EP0859079A1 - Hinge for electrical appliance door, particularly for laundry washing and/or drying machine - Google Patents
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
- E05D3/00—Hinges with pins
- E05D3/06—Hinges with pins with two or more pins
- E05D3/12—Hinges with pins with two or more pins with two parallel pins and one arm
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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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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO HINGES OR OTHER SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS AND DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION, CHECKS FOR WINGS AND WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
- E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
- E05Y2900/30—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for domestic appliances
- E05Y2900/312—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for domestic appliances for washing machines
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- the present invention refers to a hinge for electrical appliance door, particularly for laundry washing and/or drying appliances, such as washing machines, washing-drying machines, dryers, in particular of the type with front loading.
- Appliances for washing and/or drying laundry in particular the ones with front loading, comprise a frame with a front panel in which there is an opening acceding to the washing/drying tank, and a door or window that can be open to allow the access to the tank itself.
- the window is hinged to the frame in such a way as to be rotatable around a vertical axis.
- a strongly felt problem is to provide the maximum possible accessibility to the washing tank in order to facilitate the operations of loading and unloading the laundry. To this purpose, one must in fact consider that these electrical appliances are often located in narrow rooms.
- Another route consists in intervening on the appliance window to improve its manoeuvrability.
- the window is mounted onto a front panel of the frame by means of a hinge housed behind of the same front panel.
- the hinge comprises one or more arms rigidly connected to the window and turnable around a vertical axis of rotation steady with respect to the appliance frame.
- the opening angle of these windows is therefore rather limited, and in any case smaller than 180 degrees, problem that reduces the accessibility to the washing tank, especially in consideration of the fact that the window generally comprises a concave central part of glass that when the window is open hinders the access to the tank.
- hinges that allow an opening angle of the window of 180 degrees; these hinges however require the interruption of the window frame, fact that has an impact on the aesthetics of the appliance.
- an object of the present invention is to provide for a hinge for appliance door, particularly for laundry washing and/or drying machine, allowing an opening angle of the window of 180 degrees without compromising the aesthetic features of the electrical appliance.
- a hinge for electrical appliance door particularly for laundry washing and/or drying machine comprising a frame with a panel provided with an opening acceding to a washing and/or drying tank, said hinge comprising a part fixedly mounted to the panel and at least one arm coupled at a first end to said fixed part in such a way as to be turnable around a first axis and at one second end to said door, characterised in that said second end of said arm is coupled to the door in such a way as to be tumable around a second axis substantially parallel to the first axis.
- Figure 1 schematically shows a washing machine or a washing-drying machine or even a drier machine of the type with front loading, comprising a frame 1 having a front panel 2 in which an opening for the access to the washing/drying tank is provided; such opening is closed by a window 3 hinged to the front panel 2 in such a way as to be rotatable around a vertical axis to allow the access to the washing tank.
- An unlocking button 4 is provided for the opening of the window 3.
- Figure 1 there is also schematically shown, with dots and dashes, the volume of a possible additional piece of furniture 5 set near the washing machine.
- FIG. 2 The sectional view of Figure 2 brings out in detail the features of the present invention.
- the frame 1 of the washing machine inside of which the washing/drying tank 6 is housed and, inside the tank 6, a basket 7 to load the laundry.
- the front panel 2 Frontally to the frame 1 the front panel 2 is mounted.
- the window 3 that comprises a concave central part 8 of glass, and an annular frame generally of plastic material comprising an external ring 9 and an internal counter-ring 10 snap mounted on the ring 9 in such a way as to fasten an annular flange 11 of the central part 8 of glass.
- the front panel 2 is generally made of a substantially plane metal sheet that is bent along the edges in such a way so as to form vertical flanges 12 that are then welded in a number of points to corresponding vertical flanges 13 of the frame 1.
- a hinge 15 shown in elevation in Figure 4 is housed.
- the hinge 15 comprises substantially two parallel horizontal brackets 16 connected at one fore end by a vertical flange 17.
- a respective arm 18 is hinged, having substantially the shape of a portion of spiral.
- the two arms 18 are hinged to the respective brackets 16 by means of a single vertical pin 22 extending for the entire length of the hinge 15; as an alternative, it is possible to replace the single pin 22 with two half pins of minor length.
- two openings 20 are created that allow the passage of the other end 21 of the arms 18.
- Helicoidal springs 26 bias the arms 18 clockwise, to a position of extension of the ends 21 outside the openings 20 (position shown in Figure 3).
- the hinge 15 is housed in the interspace formed between the frame 1 and the front panel 2 of the machine.
- the two brackets 16 have dimensions and profile suitable to be housed, with a minimum clearance, inside the aforementioned interspace, and they extend up to the bent edge of the panel 2; the flange 17 is fixed, for example by means of two pairs of screws 23, 24, to the inside wall of the panel 2.
