: 2009-07-29
Filing date: 2010-07-16
Publication date: 2012-05-30
Anticipated expiration: 2030-07-16
Also published as: EP2459796A1; DE102009028066A1; PL2459796T3; CN102482829B; WO2011012467A1; EP2459796B1; EA019382B1; EA201270178A1

Abstract

The invention relates to an automatically controlled washing machine having a flushing device 8 for laundry treatment agent disposed in the front side of the machine chamber. Said device comprises a drawer 9 accessible from the front and having at least one container 16 to 18 for liquid or gel laundry treatment agent and a handle 10 fixed to the drawer 9 for pulling open and pushing in the drawer 9. In order to simplify the monitoring of the emptying of reservoirs 16 to 18 for the user, such that the user does not need to pull out the drawer 9 of the washing agent flushing device 8 in order to read a deficiency in the container contents, the container 16 to 18 comprises an at least transparent wall 29 behind the handle 10. The handle 10 also has a window-like recess 22 to 24 extending vertically in front of each container 16 to 18 in the drawer 9.

Description

Automatic control type washing machine with the filling horizontal display that is used for laundry treatment agents

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of automatic control type washing machine; The dashing of laundry treatment agents that be used for the front portion that is arranged on the washing machine chamber sent device; Said dash send device to comprise: can be from the front portion approaching drawer, said drawer have and are used to supply with the liquid that comprises many parts of input amounts or at least one reservoir of gluey laundry treatment agents; And the handle that is fixed to drawer, be used to draw back and push drawer.

Background technology

The applicant's DE 102009027127.9 has described the washing machine of the said type of a kind of preamble; Wherein, An exemplary embodiment comprises reservoir; Said reservoir has the prism-shaped part after the handle next-door neighbour as handle plate, said prism-shaped partly comprises transparent at least visible surface, and said visible surface is downward-sloping forward with respect to the beholder.The label that is used for the filling level of reservoir is arranged on this visible surface, and the beholder can read the approximate filling level of relevant reservoir from said label.Yet the beholder at first must pull the drawer out.

In known cylinder dryer (DE 3708516A1), the filling level of condensate collecting tank can use water level pipe to read, and said water level pipe is arranged on the handle plate of collecting tank.Yet this relates to the characteristic on a kind of cylinder dryer and relates to the occupied state of observing the condensate collecting tank.

WO 2009/142355A1 discloses a kind of washing machine, and said washing machine has the syndeton of commercial detergent bottle, but this makes soap drawer filling liquid cleaning agent, pourable a certain amount of cleaning agent.The shortcoming of this solution is not have reservoir to be arranged in the washing machine.On the contrary, for each wash cycle, all must detergent bottle be placed on the syndeton.Therefore, the filling horizontal display that is disclosed that is used for the soap drawer does not provide any information of the relevant detergent delivery that is left, and the information of the cleaning dosage that shipping order part input amount is arranged only is provided.

Summary of the invention

The washing machine that the purpose of this invention is to provide type described in a kind of preamble makes and to have simplified the discharging that the user monitors reservoir, dashes the drawer that send device and knows the deficiency of reservoir in supplying with because the user needn't pull out cleaning agent.

According to the present invention; Above-mentioned purpose realizes through a kind of like this automatic control type washing machine; This washing machine has the dashing of laundry treatment agents that be used for of the front portion that is arranged on the washing machine chamber and send device, and said dash send device to comprise: can be from the front portion approaching drawer, said drawer have and are used to supply with the liquid that comprises many parts of input amounts or at least one reservoir of gluey laundry treatment agents; And the handle that is fixed to drawer; Be used to draw back and push drawer, it is characterized in that, reservoir comprises the transparent at least wall that is positioned at after the handle; And handle has the recess of window-like, and the recess of said window-like vertically extends before after being in close proximity to handle, being arranged on each reservoir in the drawer.

Therefore, the filling level of the reservoir of accommodating laundry finishing agent can see through its transparent at least wall after each corresponding recess of reservoir, and needn't pull the drawer out.

