EP0957196B1 - Frontladerwäschewasch- und/oder trocknermaschine mit Vorrichtungen zum Öffnen der Tür - Google Patents

Frontladerwäschewasch- und/oder trocknermaschine mit Vorrichtungen zum Öffnen der Tür Download PDF

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EP0957196B1
EP0957196B1 EP99111796A EP99111796A EP0957196B1 EP 0957196 B1 EP0957196 B1 EP 0957196B1 EP 99111796 A EP99111796 A EP 99111796A EP 99111796 A EP99111796 A EP 99111796A EP 0957196 B1 EP0957196 B1 EP 0957196B1
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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
    • 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
    • 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
    • D06F58/04—Details 
    • 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 having a cabinet, in the front part of said cabinet being present an opening for the loading/unloading of the laundy, a door for closing said opening, a hinge to pivot said door to said cabinet, a door lock/release system.
  • 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 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 simplicity's 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 simplicity's 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 the 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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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Textile Engineering (AREA)
  • Main Body Construction Of Washing Machines And Laundry Dryers (AREA)
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  1. Waschmaschine und / oder Wäschetrockner mit einem Gehäuse (1), wobei in dem Vorderteil des Gehäuses eine Öffnung (4) für das Beladen / Entladen der Wäsche vorhanden ist, eine Tür (5) zum Schließen der Öffnung, ein Scharnier (9), um die Tür (5) relativ zu dem Gehäuse (1) zu schwenken, ein Tür-Verschluss/Freigabe-System (6, 7, 8), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Tür-Verschluss/Freigabe-System Elemente (6, 7) umfasst, welche in der oberen Hälfte der Tür (5) eingerichtet sind, und dass das Scharnier (9) zumindest einen Punkt aufweist, welcher auf einer Mittelachse der Tür (5) positioniert ist, während keines der Elemente (6, 7) einen Punkt aufweist, welcher auf der Mittelachse der Tür (5) positioniert ist.
  2. Maschine nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Elemente (6, 7) eine manuelle Betätigungsvorrichtung (7) aufweisen, welche in der oberen Hälfe der Tür (5) eingerichtet ist, in einer Position, welche für deren Betätigung ergonomisch komfortabel ist.
  3. Maschine nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Tür-Verschluss/Freigabe-System zumindest eine erste Komponente (6, 7) umfasst, welche auf der Tür (5) eingerichtet ist, und zumindest eine zweite Komponente (8) umfasst, welche auf dem Gehäuse (1) eingerichtet ist.
  4. Maschine nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Elemente (6, 7) in Bezug zu einer Mittelachse der Tür (5) zumindest um 30 Grad geneigt sind.
  5. Maschine nach zumindest einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die manuelle Betätigungsvorrichtung einen Handgriff (7) umfasst.
  6. Maschine nach zumindest einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    die manuelle Betätigungsvorrichtung oder der Handgriff (7),
    die ersten und / oder zweiten Komponenten (6, 8)
    in Bezug zu einer selben Mittelachse der Tür (5) in unterschiedlichen Winkelpositionen eingerichtet sind.
  7. Maschine nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die manuelle Betätigungsvorrichtung oder der Handgriff (7) etwa in einem 40 Grad Winkel in Bezug zu der Mittelachse eingerichtet ist, während die ersten und / oder zweiten Komponenten (6, 8) etwa in einem 30 Grad Winkel in Bezug zu der Mittelachse eingerichtet sind.
  8. Maschine nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Scharnier (9) an dem Gehäuse (1) befestigt ist, so dass die Rotationsachse (S) der Tür (5) in Bezug zu der vertikalen Achse (M) der Maschine geneigt ist, wobei diese Neigung der Rotationsachse (S) der Tür (5) geeignet ist, um eine zumindest teilweise autonome Öffnungsbewegung der Tür zu gestatten, nachdem die Letztere durch das Verschluss/Freigabe-System (6, 7, 8) freigegeben wurde.
  9. Maschine nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Neigung (S) der Rotationsachse der Tür (5) in Bezug zu der vertikalen Achse (M) der Maschine entgegen der Bewegung im Uhrzeigersinn verschoben ist.
  10. Maschine nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Rotationsachse (S) der Tür in Bezug zu der vertikalen Achse (M) der Maschine um zumindest 5 Grad geneigt ist.
  11. Maschine nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Neigung der Rotationsachse (S) der Tür (5) geeignet ist, um die Tür (5) in ihrer Öffnungsposition zu belassen.
  12. Maschine nach zumindest einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass Mittel vorgesehen sind, welche geeignet sind, um einen Anfangs-Öffnungsdruck der Tür (5) zu verursachen, wenn die Letztere mittels des Verschluss/Freigabe-Systems (6, 7, 8) freigegeben ist.
  13. Maschine nach zumindest einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Scharnier von dem Rofations-Translations-Typ oder dem vierseitigen Gelenk-Typ ist.
EP99111796A 1995-02-21 1996-02-15 Frontladerwäschewasch- und/oder trocknermaschine mit Vorrichtungen zum Öffnen der Tür Revoked EP0957196B1 (de)

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IT1995TO000039U IT235788Y1 (it) 1995-02-21 1995-02-21 Macchina per il lavaggio e/o l'asciugatura di biancheria a caricamentofrontale, con mezzi di apertura dello sportello perfezionati.
ITTO950039U 1995-02-21
EP96102265A EP0728861B1 (de) 1995-02-21 1996-02-15 Frontladerwäschewasch- und/oder -trocknermaschine mit Vorrichtungen zum Öffnen der Tür

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