EP0408120A1 - Washing machine with drum positioning - Google Patents
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- the aim is to facilitate the task of the housewife who, when she opens the body door, will thus automatically find the drum door in the correct position; thus it will no longer have to turn the drum by hand, this maneuver being sometimes painful when the machine is full of wet linen and presenting the risk of pinching your fingers.
- the present invention aims to achieve a simple and reliable positioning device.
- such a washing machine is remarkable in that the drum is held in position by means of a pad brake which, under the action of a radial force, comes to bear on said belt to brake and immobilize the drum by means of the pulley.
- the device according to the invention is remarkable in that that said radial force is exerted on the pad brake by a braking spring previously bandaged in the armed position and then released by a trigger and a trigger, said trigger being actuated by said detection of the passage of the drum door in the position loading / unloading.
- the washing machine includes a heat engine to band the said brake spring and, thus, arm the said trigger.
- said detection is carried out by means, on the one hand, a lug placed on the pulley of the drum, -on the other hand of an electromagnet with plunger core fixed on the trigger, the said electromagnet being activated by the opening of the body door and arranged so that, in this case, its plunger core is driven by the said lug.
- the detection device is also notably advantageous for the detection device to be dissociated from the braking device because the forces involved have different values.
- the pulley POU for driving the drum includes an ERG lug suitably positioned with respect to the door of the drum, not shown.
- the detection element is an ELAM electromagnet, the NOY plunger core of which comes radially in the path of the ERG lug when the electromagnet is activated.
- the electromagnet is fixed on the trigger DET which is a mechanical part pivotally mounted around the trigger axis ADE; the position of the trigger is determined by an RDE trigger return spring and a stop not shown.
- a PROD prominence of the trigger is in contact with the trigger GAC which is pivotally mounted around the axis of trigger AGA; the trigger has the function of retaining the EFR brake assembly in the armed position; to do this, the trigger includes a BEC spoiler on which the brake assembly bears under the effect of the brake spring RFR; the brake assembly is movable along the axis AFR which is directed radially towards the center CP of the pulley; on the side of the pulley, the brake assembly is provided with a PAT brake shoe which, under the action of the RFR spring, bears on the drive belt COU.
- Figure 1 also includes the following: - an IGA trigger switch which cuts the current when the trigger leaves its armed position. - a CE electrical circuit which, when the body door is open, lets current flow to the IGA trigger switch to supply both the ELAM electromagnet and the MOT motor for driving the drum. - an MTH heat engine which, when powered, pushes with its movable finger DG (dashed in Figure 1) the EFR brake assembly by banding the RFR spring until the BEC spoiler of the trigger comes to block the brake assembly; the operation of the MTH motor is for example based on the expansion of a wax when it is heated. Such an engine is manufactured for example by the company ELTEK in Casale (Italy) under the reference 100281.
- FIG. 2 the operating mode of the positioning device appears by comparison with FIG. 1, the two figures include the same elements with the same references, only the positions are different.
- the MOT motor When the housewife opens the body door, the MOT motor is powered to rotate at relatively slow speed and in a direction such that the pulley rotates, as shown in the figure, clockwise; simultaneously the ELAM electromagnet is energized and the NOY plunger core is placed in the path of the ERG lug of the pulley.
- the maintenance of the drum is only mechanical and positive, it is therefore preserved even if the washing machine is not no longer supplied with current.
- the heat engine can be put into action to reset the system, either when the body door is closed during washing, or at the start of each closed door program; as soon as the heat engine ceases to be supplied with current, it cools down, the movable finger resumes its place, and the system is ready to operate again since the trigger and the trigger have resumed their places in FIG. 1 under the action of return springs.
- the body door is provided with a safety switch, it is advantageous that this same switch also constitutes the means for detecting the opening of the body door.