Reservoir advantageously comprises and is positioned at recess transparent or semitransparent zone afterwards.If the zone that the next-door neighbour of reservoir is positioned at after the recess is transparent or translucent, can observe.If according to another embodiment of the invention, the wall near the recess location of reservoir is illuminated from behind or is lighted, and can help distinguishing the filling state widely.

To be easy to the mode of technical execution; This light or backlit forms through a favourable improvement of the present invention: the wall near the recess location has the light guide structure between light source and recess, and said light source is fixed on place with respect to reservoir.Can in the process of making reservoir by transparent material, just consider this light guide structure.

Light source can be fixed on the drawer or be fixed on the position of being fixed in the washing machine chamber.

Advantageous particularly ground, the wall near the recess location of reservoir is transparent or translucent, and reaches in the recess with the straight line protuberance.Can for the beholder, be in the near position of most probable at this moment from its visible surface that directly reads the reservoir of filling state.

Yet alternatively, recess also can be provided with transparent or semitransparent embedded body, and reservoir can be closely from the inboard by touching on embedded body.The picture of filling state directly is sent to the outer surface of handle by means of embedded body, and can most clearly see.If transparent or semitransparent embedded body protrudes with its height bearing of trend on the surface of reservoir in its outer visible surface and/or its abreast, this obtains strengthening more significantly.But the mode that the characteristic of dependent claims is can be any favourable and combination of the characteristic of independent claims and combination with one another, and can not break away from thought of the present invention.

Description of drawings

Below, will the present invention be described referring to the exemplary embodiment shown in the accompanying drawing, accompanying drawing comprises:

Fig. 1 shows the front view of automatic control type washing machine, and the upper left corner place of said automatic control type washing machine above the oscillatory system of machine case has cleaning agent and dash the configuration of sending device;

Fig. 2 shows from watch the view of the drawer of design according to the present invention according to the top of the washing machine of Fig. 1, and wherein, workbench is removed;

Fig. 3 shows from cleaning agent and dashes the view that the top of the drawer of the present invention that the cavity send device removes is watched, and wherein only arranges the reservoir that is used for laundry treatment agents;

Fig. 4 show with Fig. 3 in the diagram various embodiment in the zoomed-in view according to the CONSTRUCTED SPECIFICATION E of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 show with Fig. 3 and 4 in the diagram various embodiment in the zoomed-in view according to the CONSTRUCTED SPECIFICATION E of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 show with Fig. 3-5 in the diagram various embodiment in the zoomed-in view according to the CONSTRUCTED SPECIFICATION E of Fig. 3;

Fig. 7 show with Fig. 3-6 in the diagram various embodiment in the zoomed-in view according to the CONSTRUCTED SPECIFICATION E of Fig. 3.

The specific embodiment

The bucket unit 2 that is suspended into oscillating movement is shown in the housing 1 of the washing machine among Fig. 1 with dashed line form, and its central opening can be closed through Qianmen 3.The guidance panel 4 that is installed on the top of front side 1.1 (Fig. 2) comprises the device 5 and display 6 that is used for setting program; Said program can be by cyclelog 7 outputs; And be used to control machine processes, comprise those mechanical processes of the automatic input amount dispensing of laundry treatment agents.

Cleaning agent dashes and to send in the upper left corner that device 8 is arranged on housing 1 usually, and comprises the drawer 9 that can pull out from corresponding housing cavity.Handle plate 10 is arranged on the front portion of drawer 9 as handle, and when drawer 9 was pushed in the housing cavity fully, said handle plate 10 was outside concordant with guidance panel 4.Can find out that reservoir 16-18 is arranged in the drawer 9 after the handle plate 10 by means of dotted line.Recess 22-24 is machined in the handle plate 10, and the beholder can see the antetheca of reservoir 16-18 through recess.It is transparent or translucent that these walls cover in the zone of recess 22-24 at them at least, thereby the filling state of reservoir 16-18 can be confirmed by vision ground.The scale that is used for corresponding filling state can be arranged on that recess 22-24 goes up or recess 22-24 near.

