DE2430864A1 - WINDOW FOR WASHING MACHINES - Google Patents

Description

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Dipl.-Ing. H. Sauerland · Dn.-Ing. R. König · Dipl.-Ing. K. Bergen

Patent Attorneys · 4ddd Düsseldorf 30 · Cecilienallee ve ■ Telephone 432732

June 26, 1974 29 511 B

Merloni SpA ,, 60044 FABRIANO (Ancona), Italy

No.54, Via Dante

"Windows for washing machines" The invention relates to windows for washing machines,

It is known to close the access to the container for laundry items in the washing machine, especially with horizontal lying drum and loading from the front, to use a flap, which in general consists of different Material is made (e.g. metal, glass, plastic) and always from an opaque outer part (colored, chrome-plated, metallized, etc.) and consists of a transparent inner part that allows the contents of the Washing drum to see. This elaborate constructive concept has only the aesthetic purpose to contribute to a handsome appearance and convenient handling, and at the same time to cover the mechanical support parts and the closure of the round window.

The known constructions always require different ones Materials which require at least one opaque and one clear part that are mutually compatible are connected with the help of various techniques at high cost.

The object of the invention is to provide a construction for _fu 5098 39/05 95

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To propose washing machine windows, the structure of which is much simplified, and which are much cheaper can be produced.

This object is achieved according to the invention in that the window consists of a one-piece housing part made of transparent Material consists of a ring zone lying outside the machine housing and one inside the machine has protruding concave part.

Not least for aesthetic reasons, the ring zone is preferably at least partially subjected to a treatment that makes it opaque, for which, for example, serigraphy, hot printing, painting, graining, sandblasting and similar appropriate processes are suitable, _{or the like}

In the scope of this invention there is also the possibility of using the housing part provided for the window as a whole To be left transparent, so that the support and closure parts are visible from the outside.

The invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which a preferred embodiment of the invention is shown ₉ to which the invention is not limited. Show it:

Fig. 1 is a side view of a round window according to the invention; and

Fig. 2 is a diametrical cross section of the window shown in Figure 1 _o,

According to FIG. 1, the letter a designates the annular which is to be made opaque in a suitable manner Outer surface, b a closure element and _c a con-

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kaven part, which together with a forms a one-piece housing, protrudes into the interior of the washing machine and, due to its transparency, allows a view of the contents of the washing machine, not shown. The reference letter d denotes a hinge bracket of any type ₀

In Fig. 2, the reference ζ oak _e relates to the external treatment the annular outer surface a, which can be designed in various ways. Any fasteners the support d are denoted by f. Of course, this can cause the opaque surface Method e, which is shown in FIG. 2 for the outer surface of the annular zone a, also on the inner surface to be carried out in this zone,

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Claims (3)

Merloni SpA, 60044 FABRIANO (Ancona), Italy No.54, Via Dante Claims; 1 “Window for washing machines, characterized in that it consists of a one-piece housing part made of transparent material, which has an annular zone (a) located outside the machine housing and a concave part (_c) protruding into the interior of the machine. 2. Window according to claim 1, characterized in that the annular zone (a) at least partially is subjected to an opaque treatment. 3. Window according to claim 2, characterized in that the treatment on one or both Areas of the ring zone (a) takes place. 509839/0595 ORIGINAL INSPECTED