EP0618322A1 - Kit for the anti-tip security, fixation of two superposed household machines - Google Patents

Kit for the anti-tip security, fixation of two superposed household machines Download PDF

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EP0618322A1
EP0618322A1 EP94100526A EP94100526A EP0618322A1 EP 0618322 A1 EP0618322 A1 EP 0618322A1 EP 94100526 A EP94100526 A EP 94100526A EP 94100526 A EP94100526 A EP 94100526A EP 0618322 A1 EP0618322 A1 EP 0618322A1
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Dieter Dipl.-Ing. Schröder
Angelika Röszinger
Friedhelm Loch
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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  • the invention is based on a kit for the tilt-proof connection of two superimposed household machines, in particular a washing machine and a dryer to a washer-dryer column, of which the machine below has a worktop and the mounted machine has a casing and four feet with base plates, which can be screwed into a base plate for the purpose of height adjustment.
  • the invention has for its object to reduce the cost of individual parts in a device of the type mentioned and therefore to simplify the assembly effort for the installation of a washer-dryer column.
  • the reduction in the number of parts is also intended to limit the financial outlay for the customer.
  • the kit is replaced by four single foot plates in exchange for the feet, a device for fixing the rear bottom edge of the attached machine against lifting off the worktop and an arrangement for fixing the front bottom edge of the attached machine against movements in Direction of the front of the machine is marked.
  • To assemble the kit it is intended to remove the feet screwed into the bottom of the laundry dryer as standard, to insert the four single foot plates of the kit into the threaded holes that have become free, and for the rest some parts for the device for fixing the rear floor edge and for the arrangement for Fix the front edge of the floor on the worktop of the machine below and on the vertical walls of the machine. Neither is required for this Dismantling the worktop of the washing machine or tipping or even falling the dryer to be put on.
  • each single plate has a shaft with latching elements which snap into the threads instead of the screwable feet when inserted into the threaded holes in the base plate.
  • latching elements which snap into the threads instead of the screwable feet when inserted into the threaded holes in the base plate.
  • a particularly simple assembly ensures the development of the kit according to the invention in that the device for fixing the rear bottom edge two angular holders with pin holes in the upright leg and with screw holes in the leg resting on the worktop, two pins with coaxial screw holes, two threaded plates as counterparts on Place the holder under the worktop as well as four screws for fastening the holder with the threaded plates to the worktop and two self-tapping screws for attaching the pins to the rear wall of the attached machine at the level of the pin holes.
  • This makes it possible to mount the angular brackets near the rear edge of the worktop of the machine below on a section that projects beyond the body of the machine below.
  • the horizontal leg is placed on the worktop and by means of two screws through holes previously drilled through the worktop fastened through, the screws penetrating into a threaded plate, which serves as a counterpart on the underside of the worktop and as a nut replacement.
  • Two pegs are mounted at the points of the rear wall of the tumble dryer that overlap the upright legs of the angular holder with the peg holes. For this purpose, they have a coaxial screw hole, which is penetrated by a self-tapping screw penetrating into the rear wall of the tumble dryer.
  • the location of the attachment of the pins can be selected in advance so that screws screwed into the rear wall anyway are removed from the rear wall before mounting the pins and using the pins in the same holes are screwed in again.
  • the screws of the kit for fastening the pins therefore simultaneously serve to fix the rear wall to the body of the drying machine without using the other parts of the kit.
  • the arrangement for fixing the front bottom edge has a front angle with at least two screw holes in each leg and at least two chipboard screws for fastening the angle on the worktop and at least two self-tapping screws for fastening the contains upright angle leg on the front of the body of the attached machine.
  • the front angle After measuring the mounting location for the front angle, it can be attached directly to the worktop of the machine below using two or three self-tapping screws.
  • the maintenance flap is removed - the front of the body is exposed in the future assembly area - the dryer is placed on the worktop and the upright angle leg is screwed to the front of the body using two self-tapping screws.
  • the maintenance flap attached afterwards hides the front angle.
  • a template adapted to the size of the worktop is provided, which designates the exact position of the screw holes for mounting the device and the arrangement on the worktop.
  • kit according to the invention could be to equip the template with two drawing fields, which, after the template has been placed on the rear wall, the position of the screw holes for the assembly of the pins on the attached machine and after the template has been applied to the front of the body the screw holes for attaching the upright leg of the front angle.
  • the washing machine 1 below has a worktop 2, which is assembled by the manufacturer and should not be removed because of the electrically conductive components of the washing machine accessible underneath.
  • the attached tumble dryer 3 has a body 4 and a maintenance flap 5 arranged at the front in the lower body area. To mount the tumble dryer on the washing machine, the maintenance flap 5 is first hung from its hinge.
  • the kit contains several individual parts shown in FIG. 1 to the right of the washer-dryer column. These are four single foot plates 6, of which only one is shown here, two pins 7, each with a screw 8, of which only one is shown here, as a device for fixing the rear bottom edge, two angular holders 9, one of which here also only one is shown, two threaded plates 10, of which only one is also shown here, and a front angle 11 as an arrangement for fixing the front bottom edge.
  • the angular holder 9 has two pin holes 12, of which the right pin hole is used for the holder mounted on the right rear of the worktop and the left pin hole for the holder mounted on the left rear of the worktop. After fitting a pin 7, the respective pin 7 engages in this pin hole 7 on the right and left on the rear wall of the clothes dryer 3.
  • the body of the washing machine 1 projecting beyond the rear
  • the worktop serves two screws 13 which penetrate the worktop and are screwed into a threaded hole in the threaded plate 10 below the worktop.
  • the threaded plate 10 distributes the tightening forces of the screws over a large area on the lower surface of the worktop.
  • the bracket 11 to be mounted on the front of the worktop 2 contains, in the example shown, three screw holes in the leg lying directly on the worktop, which are penetrated by chipboard screws 14.
  • the leg 15 resting on the worktop is later covered by the drying machine attached.
  • the upright leg 16 of the front angle 11 sits in front of the front of the body 4 of the drying machine in the retracted area of the body behind the maintenance flap 5 which is later re-attached.
  • the leg 16 is fastened to the front of the body 4 by means of self-tapping screws 17 or self-tapping screws.
  • Each base plate contains a shaft 18 which is adapted to the core diameter of the threaded hole arranged in the base plate of the clothes dryer.
  • the base plate 19 (shown in dash-dot lines) of the tumble dryer 3 consists of only one turn for the screw-in thread of the feet, which is pressed out of the sheet metal of the base plate.
  • a locking lug 20 arranged on the lateral surface of the pin 18 engages directly behind the sheet metal edge of this thread.
  • the single base plate 6 is thus adequately fixed and, because of the resilient latching lug 21 can also be easily removed from the threaded hole. This simple fixation is sufficient so that the base plate cannot fall out during the assembly process until the tumble dryer is placed on the worktop of the washing machine.
  • the washer is to be set up at the intended place and his worktop 2 is brought into balance by adjusting the washer feet (not shown).
  • the mounting holes for the two rear holder 9 and the front angle 11 are marked on the worktop 2.
  • two through holes are drilled in the worktop.
  • the holder 9 are fastened to the worktop with the screws 13 and the threaded plate 10.
  • the front angle 11 is attached using the three chipboard screws 14 at the marked locations on the worktop.
  • the existing adjustable feet (not shown) are unscrewed from the bottom of the clothes dryer 3 and exchanged for the single foot plates 6.
  • the foot plates 6 are to be snapped into the threads of the base plate as previously described.
  • the existing self-tapping screws 8 can be reused.
  • the maintenance flap 5 is removed before the tumble dryer is placed on the worktop 2. Make sure that the dryer is first placed on the worktop with the rear foot plates and is pushed backwards until the pins 7 are inserted into the pin holes 12 of the two holders 9. The dryer is then lowered at the front onto the worktop and its front of the body is connected to the upright leg 16 of the front angle by means of the screws 17. The maintenance flap 5 can then be hooked back into the hinges and closed. The assembly process is now complete.