Fig. 2 shows an exemplary embodiment according to drawer of the present invention.Cleaning agent dashes and send device 8, described in the prior art of being quoted, occupies the entire depth of machine case 1.Drawer 9 is arranged to make it to be pushed in the under that is used to supply with fresh water according to arrow 19; And be fixed to front hand grip plate 10; And comprise two

containers

11 and 12; Wherein, container 11 is provided for the powder laundry treatment agents of single part of input amount, and container 12 is provided for the liquid laundry finishing agent of single part of input amount.Well-known syphon structure 13 is arranged in the container 12, makes that liquid can be from this vessel discharge when container 12 is filled water.In order to wash away container 11, container has side outlet (at length not illustrating at this), and said side outlet is discharged into the contents of container on the bottom of case cover, and cleaning agent dashes and send device 8 to be surrounded by said case cover.

After one group of electromagnetic valve 14 is arranged on container 11, and will be directed to

container

11 and 12 from the water that the running water tube connector on the rear wall 1.2 of housing 1 15 is supplied with.Being dashed the laundry treatment agents of seeing off is sent in the bucket 2 via unshowned pipe.

Reservoir

16,17 and 18 long limit, the right side and its front areas along drawer 9 are arranged in the drawer 9.Reservoir all seals with external all sides except following exception: in forefoot area, each reservoir 16-18 surface above that has filling opening 20 again, and the said opening of filling again 20 can close or open by means of sliding part 21.

Fig. 3 shows at the view from drawer 9 above watched of drawer 9 after the housing cavity removes; Said drawer 9 is equipped with differently; And only comprise the reservoir 25-27 that is used for feed fluid or gluey laundry treatment agents, said liquid or gluey laundry treatment agents comprise many parts of input amounts.Each reservoir among these reservoirs 25-27 inserts in the reception chamber 28 of drawer, and replaceablely is assembled to wherein for another reservoir.This mainly betides one of them reservoir 25-27 (perhaps the reservoir 16-18 among Fig. 2, if these reservoirs can not recharge) when empty.The antetheca 29 of the reservoir 25-27 that is inserted into closely is resisted against the rear side of handle plate 10, says more accurately, makes that the transparent or semitransparent zone of wall 29 is accurately consistent with

corresponding recess

30,31 or 32.Like this, this zone can be seen through corresponding recess, and demonstrate the occupied state of relevant reservoir.

The CONSTRUCTED SPECIFICATION E of the other modification different with the example of Fig. 3 is shown among Fig. 4-7.Therefore Fig. 4 shows a kind of modification, and wherein, the antetheca 29 of reservoir 25 is direct by touching on the rear side of handle plate 10 in the at of recess 30.Yet light guide structure 33 also is integrated in the antetheca 29, and the light of said antetheca gets into surface 34 towards light source 35, and said light source 35 is connected to handle plate 10.Light guide structure 33 optics are connected to the translucent area 36 of the antetheca 29 of reservoir 25, thereby the light that sends from light source 35 is sent to translucent area 36 through light guide structure 33.Translucent area 36 extends on the height of antetheca 29 and along recess 30.Translucent area 36 is compared with its peripheral part owing to there is sharp contrast in the side direction irradiation from light source 35, because translucent area 36 is darker than the zone of not got wet by the zone of getting wet from the laundry treatment agents of reservoir 25.Like this, produced clearly visible vertical bar (for example, at recess 22 places), it is as the analogue measurement measure of the filling state of relevant reservoir.

The antetheca 37 of the reservoir 38 among Fig. 5 is molded in the cavity of recess on the height of recess 30, thereby, between recess 30 and mold 39, produce form fit.Therefore, the light that incides on the outer surface of antetheca 37 of reservoir 38 of side direction can be avoided.In this example, light guide structure 40 obtains light from light source 41, and said light source is arranged on cleaning agent in this case towards sending on the standing part of device 8.The light of light guide structure 40 gets into surface 42 and is correspondingly turned to the side.With recess 30 overlapping areas in, light guide structure 40 for example directly extends in the inside of reservoir owing to roughened has opaque surperficial 43, said opaque surperficial 43, therefore, its can be moistening by laundry treatment agents.In moistening zone, opaque surperficial 43 compare much secretly than peripheral part, and can most clearly see through recess.