- FIG. 3 shows a variant arrangement of the trigger provided with its electromagnet which allows satisfactory operation for both directions of rotation: the axis of rotation of the trigger ADE is positioned on the same axis as the NOY core, and the trigger has two prominences PRODA and PRODB. So whatever the direction of rotation of the drum 51 or 52, the trigger always drives the trigger GAC in the direction of the arrow F.
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La présente invention a pour objet une machine à laver à chargement par le dessus comportant des moyens automatiques pour, lors de l'ouverture de la porte de carrosserie,
- a) activer le moteur qui, avec une courroie et une poulie, entraîne le tambour en rotation pour,
- b) permettre la détection du passage de la porte de tambour dans la position de chargement/déchargement et, dans ce cas,
- c) arrêter le dit moteur, et maintenir le tambour dans la dite position.
- a) activate the motor which, with a belt and a pulley, drives the drum in rotation to,
- b) allow detection of the passage of the drum door in the loading / unloading position and, in this case,
- c) stop the said motor, and keep the drum in the said position.
Le but poursuivi est de faciliter la tâche de la ménagère qui, lorsqu'elle ouvre la porte de carrosserie, va ainsi trouver automatiquement la porte de tambour dans la position adéquate; ainsi elle n'aura plus à tourner le tambour à la main, cette manoeuvre étant quelquefois pénible lorsque la machine est pleine de linge mouillé et présentant le risque de se pincer les doigts.The aim is to facilitate the task of the housewife who, when she opens the body door, will thus automatically find the drum door in the correct position; thus it will no longer have to turn the drum by hand, this maneuver being sometimes painful when the machine is full of wet linen and presenting the risk of pinching your fingers.
Une telle machine est décrite dans le brevet français publié sous le n° 2 569 731. Dans ce document, le dispositif de positionnement paraît assez compliqué du fait qu'il possède un grand nombre de pièces mobiles et de formes complexes.Such a machine is described in the French patent published under No. 2,569,731. In this document, the positioning device appears to be quite complicated because it has a large number of moving parts and complex shapes.
La présente invention a pour but de réaliser un dispositif de positionnement simple et fiable.The present invention aims to achieve a simple and reliable positioning device.
Selon la présente invention, une telle machine à laver est remarquable en ce que, le tambour est maintenu en position au moyen d'un frein à patin qui, sous l'action d'une force radiale, vient en appui sur la dite courroie pour freiner et immobiliser ainsi le tambour par l'intermédiaire de la poulie.According to the present invention, such a washing machine is remarkable in that the drum is held in position by means of a pad brake which, under the action of a radial force, comes to bear on said belt to brake and immobilize the drum by means of the pulley.
Ainsi, on prend avantage du fait qu'un matériau anti-dérapant, celui de la courroie, existe déjà dans la machine pour l'entrainement du tambour, et on l'utilise aussi pour le maintien en position du tambour avec l'adjonction d'un frein à patin.Thus, we take advantage of the fact that an anti-slip material, that of the belt, already exists in the machine for driving the drum, and we also use it for holding the drum in position with the addition a shoe brake.
Lors de l'ouverture de la porte, le tambour est entraîné à une vitesse relativement lente, ne serait-ce que pour des questions de sécurité, et dès la détection du passage en position adéquate, le dispositif selon l'invention est remarquable en ce que la dite force radiale est exercée sur le frein à patin par un ressort de freinage préalablement bandé en position armée puis libéré par une gachette et une détente, la dite détente étant actionnée par la dite détection du passage de la porte de tambour dans la position de chargement/déchargement.When the door is opened, the drum is driven at a relatively slow speed, if only for safety reasons, and as soon as the passage to the correct position is detected, the device according to the invention is remarkable in that that said radial force is exerted on the pad brake by a braking spring previously bandaged in the armed position and then released by a trigger and a trigger, said trigger being actuated by said detection of the passage of the drum door in the position loading / unloading.
