EP0882423A2 - Dispensing device for dishwasher - Google Patents

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EP0882423A2
EP0882423A2 EP98400745A EP98400745A EP0882423A2 EP 0882423 A2 EP0882423 A2 EP 0882423A2 EP 98400745 A EP98400745 A EP 98400745A EP 98400745 A EP98400745 A EP 98400745A EP 0882423 A2 EP0882423 A2 EP 0882423A2
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Jean-Francis Clement
Emile Delavaud
Jean Jonchier
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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  • the present invention relates to a device for dispensing products for dishwashers.
  • the various washing are generally arranged in product boxes attached to the door. These boxes are closed by a tilting or sliding shutter which opens automatically or mechanically when the corresponding product has to to be used. Some products, especially detergents, are sometimes used in individual pods which are introduced directly in the tank by the user.
  • the product boxes are relatively bulky and therefore significantly reduce the useful internal volume of the machine, especially since their fixing on the door requires profile it (especially for aesthetic reasons) in such a way that its convex profiled part surrounding the product boxes further decreases more this interior volume.
  • fixing the product boxes inside the door increases the acoustic leakage of the machine operation and requires sealing means around these boxes.
  • the products are filled with these boxes when the door is open, which forces the user to bend almost to ground level, this which is not ergonomic.
  • the use of such boxes results in a increase in the cost price of the machines (electromagnet coil, seal sealing, screws, electrical wires, mechanical connection ).
  • the present invention relates to a device for dispensing products for dishwashers that have a device for removing products from their boxes simple and easy to install, easy to access for the user, and which adapts more easily to different types of detergents and which has a reduced cost.
  • the device according to the invention comprises at least one product container with manual or automatic filling attached to one at less of the upper baskets of the machine and cooperating with a device hydraulic product ejection, and it is characterized in that the device hydraulic is one of the reels in the dishwasher and that the container is tilting and tilting under the action of at least one of the water jets of the reel.
  • the container (s) is (are) fixed (s) on the basket (s), on the front.
  • the containers are fixed inside the basket. Also so advantageous, if the containers do not occupy the entire width of the front of the basket (s), we can accommodate in the remaining volume front of other accessories such as cutlery baskets.
  • the invention is described below with reference to the fixing of product distribution devices on the upper basket of a dishwasher with front door fitted with an upper basket and a lower basket.
  • the fixing of the product distribution devices can be do on one or more of the upper baskets, so that the user has to lean as little as possible to recharge these dispensing devices.
  • the products in question belong to at least one of the following categories: detergent products, water softening products, rinses, disinfectants, deodorants or other products that can be used in a dishwasher. These products can be used in all forms: powder, liquid, gels, lozenges, pods, ...
  • Dispensing containers can be connected to reservoir containers intended to receive reservations of certain products when these products are used in relatively small amounts for a cycle of washing and / or rinsing.
  • the container-tanks are associated with a device for sampling and dosing of products which samples therefrom appropriate time the necessary quantity of products to transfer it into the corresponding dispensing containers.
  • These tank-containers are, preferably also fixed on at least one of the upper baskets, in accessible places (on the facade, for example). However, given the user should access it less often than distribution, these tank-containers are not necessarily attached to the upper baskets, but can also be attached to the basket lower, or even under the tank.
  • Such reservoir-containers are more particularly suitable to liquid products, and especially for those that are used in low quantities. In fact, liquid products are easy to take and dose automatically.
  • the sampling device can then be a syringe. This sampling device can be actuated in different ways: by example mechanically when closing the machine door or when the upper basket is pushed back after filling it with dishes, or well by an electro-mechanical device (electromagnet, solenoid valve, piezoelectric vibrator, ).
  • the invention uses hydraulic power, available throughout dishwasher.
  • the embodiment of the device 23 for distributing products shown in Figures 1 to 3 includes a tilting container, the tilting, allowing the evacuation of the contents, is controlled by the jets of water from the spinning reel under the basket to which the container is attached.
  • the dispensing device is filled by the user.
  • the filled dispensing device is shown, just before its evacuation, and in Figure 3 this dispensing device is in evacuation position by a jet of water from the corresponding reel.
  • the device 23 essentially consists of a container tilting 24 hooked, for example by clipping, to the upper basket 5, the exterior thereof, a hinged cover 25 and a hinged flap 26 on container 24.
  • the container 24 has a U-shaped cross section widening towards the front (towards the user), the opening of which is directed towards the top (in the filling position, Figures 1 and 2), and then it swings around an axis 27 passing substantially through its center of gravity and parallel to the front face of the basket 5.
  • the cover 25 swings around an axis 28, parallel to the axis 27, and passing through the container 24, near its bottom. This cover 25 is arranged so that in the “closed” position (FIGS. 2 and 3), it masks the opening of the container 24, without necessarily closing it.
  • This cover 25 has, for example, an L-shaped cross section overturned, and has near the elbow of the "L” a beak 29 allowing its operation by the user, to clear the opening of the container 24 (figure 1) and to close it ( Figures 2 and 3).
  • a latching device 30, fixed to the basket 5, keeps the cover 25 in the closed position by retaining the rear edge 31 of the cover, shaped so as to ensure this snap-in.
  • the flap 26 is fixed in an articulated fashion at low clearance. the outside of the container 24. This flap 26 is articulated by one of its ends around an axis 32 parallel to axes 27 and 28 and fixed under the container 24.
  • the flap 26 has, in cross section, a flared "V" shape. His travel is limited, on the one hand (figure 2) by the external lateral surface container, and secondly by a spout 33 projecting from the same lateral surface and surrounding the other end of the "V" (the one opposite to the end articulated at 32). In the "rest" position (in the absence of jets water), as shown in Figures 1 and 2, a spring (not shown) applies the flap 26 against the spout 33.
  • the flap 26 has, on its face lower, near the elbow of the "V", a lug 34 resting on a fixed stop 35 (fixed to basket 5 for example), so as to block rotation in a first direction (clockwise in the drawing) container 24, which is blocked in the other direction of rotation by a spout 36 formed on the device 30, the front edge 37 of the container 24 abutting against this spout 36.
  • the water jet 38 of the reel 39 (turning under the basket 5) is directed towards the rear face 40 of the flap 26. This has the effect of pressing the flap 26 against the lower part of the rear face of the container 24 ( Figure 2), thus releasing the lug 34 from the stop 35.
  • the container 24 can then turn (clockwise on the drawing) under the effect of gravity and / or an appropriate spring (not shown). He turns until its rear face 37 abuts against the stop 35 ( Figure 3). In this stopped position, the plane of the opening of the container 24, which was previously ( Figures 1 and 2) horizontal, is vertical ( Figure 3).
  • the jet of water from the reel 39 can then enter the container 24 and discharge it the product it contained. After washing the dishes, the user, after having opened the machine, turns (counterclockwise shows) the container 24 to its rest position, and the lug 34 comes snap into place with the stop 35, and thus keeps the container 24 in this Last Position.