- a first pair of screws 23 fixes the flange 17 to the panel 2 in correspondence of a drawn region of the same
- the second pair of screws 24 fixes the flange 17 to the panel 2 in correspondence of an edge of the opening provided in the same for the access to the washing tank 6
- the fixing of the flange 17 in correspondence of the drawn region more rigid, guarantees a better solidity and a minor deflection to stresses during the opening of the window
- the brackets 16 extend up to the end of panel 2, contrasting against the flange 12 of the same, the hinge 15 results to be fixed more steadily to the frame 1.
- the ends 21 of the arms 18 are not connected stiffly to the window 3, but they are instead themselves hinged to the frame of the window 3.
- a vertical seating 25 for a pin 27 is created which extends for the entire height of the hinge 15 and is inserted in respective through holes provided in the ends 21 of the arms 18.
- two seatings 30 are provided suitable to accommodate turningly the ends 21 of the arms 18; the latter are provided with respective flaps 31, clearly visible in Figures 2 and 3, that when the window is close (as shown in Figure 2) are housed in the respective holes 32, closed above and below, of the seatings 30.
- the window When the window is close, condition shown in Figure 2, the arms 18 are almost totally retracted, and the flaps 31 are housed in the respective holes 32.
- the window is generally provided with a latch to keep it closed. To open the window, the user must press the button 4 to determine the release of the latch. Once the latch is released, the springs 26 bias the window to open at least partially, in such a way as to ease getting hold of the window itself by the user in order to open the window further.
- the hinge 15, having two different and independent axes of rotation, allows a wide range of rotating movements of the window, in addition consenting an opening angle of 180 degrees of the same, as shown in Figure 3. It is possible for example to initially rotate the window clockwise only around pin 22 by a certain angle A ( Figure 8), even sharp, and then continue the opening operation rotating the window only around the pin 27: in this way the window draws a trajectory T1 characterised by a minor volume encumbrance than that of the trajectory T2 that the window would draw if only the rotation around the pin 22 were possible.
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- Hinge for electrical appliance door, particularly for laundry washing and/or drying machine comprising a frame (1) with a panel (2) provided with an opening acceding to a washing and/or drying tank (6), said hinge (15) comprising a part (16, 17) fixedly mounted to the panel (2) and at least one arm (18) coupled at a first end (19) to said fixed part (16, 17) in such a way as to be turnable around a first axis (22) and at a second end (21) to said door (3), characterised in that said second end (21) of said arm (18) is coupled to the door (3) in such a way as to be turnable around a second axis (27) substantially parallel to a first axis (22).
- Hinge according to claim 1, characterised in that said fixed part (16, 17) is fixed to an internal wall (14) of said panel (2).
- Hinge according to claim 2, characterised in that said fixed part (16, 17) of the hinge comprises a flange (17) for the fixing to said internal wall (14) of the panel (2), and at least one bracket (16) fixedly mounted to said flange (17) and extending up to an edge of said panel inside an interspace between said panel (2) and the frame (1).
- Hinge according to claim 3, characterised in that said flange (17) is fixed to said internal wall (14) of the panel (2) at least in correspondence of a drawn region of the panel (2) having a concavity facing toward the appliance front that surrounds said opening acceding to the tank (6).
- Hinge according to claim 4, characterised in that at least one arm (18) has substantially spiral shape, and in said flange (16) an opening (21) is provided suitable to enable the passage of the second end (21) of the arm (18).
- Hinge according to claim 5, characterised in that said fixed part of the hinge comprises elastic means (26) suitable to bias the rotation of said arm (18) in the direction of opening of the door (3).
- Hinge according to claim 6, characterised in that the door comprises a central part (8) of transparent material surrounded by a frame (9, 10, 28), said second end (21) of the arm (18) being hinged to said frame (9, 10, 28).
- Hinge according to claim 7, characterised in that said second end (21) of the arm (18) is provided with a hole for a pin (27), and said frame (9, 10, 28) is provided with a seating (25) suitable to accommodate said pin (27).
- Hinge according to claim 8, characterised in that said second end (21) of the arm (18) is provided with a protruding flap (31), and said frame (9, 10, 28) is provided with a respective seating (32) so as to accommodate said flap (31) in such a way as to prevent the door (3) from swinging around said second axis (27) at least in one initial step of the opening of the door (3).
- Hinge according to claim 9, characterised in that said fixed part (16, 17) of the hinge comprises a pair of brackets (16).
- Hinge according to claim 1, characterised in that said at least one arm (18) comprises a pair of arms.
- Electrical appliance comprising a frame (19) with a panel (2) provided with an opening acceding to an inside chamber (6) of the electrical appliance, and a door (3) to close said opening, characterised in that said door (3) is coupled to said panel (2) by means of a hinge according to any one of the previous claims.