Ainsi le tambour, malgré son inertie, est immédiatement bloqué dans la position adéquate.Thus the drum, despite its inertia, is immediately blocked in the correct position.
préférentiellement, la machine à laver comporte un moteur thermique pour bander le dit ressort de freinage et, ainsi, armer la dite gachette.preferably, the washing machine includes a heat engine to band the said brake spring and, thus, arm the said trigger.
En effet, un ressort de freinage brutal implique un effort assez important pour le bander sur une petite course; un moteur thermique est spécialement bien adapté pour cette fonction.Indeed, a brutal braking spring implies a fairly significant effort to bandage it over a short race; a heat engine is specially well suited for this function.
Avantageusement, la dite détection est effectuée au moyen,
-d'une part d'un ergot placé sur la poulie du tambour,
-d'autre part d'un électro-aimant avec noyau plongeur fixé sur la détente,
le dit électro-aimant étant activé par l'ouverture de la porte de carrosserie et agencé de telle sorte que, dans ce cas, son noyau plongeur est entraîné par le dit ergot.Advantageously, said detection is carried out by means,
on the one hand, a lug placed on the pulley of the drum,
-on the other hand of an electromagnet with plunger core fixed on the trigger,
the said electromagnet being activated by the opening of the body door and arranged so that, in this case, its plunger core is driven by the said lug.
Ainsi la poulie est très peu modifiée puisque seul un ergot y est ajouté.Thus the pulley is very little modified since only a lug is added to it.
Il est aussi notablement avantageux que le dispositif de détection soit dissocié du dispositif de freinage du fait que les forces mises en jeu ont des valeurs différentes.It is also notably advantageous for the detection device to be dissociated from the braking device because the forces involved have different values.
La présente invention sera bien comprise avec la description d'un exemple non limitatif de réalisation illustré par :
- la figure 1 qui représente le dispositif en position armée,
- la figure 2 qui représente le dispositif en position de freinage,
- la figure 3 qui représente une variante du dispositif de détente.
- FIG. 1 which represents the device in the armed position,
- FIG. 2 which represents the device in the braking position,
- Figure 3 which shows a variant of the expansion device.
Sur la figure 1, la poulie POU d'entrainement du tambour comporte un ergot ERG adéquatement positionné par rapport à la porte du tambour non représentée.In FIG. 1, the pulley POU for driving the drum includes an ERG lug suitably positioned with respect to the door of the drum, not shown.
Les autres éléments décrits ci-après sont montés sur la cuve de la machine à laver; ceci est nécessaire notamment dans le cas général aujourd'hui où la cuve est montée souple dans le corps de la machine à cause des vibrations lors de l'essorage.The other elements described below are mounted on the tank of the washing machine; this is necessary in particular in the general case today where the tank is mounted flexible in the body of the machine because of the vibrations during spinning.
L'élément de détection est un électro-aimant ELAM, dont le noyau plongeur NOY vient radialement se présenter sur la trajectoire de l'ergot ERG lorsque l'électro-aimant est activé.The detection element is an ELAM electromagnet, the NOY plunger core of which comes radially in the path of the ERG lug when the electromagnet is activated.
L'électro-aimant est fixé sur la détente DET laquelle est une pièce mécanique montée pivotante autour de l'axe de détente ADE; la position de la détente est déterminée par un ressort de rappel de détente RDE et une butée non représentée.The electromagnet is fixed on the trigger DET which is a mechanical part pivotally mounted around the trigger axis ADE; the position of the trigger is determined by an RDE trigger return spring and a stop not shown.