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The product recipients and distributors (7) which take the form of a jug with a lip (8) are fixed to the inside of the front face of the upper basket (5). High pressure water is supplied to the recipient (7) through a horizontal conduit (14). The horizontal conduit (14) is connected to the supply side (12) of the mill (6) and the high pressure water is fed to the recipient (7) through a U shaped passage (10) astride one wall (9). The product within the recipient distributor (7) is dispersed by the high speed and direction of the water and is aided by the lip (8).

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La présente invention se rapporte à un dispositif distributeur de produits pour lave-vaisselle.The present invention relates to a device for dispensing products for dishwashers.

Dans les lave-vaisselle actuels, les différents produits d'aide au lavage (produits détergents, de rinçage, désodorisants...) sont généralement disposés dans des boítes à produits fixées sur la contre-porte. Ces boítes sont fermées par un volet basculant ou coulissant qui s'ouvre automatiquement ou mécaniquement lorsque le produit correspondant doit être utilisé. Certains produits, en particulier les produits lessiviels, sont parfois utilisés en dosettes individuelles qui sont introduites directement dans la cuve par l'utilisateur.In current dishwashers, the various washing (detergents, rinses, deodorants ...) are generally arranged in product boxes attached to the door. These boxes are closed by a tilting or sliding shutter which opens automatically or mechanically when the corresponding product has to to be used. Some products, especially detergents, are sometimes used in individual pods which are introduced directly in the tank by the user.

