DE8711238U1 - Container for preparing regeneration brine for water softeners of dishwashers and washing machines - Google Patents

Description

Container for preparing regeneration brine for water softeners in dishwashers and washing machines.

The innovation concerns a container for preparing regeneration brine for water softeners in dishwashers and washing machines, with a filler neck that can be closed with a lid, a water inlet, a brine outlet leading to the water softener and with a removable container insert that is supported against the filler neck by a collar arranged at its upper end.

Known containers of this type (DE-OS 16 28 516) have a housing surrounding the brine receiving chamber, which has a water inlet nozzle leading into the brine receiving chamber and a brine line leading from the brine receiving chamber to the ion exchanger. The housing is mounted in an opening in the flushing container of the machine.

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The machine is attached in a liquid-tight manner and protrudes into ^the holder with a housing flange. The housing socket can be closed with a lid. A container that acts as a pot sieve and delimits the salt collection space can be suspended in the housing through the housing socket. This container can be removed from the housing after the lid has been removed in order to refill with salt. When pushed in, the pot-shaped sieve insert rests on the end of the threaded neck of the housing socket with a collar arranged at its upper end, with the lid clamping the collar against the threaded neck. Due to the one-sided flow into the brine collection space and the pot sieve, the salt deposit that forms in the pot sieve is broken down unevenly.

In order to largely prevent the brine collection chamber from overflowing when refilling salt, a container with an additional vessel forming the salt collection chamber is known (DE-PS 32 11 031), whereby the vessel of the salt collection chamber protrudes from the housing into the rinsing container with the filler neck that can be closed by the lid, the housing has an intermediate floor, the water inlet nozzle opens into a chamber of the housing that is separated from the brine collection chamber by the intermediate floor and the housing floor, and a connecting channel leads from the chamber to the salt collection chamber, whereby in the inserted position the vessel of the salt collection chamber is coupled to the connecting channel opening in a fluid-conducting manner. Furthermore, the vessel of the salt collection chamber can be pushed into the housing of the collection chamber from the interior of the rinsing container and can be connected to the housing in a liquid-tight manner by means of a screw or bayonet closure, whereby the brine collection chamber is delimited by the housing, the intermediate floor and the vessel casing.

The innovation is based on the task of creating a simpler container for the preparation of regeneration brine, which enables easy refilling of the salt without significant losses.

According to the innovation, this is achieved in a container of the type mentioned above by the fact that the insert consists of a filling funnel which, when the lid is removed from the filling nozzle, is moved by means of a handle until it clicks into place in the area

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the filling nozzle can be pulled out of the container. Advantageous features of the innovation are marked in sections 2 to 4*

The innovation eliminates the need for a second, sieve-shaped container. Since the filling funnel for refilling the salt only needs to be pulled out of the salt container to the position defined by the locking mechanism, the problems associated with using a salt funnel, which is a well-known accessory for dishwashers and which has to be stored separately and placed on the filling nozzle of the salt container for refilling the salt, are eliminated. The funnel can be knocked over by the operator through the salt chute used to refill the salt, or salt can leak out between the upper edge of the filling nozzle of the salt container and the funnel that is attached.

The drawing shows the subject of the innovation using an example.

It shows:

Fig. 1 a section through the container according to the innovation, arranged |

in the bottom of the rinsing tank of a dishwasher or washing machine, with the filling funnel pulled out,

Fig. 2 is a top view of Fig. 1 with the cover removed.

The new container 1 has a filler neck 2 with an external thread 3 and can be closed with a screw cap 4. In dishwashers or washing machines, the container 1 with the filler neck 2 protrudes through an opening in the base of the washing container 5 and is attached to the washing container in a liquid-tight manner by a screw connection 6. The container 1 can be connected to a water supply line with a water inlet 7 and to a water softener (not shown) via a brine outlet 8.

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A filling funnel 9, in particular made of plastic, is arranged in the container 1 and, when the container is closed, rests against the container filler neck 2 with a collar 10 formed on its upper edge. The filling funnel 9 , which is used for refilling salt, can be pulled out of the container 1 by means of a handle 11 after the lid 4 has been removed until it engages 12 between the lower end of the filling funnel and the filler neck. In this pulled-out and engaged state, the filler neck is held automatically and its lower end of the filling funnel still projects into the container filler neck, so that when refilling salt, salt losses due to washing out can be largely avoided. The raised funnel, which raises the filler neck of the salt container, also allows better access for adding the salt.

The handle 11 preferably consists of a foldable handle or bracket of the filling funnel. To fix the filling funnel against the filling nozzle, the filling funnel can be guided lengthwise in grooves 14 of the filling funnel by means of ribs 13. The locking mechanism 12 between the filling funnel and the filling nozzle can form a groove-hook connection, a locking mechanism by means of knobs, spring tongues or the like*

Claims (4)

TZP 87/318 Protection claims 1. Container for preparing regeneration brine for water softeners for dishwashers and washing machines, with a filler neck that can be closed by a lid, a water inlet, a brine outlet leading to the water softener and with a removable container insert that is supported against the filler neck by a collar arranged at its upper end, characterized in that the insert consists of a filling funnel (9) that, when the lid (4) is removed from the filler neck (2), can be moved by means of a handle (11) until it engages (12) in the area of the \ Filler neck can be pulled out of the container (l). 2. Container according to claim 1, characterized in that the filling funnel (9) is provided with a foldable handle, bracket, handle (ll) or the like 3. Container according to claim 1, characterized in that the filling funnel (9) has guide ribs (13) and the filling nozzle (2) has guide grooves (14). 4. Container according to claim 1, characterized in that the locking mechanism (12) between the filling funnel (9) and the filling nozzle (2) consists of a groove-hook connection or the like. i · « « ««ti ti K lit · If I