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For simplification of known column kits for the anti-tip security fixation of two superposed household machines 1 and 3, it is proposed that the kit contain four simple foot plates 6 in exchange for the standing feet, a device 7 to 10, 12 and 13 for securing the rear bottom edge of the machine 3 mounted on top against lifting off from the worktop 2 and an arrangement 11, 14 to 17 for securing the front bottom edge of the machine 3 mounted on top against movements in the direction of the front side of the machines. On the one hand, the housings of the superposed machines are thereby located so close one above the other that front and side panels for concealing the gap between the worktop 2 and the housing of the machine 3 mounted on top can thus be dispensed with, and on the other hand the kit is reduced to a minimum in terms of the parts required. The assembly of such a kit is thus simplified to such a degree that technically inexperienced people are able to carry out the assembly independently. <IMAGE>

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Die Erfindung geht aus von einem Bausatz zum kippsicheren Verbinden zweier übereinandergesetzter Haushaltmaschinen, insbesondere einer Wasch- und einer Trockenmaschine zu einer Wascher-Trockner-Säule, von denen die untenstehende Maschine eine Arbeitsplatte und die aufgesetzte Maschine einen Gehäusemantel und vier Standfüße mit Fußplatten aufweist, die in eine Bodenplatte zum Zwecke der Höhenjustage einschraubbar sind.The invention is based on a kit for the tilt-proof connection of two superimposed household machines, in particular a washing machine and a dryer to a washer-dryer column, of which the machine below has a worktop and the mounted machine has a casing and four feet with base plates, which can be screwed into a base plate for the purpose of height adjustment.

