EP0628652A1 - Conteneur distributeur de détergent sous forme de tablettes pour machines à laver le linge - Google Patents

Conteneur distributeur de détergent sous forme de tablettes pour machines à laver le linge Download PDF

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EP0628652A1
EP0628652A1 EP94610028A EP94610028A EP0628652A1 EP 0628652 A1 EP0628652 A1 EP 0628652A1 EP 94610028 A EP94610028 A EP 94610028A EP 94610028 A EP94610028 A EP 94610028A EP 0628652 A1 EP0628652 A1 EP 0628652A1
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Christian Bjorn Christensen
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Cleantabs AS
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F39/00—Details of washing machines not specific to a single type of machines covered by groups D06F9/00 - D06F27/00 
    • D06F39/02—Devices for adding soap or other washing agents
    • D06F39/024—Devices for adding soap or other washing agents mounted on the agitator or the rotating drum; Free body dispensers

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  • the invention relates to a dispensing receptacle for machine washing of clothes by means of a detergent in the form of tablets which are placed in the interior of the receptacle prior to placing the latter in the drum of the washing machine and the washing process is started, said receptacle comprising a flexible, fluid permeable sleeve being arranged in an enclosing manner about a comparatively rigid hollow body to form an annular chamber between the body and the sleeve, said body having an inlet opening for inserting a tablet into the interior of the body.
  • DK-B 165.759 discloses a dispensing device of the above type, wherein the hollow body having the shape of an essentially tubular body is formed of a mouthpiece and a closing part being at their inner ends in releasable engagement with each other.
  • the annular chamber formed between the tubular body and the sleeve communicates directly with the inlet opening in the mouthpiece.
  • a tablet may be inserted into the annular chamber, and when the two parts are brought into engagement with each other again, the tablet is prevented from leaving the annular chamber in its entirety, as said chamber is closed.
  • the tablet may then as intended only leave the annular chamber in dissolved or pulverized form through the liquid permeable sleeve or through openings in the tubular body.
  • This dispensing device thus requires considerable handling of the two parts for inserting a tablet into the annular chamber.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a user-friendly dispensing receptacle of the type stated above ensuring a fast and efficient dissolution and disinte gration of the detergent tablets.
  • the dispensing receptacle according to the invention is characterised in that a transversal wall is arranged the interior of the hollow body and a transfer slot is formed adjacent thereto in the lateral wall of the hollow body allowing transfer of a tablet from the interior of the hollow body to the annular chamber.
  • a tablet may be placed into the annular chamber in an easy manner by introducing it through the inlet opening of the body, whereby it falls down onto the transversal wall.
  • the tablet is guided into the annular chamber, either on its own or by suitable orientation of the body.
  • the hollow body may be an essentially tubular body.
  • This embodiment has proved particularly advantageous, especially when the tubular body is an essentially circular cylindrical body, as particularly good results are obtained as regards a quick and efficient disintegration and dissolution of the tablets.
  • the transversal wall when seen in direction from the inlet opening to the transfer slot, the transversal wall may be downwardly inclined in the direction towards the latter. Consequently, when being introduced through the inlet opening, a tablet will slide down the inclined wall, through the transfer slot and into the annular chamber, whereby it is ensured that the tablet is actually placed in the annular chamber as intended.
  • the lateral wall of the tubular body may be provided with openings, whereby the annular chamber communicates with the surroundings, i.e. the washing liquid, both through said openings and through the openings of the flexible sleeve.
  • the annular chamber communicates with the surroundings, i.e. the washing liquid, both through said openings and through the openings of the flexible sleeve.
  • the embodiment of the dispensing receptacle shown in Figures 1 to 5 comprises a tubular body 1 having an essentially circular cylindrical shape, and a flexible, liquid permeable sleeve 2 of cylinder-shape being at its ends connected to the ends of the tubular body 1 to form an annular chamber 3 therewith.
  • the sleeve 2 is made of a net-like or woven material, preferably of plastics or a textile and has meshes allowing liquid and possibly small particles to pass through.
  • the tubular body 1 In its interior the tubular body 1 is provided with a transversal wall 4, which when seen from the upper end of the tubular body defining an inlet opening 5, inclines downwardly towards a transfer opening 6 of the annular chamber 3.
  • the transfer opening 6 In a side view the transfer opening 6 has the same inclination as the transversal wall 4 and extends over half the periphery of the tubular body 1, as it is evident from Figure 3.
  • the height H of transfer slot 6 is larger than the height h of the tablets 7 to be used in the dispensing receptacle.
  • the inclined wall is provided with openings 8 allowing a flow of liquid through the interior of the tubular body 1.
  • the tubular body In its outer wall 26 the tubular body is provided with a plurality of spaced slits 9 connecting the annular chamber 3 with the interior of the tubular body 1.
  • the tubular body At the upper and lower end the tubular body is provided with a annular extended edge portion 10,11 for attachment of the ends of the sleeve, said ends being placed around the respective edge portion 10,11 and a snap ring 12 with a U-shaped cross-section then being arranged in a retaining manner over the edge portion 10, 11 of the tubular body 1 with the end portion of the sleeve as an intermediary layer.
  • Axially extending guide grooves 13,14 are formed essentially diametrally opposite each other on the inner face of the tubular body 1 between the inclined wall 4 and the inlet opening 5.
  • the guide grooves 13,14 serve to guide strips 15, 16 onto a slide 17 which may be displaced between a position shown in Figure 1, wherein it closes the transfer slot 6 and a position (not shown), wherein the slot is exposed.
  • the slide has an essentially semi-circular cylindrical wall 18 being provided with axial slits 19 and having a lower edge 23 inclining downwardly corresponding to the inclined transversal wall 4 of the tubular body 1.
  • the slide is provided with an inwardly projecting upper wall 20, which may be gripped by the user when the slide is to be displaced from its closing position shown in Figure 1 to its exposed position.
  • the axial displacement of the slide 17 is controlled by opposite guide strips 15,16 on the side rims of the semi-cylindrical wall of the slide being engaged in the guide grooves 13,14.
  • the semi-cylindrical wall 18 of the slide is provided with two projections 21,22 on the outer face arranged in the area between the inclined edge 23 and the guide strips 15,16.
  • the projections 21,22 are intended to engage recesses 24,25 formed at the upper inner end of the transfer slot 6 for determining the position of the slide, in which the transfer slot 6 is exposed and for preventing that the slide 17 is removed from the tubular body 1.
  • FIG. 6 shows another embodiment of the invention, which only differs from the embodiment of the invention described above by the structure of the closing member for closing the transfer slot.
  • the closing member is formed by five flaps extending across the transfer slot 56 in the tubular body 51, only three of said flaps 30, 31, 32 being visible on the sectional view of Figure 6.
  • the flaps 30,31,32 are formed integrally with the tubular body 51 and connected therewith by means of hinges 33,34,35 formed at the upper edge portion 36 of the transfer slot 56.
  • the flaps 30,31, 32 may pivot about the hinges 33,34,35 in an outwardly direction and thus allow a tablet 57 to be introduced into the annular chamber 53 between the sleeve 52 and the tubular body 51.
  • All parts comprising the dispensing receptacle are made from a material being durable at water temperature up to essentially 100°C, and preferably all the parts except the sleeve are made by means of injection moulding of impact-resistant plastics, as previously mentioned said sleeve being made of a net-like or woven material, e.g. of plastics or a textile.