Une proéminence PROD de la détente est en contact avec la gachette GAC laquelle est montée pivotante autour de l'axe de gachette AGA; la gachette a pour fonction de retenir en position armée l'ensemble frein EFR; pour ce faire la gachette comporte un becquet BEC sur lequel l'ensemble frein prend appui sous l'effet du ressort de frein RFR; l'ensemble frein est mobile le long de l'axe AFR lequel est dirigé radialement vers le centre CP de la poulie; du côté de la poulie l'ensemble frein est muni d'un patin de freinage PAT qui, sous l'action du ressort RFR, prend appui sur la courroie d'entrainement COU.A PROD prominence of the trigger is in contact with the trigger GAC which is pivotally mounted around the axis of trigger AGA; the trigger has the function of retaining the EFR brake assembly in the armed position; to do this, the trigger includes a BEC spoiler on which the brake assembly bears under the effect of the brake spring RFR; the brake assembly is movable along the axis AFR which is directed radially towards the center CP of the pulley; on the side of the pulley, the brake assembly is provided with a PAT brake shoe which, under the action of the RFR spring, bears on the drive belt COU.
La figure 1 comporte aussi les éléments suivants :
- un interrupteur de gachette IGA qui coupe le courant lorsque la gachette quitte sa position armée.
- un circuit électrique CE qui, lorsque la porte de carrosserie est ouverte, laisse passer le courant vers l'interrupteur de gachette IGA pour alimenter à la fois l'électro-aimant ELAM et le moteur d'entrainement MOT du tambour.
- un moteur thermique MTH qui, lorsqu'il est alimenté, repousse avec son doigt mobile DG (en tiret sur la figure 1) l'ensemble frein EFR en bandant le ressort RFR jusqu'à ce que le becquet BEC de la gachette vienne bloquer l'ensemble frein; le fonctionnement du moteur MTH est par exemple basé sur la dilatation d'une cire lorsqu' elle est chauffée. Un tel moteur est fabriqué par exemple par la Société ELTEK à Casale (Italie) sous la référence 100281.Figure 1 also includes the following:
- an IGA trigger switch which cuts the current when the trigger leaves its armed position.
- a CE electrical circuit which, when the body door is open, lets current flow to the IGA trigger switch to supply both the ELAM electromagnet and the MOT motor for driving the drum.
- an MTH heat engine which, when powered, pushes with its movable finger DG (dashed in Figure 1) the EFR brake assembly by banding the RFR spring until the BEC spoiler of the trigger comes to block the brake assembly; the operation of the MTH motor is for example based on the expansion of a wax when it is heated. Such an engine is manufactured for example by the company ELTEK in Casale (Italy) under the reference 100281.
Sur la figure 2 le mode de fonctionnement du dispositif de positionnement apparaît par comparaison avec la figure 1, les deux figures comportent les mêmes éléments avec les mêmes repères, seules les positions sont différentes.In FIG. 2, the operating mode of the positioning device appears by comparison with FIG. 1, the two figures include the same elements with the same references, only the positions are different.
Lorsque la ménagère ouvre la porte de carrosserie, le moteur MOT est alimenté pour tourner à vitesse relativement lente et dans un sens tel que la poulie tourne, telle que représentée sur la figure, dans le sens des aiguilles d'une montre; simultanément l'électro-aimant ELAM est alimenté et le noyau plongeur NOY se place sur la trajectoire de l'ergot ERG de la poulie.When the housewife opens the body door, the MOT motor is powered to rotate at relatively slow speed and in a direction such that the pulley rotates, as shown in the figure, clockwise; simultaneously the ELAM electromagnet is energized and the NOY plunger core is placed in the path of the ERG lug of the pulley.
Lorsque l'ergot vient en contact avec le noyau, la détente est entrainée en rotation dans le sens trigonométrique autour de son axe ADE; à ce moment la proéminence PROD entraîne à son tour la gachette en rotation dans le sens des aiguilles d'une montre ce qui a pour effet :
- a) de couper l'interrupteur IGA et donc de ne plus alimenter ni l'électro-aimant ni le moteur
- b) de libérer l'ensemble frein EFR lequel sous l'action du ressort RFR vient prendre appui avec son patin PAT sur la courroie COU, ce qui immobilise le tambour dans la position souhaitée.
- a) switch off the IGA switch and therefore no longer supply the electromagnet or the motor
- b) releasing the EFR brake assembly which under the action of the RFR spring comes to bear with its pad PAT on the belt COU, which immobilizes the drum in the desired position.