Eine derartige Vorrichtung ist aus der deutschen Offenlegungsschrift 38 27 790 bekannt. Wegen der Gewichtsverhältnisse der beiden Maschinen und wegen der stärkeren Vibrationen wird regelmäßig die Waschmaschine die unten stehende Maschine sein, während die Trockenmaschine als aufgesetzte Maschine über ihr montiert ist. Damit ergeben sich auch verhältnismäßig einfach ausgebildete Standfüße für die aufgesetzte Trockenmaschine. Der bekannte Verbindungs-Bausatz benötigt Front- und Seitenblenden zur Abdeckung des sich durch die Eigenart des Bausatzes ergebenden Zwischenraums zwischen der Bodenplatte des Wäschetrockners und der Arbeitsplatte der Waschmaschine. Außerdem sind vier Z-förmige Winkel nötig, die auf der Oberseite der Arbeitsplatte mittels insgesamt acht Schrauben befestigt werden müssen, damit dann die Fußplatten der Standfüße des aufgesetzten Wäschetrockners von oben gabelförmig übergriffen werden können. Der hohe Teileaufwand sowie der verhältnismäßig hohe Montageaufwand beim Errichten einer derartigen Wascher-Trockner-Säule stören sowohl den Hersteller, den Vertrieb wie auch den Kunden.Such a device is known from German Offenlegungsschrift 38 27 790. Because of the weight ratios of the two machines and because of the stronger vibrations, the washing machine will regularly be the machine below, while the drying machine is mounted above it as a machine. This also results in relatively simple feet for the attached drying machine. The known connection kit requires front and side panels to cover the space resulting from the nature of the kit between the bottom plate of the dryer and the worktop of the washing machine. In addition, four Z-shaped angles are required, which must be attached to the top of the worktop by means of a total of eight screws, so that the base plates of the feet of the tumble dryer can be gripped from above from above. The high number of parts and the relatively high assembly costs when erecting such a washer-dryer column both disturb the manufacturer, the distributor and the customer.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, bei einer Vorrichtung der eingangs genannten Art den Aufwand an Einzelteilen zu verringern und daher den Montageaufwand für die Aufstellung einer Wascher-Trockner-Säule zu vereinfachen. Die Verminderung der Teilezahl soll gleichzeitig auch den finanziellen Aufwand für den Kunden einschränken.The invention has for its object to reduce the cost of individual parts in a device of the type mentioned and therefore to simplify the assembly effort for the installation of a washer-dryer column. The reduction in the number of parts is also intended to limit the financial outlay for the customer.

Erfindungsgemäß wird diese Aufgabe dadurch gelöst, daß der Bausatz durch vier Einfach-Fußplatten im Austausch gegen die Standfüße, eine Einrichtung zum Fixieren der hinteren Bodenkante der aufgesetzten Maschine gegen Abheben von der Arbeitsplatte und eine Anordnung zum Fixieren der vorderen Bodenkante der aufgesetzen Maschine gegen Bewegungen in Richtung der Frontseite der Maschinen gekennzeichnet ist. Zur Montage des Bausatzes ist vorgesehen, die serienmäßig in den Boden des Wäschetrocknezs eingeschraubten Standfüße zu entfernen, in die dadurch freigewordenen Gewindelöcher die vier Einfach-Fußplatten des Bausatzes einzusetzen und im übrigen einige Teile für die Einrichtung zum Fixieren der hinteren Bodenkante und für die Anordnung zum Fixieren der vorderen Bodenkante jeweils auf der Arbeitssplatte der unten stehenden Maschine und an senkrechten Wänden der aufgesetzten Maschine zu montieren. Hierzu bedarf es weder der Demontage der Arbeitsplatte der Waschmaschine noch des Kippens oder gar Stürzens der aufzusetzenden Trockenmaschine.According to the invention this object is achieved in that the kit is replaced by four single foot plates in exchange for the feet, a device for fixing the rear bottom edge of the attached machine against lifting off the worktop and an arrangement for fixing the front bottom edge of the attached machine against movements in Direction of the front of the machine is marked. To assemble the kit, it is intended to remove the feet screwed into the bottom of the laundry dryer as standard, to insert the four single foot plates of the kit into the threaded holes that have become free, and for the rest some parts for the device for fixing the rear floor edge and for the arrangement for Fix the front edge of the floor on the worktop of the machine below and on the vertical walls of the machine. Neither is required for this Dismantling the worktop of the washing machine or tipping or even falling the dryer to be put on.

In besonders vorteilhafter Weise ist der erfindungsgemäße Bausatz dadurch weitergebildet, daß jede Einfach-Platte einen Schaft mit Rastelementen aufweist, die beim Einführen in die Gewindelöcher der Bodenplatte anstelle der schraubbaren Standfüße in die Gewindegänge einrasten. Hierdurch kann jeder weitere Schraubvorgang im Zusammenhang mit den Einfach-Fußplatten vermieden werden. Die Fußplatten müssen lediglich von unten in die Gewindelöcher eingesteckt werden. Die Rastelemente sorgen dafür, daß die Fußplatten in den Gewindelöchern halten. Nachdem die Maschine auf der Arbeitsplatte steht, sind die Fußplatten ohnehin festgelegt.In a particularly advantageous manner, the kit according to the invention is further developed in that each single plate has a shaft with latching elements which snap into the threads instead of the screwable feet when inserted into the threaded holes in the base plate. In this way, any further screwing operation in connection with the single foot plates can be avoided. The foot plates only have to be inserted into the threaded holes from below. The locking elements ensure that the foot plates hold in the threaded holes. After the machine is on the worktop, the foot plates are fixed anyway.

