EP0728861B1 - Front loading laundry washing and/or drying machine, with improved means for the door opening - Google Patents
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- EP0728861B1 EP0728861B1 EP96102265A EP96102265A EP0728861B1 EP 0728861 B1 EP0728861 B1 EP 0728861B1 EP 96102265 A EP96102265 A EP 96102265A EP 96102265 A EP96102265 A EP 96102265A EP 0728861 B1 EP0728861 B1 EP 0728861B1
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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
- D06F37/00—Details specific to washing machines covered by groups D06F21/00 - D06F25/00
- D06F37/42—Safety arrangements, e.g. for stopping rotation of the receptacle upon opening of the casing door
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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
- D06F39/12—Casings; Tubs
- D06F39/14—Doors or covers; Securing means therefor
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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
- D06F58/00—Domestic laundry dryers
- D06F58/02—Domestic laundry dryers having dryer drums rotating about a horizontal axis
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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
- D06F34/00—Details of control systems for washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
- D06F34/28—Arrangements for program selection, e.g. control panels therefor; Arrangements for indicating program parameters, e.g. the selected program or its progress
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- the present invention refers to a laundry washing and/or drying machine comprising a front loading door, a hinge to pivot said door to the machine cabinet, a door lock/release system and a device for the manual actuation of the lock/release system (see DE-A-2 405 143).
- a door usually having a circular shape, through which the user can reach inside the machine drum to perform the usual loading and unloading operations of the laundry.
- a door or porthole is generally hinged to the cabinet by means of a hinge comprising a fixed part fastened to the machine body and a movable part integral with the porthole, the rotation axis of the hinge, and consequently of the door, being vertical.
- the machines of said type are further provided with a door lock/release system, to keep the door closed during the machine operation and allow its opening for the loading and unloading of the clothes.
- the door lock/release system is provided with a suitable actuation handle located on the door itself, on the opposite side with respect to the hinge; moreover, said handle with the relevant kinematic motion of the lock/release system and the hinge are always aligned, one on the door right-hand side and the other on the left hand-side, in line with the center-line of the door or of the loading aperture.
- the door rotary motion has to be performed by the user completely by hand due to the inherent hinge characteristics, unless some complex spring mechanisms are provided that allow a kind of automatic complete opening of the door after it was unlocked by the proper handle.
- the position of the door opening handle in line with its center-line may at times be difficult to reach, above all in such instances when the user is holding a container full of clothes to be washed.
- a laundry washing and/or drying machine comprising a front loading door, a hinge to pivot said door to the machine cabinet, a lock/release system of the door and a device for the manual actuation of the lock/release system, characterized in that said hinge is fastened to the cabinet so that the rotation axis of the door is inclined in respect to the vertical axis of the machine, whereby said inclination of the rotation axis of the door is suitable to allow an autonomous opening motion of the door, after that the latter has been released through said manual actuation device.
- number 1 indicates as a whole the laundry washing and/or drying machine according to the present invention; said machine comprises a steel-sheet cabinet 2, whose upper section houses a control panel 3; the cabinet front side has an opening indicated by number 4 to reach inside the machine drum for the normal laundry loading/unloading operations.
- Number 5 indicates as a whole the front loading door of the machine 1, which is provided for the closure of said aperture 4, specifically during the machine operation.
- the machine 1 is provided with a manual lock/release actuation system which comprises a hook 6 on the door 5 and an actuation handle 7, which is suitable either to lock or release said hook; moreover, inside the door 5 some further mechanical means are provided, which are part of the lock/release system, such as for example a spring, not shown in the figures for simplicityis sake.
- a manual lock/release actuation system which comprises a hook 6 on the door 5 and an actuation handle 7, which is suitable either to lock or release said hook; moreover, inside the door 5 some further mechanical means are provided, which are part of the lock/release system, such as for example a spring, not shown in the figures for simplicityis sake.
- the door lock/release system also comprises a seat indicated by 8 on the machine cabinet 1 where, during the closure of the door the hook 6 can enter and engage through elastic means; the seat 8 is coupled inside the cabinet 1 with a suitable electric safety device, that locks the hook 6 mechanically during the whole machine operation cycle, so as to prevent an accidental opening of the door 5.