Les boítes à produits sont relativement encombrantes et diminuent donc de façon non négligeable le volume intérieur utile de la machine, d'autant plus que leur fixation sur la contre-porte nécessite de profiler celle-ci (en particulier pour des raisons esthétiques) de telle façon que sa partie profilée convexe entourant les boítes à produit diminue encore davantage ce volume intérieur. En outre, le fait de fixer les boítes à produits dans la contre-porte augmente les fuites acoustiques de la machine en fonctionnement et nécessite des moyens d'étanchéité autour de ces boítes. Le remplissage en produits de ces boítes se fait lorsque la porte est ouverte, ce qui oblige l'utilisateur à se pencher presque jusqu'au niveau du sol, ce qui n'est pas ergonomique. L'utilisation de telles boítes entraíne une augmentation du prix de revient des machines (bobine d'électroaimant, joint d'étanchéité, vis, fils électriques, liaison mécanique...).The product boxes are relatively bulky and therefore significantly reduce the useful internal volume of the machine, especially since their fixing on the door requires profile it (especially for aesthetic reasons) in such a way that its convex profiled part surrounding the product boxes further decreases more this interior volume. In addition, fixing the product boxes inside the door increases the acoustic leakage of the machine operation and requires sealing means around these boxes. The products are filled with these boxes when the door is open, which forces the user to bend almost to ground level, this which is not ergonomic. The use of such boxes results in a increase in the cost price of the machines (electromagnet coil, seal sealing, screws, electrical wires, mechanical connection ...).

On connaít d'après le brevet US 3 333 739 un lave-vaisselle sur le panier duquel est fixé un bac à produits dont le réservoir bascule sous l'effet de jets d'eau du moulinet, l'évacuation des produits contenus dans ce bac nécessitant l'installation d'une conduite d'eau spécifique, fixée sur la paroi de la machine, ce qui complique la machine et la rend plus onéreuse. En outre, une telle installation est très difficile, voire impossible à réaliser avec les lave-vaisselle actuels à porte frontale basculante dans laquelle est généralement fixé le bac à produits.We know from US Patent 3,333,739 a dishwasher on the basket of which is fixed a product tray whose tank tilts under the effect of water jets from the reel, the evacuation of the products contained in it tank requiring the installation of a specific water pipe, fixed on the machine wall, which complicates the machine and makes it more expensive. In addition, such an installation is very difficult, if not impossible, to carry out. with current dishwashers with a tilting front door in which generally attached to the detergent drawer.

La présente invention a pour objet un dispositif de distribution de produits pour lave-vaisselle qui ait un dispositif d'évacuation de produits de leurs boítes simple et facile à implanter, d'accès facile pour l'utilisateur, et qui s'adapte plus facilement aux différents types de détergents et qui ait un coût réduit.The present invention relates to a device for dispensing products for dishwashers that have a device for removing products from their boxes simple and easy to install, easy to access for the user, and which adapts more easily to different types of detergents and which has a reduced cost.