Eine besonders einfache Montage gewährleistet die Weiterbildung des erfindungsgemäßen Bausatzes dadurch, daß die Einrichtung zum Fixieren der hinteren Bodenkante zwei winkelförmige Halter mit Zapfenlöchern im aufrecht stehenden Schenkel und mit Schraubenlöchern im auf der Arbeitsplatte anliegenden Schenkel, zwei Zapfen mit koaxialen Schraubenlöchern, zwei Gewindeplatten als Gegenlagen am Ort der Halter unter der Arbeitsplatte sowie vier Schrauben für die Befestigung der Halter mit den Gewindeplatten an der Arbeitsplatte und zwei selbstschneidende Schrauben zum Befestigen der Zapfen an der Rückwand der aufgesetzten Maschine in Höhe der Zapfenlöcher enthält. Dadurch ist es möglich, die winkelförmigen Halter in der Nähe der hinteren Kante der Arbeitsplatte der unten stehenden Maschine an einem Abschnitt zu montieren, der über den Korpus der unten stehenden Maschine hinausragt. Der waagerecht liegende Schenkel wird dabei auf die Arbeitsplatte aufgesetzt und mittels zweier Schrauben durch zuvor durch die Arbeitsplatte gebohrte Löcher hindurch befestigt, wobei die Schrauben in je eine Gewindeplatte eindringen, die als Gegenlage an der Unterseite der Arbeitsplatte und als Mutterersatz dient. An mit den Zapfenlöchern den aufrecht stehenden Schenkel des winkelförmigen Halters sich deckenden Stellen der Rückwand des aufgesetzten Wäschetrockners werden zwei Zapfen montiert. Sie haben dazu ein koaxiales Schraubenloch, das von einer in die Rückwand des Wäschetrockners eindringenden, selbstschneidenden Schraube durchdrungen wird. Wird herstellerseits bereits auf eine Säulen-Montage von Wäschetrocknern über Waschmaschinen Rücksicht genommen, dann kann der Ort der Anbringung der Zapfen vorbereitenderweise so gewählt werden, daß ohnehin in die Rückwand eingeschraubte Schrauben vor dem Montieren der Zapfen aus der Rückwand herausgedreht und unter Verwendung der Zapfen in dieselben Löcher wieder eingedreht werden. Die Schrauben des Bausatzes zur Befestigung der Zapfen dienen daher gleichzeitig ohne Verwendung der übrigen Teile des Bausatzes zur Fixierung der Rückwand am Korpus der Trockenmaschine.A particularly simple assembly ensures the development of the kit according to the invention in that the device for fixing the rear bottom edge two angular holders with pin holes in the upright leg and with screw holes in the leg resting on the worktop, two pins with coaxial screw holes, two threaded plates as counterparts on Place the holder under the worktop as well as four screws for fastening the holder with the threaded plates to the worktop and two self-tapping screws for attaching the pins to the rear wall of the attached machine at the level of the pin holes. This makes it possible to mount the angular brackets near the rear edge of the worktop of the machine below on a section that projects beyond the body of the machine below. The horizontal leg is placed on the worktop and by means of two screws through holes previously drilled through the worktop fastened through, the screws penetrating into a threaded plate, which serves as a counterpart on the underside of the worktop and as a nut replacement. Two pegs are mounted at the points of the rear wall of the tumble dryer that overlap the upright legs of the angular holder with the peg holes. For this purpose, they have a coaxial screw hole, which is penetrated by a self-tapping screw penetrating into the rear wall of the tumble dryer. If the manufacturer already takes into account the column mounting of tumble dryers over washing machines, then the location of the attachment of the pins can be selected in advance so that screws screwed into the rear wall anyway are removed from the rear wall before mounting the pins and using the pins in the same holes are screwed in again. The screws of the kit for fastening the pins therefore simultaneously serve to fix the rear wall to the body of the drying machine without using the other parts of the kit.