Form fit between the mold 45 of the recess 44 of the handle plate 10 among Fig. 6 and the antetheca 46 of reservoir 47 than with Fig. 5 in the form fit of antetheca 37 more obvious.At this, mold 45 extends into the front surface flush with handle plate 10, and therefore, the laundry treatment agents that is arranged in reservoir 47 flows to here.Therefore, its darker color directly is apparent on the front surface of handle plate 10.With not compared by moistening mold 45 of antetheca 46, it forms the surface of strong contrast in the surrounding environment light that can not ignore.In addition, if desired, light source 48 also can below the mold 45 or above towards reservoir 47 irradiation, so that strengthen this effect alternatively.According to designer's hobby, this light source 48 can be arranged on the handle plate 10, or is arranged on the drawer 9 or is completely fixed on the housing cavity that surrounds drawer 9.

Handle plate 10 among Fig. 7 also has recess, but it is filled transparent or semitransparent embedded body 49, the antetheca 50 of reservoir 51 from the inboard by touching on embedded body 49.In the zone of this embedded body 49, the antetheca 50 of reservoir 51 has light leader 52, from the light of light source 53 from the below or the top shine the said light leader 52.

Embedded body 49 protrudes with the height bearing of trend of recess on its visible surface abreast, so that enlarge the imaging of filling level in light leader 52 through the amplification that produces.Surface towards reservoir 51 also can have similar shaping form.

Can find out easily that each characteristic that is derived from the example among Fig. 1-7 also can advantageously be applied to respectively in other examples, and can not break away from basic thought of the present invention.As an example, the mold 45 among Fig. 6 also can be filled the transparent or semitransparent embedded body 49 according to Fig. 7, and can have the convex visible surface.All examples can make up under the situation of using or do not use light source generation extraneous light; The horizontal visible surface direct interaction of the light of said light source and filling, or interact indirectly via light guide structure that has or do not have opaque light output surface and the horizontal visible surface of filling.

Claims

1. automatic control type washing machine, the dashing of laundry treatment agents that be used for the front portion that is arranged on the washing machine chamber sent device (8), and said dashing send device to comprise: can be from the front portion approaching drawer (9); Said drawer has and is used to supply with the liquid that comprises many parts of input amounts or at least one reservoir (16-18 of gluey laundry treatment agents; 25-27,38,47; 51), and

Be fixed to the handle (10) of drawer (9), be used to draw back and push drawer (9),

It is characterized in that,

Reservoir (16-18,25-27,38,47; 51) comprise and be positioned at handle (10) transparent at least wall (29,37,46,50) afterwards; And handle (10) has the recess (22-24,30-32,44) of window-like, and the recess of said window-like is arranged on each the reservoir (16-18 in the drawer (9) after being in close proximity to handle; 25-27,38,47,51) vertically extend before.

2. washing machine as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, reservoir (16-18,25-27,38,47,51) comprises and is positioned at recess (22-24,30-32,44) transparent or semitransparent zone afterwards.

3. according to claim 1 or claim 2 washing machine is characterized in that, being illuminated from behind near the wall (29,37,46,50) of location with recess (30,44) or light of reservoir (25,38,47,51).

4. washing machine as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, near the wall (29,37 of recess (30,44) location; 46,50) comprise and be positioned at light source (35,41,48; 53) with recess (30,44) between light guide structure (33,40,52); Said light source is fixed on place with respect to reservoir (25,38,47,51).

5. washing machine as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, light source (35,48) is fixed to drawer (9).

6. washing machine as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, light source (41,48,53) is fixed to the position of being fixed in the washing machine chamber.

7. like arbitrary described washing machine among the claim 1-6, it is characterized in that the wall (37,46) near recess (30,44) location of reservoir (38,47) is transparent or translucent, and reaches in the recess (30,44) with straight line mold (39,45).

8. like arbitrary described washing machine among the claim 1-6, it is characterized in that said recess is provided with transparent or semitransparent embedded body (49), and reservoir (51) from the inboard closely by touching on embedded body (49).

9. washing machine as claimed in claim 8; It is characterized in that; The outer visible surface (54) of transparent or semitransparent embedded body (49) and/or transparent or semitransparent embedded body (49) towards the surface of reservoir (51), transparent or semitransparent embedded body (49) protrudes with its height bearing of trend abreast.