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EP94610028A 1993-06-11 1994-05-30 Conteneur distributeur de détergent sous forme de tablettes pour machines à laver le linge Ceased EP0628652A1 (fr)

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DK686/93 1993-06-11
DK068693A DK170077B1 (da) 1993-06-11 1993-06-11 Vaskemiddeludleveringsbeholder til brug ved maskinvask af tøj ved hjælp af et vaskemiddel i tabletform

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Cited By (8)

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DE19516312C1 (de) * 1995-05-04 1996-08-08 Henkel Kgaa Vorrichtung zur Halterung tablettenartiger Körper, enthaltend waschaktive Substanzen
EP0780508A2 (fr) 1995-12-20 1997-06-25 Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien Conteneur-doseur
DE19547639C1 (de) * 1995-12-20 1997-08-28 Henkel Kgaa Dosierspeicher
DE19717029C1 (de) * 1997-04-23 1998-06-10 Henkel Kgaa Vorrichtung zur Aufnahme und dosierten Abgabe eines Wasch- oder Reinigungsmittels
EP0846798A1 (fr) * 1996-12-06 1998-06-10 The Procter & Gamble Company Dispositif distributeur de tablettes
WO1998040550A1 (fr) * 1997-03-07 1998-09-17 Unilever Plc Procede et dispositif de distribution pour laver du linge dans un lave-linge
WO2012127257A1 (fr) 2011-03-19 2012-09-27 Dental Care Innovation Gmbh Système pour dissolution d'une pastille ou d'un granulé dans un courant d'eau
USD947366S1 (en) 2016-12-15 2022-03-29 Water Pik, Inc. Oral irrigator handle

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EP0473532A1 (fr) * 1990-08-23 1992-03-04 Cleantabs A/S Procédé et dispositif distributeur pour laver le linge en machine à laver
EP0479711A1 (fr) * 1990-10-05 1992-04-08 Cleantabs A/S Dispositif distributeur de tablettes de détergent dans une machine à laver pendant le lavage du linge

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EP0473532A1 (fr) * 1990-08-23 1992-03-04 Cleantabs A/S Procédé et dispositif distributeur pour laver le linge en machine à laver
EP0479711A1 (fr) * 1990-10-05 1992-04-08 Cleantabs A/S Dispositif distributeur de tablettes de détergent dans une machine à laver pendant le lavage du linge

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE19516312C1 (de) * 1995-05-04 1996-08-08 Henkel Kgaa Vorrichtung zur Halterung tablettenartiger Körper, enthaltend waschaktive Substanzen
EP0780508A2 (fr) 1995-12-20 1997-06-25 Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien Conteneur-doseur
DE19547639C1 (de) * 1995-12-20 1997-08-28 Henkel Kgaa Dosierspeicher
EP0846798A1 (fr) * 1996-12-06 1998-06-10 The Procter & Gamble Company Dispositif distributeur de tablettes
WO1998040550A1 (fr) * 1997-03-07 1998-09-17 Unilever Plc Procede et dispositif de distribution pour laver du linge dans un lave-linge
US6174848B1 (en) 1997-03-07 2001-01-16 Lever Brothers Company, Div. Of Conopco Inc. Process and dispensing device for washing laundry in a washing machine
US6301733B1 (en) 1997-03-07 2001-10-16 Lever Brothers, Division Of Conopco, Inc. Process and dispensing device for washing laundry in a washing machine
DE19717029C1 (de) * 1997-04-23 1998-06-10 Henkel Kgaa Vorrichtung zur Aufnahme und dosierten Abgabe eines Wasch- oder Reinigungsmittels
WO2012127257A1 (fr) 2011-03-19 2012-09-27 Dental Care Innovation Gmbh Système pour dissolution d'une pastille ou d'un granulé dans un courant d'eau
US9492361B2 (en) 2011-03-19 2016-11-15 Dental Care Innovation Gmbh System for dissolution of a tablet or granulate in a stream of water
USD947366S1 (en) 2016-12-15 2022-03-29 Water Pik, Inc. Oral irrigator handle

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