Eine weitere vorteilhafte Ausführung des erfindungsgemäßen Bausatzes ergibt sich dadurch, daß die Anordnung zum Fixieren der vorderen Bodenkante einen Frontseiten-Winkel mit mindestens je zwei Schraubenlöchern in jedem Schenkel sowie mindestens zwei Spanplattenschrauben zum Befestigen des Winkels auf der Arbeitsplatte und mindestens zwei selbstschneidenden Schrauben zum Befestigen des aufrecht stehenden Winkel-Schenkels an der Vorderseite des Korpus der aufgesetzten Maschine enthält. Nach Abmessen des Montageortes für den Frontseiten-Winkel kann dieser unmittelbar auf der Arbeitsplatte der unten stehenden Maschine mittels zweier oder dreier selbstschneidender Schrauben befestigt werden. Danach wird die Trockenmaschine bei abgenommener Wartungsklappe - damit liegt die Frontseite des Korpus im zukünftigen Montagebereich frei - auf die Arbeitsplatte aufgesetzt und der aufrecht stehende Winkel-Schenkel mittels zweier selbstschneidender Schrauben an der Frontseite des Korpus festgeschraubt. Die danach angebrachte Wartungsklappe verdeckt den Frontseiten-Winkel.Another advantageous embodiment of the kit according to the invention results from the fact that the arrangement for fixing the front bottom edge has a front angle with at least two screw holes in each leg and at least two chipboard screws for fastening the angle on the worktop and at least two self-tapping screws for fastening the contains upright angle leg on the front of the body of the attached machine. After measuring the mounting location for the front angle, it can be attached directly to the worktop of the machine below using two or three self-tapping screws. After that When the maintenance flap is removed - the front of the body is exposed in the future assembly area - the dryer is placed on the worktop and the upright angle leg is screwed to the front of the body using two self-tapping screws. The maintenance flap attached afterwards hides the front angle.

Zur Erleichterung der Festlegung der jeweiligen Teile des Bausatzes auf der Arbeitsplatte ist in einer vorteilhaften Weiterbildung der Erfindung eine an die Größe der Arbeitsplatte angepaßte Schablone vorgesehen, die die genaue Lage der Schraubenlöcher für die Montage der Einrichtung und der Anordnung an der Arbeitsplatte bezeichnet.In order to facilitate the fixing of the respective parts of the kit on the worktop, in an advantageous development of the invention, a template adapted to the size of the worktop is provided, which designates the exact position of the screw holes for mounting the device and the arrangement on the worktop.

Eine weitere Fortbildung des erfindungsgemäßen Bausatzes könnte darin bestehen, die Schablone mit zwei Zeichnungsfeldern auszustatten, die nach Anlegen der Schablone an die Rückwand die Lage der Schraubenlöcher für die Montage der Zapfen an der aufgesetzen Maschine und nach Anlegen der Schablone an der Korpus-Frontseite die Lage der Schraubenlöcher zum Befestigen des aufrecht stehenden Schenkels des Frontseiten-Winkels bezeichnen.A further development of the kit according to the invention could be to equip the template with two drawing fields, which, after the template has been placed on the rear wall, the position of the screw holes for the assembly of the pins on the attached machine and after the template has been applied to the front of the body the screw holes for attaching the upright leg of the front angle.

Anhand des in der Zeichnung dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiels ist die Erfindung nachstehend erläutert. Es zeigen:

Fig. 1
eine Wascher-Trockner-Säule mit den teilweise in Explosionsdarstellung angeordneten Teilen für den Verbindungs-Bausatz gemäß der Erfindung,
Fig. 2
eine Draufsicht und
Fig. 3
einen Schnitt entlang der Schnittlinie III-III in Figur 2 für eine erfindungsgemäße Einfach-Fußplatte.
The invention is explained below using the exemplary embodiment shown in the drawing. Show it:
Fig. 1
a washer-dryer column with the parts partially arranged in an exploded view for the connection kit according to the invention,
Fig. 2
a top view and
Fig. 3
a section along the section line III-III in Figure 2 for a single footplate according to the invention.

Die unten stehende Waschmaschine 1 hat eine Arbeitsplatte 2, die herstellerseits montiert ist und wegen der darunter zugänglichen elektrisch leitenden Bauteile der Waschmaschine nicht abgenommen werden soll. Der aufgesetzte Wäschetrockner 3 hat einen Korpus 4 und eine im unteren Korpusbereich frontseitig angeordnete Wartungsklappe 5. Zum Montieren des Wäschetrockners auf der Waschmaschine wird zunächst die Wartungsklappe 5 aus ihrem Scharnier gehängt.The washing machine 1 below has a worktop 2, which is assembled by the manufacturer and should not be removed because of the electrically conductive components of the washing machine accessible underneath. The attached tumble dryer 3 has a body 4 and a maintenance flap 5 arranged at the front in the lower body area. To mount the tumble dryer on the washing machine, the maintenance flap 5 is first hung from its hinge.

Der Bausatz enthält mehrere in Figur 1 rechts neben der Wascher-Trockner-Säule dargstellte Einzelteile. Dies sind vier Einfach-Fußplatten 6, von denen hier nur eine dargestellt ist, zwei Zapfen 7, mit je einer Schraube 8, von denen hier ebenfalls jeweils nur eine dargestellt ist, als Einrichtung zum Fixieren der hinteren Bodenkante zwei winkelförmige Halter 9, von denen hier ebenfalls nur einer dargestellt ist, zwei Gewindeplatten 10, von denen hier ebenfalls nur eine dargestellt ist, und einen Frontseiten-Winkel 11 als Anordnung zum Fixieren der vorderen Bodenkante.The kit contains several individual parts shown in FIG. 1 to the right of the washer-dryer column. These are four single foot plates 6, of which only one is shown here, two pins 7, each with a screw 8, of which only one is shown here, as a device for fixing the rear bottom edge, two angular holders 9, one of which here also only one is shown, two threaded plates 10, of which only one is also shown here, and a front angle 11 as an arrangement for fixing the front bottom edge.

