EP0033483A2 - Dispositif pour varier la hauteur d'un ratelier dans une machine à laver la vaisselle - Google Patents

Dispositif pour varier la hauteur d'un ratelier dans une machine à laver la vaisselle Download PDF

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EP0033483A2
EP0033483A2 EP81100452A EP81100452A EP0033483A2 EP 0033483 A2 EP0033483 A2 EP 0033483A2 EP 81100452 A EP81100452 A EP 81100452A EP 81100452 A EP81100452 A EP 81100452A EP 0033483 A2 EP0033483 A2 EP 0033483A2
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Manfred Schröder
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L15/00—Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware
    • A47L15/42—Details
    • A47L15/50—Racks ; Baskets
    • A47L15/504—Arrangements for changing the height of racks

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  • the known embodiments have the disadvantage that the upper basket must be completely removed from the washing compartment and that additional manipulations may have to be carried out.
  • the invention is based on the object of specifying a device for adjusting the height, in particular the upper basket, which allows the basket to be brought to different altitudes, but which above all also allows the height to be adjusted without removing the basket and its guides carry out and which also makes it possible to carry out the height adjustment with a loaded basket.
  • the object is achieved in that a support element holding the crockery basket at a selectable height is connected to the guides of the crockery basket.
  • a carrier element can consist of a plate with holding elements arranged at different heights, the plate advantageously being arranged so as to be pivotable and e.g. is loaded by springs that when lifting the basket, the plate is pressed outwards, but when lowering load-bearing elements of the basket lie at different heights in the holding elements on the plate.
  • a lever or the like could then be provided, by which the plate is pressed outwards when actuated after lifting the basket out of the holders, so that the basket can be lowered between the now free holding elements and in the desired altitude on the holder of the support elements can be placed.
  • each of the carrier elements from two parts which are displaceable relative to one another and lockable in different relative positions, of which one (lower part) is connected to the basket guide and the other (upper part) holds the crockery basket.
  • telescopically interlocking guide rails equipped with rollers can be used as well as plastic-shaped rails that are mounted on the castors in the recesses of the container or in inserted guide rails.
  • the carrier element is loaded as evenly as possible by the basket, it is advantageous to arrange the carrier element on both sides approximately in the middle of the basket. It is also advantageous to design the carrier element as flat as possible and to hold it laterally in the region of the dish rack.
  • the crockery basket is advantageously connected to the carrier element via molded-on retaining tabs, but any other type of connection can also be used.
  • An inexpensive embodiment in which the lower and upper parts are guided into one another makes use of locking notches on one of the parts, in which cam-like extensions of the other part engage.
  • FIGS 1 to 4 show an embodiment according to the invention in different operating positions, some with the cover removed.
  • Figures 5 and 6 show a simpler embodiment of a device according to the invention in an operating position in which the crockery basket is in the upper position.
  • FIG. 7 shows the device according to the invention with the crockery basket in the lower operating position and the guides formed on the crockery basket holder.
  • FIG. 1 shows the storage of a crockery basket 1 in a partial view on a basket guide 2 with the engagement of a carrier element 3 according to the invention.
  • the guide 2 a rail-like structure, is equipped with rollers 4 which engage in rail-like guides, not shown, in the container.
  • the struts of the crockery basket 1 are formed in the usual manner from wire and covered with a suitable plastic material. It can be seen that the horizontal struts 5 are bent inwards in the region of the carrier element 3, so that a flat recess is formed in which the carrier element 3 is arranged.
  • FIG. 2 shows how the struts 5 are connected to the inner wall 7 of the carrier element 3 via suitable holders 6.
  • the carrier element 3 consists of two substantially U-shaped parts 9 and 10, which are telescopically displaceable against each other.
  • the cover 23 shown in FIG. 4 has been removed, so that the locking parts for setting the different heights can be seen.
  • a handle 12 is formed on the cover side, by means of which the basket 1 connected to it can be raised.
  • a button 13 is arranged as a handle, which acts on the joint 15 of a locking device via a lever arm 14.
  • the latching device consists of the expansion pawls 16, the expansion spring 17 and the stops 18 formed on the inner wall 7.
  • the joint 15 is raised via the lever arm 14.
  • the expansion pawls 16 are also moved upward with the joint 15. However, since the pawls 16 abut the stops 18 with their shoulders 19, they can only follow this lifting movement if they avoid the stops 18, i.e. when the spread angle is reduced against the force of the spring 17.
  • the button 13 is actuated when the basket is raised, because the free ends of the expanding pawls 16 can then be easily pulled out of the notches 20, preferably molded, assigned to the lower part 9.
  • the upper part 10 and thus also the basket 1 connected to it can be lowered. In the lowest position, the upper part 10 sits on the legs of the lower part 9.
  • the pawls 16 avoid the notches 20 during the lifting movement and can be fixed in any of the height positions determined by the notches 20. Two pairs of notches are shown in the drawing. Of course, more precise settings can also be achieved by correspondingly more notch pairs.
  • latch-like parts 21 and 22 are formed on the housing parts 9 and 10, which prevent the upper basket from being released from the guide 2 during operation.
  • the end walls of the upper part 10 can be bent resiliently to such an extent that the latching is released and the upper basket is released from its holder, i.e. with the upper part 10 lifted out of the lower part 9 and can thus be removed from the basket guide.
  • a pair of crockery basket holders are provided which are connected to the guides 31.
  • the guides 31 also carry casters, not shown, in molded bearing parts 32, which in turn are mounted in rails or other suitable molded parts on the side walls of the washing container, not shown, in such a way that they can be pulled out towards the front with the crockery basket.
  • Carrier parts 33 are placed on the guides 31 and carry lower parts 34 of the basket holder formed on their upper end.
  • the upper parts 35 are pushed onto the lower parts 34.
  • the lower parts 34 engage with lateral ribs 36 in slot-shaped recesses 37 of the upper part.
  • Horizontal struts 40 of the crockery basket are inserted into holding tabs 38 and 39 and are held in the position shown by shaped tongue parts 41 of the upper part 35.
  • a tab 42 is formed, which carries a handle bar 43 at its lower end.
  • Cams 44 are formed on the inside of the tab 42 and engage in a slot-like notch 45 of the lower part 34.
  • a thrust surface 46 is also formed, through which the tab 12 is bent resiliently when the upper part 35 is lifted over the cams 44.
  • Pawl-like parts 47 are formed in the lower part 34, which come into engagement with nose-like stop surfaces 48 after the greatest permissible stroke has been reached and thus limit the stroke.
  • the carrier elements consisting of the carrier part 33 and the basket holders 34, 35, are advantageously arranged approximately in the middle on both sides of the crockery basket.
  • the cage retainer 34, built 35 flat it is recommended that the braces 4 to form 0 of the dish rack in such a way that in the area of the basket holder 34, 35 has a niche-like recovery yields.
  • the operator grips the handle bar 43 of the tabs 42 on both sides of the crockery basket and pulls the basket with the upper part 35 upwards.
  • the tabs 42 are pressed out over the leading edges 46 and finally latch with the cams 44 in the notch 45.
  • the stroke is limited by the pawl parts 47 and the stops 48, so that the upper part with the basket is not from the lower part and thus from the guides can be lifted off without the pawls 47 being mechanically released from the stops 48.
  • both the upper and the lower part and the guides can be adapted to a wide variety of basket shapes and bearings.