- FIG 3 the fixed part of a hinge integral with the machine cabinet is indicated with 9, said hinge being the one usually provided to pivot the door 5 to the machine cabinet.
- the horizontal center-line of the hinge element 9 results in being inclined with respect to the center-line of the aperture 3 or of the door 4.
- the hinge rotation axis on which the door 5 rotates is inclined in respect to the machine vertical axis (M); just by way of example, in figure 2 the door rotation axis indicated by S has an inclination being delayed to the clockwise motion of 5 degrees with respect to the machine vertical axis, indicated by M.
- said inclination of the hinge rotation axis S is selected so that, once the door 5 is released by the handle 7 and slightly open, it will then perform a complete opening motion on its own through the combined action of its weight and misalignment against the vertical axis.
- This arrangement is also particularly advantageous due to the fact that, when the door has reached its opening position, it will tend to keep it or resume it on its own, should the user casually move the door; this is a different situation from the known machines, where often the door can only remain half-open, thus causing a hindrance for the user.
- the machine 1 has a door opening handle and a related lock/release system whose elements are located in the upper half of teh same door, in an ergonomically comfortable position.
- the handle 7 may be located at about 40 degrees in respect to the door center-line, whereas the hook 6 and the seat 8 may be about 30 degrees from it; both the handle and the lock/release system may also be located with the same inclination or different inclinations against the ones indicated by way of example.
- the door opening motion can in fact be obtained completely on its own, without requiring any manual displacement of the door by the user; as a matter of fact, the lock/release systems of the kind already known are usually capable of producing only a certain initial opening thrust when the door is unlocked; this is typically due to the availability of some elastic means opposing the door locking and to the flexible reaction of the bellows-type seal, usually being present in correspondence of the door aperture, to seal the door.
- the present invention has a specific advantageous application in the case of machines where the door lock/release system is controlled by a push-button on the control board; in this case, in fact, said initial thrust on the door and the inclination of the door rotation axis according to the present invention allow to perform a complete and practically automatic door opening motion.
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Description
- The present invention refers to a laundry washing and/or drying machine comprising a front loading door, a hinge to pivot said door to the machine cabinet, a door lock/release system and a device for the manual actuation of the lock/release system (see DE-A-2 405 143).
- It is known that front loading laundry washing and/or drying machines are provided with a door, usually having a circular shape, through which the user can reach inside the machine drum to perform the usual loading and unloading operations of the laundry. Such a door or porthole is generally hinged to the cabinet by means of a hinge comprising a fixed part fastened to the machine body and a movable part integral with the porthole, the rotation axis of the hinge, and consequently of the door, being vertical.
- It is also known that the machines of said type are further provided with a door lock/release system, to keep the door closed during the machine operation and allow its opening for the loading and unloading of the clothes.
- In most cases, the door lock/release system is provided with a suitable actuation handle located on the door itself, on the opposite side with respect to the hinge; moreover, said handle with the relevant kinematic motion of the lock/release system and the hinge are always aligned, one on the door right-hand side and the other on the left hand-side, in line with the center-line of the door or of the loading aperture.
- Said embodiment, which is typical according to the known state of the art, may at times cause some problems in the practical use.
- As an example, in the machine according to the known state of the art, the door rotary motion has to be performed by the user completely by hand due to the inherent hinge characteristics, unless some complex spring mechanisms are provided that allow a kind of automatic complete opening of the door after it was unlocked by the proper handle.
- Moreover, the position of the door opening handle in line with its center-line may at times be difficult to reach, above all in such instances when the user is holding a container full of clothes to be washed.
- It is the object of the present invention to solve the above drawbacks and specifically provide a front loading laundry washing and/or drying machine, wherein the opening motion of the door, after being released, is automatically and naturally obtained through simple and low-cost means; in this frame, it is a further object of the present invention to provide a machine wherein the door opening handle can be reached in an easier way in respect to the ones foreseen by the machines of the known type.