Der winkelförmige Halter 9 hat zwei Zapfenlöcher 12, von denen das rechte Zapfenloch für den rechts hinten auf der Arbeitsplatte montierten Halter und das linke Zapfenloch für den links hinten auf der Arbeitsplatte montierten Halter benutzt wird. In dieses Zapfenloch greift nach Montage je eines Zapfens 7 rechts und links an der Rückwand des Wäschetrockners 3 der jeweils zutreffende Zapfen 7 ein. Zur Befestigung der winkelförmigen Halter 9 im rückwärtigen, den Korpus der Waschmaschine 1 hinten überragenden Bereich der Arbeitsplatte dienen zwei Schrauben 13, die die Arbeitsplatte durchdringen und unterhalb der Arbeitsplatte in je ein Gewindeloch der Gewindeplatte 10 eingeschraubt werden. Die Gewindeplatte 10 verteilt die Anzugskräfte der Schrauben großflächig auf die Unterfläche der Arbeitsplatte.The angular holder 9 has two pin holes 12, of which the right pin hole is used for the holder mounted on the right rear of the worktop and the left pin hole for the holder mounted on the left rear of the worktop. After fitting a pin 7, the respective pin 7 engages in this pin hole 7 on the right and left on the rear wall of the clothes dryer 3. For fastening the angular holder 9 in the rear, the body of the washing machine 1 projecting beyond the rear The worktop serves two screws 13 which penetrate the worktop and are screwed into a threaded hole in the threaded plate 10 below the worktop. The threaded plate 10 distributes the tightening forces of the screws over a large area on the lower surface of the worktop.

Der an der Frontseite der Arbeitsplatte 2 zu montierende Winkel 11 enthält in dargestellten Beispiel in dem direkt auf der Arbeitsplatte liegenden Schenkel drei Schraubenlöcher, die von Spanplattenschrauben 14 durchdrungen werden. Der auf der Arbeitsplatte aufliegende Schenkel 15 wird später von der aufgesetzten Trockenmaschine überdeckt. Der aufrecht stehende Schenkel 16 des Frontseiten-Winkels 11 sitzt vor der Frontseite des Korpus 4 der Trockenmaschine im eingezogenen Bereich des Korpus hinter der später wieder angebrachten Wartungsklappe 5. Der Schenkel 16 wird mittels gewindefurchender Schrauben 17 oder Blechschrauben an der Frontseite des Korpus 4 befestigt.The bracket 11 to be mounted on the front of the worktop 2 contains, in the example shown, three screw holes in the leg lying directly on the worktop, which are penetrated by chipboard screws 14. The leg 15 resting on the worktop is later covered by the drying machine attached. The upright leg 16 of the front angle 11 sits in front of the front of the body 4 of the drying machine in the retracted area of the body behind the maintenance flap 5 which is later re-attached. The leg 16 is fastened to the front of the body 4 by means of self-tapping screws 17 or self-tapping screws.

Die Einfach-Fußplatten 6 sind in Figur 2 und 3 genauer dargestellt. Jede Fußplatte enthält einen Schaft 18, der dem Kerndurchmesser des in der Bodenplatte des Wäschetrockners angeordneten Gewindeloches angepaßt ist. Im dargestellten Beispiel besteht die Bodenplatte 19 (strichpunktiert dargestellt) des Wäschetrockners 3 aus nur einer aus dem Blech der Bodenplatte herausgedrückten Windung für das Einschraubgewinde der Standfüße. Eine an der Mantelfläche des Zapfens 18 angeordnete Rastnase 20 greift unmittelbar hinter die Blechkante dieses Gewindeganges. Eine andere, im Fußbereich des Zapfens 18 wurzelnde Rastnase 21 greift in einen nicht näher dargestellten Ausschnitt zwischen Anfang und Ende des einen Gewindeganges. Damit ist die Einfach-Fußplatte 6 ausreichend fixiert und kann wegen der federnden Rastnase 21 auch ohne weiteres wieder aus dem Gewindeloch entfernt werden. Diese einfache Fixierung reicht aus, damit die Fußplatte während des Montagevorganges bis zum Aufsetzen des Wäschetrockners auf der Arbeitsplatte der Waschmaschine nicht herausfallen kann.The simple foot plates 6 are shown in more detail in FIGS. 2 and 3. Each base plate contains a shaft 18 which is adapted to the core diameter of the threaded hole arranged in the base plate of the clothes dryer. In the example shown, the base plate 19 (shown in dash-dot lines) of the tumble dryer 3 consists of only one turn for the screw-in thread of the feet, which is pressed out of the sheet metal of the base plate. A locking lug 20 arranged on the lateral surface of the pin 18 engages directly behind the sheet metal edge of this thread. Another locking lug 21, rooted in the foot region of the pin 18, engages in a cutout (not shown in detail) between the beginning and end of the one thread. The single base plate 6 is thus adequately fixed and, because of the resilient latching lug 21 can also be easily removed from the threaded hole. This simple fixation is sufficient so that the base plate cannot fall out during the assembly process until the tumble dryer is placed on the worktop of the washing machine.

