EP0402252A1 - Security lock for the lid of the drum of a washing machine - Google Patents

Security lock for the lid of the drum of a washing machine Download PDF

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EP0402252A1
EP0402252A1 EP90401543A EP90401543A EP0402252A1 EP 0402252 A1 EP0402252 A1 EP 0402252A1 EP 90401543 A EP90401543 A EP 90401543A EP 90401543 A EP90401543 A EP 90401543A EP 0402252 A1 EP0402252 A1 EP 0402252A1
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    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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  • the invention relates to a security lock for access doors, inside a drum of a washing machine.
  • the access doors inside the drum of a washing machine, are subjected, during the rotation under load of the drum, in particular during the spinning operations, to high pressures likely to cause the untimely opening of the doors and the eviction of the linen resulting in material damage sometimes significant.
  • This invention aims to remedy these drawbacks.
  • This invention as it is characterized, solves the problem of creating a safety lock for washing machine drum doors, the stop of which can be directly operated without an intermediate member and can be completely housed in a recess made in the door with closing hooks.
  • a certain clearance J is provided between the pusher and the edge of the collar of the hollow base, so as to allow a certain lateral movement of said pusher by buckling of its return spring, when said pusher is urged by hand to obtain the opening of the drum, or by the end of the opposite door during the automatic closing of said drum.
  • the upper part of the pusher is curved inwards, so as to facilitate its gripping and its operation.
  • the advantages obtained thanks to this invention consist essentially in that the security lock has no roughness capable of catching the laundry, and in that its operation simultaneously causes the doors to open.
  • the figures show the doors 10 and 20 of a drum, secured by means of hooks 12, 13 and 14 and slots 22, 23 and 24, of which the door 10, comprising the recess 11, is provided with a lock 30 consisting of a plunger 31 with base 32 biased towards the flange 41 of a hollow base 40 by a spring 50; a clearance J having been formed between the pusher 31 and the flange 41 and an angle alpha having been given to the flange 41 of the hollow base 40 relative to the flat bottom of the recess 11, in the direction opposite to the hooks 12, 13, 14.
  • a clearance J of a few tenths of a millimeter, has been formed between the edge of the collar 41 of the hollow base 40 and the pusher 31, as well as an alpha inclination of approximately 2 ° in the direction opposite to the closing hooks.
  • This alpha inclination also favors the buckling of the spring 50 when a push is exerted on the pusher 31 and, consequently, a tilting of the said pusher in the direction opposite to the hooks, facilitating the release of the end of the door 20.
  • the security lock according to the invention is intended mainly to equip the drums of a washing machine, but it could also be used on any rotary drum, the doors of which are secured to the closure by a system of hooks.

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The invention relates to a security lock for access doors to the interior of the drum of a washing machine. The doors (10 and 20) of the drum are fixed to one another by means of hooks (12) and slots (22). One of the doors (10), which possesses a recess (11) is equipped with a security lock (30) consisting of a pusher (31) with a base (32) returned towards the collar (41) of a hollow pedestal (40) forming an angle alpha relative to the flat bottom of a recess (11) in the opposite direction to the hooks (12). The invention is used on rotary-drum machines. <IMAGE>

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L'invention concerne un verrou de sécurité pour portes d'accès, à l'intérieur d'un tambour d'une machine à laver le linge.The invention relates to a security lock for access doors, inside a drum of a washing machine.

Les portes d'accès, à l'intérieur du tambour d'une machine à laver le linge, sont soumises, lors de la rotation en charge du tambour, notamment lors des opérations d'essorage, à des pressions importantes susceptibles de provoquer l'ouverture intempestive des portes et l'éviction du linge se traduisant par des dégats matériels parfois importants.The access doors, inside the drum of a washing machine, are subjected, during the rotation under load of the drum, in particular during the spinning operations, to high pressures likely to cause the untimely opening of the doors and the eviction of the linen resulting in material damage sometimes significant.

Aussi a-t'on doté ces portes de divers moyens permettant à celles-ci de rester solidaires sous la poussèe qu'elles subissent.Also we have provided these doors with various means allowing them to remain united under the push they undergo.