Le dispositif conforme à l'invention comporte au moins un récipient à produits à remplissage manuel ou automatique fixé à l'un au moins des paniers supérieurs de la machine et coopérant avec un dispositif hydraulique d'éjection de produits, et il est caractérisé en ce que le dispositif hydraulique est l'un des moulinets du lave-vaisselle et que le récipient est basculant et bascule sous l'action d'au moins l'un des jets d'eau du moulinet. Selon une autre caractéristique de l'invention, le (s) récipient (s) est (sont) fixé (s) sur le (les) panier (s), en façade. De façon avantageuse, les récipients sont fixés à l'intérieur du panier. Egalement de façon avantageuse, dans le cas où les récipients n'occupent pas toute la largeur de la façade du ou des paniers, on peut loger dans le volume restant en façade d'autres accessoires tels que des paniers à couverts.The device according to the invention comprises at least one product container with manual or automatic filling attached to one at less of the upper baskets of the machine and cooperating with a device hydraulic product ejection, and it is characterized in that the device hydraulic is one of the reels in the dishwasher and that the container is tilting and tilting under the action of at least one of the water jets of the reel. According to another characteristic of the invention, the container (s) is (are) fixed (s) on the basket (s), on the front. Advantageously, the containers are fixed inside the basket. Also so advantageous, if the containers do not occupy the entire width of the front of the basket (s), we can accommodate in the remaining volume front of other accessories such as cutlery baskets.

La présente invention sera mieux comprise à la lecture de la description détaillée de plusieurs modes de réalisation, pris à titre d'exemple non limitatif et illustrés par le dessin annexé, sur lequel :

  • - les figures 1 à 3 sont des vues partielles et schématiques d'un mode de réalisation du distributeur de produits, commandé par le moulinet, à différents instants de son fonctionnement.
    • The present invention will be better understood on reading the detailed description of several embodiments, taken by way of nonlimiting example and illustrated by the appended drawing, in which:
  • - Figures 1 to 3 are partial and schematic views of an embodiment of the product dispenser, controlled by the reel, at different times of its operation.

    • L'invention est décrite ci-dessous en référence à la fixation des dispositifs de distribution de produits sur le panier supérieur d'un lave-vaisselle à porte frontale muni d'un panier supérieur et d'un panier inférieur. Cependant, il est bien entendu que dans le cas où la machine comporte plus de deux paniers, la fixation des dispositifs de distribution de produits peut se faire sur l'un ou plusieurs des paniers supérieurs, afin que l'utilisateur ait à se pencher le moins possible pour recharger ces dispositifs de distribution.The invention is described below with reference to the fixing of product distribution devices on the upper basket of a dishwasher with front door fitted with an upper basket and a lower basket. However, it is understood that in the case where the machine has more two baskets, the fixing of the product distribution devices can be do on one or more of the upper baskets, so that the user has to lean as little as possible to recharge these dispensing devices.

    Les produits en question appartiennent à l'une au moins des catégories suivantes: produits détergents, produits d'adoucissement d'eau, produits de rinçage, produits désinfectants, produits désodorisants ou autres produits pouvant être utilisés dans un lave-vaisselle. Ces produits peuvent être utilisés sous toutes formes: en poudre, liquides, gels, en pastilles, en dosettes, ... The products in question belong to at least one of the following categories: detergent products, water softening products, rinses, disinfectants, deodorants or other products that can be used in a dishwasher. These products can be used in all forms: powder, liquid, gels, lozenges, pods, ...

    Les récipients de distribution peuvent être reliés à des récipients-réservoirs destinés à recevoir des réserves de certains produits lorsque ces produits sont utilisés en relativement petites quantités pour un cycle de lavage et/ou rinçage. Dans ce cas, les récipients-réservoirs sont associés à un dispositif de prélèvement et de dosage de produits qui y prélève à un moment approprié la quantité nécessaire de produits pour la transférer dans les récipients de distribution correspondants. Ces récipients-réservoirs sont, de préférence, fixés également sur l'un au moins des paniers supérieurs, en des endroits accessibles (en façade, par exemple). Toutefois, étant donné que l'utilisateur doit y accéder moins souvent qu'aux récipients de distribution, ces récipients-réservoirs ne sont pas nécessairement fixés sur les paniers supérieurs, mais peuvent également être fixés sur le panier inférieur, ou même sous la cuve.Dispensing containers can be connected to reservoir containers intended to receive reservations of certain products when these products are used in relatively small amounts for a cycle of washing and / or rinsing. In this case, the container-tanks are associated with a device for sampling and dosing of products which samples therefrom appropriate time the necessary quantity of products to transfer it into the corresponding dispensing containers. These tank-containers are, preferably also fixed on at least one of the upper baskets, in accessible places (on the facade, for example). However, given the user should access it less often than distribution, these tank-containers are not necessarily attached to the upper baskets, but can also be attached to the basket lower, or even under the tank.