Nachfolgend wird noch im einzelnen beschrieben, welche Maßnahmen zur Montage der Wascher-Trockner-Säule getroffen werden müssen. Zunächst ist der Wascher am vorgesehenen Platz aufzustellen und seine Arbeitsplatte 2 durch Justieren der Wascher-Stellfüße (nicht dargestellt) in Waage zu bringen. Mit Hilfe der nicht dargestellten Schablone werden die Befestigungslöcher für die beiden hinten vorgesehenen Halter 9 und den Frontseiten-Winkel 11 auf der Arbeitsplatte 2 angezeichnet. Für jeden Halter 9 werden in die Arbeitsplatte zwei Durchgangslöcher gebohrt. Die Halter 9 werden mit den Schrauben 13 und der Gewindeplatte 10 auf der Arbeitsplatte befestigt. Der Frontseiten-Winkel 11 wird unter Verwendung der drei Spanplattenschrauben 14 an den angezeichneten Stellen der Arbeitsplatte befestigt.The following describes in detail what measures must be taken to assemble the washer-dryer column. First, the washer is to be set up at the intended place and his worktop 2 is brought into balance by adjusting the washer feet (not shown). With the help of the template, not shown, the mounting holes for the two rear holder 9 and the front angle 11 are marked on the worktop 2. For each holder 9 two through holes are drilled in the worktop. The holder 9 are fastened to the worktop with the screws 13 and the threaded plate 10. The front angle 11 is attached using the three chipboard screws 14 at the marked locations on the worktop.

Aus dem Boden des Wäschetrockners 3 werden die vorhandenen Stellfüße (nicht dargestellt) ausgeschraubt und gegen die Einfach-Fußplatten 6 ausgetauscht. Die Fußplatten 6 sind dabei wie zuvor beschrieben in die Gewindegänge der Bodenplatte einzurasten. An der Rückwand des Wäschetrockners 3 werden an herstellerseits bezeichneten Stellen vorhandene Blechschrauben entfernt und an diese Stellen die Zapfen 7 befestigt. Die vorhandenen Blechschrauben 8 können dazu wiederverwendet werden. Vor dem Aufsetzen des Wäschetrockners auf die Arbeitsplatte 2 wird die Wartungsklappe 5 entfernt. Dabei ist darauf zu achten, daß der Trockner zuerst mit den hinteren Fußplatten auf die Arbeitsplatte aufgesetzt und nach hinten geschoben wird, bis die Zapfen 7 in die Zapfenlöcher 12 der beiden Halter 9 eingeführt sind. Anschließend wird der Trockner vorn auf die Arbeitsplatte gesenkt und seine Korpus-Frontseite mit dem aufrecht stehenden Schenkel 16 des Frontseiten-Winkels mittels der Schrauben 17 verbunden. Dann kann die Wartungsklappe 5 wieder in die Scharniere eingehängt und geschlossen werden. Der Montagevorgang ist damit beendet.The existing adjustable feet (not shown) are unscrewed from the bottom of the clothes dryer 3 and exchanged for the single foot plates 6. The foot plates 6 are to be snapped into the threads of the base plate as previously described. On the rear wall of the tumble dryer 3, existing sheet metal screws are removed at the points specified by the manufacturer and the pins 7 are fastened to these points. The existing self-tapping screws 8 can be reused. The maintenance flap 5 is removed before the tumble dryer is placed on the worktop 2. Make sure that the dryer is first placed on the worktop with the rear foot plates and is pushed backwards until the pins 7 are inserted into the pin holes 12 of the two holders 9. The dryer is then lowered at the front onto the worktop and its front of the body is connected to the upright leg 16 of the front angle by means of the screws 17. The maintenance flap 5 can then be hooked back into the hinges and closed. The assembly process is now complete.