- Accordingly, for attaining said aims, it is the object of the present invention to provide a laundry washing and/or drying machine comprising a front loading door, a hinge to pivot said door to the machine cabinet, a lock/release system of the door and a device for the manual actuation of the lock/release system, characterized in that said hinge is fastened to the cabinet so that the rotation axis of the door is inclined in respect to the vertical axis of the machine, whereby said inclination of the rotation axis of the door is suitable to allow an autonomous opening motion of the door, after that the latter has been released through said manual actuation device.
- Further characteristics and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description and annexed drawings, which are supplied by way of clarifying not limiting example, wherein:
- Fig. 1 shows a front view of a laundry washing and/or drying machine according to the present invention, with the loading door being closed;
- Fig. 2 shows a front view of the machine of Fig. 1, with the loading door being half-open;
- Fig. 3 shows a front view of the machine of fig. 1 or 2, where the front loading door is not illustrated for better description purposes.
- In said figures,
number 1 indicates as a whole the laundry washing and/or drying machine according to the present invention; said machine comprises a steel-sheet cabinet 2, whose upper section houses acontrol panel 3; the cabinet front side has an opening indicated by number 4 to reach inside the machine drum for the normal laundry loading/unloading operations. -
Number 5 indicates as a whole the front loading door of themachine 1, which is provided for the closure of said aperture 4, specifically during the machine operation. - The
machine 1 is provided with a manual lock/release actuation system which comprises a hook 6 on thedoor 5 and an actuation handle 7, which is suitable either to lock or release said hook; moreover, inside thedoor 5 some further mechanical means are provided, which are part of the lock/release system, such as for example a spring, not shown in the figures for simplicityis sake. - The door lock/release system also comprises a seat indicated by 8 on the
machine cabinet 1 where, during the closure of the door the hook 6 can enter and engage through elastic means; theseat 8 is coupled inside thecabinet 1 with a suitable electric safety device, that locks the hook 6 mechanically during the whole machine operation cycle, so as to prevent an accidental opening of thedoor 5. - Finally, in figure 3, the fixed part of a hinge integral with the machine cabinet is indicated with 9, said hinge being the one usually provided to pivot the
door 5 to the machine cabinet. - As it can be better seen from figures 2 and 3, the horizontal center-line of the
hinge element 9 results in being inclined with respect to the center-line of theaperture 3 or of the door 4. - In other words, as it is apparent from figures 2 and 3, the hinge rotation axis on which the
door 5 rotates, is inclined in respect to the machine vertical axis (M); just by way of example, in figure 2 the door rotation axis indicated by S has an inclination being delayed to the clockwise motion of 5 degrees with respect to the machine vertical axis, indicated by M. - According to the present invention, said inclination of the hinge rotation axis S is selected so that, once the
door 5 is released by the handle 7 and slightly open, it will then perform a complete opening motion on its own through the combined action of its weight and misalignment against the vertical axis. - This arrangement is also particularly advantageous due to the fact that, when the door has reached its opening position, it will tend to keep it or resume it on its own, should the user casually move the door; this is a different situation from the known machines, where often the door can only remain half-open, thus causing a hindrance for the user.
- As it is further apparent from the above figures, contrary to the known machines, the
machine 1 according to the present invention has a door opening handle and a related lock/release system whose elements are located in the upper half of teh same door, in an ergonomically confortable position. As it can be seen from the figures, the handle 7 may be located at about 40 degrees in respect to the door center-line, whereas the hook 6 and theseat 8 may be about 30 degrees from it; both the handle and the lock/release system may also be located with the same inclination or different inclinations against the ones indicated by way of example. - It is obvious that, in the practical use, the door opening motion can in fact be obtained completely on its own, without requiring any manual displacement of the door by the user; as a matter of fact, the lock/release systems of the kind already known are usually capable of producing only a certain initial opening thrust when the door is unlocked; this is typically due to the availability of some elastic means opposing the door locking and to the flexible reaction of the bellows-type seal, usually being present in correspondence of the door aperture, to seal the door.
- As a result, according to the present invention it is possible to use such an initial opening thrust, which as said above is a so-called "inherent" feature of most lock/release systems, to obtain a fully automatic door opening motion.
- From this viewpoint, the present invention has a specific advantageous application in the case of machines where the door lock/release system is controlled by a push-button on the control board; in this case, in fact, said initial thrust on the door and the inclination of the door rotation axis according to the present invention allow to perform a complete and practically automatic door opening motion.