    De tels récipients-réservoirs sont plus particulièrement appropriés aux produits liquides, et surtout pour ceux qui sont utilisés en faibles quantités. En effet, les produits liquides sont faciles à prélever et à doser automatiquement. Le dispositif de prélèvement peut alors être une seringue. Ce dispositif de prélèvement peut être actionné de différentes façons: par exemple mécaniquement lors de la fermeture de la porte de la machine ou lorsque l'on repousse le panier supérieur après l'avoir rempli de vaisselle, ou bien par un dispositif électro-mécanique (électroaimant, électrovanne, vibreur piézo-électrique, ...).Such reservoir-containers are more particularly suitable to liquid products, and especially for those that are used in low quantities. In fact, liquid products are easy to take and dose automatically. The sampling device can then be a syringe. This sampling device can be actuated in different ways: by example mechanically when closing the machine door or when the upper basket is pushed back after filling it with dishes, or well by an electro-mechanical device (electromagnet, solenoid valve, piezoelectric vibrator, ...).

    Pour extraire les produits des récipients de distribution qui les contiennent, l'invention utilise l'énergie hydraulique, disponible dans tout lave-vaisselle.To extract the products from the distribution containers which contain, the invention uses hydraulic power, available throughout dishwasher.

    Le mode de réalisation du dispositif 23 distributeur de produits représenté en figures 1 à 3 comporte un récipient basculant, dont le basculement, permettant d'en évacuer le contenu, est commandé par les jets d'eau du moulinet tournant sous le panier auquel est fixé le récipient. En figure 1, on a représenté le dispositif distributeur en cours de remplissage par l'utilisateur. En figure 2, on a représenté le dispositif distributeur rempli, juste avant son évacuation, et en figure 3 ce dispositif distributeur est en position d'évacuation par un jet d'eau provenant du moulinet correspondant.The embodiment of the device 23 for distributing products shown in Figures 1 to 3 includes a tilting container, the tilting, allowing the evacuation of the contents, is controlled by the jets of water from the spinning reel under the basket to which the container is attached. In Figure 1, there is shown the dispensing device being filled by the user. In FIG. 2, the filled dispensing device is shown, just before its evacuation, and in Figure 3 this dispensing device is in evacuation position by a jet of water from the corresponding reel.

    Le dispositif 23 se compose essentiellement d'un récipient basculant 24 accroché, par exemple par clipsage, au panier supérieur 5, à l'extérieur de celui-ci, d'un couvercle basculant 25 et d'un volet 26 articulé sur le récipient 24.The device 23 essentially consists of a container tilting 24 hooked, for example by clipping, to the upper basket 5, the exterior thereof, a hinged cover 25 and a hinged flap 26 on container 24.

    Le récipient 24 a une section transversale en forme de « U » s'évasant vers l'avant (vers l'utilisateur), dont l'ouverture est dirigée vers le haut (en position de remplissage, figures 1 et 2), et il bascule ensuite autour d'un axe 27 passant sensiblement par son centre de gravité et parallèle à la face frontale du panier 5. Le couvercle 25 bascule autour d'un axe 28, parallèle à l'axe 27, et passant dans le récipient 24, près de son fond. Ce couvercle 25 est disposé de façon qu'en position « fermée » (figures 2 et 3), il masque l'ouverture du récipient 24, sans nécessairement l'obturer. Ce couvercle 25 a, par exemple, une section transversale en forme de « L » renversé, et comporte près du coude du « L » un bec 29 permettant sa manoeuvre par l'utilisateur, pour dégager l'ouverture du récipient 24 (figure 1) et pour le refermer (figures 2 et 3). Un dispositif d'encliquetage 30, fixé au panier 5, permet de maintenir le couvercle 25 en position fermée en retenant le bord postérieur 31 du couvercle, conformé de façon à assurer cet encliquetage.The container 24 has a U-shaped cross section widening towards the front (towards the user), the opening of which is directed towards the top (in the filling position, Figures 1 and 2), and then it swings around an axis 27 passing substantially through its center of gravity and parallel to the front face of the basket 5. The cover 25 swings around an axis 28, parallel to the axis 27, and passing through the container 24, near its bottom. This cover 25 is arranged so that in the “closed” position (FIGS. 2 and 3), it masks the opening of the container 24, without necessarily closing it. This cover 25 has, for example, an L-shaped cross section overturned, and has near the elbow of the "L" a beak 29 allowing its operation by the user, to clear the opening of the container 24 (figure 1) and to close it (Figures 2 and 3). A latching device 30, fixed to the basket 5, keeps the cover 25 in the closed position by retaining the rear edge 31 of the cover, shaped so as to ensure this snap-in.