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DE19803004110 DE3004110A1 (de) 1980-02-05 1980-02-05 Vorrichtung zum verstellen der hoehenlage eines geschirrkorbes in einem haushalt-geschirrspueler
DE19803025311 DE3025311A1 (de) 1980-07-04 1980-07-04 Vorrichtung zum verstellen der hoehenlage eines geschirrkorbes
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US5409309A (en) * 1993-04-19 1995-04-25 Whirlpool Corporation Dishrack motion control arrangement for a dishwasher
GB2290949A (en) * 1994-07-15 1996-01-17 Zanussi Elettrodomestici Dishwashing machine with height adjustable basket
EP0848930A2 (fr) * 1996-12-20 1998-06-24 SMEG S.p.A. Dispositif pour changer de position en hauteur un panier de lave vaisselle réglable à différentes hauteurs
EP1051944A1 (fr) * 1999-05-03 2000-11-15 CANDY S.p.A. Dispositif pour changer de position en hauteur un panier superieur de lave vaisselle dans une machine à laver vaiselle
WO2002049495A1 (fr) * 2000-12-19 2002-06-27 Arçel K A. . Mecanisme de reglage vertical
EP1306046A1 (fr) * 2001-10-29 2003-05-02 Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V. Panier pour lave-vaisselle
EP1310205A1 (fr) 2001-10-24 2003-05-14 Paul Hettich Gmbh & Co. Panier pour lave-vaisselle
US6755490B2 (en) * 2001-08-30 2004-06-29 Maytag Corporation Dishwasher with adjustable rack
EP1854394A1 (fr) * 2006-05-08 2007-11-14 Vestel Beyaz Esya Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. Appareil pour régler à hauteur le panier d'un lave-vaisselle
EP1880655A1 (fr) * 2006-07-19 2008-01-23 Aktiebolaget SKF Dispositif de réglage de la position verticale du panier supérieur d'un lave-vaisselle
US7410228B2 (en) 2004-12-08 2008-08-12 Whirlpool Corporation Height adjuster mechanism for a dishwasher dish rack
US7424893B2 (en) * 2002-11-28 2008-09-16 Lg Electronics Inc. Dishwasher
WO2009147612A2 (fr) * 2008-06-06 2009-12-10 Itw Industrial Components S.R.L. Con Unico Socio Dispositif de support réglable en hauteur pour élément support intérieur d'appareil électroménager tel que panier de lave-vaisselle ou clayette de réfrigérateur
US7651180B2 (en) * 2001-04-26 2010-01-26 Bsh Bosch Und Siemens Hausgeraete Gmbh Device for adjusting the height position of a dishware basket which can be pulled out from the rinsing container of a dishwasher
US7775378B2 (en) 2007-05-04 2010-08-17 Electrolux Home Products, Inc. Height adjustment mechanism for a dishwasher rack and associated method
US9579009B2 (en) 2013-02-04 2017-02-28 Whirlpool Corporation Dishwasher with vertically adjustable dish rack
EP3146885A1 (fr) * 2015-09-24 2017-03-29 Lg Electronics Inc. Casier à vaisselle et lave-vaisselle l'utilisant
KR20170082030A (ko) * 2016-01-05 2017-07-13 엘지전자 주식회사 식기 수납부 및 이를 이용한 식기 세척기
US10582829B2 (en) 2017-10-30 2020-03-10 Whirlpool Corporation Dishwasher with vertically adjustable dish rack
US10820783B2 (en) 2017-03-31 2020-11-03 Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag Bracket, rack, and dishwasher
EP3782527A4 (fr) * 2018-04-19 2021-02-24 Gree Electric Appliances (Wuhan) Co., Ltd. Lave-vaisselle
US11369250B2 (en) * 2017-03-31 2022-06-28 Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag Dishwasher rack height adjustment device
EP3958721A4 (fr) * 2019-04-24 2023-01-18 Serdar Plastik Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi Mécanisme de réglage de panier à arrêt-démarrage progressifs