Le plus courant et le plus efficace de ces moyens est constitué de crochets, solidaires de l'une des portes, et de fentes réalisées dans l'autre porte, disposés de telle façon que, lors de la fermeture des portes sous l'action de leurs ressorts de rappel, les dits crochets pénètrent directement dans les fentes, compte-­tenu de la forme de leur bec ; ils en sortent tout aussi facilement lorsqu'une poussée est exercée sur les portes de l'extérieur, comme c'est le cas lorsque l'utilisateur désire intervenir à l'intérieur du tambour pour charger ou décharger celui-ci.The most common and most effective of these means consists of hooks, integral with one of the doors, and slots made in the other door, arranged in such a way that, when the doors are closed under the action of their return springs, the so-called hooks penetrate directly into the slots, taking into account the shape of their beak; they come out of it just as easily when a push is exerted on the doors from the outside, as is the case when the user wishes to intervene inside the drum to load or unload the latter.

Toutefois, il résulte de cette disposition que les portes peuvent se désolidariser sous l'effet d'un déplacement relatif intempestif de celles-ci, dû à des mouvements du tambour ou au frottement du linge, et tout particulièrement contre le rebord de l'ondulation de section rectangulaire, dirigée vers l'intérieur du tambour, réalisée dans la porte comportant le crochet pour permettre le libre débattement de l'extrémité de la porte comportant les fentes lors de l'ouverture des portes.However, it follows from this arrangement that the doors can separate under the effect of an untimely relative movement of the latter, due to movements of the drum or the friction of the linen, and in particular against the edge of the ripple. of rectangular section, directed towards the inside of the drum, produced in the door comprising the hook for allow free movement of the end of the door having the slots when the doors open.

Aussi a-t'on imaginé de munir les portes, comportant une fermeture par crochets, d'un dispositif de sécurité s'opposant au recul intempestif des crochets et à leur désembectage des échancrures lorsque les dites portes sont fermées.So we imagined to provide the doors, comprising a hook closure, with a safety device opposing the untimely recoil of the hooks and their removal from the notches when the said doors are closed.

Différents dispositifs de sécurité de ce genre existent actuellement dans l'état de la technique, qui ont tous comme principale caractéristique de comporter une butée, effaçable à volonté par l'utilisateur, par l'intermédiaire d'un moyen de manoeuvre approprié, s'opposant au libre débattement des portes l'une par rapport à l'autre lorsqu'elles sont fermées. De tels dispositifs sont décrits dans les brevets de la République Fédérale d'Allemagne : 2 237 409 C 3 et 2 265 551 C 3.Various safety devices of this kind currently exist in the state of the art, all of which have the main characteristic of comprising a stop, erasable at will by the user, by means of an appropriate operating means, opposing the free movement of the doors relative to each other when they are closed. Such devices are described in the patents of the Federal Republic of Germany: 2,237,409 C 3 and 2,265,551 C 3.

On connaît déjà un verrou de sécurité s'opposant au désengagement inopiné des crochets de fermeture des portes d'accès, à l'intérieur du tambour d'une machine à laver le linge, des fentes dans lesquelles ils sont engagés (brevet français n° 2 289 659) ; le dit verrou comporte une butée, située à l'aplomb de l'extrémité de la porte munie des fentes d'engagement des crochets de fermeture, dont l'effacement s'obtient par flexion d'une lame de ressort, munie d'un poussoir, rappelée contre la partie supérieure d'un cavalier limitant le débattement vers l'extérieur de la dite lame de ressort. Toutefois, ce verrou, de par sa conception, oblige l'utilisateur de la machine à laver à manoeuvrer le poussoir dont il est équipé pour obtenir l'effacement de la butée, puis à appuyer sur les portes pour obtenir l'ouverture de celles-ci . De plus, la lame de ressort, à l'extrémité de laquelle est fixée la butée, se prête à l'accrochage du linge au moment où celui-ci est retiré du tambour, avec les risques de détérioration de certaines pièces de linge et de déformation de la dite lame de ressort que ce la suppose.There is already known a security lock opposing the unexpected disengagement of the hooks for closing the access doors, inside the drum of a washing machine, the slots in which they are engaged (French patent n ° 2,289,659); the said lock comprises a stop, located directly above the end of the door provided with the engagement slots of the closing hooks, the erasure of which is obtained by bending a spring leaf, provided with a pusher, recalled against the upper part of a jumper limiting the outward movement of said leaf spring. However, this lock, by design, obliges the user of the washing machine to operate the pusher with which it is equipped to obtain the erasure of the stop, then to press the doors to obtain the opening of these. In addition, the leaf spring, at the end of which the stopper is fixed, lends itself to the hanging of the laundry when it is removed from the drum, with the risks of deterioration of certain pieces of laundry and deformation of the said leaf spring as assumed.