    On fixe, de façon articulée, à faible débattement, le volet 26 à l'extérieur du récipient 24. Ce volet 26 est articulé par une de ses extrémités autour d'un axe 32 parallèle aux axes 27 et 28 et fixé sous le récipient 24. Le volet 26 a, en section transversale, une forme de « V » évasé. Son débattement est limité, d'une part (figure 2) par la surface latérale extérieure du récipient, et d'autre part par un bec 33 faisant saillie de cette même surface latérale et entourant l'autre extrémité du « V » (celle opposée à l'extrémité articulée en 32). En position de « repos » (en l'absence de jets d'eau), comme représenté en figures 1 et 2, un ressort (non représenté) applique le volet 26 contre le bec 33. Le volet 26 comporte, sur sa face inférieure, près du coude du «V », un ergot 34 s'appuyant sur une butée fixe 35 (fixée au panier 5 par exemple), de façon à bloquer en rotation dans un premier sens (sens des aiguilles d'une montre sur le dessin) le récipient 24, qui est bloqué dans l'autre sens de rotation par un bec 36 formé sur le dispositif 30, le bord antérieur 37 du récipient 24 butant contre ce bec 36.The flap 26 is fixed in an articulated fashion at low clearance. the outside of the container 24. This flap 26 is articulated by one of its ends around an axis 32 parallel to axes 27 and 28 and fixed under the container 24. The flap 26 has, in cross section, a flared "V" shape. His travel is limited, on the one hand (figure 2) by the external lateral surface container, and secondly by a spout 33 projecting from the same lateral surface and surrounding the other end of the "V" (the one opposite to the end articulated at 32). In the "rest" position (in the absence of jets water), as shown in Figures 1 and 2, a spring (not shown) applies the flap 26 against the spout 33. The flap 26 has, on its face lower, near the elbow of the "V", a lug 34 resting on a fixed stop 35 (fixed to basket 5 for example), so as to block rotation in a first direction (clockwise in the drawing) container 24, which is blocked in the other direction of rotation by a spout 36 formed on the device 30, the front edge 37 of the container 24 abutting against this spout 36.

    Le jet d'eau 38 du moulinet 39 (tournant sous le panier 5) est dirigé vers la face postérieure 40 du volet 26. Ceci a pour effet de plaquer le volet 26 contre la partie inférieure de la face postérieure du récipient 24 (figure 2), dégageant ainsi l'ergot 34 de la butée 35. Le récipient 24 peut alors tourner (dans le sens des aiguilles d'une montre sur le dessin) sous l'effet de la gravité et/ou d'un ressort approprié (non représenté). Il tourne jusqu'à ce que sa face postérieure 37 bute contre la butée 35 (figure 3). Dans cette position d'arrêt, le plan de l'ouverture du récipient 24, qui était précédemment (figures 1 et 2) horizontal, se trouve vertical (figure 3). Le jet d'eau du moulinet 39 peut alors pénétrer dans le récipient 24 et en évacuer le produit qu'il contenait. Après lavage de la vaisselle, l'utilisateur, après avoir ouvert la machine, tourne (dans le sens inverse des aiguilles d'une montre) le récipient 24 jusqu'à sa position de repos, et l'ergot 34 vient s'encliqueter avec la butée 35, et maintient ainsi le récipient 24 dans cette dernière position.The water jet 38 of the reel 39 (turning under the basket 5) is directed towards the rear face 40 of the flap 26. This has the effect of pressing the flap 26 against the lower part of the rear face of the container 24 (Figure 2), thus releasing the lug 34 from the stop 35. The container 24 can then turn (clockwise on the drawing) under the effect of gravity and / or an appropriate spring (not shown). He turns until its rear face 37 abuts against the stop 35 (Figure 3). In this stopped position, the plane of the opening of the container 24, which was previously (Figures 1 and 2) horizontal, is vertical (Figure 3). The jet of water from the reel 39 can then enter the container 24 and discharge it the product it contained. After washing the dishes, the user, after having opened the machine, turns (counterclockwise shows) the container 24 to its rest position, and the lug 34 comes snap into place with the stop 35, and thus keeps the container 24 in this Last Position.