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US3809450A (en) * 1971-12-27 1974-05-07 Gen Electric Rack level adjustment system in a dishwasher
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US5409309A (en) * 1993-04-19 1995-04-25 Whirlpool Corporation Dishrack motion control arrangement for a dishwasher
GB2290949A (en) * 1994-07-15 1996-01-17 Zanussi Elettrodomestici Dishwashing machine with height adjustable basket
GB2290949B (en) * 1994-07-15 1997-07-30 Zanussi Elettrodomestici Dishwashing machine with height-adjustable basket
EP0848930A2 (fr) * 1996-12-20 1998-06-24 SMEG S.p.A. Dispositif pour changer de position en hauteur un panier de lave vaisselle réglable à différentes hauteurs
EP0848930A3 (fr) * 1996-12-20 1998-08-12 SMEG S.p.A. Dispositif pour changer de position en hauteur un panier de lave vaisselle réglable à différentes hauteurs
EP1051944A1 (fr) * 1999-05-03 2000-11-15 CANDY S.p.A. Dispositif pour changer de position en hauteur un panier superieur de lave vaisselle dans une machine à laver vaiselle
WO2002049495A1 (fr) * 2000-12-19 2002-06-27 Arçel K A. . Mecanisme de reglage vertical
US7651180B2 (en) * 2001-04-26 2010-01-26 Bsh Bosch Und Siemens Hausgeraete Gmbh Device for adjusting the height position of a dishware basket which can be pulled out from the rinsing container of a dishwasher
US6755490B2 (en) * 2001-08-30 2004-06-29 Maytag Corporation Dishwasher with adjustable rack
EP1310205A1 (fr) 2001-10-24 2003-05-14 Paul Hettich Gmbh & Co. Panier pour lave-vaisselle
EP1306046A1 (fr) * 2001-10-29 2003-05-02 Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V. Panier pour lave-vaisselle
US7424893B2 (en) * 2002-11-28 2008-09-16 Lg Electronics Inc. Dishwasher
US7410228B2 (en) 2004-12-08 2008-08-12 Whirlpool Corporation Height adjuster mechanism for a dishwasher dish rack
EP1854394A1 (fr) * 2006-05-08 2007-11-14 Vestel Beyaz Esya Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. Appareil pour régler à hauteur le panier d'un lave-vaisselle
EP1880655A1 (fr) * 2006-07-19 2008-01-23 Aktiebolaget SKF Dispositif de réglage de la position verticale du panier supérieur d'un lave-vaisselle
US7775378B2 (en) 2007-05-04 2010-08-17 Electrolux Home Products, Inc. Height adjustment mechanism for a dishwasher rack and associated method
WO2009147612A2 (fr) * 2008-06-06 2009-12-10 Itw Industrial Components S.R.L. Con Unico Socio Dispositif de support réglable en hauteur pour élément support intérieur d'appareil électroménager tel que panier de lave-vaisselle ou clayette de réfrigérateur
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