La présente invention a pour but de remédier à ces inconvénients. Cette invention, telle qu'elle se caractérise, résout le problème consistant à créer un verrou de sécurité pour portes de tambour de machine à laver, dont la butée puisse être directement manoeuvrée sans organe intermédiaire et puisse être totalement logée dans un évidement réalisé dans la porte comportant les crochets de fermeture.The present invention aims to remedy these drawbacks. This invention, as it is characterized, solves the problem of creating a safety lock for washing machine drum doors, the stop of which can be directly operated without an intermediate member and can be completely housed in a recess made in the door with closing hooks.

Le verrou de sécurité selon l'invention, s'opposant au désengagement inopiné des crochets de fermeture des portes d'accès à l'intérieur du tambour d'une machine à laver le linge, comportant une butée située à l'aplomb de l'extrémité de la porte munie des fentes d'engagement des crochets de fermeture, conçue pour s'effacer en dessous de la dite porte par action sur un organe de manoeuvre, se caractérise principalement en ce que la butée est constituée d'un poussoir, rappelé vers l'extérieur d'un socle creux par un ressort.The security lock according to the invention, opposing the unexpected disengagement of the hooks for closing the access doors inside the drum of a washing machine, comprising a stop located directly above the end of the door provided with the engagement slots of the closing hooks, designed to disappear below said door by action on an operating member, is mainly characterized in that the stop consists of a pusher, recalled towards the outside of a hollow base by a spring.

La course du poussoir est limitée par une embase prenant appui, en position de sécurité, contre le bord de la collerette du socle creux, et, en position d'effacement, contre le fond de l'évidement dans lequel le socle creux est fixé.The stroke of the pusher is limited by a base bearing, in the safety position, against the edge of the collar of the hollow base, and, in the erasing position, against the bottom of the recess in which the hollow base is fixed.

La collerette du socle creux du poussoir est inclinée d'environ 2° par rapport au fond plat de l'évidement, dans la direction opposée aux crochets de fermeture.The collar of the hollow base of the pusher is inclined about 2 ° relative to the flat bottom of the recess, in the direction opposite to the closing hooks.

Un certain jeu J est ménagé entre le poussoir et le bord de la collerette du socle creux, de façon à permettre un certain débattement latéral du dit poussoir par flambage de son ressort de rappel, lorsque le dit poussoir est sollicité par la main pour obtenir l'ouverture du tambour, ou par l'extrémité de la porte opposée lors de la fermeture automatique du dit tambour.A certain clearance J is provided between the pusher and the edge of the collar of the hollow base, so as to allow a certain lateral movement of said pusher by buckling of its return spring, when said pusher is urged by hand to obtain the opening of the drum, or by the end of the opposite door during the automatic closing of said drum.

La partie supérieure du poussoir est galbée vers l'intérieur, de façon à faciliter sa préhension et sa manoeuvre.The upper part of the pusher is curved inwards, so as to facilitate its gripping and its operation.

Les avantages obtenus grâce à cette invention consistent essentiellement en ce que le verrou de sécurité ne présente aucune aspérité susceptible d'accrocher le linge, et en ce que sa manoeuvre provoque simultanément l'ouverture des portes.The advantages obtained thanks to this invention consist essentially in that the security lock has no roughness capable of catching the laundry, and in that its operation simultaneously causes the doors to open.

D'autres caractéristiques et avantages apparaîtront dans la description qui va suivre d'un mode de réalisation du verrou de sécurité selon l'invention, donné à titre d'exemple non limitatif au regard des dessins annexés sur lesquels :

  • - la figure 1 représente une vue en coupe longitudinale partielle des portes d'un tambour équipées du verrou de sécurité,
  • - la figure 2 représente une vue de dessus partielle des portes d'un tambour équipées du verrou de sécurité.
Other characteristics and advantages will appear in the following description of an embodiment of the security lock according to the invention, given by way of nonlimiting example with regard to the appended drawings in which:
  • FIG. 1 represents a view in partial longitudinal section of the doors of a drum fitted with the safety lock,
  • - Figure 2 shows a partial top view of the doors of a drum fitted with the safety lock.