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Bausatz zum kippsicheren Verbinden zweier übereinandergesetzter Haushaltmaschinen, insbesondere einer Waschund einer Trockenmaschine zu einer Wascher-Trockner-Säule, von denen die unten stehende Maschine eine Arbeitsplatte und die aufgesetzte Maschine einen Gehäusemantel und vier Standfüße mit Fußplatten aufweist, die in eine Bodenplatte zum Zwecke der Höhenjustage einschraubbar sind, gekennzeichnet durch vier Einfach-Fußplatten (6) im Austausch gegen die Standfüße, eine Einrichtung (7 bis 10, 12, 13) zum Fixieren der hinteren Bodenkante der aufgesetzen Maschine (3) gegen Abheben von der Arbeitsplatte (2) und eine Anordnung (11, 14 bis 17) zum Fixieren der vorderen Bodenkante der aufgesetzten Maschine (3) gegen Bewegungen in Richtung der Frontseite der Maschinen (1, 3).Kit for tilt-proof connection of two superimposed household machines, in particular a washing machine and a dryer to a washer-dryer column, of which the machine below has a worktop and the attached machine has a casing and four feet with base plates, which are placed in a base plate for height adjustment can be screwed in, characterized by four single foot plates (6) in exchange for the feet, a device (7 to 10, 12, 13) for fixing the rear bottom edge of the attached machine (3) against lifting off the worktop (2) and one Arrangement (11, 14 to 17) for fixing the front bottom edge of the attached machine (3) against movements in the direction of the front of the machine (1, 3). Bausatz nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jede Einfach-Fußplatte (6) einen Schaft (18) mit Rastelementen (20, 21) aufweist, die beim Einführen in die Gewindelöcher der Bodenplatte anstelle der schraubbaren Standfüße in einen Gewindegang einrasten.Kit according to claim 1, characterized in that each single base plate (6) has a shaft (18) with latching elements (20, 21) which snap into a thread instead of the screwable feet when inserted into the threaded holes of the base plate. Bausatz nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Einrichtung zum Fixieren der hinteren Bodenkante zwei winkelförmige Halter (9) mit Zapfenlöchern (12) im aufrecht stehenden Schenkel und mit Schraubenlöchern im auf der Arbeitsplatte (2) anliegenden Schenkel, zwei Zapfen (7) mit koaxialen Schraubenlöchern, zwei Gewindeplatten (10) als Gegenlagen am Ort der Halter (9) unter der Arbeitsplatte (2) sowie vier Schrauben (13) für die Befestigung der Halter (9) mit den Gewindeplatten (10) an der Arbeitsplatte (2) und zwei gewindefurchende Schrauben (8) oder Blechschrauben zum Befestigen der Zapfen (7) an der Rückwand der aufgesetzten Maschine (3) in Höhe der Zapfenlöcher (12) enthält.Kit according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the device for fixing the rear bottom edge has two angular holders (9) with pin holes (12) in the upright leg and with screw holes in the leg resting on the worktop (2), two pins (7 ) with coaxial screw holes, two threaded plates (10) as counterparts at the location of the holder (9) under the worktop (2) and four screws (13) for fastening the holder (9) with the threaded plates (10) to the worktop (2 ) and two self-tapping screws (8) or self-tapping screws for fastening the pins (7) to the rear wall of the attached machine (3) at the level of the pin holes (12). Bausatz nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Anordnung zum Fixieren der vorderen Bodenkante einen Frontseiten-Winkel (11) mit mindestens zwei Schraubenlöchern in jedem Schenkel (15, 16) sowie mindestens zwei Spanplattenschrauben (14) zum Befestigen des Winkels (11) auf der Arbeitsplatte (2) und mindestens zwei gewindefurchende Schrauben (17) oder Blechschrauben zum Befestigen des aufrecht stehenden Winkel-Schenkels (16) an der Frontseite des Korpus (4) der aufgesetzten Maschine (3) enthält.Kit according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the arrangement for fixing the front bottom edge has a front angle (11) with at least two screw holes in each leg (15, 16) and at least two chipboard screws (14) for fastening the angle (11) on the worktop (2) and at least two self-tapping screws (17) or self-tapping screws for attaching the upright angle leg (16) to the front of the body (4) of the attached machine (3). Bausatz nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß eine an die Größe der Arbeitsplatte (2) angepaßte Schablone vorgesehen ist, die die genaue Lage der Schraubenlöcher für die Montage der Einrichtung (7 bis 10, 12, 13) und der Anordnung (11, 14 bis 17) an der Arbeitsplatte (2) bezeichnet.Kit according to claim 4, characterized in that a template is provided which is adapted to the size of the worktop (2) and which shows the exact position of the screw holes for the assembly of the device (7 to 10, 12, 13) and the arrangement (11, 14 to 17) on the worktop (2). Bausatz nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Schablone zwei Zeichnungsfelder aufweist, die nach Anlegen der Schablone an die Rückwand die Lage der Schraubenlöcher für die Montage der Zapfen (7) an der aufgesetzten Maschine (3) und nach Anlegen der Schablone an der Korpus-Frontseite die Lage der Schraubenlöcher zum Befestigen des aufrechtstehenden Schenkels (16) des Frontseiten-Winkels (11) bezeichnen.Kit according to Claim 5, characterized in that the template has two drawing fields which, after the template has been applied to the rear wall, the position of the screw holes for the assembly of the pins (7) on the machine (3) and after the template has been applied to the body -Front indicate the position of the screw holes for attaching the upright leg (16) of the front angle (11).
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