- Finally, it should be pointed out that the above elements can all of them be of the type in itself known, both for the realization of the door hinge and its lock/release system.
- What changes substantially in respect to the known state of the art is the geometric arrangement of said elements, which according to the present invention allows a higher functionality and a more confortable use of the machine; specifically, in the machine described above the door rotation axis is not perpendicular to the machine laying plane, which allows to obtain a substantially autonomous motion of the door opening after that the latter has been released by the related lock/release system; moreover, the machine has a mutually misaligned hinge and a lock/release system; in the case of machines with the door opening actuated by a handle, the latter can be advantageously located in the upper half of the door, for an easier actuation by the user.
- The characteristics and the advantages of the laundry washing and/or drying machine subject of the present invention are clear from the above description.
- Obviously, many changes can be made to the laundry washing and/or drying machine subject of the present invention without departing from the novelty principles of the innovative scope, and it is also clear that in the practical use of the invention both the materials and forms of the details above illustrated may be changed and replaced by other technically equivalent elements.
- The possibility of using a rotary-translation hinge or an articulated quadrilateral hinge for implementing the present invention is pointed out as an example.
Claims (14)
- Laundry washing and/or drying machine comprising a front loading door (5), a hinge (9) to pivot said door (5) to the machine cabinet (1), a lock/release system (6.8) of the door (5) and a device (7) for manual actuation of the lock/release system (6,8), characterized in that said hinge (9) is fastened to the cabinet (1) so that the rotation axis (S) of the door (5) is inclined in respect to the vertical axis (M) of the machine, whereby said inclination of the rotation axis (S) of the door (5) is suitable to allow an opening motion of the door (5) being at least partially autonomous, after that the latter has been released through said manual actuation device (7).
- Laundry wahing and/or drying machine according to Claim 1, characterized in that said inclination (S) of the rotation axis of the door in respect to the vertical axis (M) of the machine is delayed against the clockwise motion.
- Laundry washing and/or drying machine according to Claim 1, characterized in that said manual actuation device comprises a handle (7).
- Laundry washing and/or drying machine according to Claim 1, characterized in that said manual actuation device comprises a push-button located on a control panel (3) of the machine (1).
- Laundry washing and/or drying machine according to Claim 1, characterized in that said lock/release system comprises some elements (6,7) located in the upper half of said door.
- Laundry washing and/or drying machine according to Claim 5, characterized in that said handle (7) is located in the upper half of the door (5), in a position being ergonomically confortable for its actuation.
- Laundry washing and/or drying machine according to Claim 5 and 6, characterized in that said handle (7) and/or said elements (6,7) are inclined by at least 30 degrees in respect to the horizontal center-line of the door (5).
- Laundry washing and/or drying machine according to Claim 2, characterized in that the rotation axis (S) of the door is inclined by at least 5 degrees in respect to the vertical axis (M) of the machine.
- Laundry washing and/or drying machine according to Claim 1, characterized in that the inclination of the rotation axis (S) of the door (5) is suitable to let the door (5) maintain its opening position.
- Laundry washing and/or drying machine according to Claim 1, characterized in that means are provided apt at causing an initial opening thrust of the door (5) when the latter is unlocked by means of said manually actuated device (7).
- Laundry washing and/or drying machine according to Claims 3 and 10, characterized in that the actuation of said push-button, said initial thrust of the door and said inclination of the rotation axis (S) of the door are capable of generating a practically automatic full opening motion of the door (5).
- Laundry washing and/or drying machine according to Claim 1, characterized in that said hinge is of the rotary-translation type or of the articulated quadrilateral type.
- Laundry washing and/or drying machine according to any of Claims 1 to 12 with a front loading door (5), a hinge (9) to pivot said door (5) to the machine cabinet (1) and a lock/release system (6,7,8) for the door (5), actuated manually by a handle (7), characterized in that said lock/release system comprises some elements (6,7) located in the upper half of said door (5).
- Laundry washing and/or drying machine according to Claim 13, characterized in that said handle (7) is located in the upper half of the door (5), in a position being ergonomically confortable for its actuation.
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