Les figures représentent les portes 10 et 20 d'un tambour, solidarisées par l'intermédiaire de crochets 12, 13 et 14 et de fentes 22, 23 et 24, dont la porte 10, comportant l'évidement 11, est munie d'un verrou 30 constitué d'un poussoir 31 à embase 32 rappelé vers la collerette 41 d'un socle creux 40 par un ressort 50 ; un jeu J ayant été ménagé entre le poussoir 31 et la collerette 41 et un angle alpha ayant été donné à la collerette 41 du socle creux 40 par rapport au fond plat de l'évidement 11, dans le sens opposé aux crochets 12, 13, 14. The figures show the doors 10 and 20 of a drum, secured by means of hooks 12, 13 and 14 and slots 22, 23 and 24, of which the door 10, comprising the recess 11, is provided with a lock 30 consisting of a plunger 31 with base 32 biased towards the flange 41 of a hollow base 40 by a spring 50; a clearance J having been formed between the pusher 31 and the flange 41 and an angle alpha having been given to the flange 41 of the hollow base 40 relative to the flat bottom of the recess 11, in the direction opposite to the hooks 12, 13, 14.

En examinant simultanément les figures 1 et 2, on remarque que, en position de fermeture des portes 10 et 20, l'extrémité de la porte 20, comportant les fentes 22, 23 et 24, est située contre le poussoir 31 du verrou 30, juste au-dessus de la collerette 41 du socle creux 40 du dit verrou 30. Le dit poussoir 31 est alors en appui, par son embase 32, contre la collerette 41 du socle creux 40. Dans cette position, les crochets 12, 13 et 14 sont en appui contre les bourrelets 21, 25 et 26 des fentes 22, 23 et 24 et ne peuvent donc se dégager de celles-ci sans qu'un déplacement relatif entre les portes 10 et 20 puisse s'effectuer ; c'est-­à-dire sans que le poussoir 31, faisant office de butée, ait été, au préalable, effacé en dessous de l'extrémité de la porte 20 ; effacement qui ne peut s'effectuer que par un acte volontaire de l'utilisateur.By examining FIGS. 1 and 2 simultaneously, it can be seen that, in the closed position of the doors 10 and 20, the end of the door 20, comprising the slots 22, 23 and 24, is situated against the push-button 31 of the latch 30, just above the flange 41 of the hollow base 40 of the said latch 30. The said plunger 31 is then in abutment, by its base 32, against the flange 41 of the hollow base 40. In this position, the hooks 12, 13 and 14 are in abutment against the beads 21, 25 and 26 of the slots 22, 23 and 24 and cannot therefore be released from these without a relative movement between the doors 10 and 20 being able to take place; that is to say without the pusher 31, acting as a stop, having been previously erased below the end of the door 20 ; erasure which can only be carried out by a voluntary act of the user.

Pour obtenir l'ouverture des portes 10 et 20, il suffit donc d'appuyer sur la partie galbée 33 du poussoir 31 pour obtenir, tout d'abord, par compression du ressort 50, l'effacement du dit poussoir 31 sous l'extrémité de la porte 20 qui peut, dans le même mouvement, passer par dessus le poussoir 31, alors que les deux portes 10 et 20 poursuivent leur mouvement d'ouverture sous l'effet de la pression de la main, maintenue sur la partie galbée 33 du poussoir 31. To obtain the opening of doors 10 and 20, it therefore suffices to press on the curved part 33 of the pusher 31 to obtain, first of all, by compression of the spring 50, the erasing of said pusher 31 under the end of the door 20 which can, in the same movement, pass over the pusher 31, while the two doors 10 and 20 continue their opening movement under the effect of the pressure of the hand, maintained on the curved part 33 pusher 31.

Lors de la fermeture des portes 10 et 20, sous l'action de leurs ressorts de rappel respectifs, la porte 20 glisse contre la partie supérieure du poussoir 31, jusqu'à ce que son extrémité vienne normalement s'encliqueter derrière le poussoir 31, dans le même mouvement de fermeture, sans que l'utilisateur ait à intervenir.When the doors 10 and 20 are closed , under the action of their respective return springs, the door 20 slides against the upper part of the pusher 31, until its end normally snaps behind the pusher 31, in the same closing movement, without the user having to intervene.

Pour éviter tout arc-boutement accidentel de l'extrémité de la porte 20 contre le poussoir 31, au moment du débattement à l'ouverture ou à la fermeture des portes 10 et 20, un jeu J, de quelques dixièmes de millimètre, a été ménagé entre le bord de la collerette 41 du socle creux 40 et le poussoir 31, ainsi qu'une inclinaison alpha d'environ 2° dans la direction opposée aux crochets de fermeture. Cette inclinaison alpha favorise, de plus, le flambage du ressort 50 lorsqu'une poussée est exercée sur le poussoir 31 et, par conséquent, un basculement du dit poussoir dans le sens opposé aux crochets, facilitant le dégagement de l'extrémité de la porte 20. To avoid any accidental bracing of the end of the door 20 against the pusher 31, at the time of the travel at the opening or closing of the doors 10 and 20, a clearance J, of a few tenths of a millimeter, has been formed between the edge of the collar 41 of the hollow base 40 and the pusher 31, as well as an alpha inclination of approximately 2 ° in the direction opposite to the closing hooks. This alpha inclination also favors the buckling of the spring 50 when a push is exerted on the pusher 31 and, consequently, a tilting of the said pusher in the direction opposite to the hooks, facilitating the release of the end of the door 20.