Le maintien du tambour est uniquement mécanique et positif, il est donc conservé même si la machine à laver n'est plus alimentée en courant.The maintenance of the drum is only mechanical and positive, it is therefore preserved even if the washing machine is not no longer supplied with current.
La mise en action du moteur thermique pour ré-armer le système peut être prévue, soit lors de la fermeture de la porte de carrosserie en cours de lavage, soit en début de chaque programme porte fermée; dès que le moteur thermique cesse d'être alimenté en courant, il se refroidit, le doigt mobile reprend sa place, et le système est prêt à fonctionner à nouveau puisque la gachette et la détente ont repris leurs places de la figure 1 sous l'action des ressorts de rappel.The heat engine can be put into action to reset the system, either when the body door is closed during washing, or at the start of each closed door program; as soon as the heat engine ceases to be supplied with current, it cools down, the movable finger resumes its place, and the system is ready to operate again since the trigger and the trigger have resumed their places in FIG. 1 under the action of return springs.
Dans la plupart des machines actuelles, la porte de carrosserie est munie d'un interrupteur de sécurité, il est avantageux que ce même interrupteur constitue aussi les moyens de détection d'ouverture de la porte de carrosserie.In most current machines, the body door is provided with a safety switch, it is advantageous that this same switch also constitutes the means for detecting the opening of the body door.
Le système tel que décrit ci-dessus ne fonctionne que pour un seul sens de rotation du tambour; la figure 3 montre une variante d'agencement de la détente munie de son électro-aimant qui permet un fonctionnement satisfaisant pour les deux sens de rotation : l'axe de rotation de la détente ADE est positionné sur le même axe que le noyau NOY, et la détente est munie de deux proéminences PRODA et PRODB. Ainsi quel que soit le sens de rotation du tambour 51 ou 52, la détente entraîne toujours la gachette GAC dans le sens de la flèche F.The system as described above only works for one direction of rotation of the drum; FIG. 3 shows a variant arrangement of the trigger provided with its electromagnet which allows satisfactory operation for both directions of rotation: the axis of rotation of the trigger ADE is positioned on the same axis as the NOY core, and the trigger has two prominences PRODA and PRODB. So whatever the direction of rotation of the
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a) activer le moteur qui, avec une courroie et une poulie, entraîne le tambour en rotation pour,
b) permettre la détection du passage de la porte de tambour dans la position de chargement/déchargement et, dans ce cas,
c) arrêter le dit moteur, et maintenir le tambour dans la dite position,
caractérisée en ce que, le tambour est maintenu en position au moyen d'un frein à patin qui, sous l'action d'une force radiale, vient en appui sur la dite courroie pour freiner et immobiliser ainsi le tambour par l'intermédiaire de la poulie.1. Top loading washing machine with automatic means for, when opening the body door,
a) activate the motor which, with a belt and a pulley, drives the drum in rotation to,
b) allow detection of the passage of the drum door in the loading / unloading position and, in this case,
c) stop said motor, and maintain the drum in said position,
characterized in that the drum is held in position by means of a shoe brake which, under the action of a radial force, comes to bear on said belt to brake and thus immobilize the drum by means of pulley.
-d'une part d'un ergot placé sur la poulie du tambour,
- d'autre part d'un électro-aimant avec noyau plongeur fixé sur la détente,
le dit électro-aimant étant activé par l'ouverture de la porte de carrosserie et agencé de telle sorte que, dans ce cas, son noyau plongeur est entraîné par le dit ergot.4. Washing machine according to claim 2 or 3 characterized in that, said detection is carried out by means,
on the one hand, a lug placed on the pulley of the drum,
- on the other hand, an electromagnet with plunger core fixed on the trigger,
the said electromagnet being activated by the opening of the body door and arranged so that, in this case, its plunger core is driven by the said lug.
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