    Bien entendu, si l'on voulait distribuer plusieurs produits différents au cours du processus de lavage et/ou distribuer le même produit, mais de façon étalée dans le temps, on disposerait côte à côte plusieurs autres dispositifs tels que le dispositif 23 décrit ci-dessus, et on adjoindrait à chacun de ces autres dispositifs un cliquet télécommandé par le programmateur de la machine ou par une minuterie ou par un bilame (si l'étalement dans le temps peut être fonction de la température du jet d'eau). Ce cliquet serait disposé de la même façon que l'ergot 34.Of course, if we wanted to distribute several different products during the washing process and / or dispense the same product, but from spread out over time, we would have several others side by side devices such as the device 23 described above, and we would add to each of these other devices a ratchet remotely controlled by the programmer of the machine or by a timer or by a bimetallic strip (if the spread over time can be a function of the temperature of the water jet). This pawl would be arranged in the same way as the lug 34.

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    Dispositif distributeur de produits pour lave-vaisselle, comportant au moins un récipient à produits (24) fixé à l'un au moins des paniers supérieurs (5) de la machine et coopérant avec un dispositif hydraulique d'éjection de produits, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif hydraulique est l'un des moulinets (39) du lave-vaisselle et que le récipient est basculant (24), et bascule sous l'action d'au moins l'un des jets d'eau du moulinet.Device dispenser for dishwasher, comprising at least one product container (24) attached to at least one of upper baskets (5) of the machine and cooperating with a device hydraulic product ejection, characterized in that the device hydraulic is one of the reels (39) of the dishwasher and that the container is tiltable (24), and rocks under the action of at least one of the water jets of the reel. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le récipient est associé à deux butées (35, 36) bloquant sa rotation dans les deux sens, les moyens (34) associés à l'une des butées (35) pouvant s'en désengager sous l'action du dispositif hydraulique.Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the container is associated with two stops (35, 36) blocking its rotation in the two directions, the means (34) associated with one of the stops (35) being able to disengage under the action of the hydraulic device. Dispositif selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que les récipients sont à remplissage manuel.Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the containers are filled manually. Dispositif selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que les récipients sont à remplissage automatique.Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the containers are self-filling. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les récipients sont fixés sur la façade du (des) panier (s) supérieur (s).Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the containers are attached to the front of the upper basket (s). Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les récipients sont fixés à l'intérieur du (des) panier (s) supérieur (s).Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the containers are fixed inside the basket (s) superior (s). Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce les récipients sont fixés à l'extérieur du (des) panier (s) supérieur (s).Device according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in ce the containers are attached to the outside of the upper basket (s). Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les récipients sont reliés à des récipients-réservoirs associés chacun à un dispositif de prélèvement et de dosage de produits. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the containers are connected to container-tanks each associated with a product sampling and dosing device. Dispositif selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que les récipients-réservoirs sont fixés sur l'un au moins des paniers supérieurs.Device according to claim 8, characterized in that the tank-containers are attached to at least one of the upper baskets. Dispositif selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que les récipients-réservoirs sont fixés sous la cuve.Device according to claim 8, characterized in that the tank-containers are fixed under the tank.
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