Le verrou de sécurité selon l'invention est destiné principalement à équiper les tambours de machine à laver le linge, mais il pourrait être utilisé aussi sur tout tambour rotatif, dont les portes sont solidarisées à la fermeture par un système de crochets.The security lock according to the invention is intended mainly to equip the drums of a washing machine, but it could also be used on any rotary drum, the doors of which are secured to the closure by a system of hooks.

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1. Verrou de sécurité s'opposant au désengagement inopiné des crochets de fermeture des portes d'accès, à l'intérieur du tambour d'une machine à laver le linge, des fentes dans lesquelles ils sont engagés ; le dit verrou comportant une butée, située à l'aplomb de l'extrémité de la porte (20) comportant les fentes d'engagement des crochets de fermeture, conçue pour s'effacer en dessous de la dite porte par action sur l'organe de manoeuvre du verrou (30), caractérisé en ce que la butée est constituée d'un poussoir (31) rappelé vers l'extérieur d'un socle creux (40) par un ressort (50).1. Safety lock opposing the unexpected disengagement of the hooks for closing the access doors, inside the drum of a washing machine, from the slots in which they are engaged; the said lock comprising a stop, located directly above the end of the door ( 20 ) comprising the engaging slots of the closing hooks, designed to disappear below the said door by action on the member for operating the lock ( 30 ), characterized in that the stop consists of a pusher ( 31 ) biased towards the outside of a hollow base ( 40 ) by a spring ( 50 ). 2. Verrou de sécurité selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la course du poussoir (31) est limitée par une embase (32) prenant appui, en position de sécurité, contre la collerette (41) du socle creux (40), et, en position d'effacement, contre le fond de l'évidement (11) dans lequel le socle (40) est fixé.2. Safety lock according to claim 1, characterized in that the stroke of the pusher ( 31 ) is limited by a base ( 32 ) bearing, in the safety position, against the flange ( 41 ) of the hollow base ( 40 ), and, in the erasing position, against the bottom of the recess ( 11 ) in which the base ( 40 ) is fixed. 3. Verrou de sécurité selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que la collerette (41) du socle (40) est inclinée dans la direction opposée aux crochets de fermeture (12, 13, 14).3. Safety lock according to claim 2, characterized in that the flange ( 41 ) of the base ( 40 ) is inclined in the direction opposite to the closing hooks ( 12, 13, 14 ). 4. Verrou de sécurité selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que l'angle d'inclinaison alpha de la collerette (41) du socle creux (40), par rapport au fond de l'évidement (11) dans lequel le dit socle creux (40) est fixé, est d'environ 2°.4. Safety lock according to claim 3, characterized in that the angle of inclination alpha of the flange ( 41 ) of the hollow base ( 40 ), relative to the bottom of the recess ( 11 ) in which the said base hollow ( 40 ) is fixed, is about 2 °. 5. Verrou de sécurité selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce qu'un jeu (J) est ménagé entre le poussoir (31) et la collerette (41) du socle creux (40), de façon à permettre un certain débattement du dit poussoir (31) par flambage de son ressort de rappel (50), lorsque le dit poussoir est sollicité par la main pour l'ouverture du tambour, ou par l'extrémité de la porte opposée (20) lors de la fermeture automatique du tambour.5. Safety lock according to claim 2, characterized in that a clearance ( J ) is provided between the pusher ( 31 ) and the flange ( 41 ) of the hollow base ( 40 ), so as to allow a certain movement of said pusher ( 31 ) by buckling of its return spring ( 50 ), when said pusher is urged by hand to open the drum, or by the end of the opposite door ( 20 ) during the automatic closing of the drum. 6. Verrou de sécurité selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la partie supérieure du poussoir (31) est galbée vers l'extérieur, de façon à faciliter sa manoeuvre manuelle.6. Safety lock according to claim 1, characterized in that the upper part of the pusher ( 31 ) is curved outwards, so as to facilitate its manual operation.
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