- Electrical appliance according to claim 12, characterised in that it is a washing machine.
- Electrical appliance according to claim 12, characterised in that it is a drier machine.
- Electrical appliance according to claim 12 or 13, characterised in that said panel (2) is a vertical front panel.
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ITMI970326 | 1997-02-17 | ||
IT97MI000326A IT1290335B1 (en) | 1997-02-17 | 1997-02-17 | HINGE FOR HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES, PARTICULARLY FOR WASHING MACHINES AND / OR DRYING LINEN |
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EP1098027A2 (en) * | 1999-11-08 | 2001-05-09 | C.M.I. S.r.l. | Two stage hinge device for the door of electric household appliances, particulary for washing machine |
EP1134316A1 (en) * | 2000-03-08 | 2001-09-19 | ITW Industrial Components S.r.l. | Device for controlling an electric appliance, in particular a drier or other electric household appliance |
WO2003057971A1 (en) * | 2002-01-09 | 2003-07-17 | Lg Electronics Inc. | Door for washing machine and dryer and washing machine and dryer having the same |
EP1365056A1 (en) * | 2002-05-22 | 2003-11-26 | CANDY S.p.A. | Front loading clothes washing machine |
KR20040046915A (en) * | 2002-11-28 | 2004-06-05 | 엘지전자 주식회사 | The door's hinge assembly of a druma washer |
KR100511954B1 (en) * | 2002-11-28 | 2005-09-02 | 엘지전자 주식회사 | The door's hinge assembly of a drum washer |
EP1637642A2 (en) * | 2004-09-20 | 2006-03-22 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Drying machine |
WO2006131709A1 (en) * | 2005-06-08 | 2006-12-14 | John Herbert North | Improvements in and relating to washing machines |
DE102006029202A1 (en) * | 2006-06-26 | 2007-12-27 | BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH | Flap for a household appliance |
CN100432332C (en) * | 2003-06-17 | 2008-11-12 | 乐金电子(天津)电器有限公司 | Door of dryer |
US7617570B2 (en) | 2006-03-22 | 2009-11-17 | Whirlpool Corporation | Double-pivot, constrained kinematic hinge for a front-loading laundry machine |
DE102009007920B3 (en) * | 2009-02-06 | 2010-04-29 | Miele & Cie. Kg | Laundry treatment machine e.g. front-loadable laundry drier, has housing-sided pivoting axis lying in angular area of housing flange for inward lying hinge bar to provide pivoting plane for door, where plane projects over housing wall plane |
EP2682512A3 (en) * | 2012-07-06 | 2015-07-15 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd | Washing machine |
EP2194181A3 (en) * | 2008-12-04 | 2015-12-09 | BSH Hausgeräte GmbH | Laundry care device with a horizontally pivoting grip element |
CN106120256A (en) * | 2016-08-31 | 2016-11-16 | 苏州艾克夫电子有限公司 | The hinge component of use in washing machine high stability |
WO2017029060A1 (en) * | 2015-08-19 | 2017-02-23 | BSH Hausgeräte GmbH | Cover plate of a household appliance |
EP3653780A1 (en) * | 2018-11-15 | 2020-05-20 | Groupe Brandt | Household appliance comprising a body, a door and a linking device connecting the door to the body |
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CH290826A (en) * | 1949-09-07 | 1953-05-31 | Le Reve Sa | Device for hinging a door, in particular for a stove. |
CH402648A (en) * | 1961-03-03 | 1965-11-15 | Oda V H H J Van De Kamp Nv | Cabinet, provided with one or more doors that are rotatably mounted with the help of hinges, which are invisible when the door is closed |
EP0293984A1 (en) * | 1987-06-02 | 1988-12-07 | Whirlpool International B.V. | Door for washing machines and the like, with an interchangeable bezel and means for ensuring door tightness when the bezel is absent |
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EP1134316A1 (en) * | 2000-03-08 | 2001-09-19 | ITW Industrial Components S.r.l. | Device for controlling an electric appliance, in particular a drier or other electric household appliance |
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AU2003202154B8 (en) * | 2002-01-09 | 2006-05-25 | Lg Electronics Inc. | Door for washing machine and dryer and washing machine and dryer having the same |
US7581414B2 (en) | 2002-01-09 | 2009-09-01 | Lg Electronics Inc. | Door for washing machine and dryer and washing machine and dryer having the same |
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KR20040046915A (en) * | 2002-11-28 | 2004-06-05 | 엘지전자 주식회사 | The door's hinge assembly of a druma washer |
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CN100432332C (en) * | 2003-06-17 | 2008-11-12 | 乐金电子(天津)电器有限公司 | Door of dryer |
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ITMI970326A1 (en) | 1998-08-17 |
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IT1290335B1 (en) | 1998-10-22 |
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