EP1245712B1 - Mantelbeschickbare Waschmaschine mit einer Waschtrommel in dem Maschinengehäuse - Google Patents

Mantelbeschickbare Waschmaschine mit einer Waschtrommel in dem Maschinengehäuse Download PDF

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EP1245712B1
EP1245712B1 EP02004346A EP02004346A EP1245712B1 EP 1245712 B1 EP1245712 B1 EP 1245712B1 EP 02004346 A EP02004346 A EP 02004346A EP 02004346 A EP02004346 A EP 02004346A EP 1245712 B1 EP1245712 B1 EP 1245712B1
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Robert Jacob
Marc Cordes
Philippe Valton
Jean-Yves Le Gall
Adel Kassem
Fabrice Veront
Angela D'alessandro
Markus Beck
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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
    • D06F37/02—Rotary receptacles, e.g. drums
    • D06F37/04—Rotary receptacles, e.g. drums adapted for rotation or oscillation about a horizontal or inclined axis
    • D06F37/10—Doors; Securing means therefor

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  • the invention concerns a top loading washer with a washing drum pivoted in a machine housing.
  • the drum has a laundry opening in its lateral surface that is accessible from the top of the machine housing and closable by means of two hinged covers articulated under spring force to the axial edges of the laundry opening with latch elements which fix the two hinged covers in the closed position.
  • Such a top loading washer is disclosed in DE 79 33 138 U1. Both hinged covers are approximately the same width and extend over one-half of the width of the laundry opening. Both hinged covers latch in the area of the free edges, whereby one hinged cover must be additionally provided with a pivoted latching element. Moreover, a hinged cover such as this for the laundry opening of a top loading washer requires complicated handling, with both hands to open an close the cover.
  • US-A-5398528 discloses a top loading washer according to the preamble of claim 1. In this document it is shown an automatic opening of the two hinged covers when the lid is opened.
  • DE 1726323 U discloses a similar washer, in which one of the hinged covers has a bolt device for fixing it to the drum.
  • the one narrower catch cover in the open position is held in a catching position; that a wider control cover when moving into the closed position entrains the catch cover into the closed position, and that a release is provided for in the control cover which, when actuated, releases the latched connection between the catch cover and the control cover and with the help of the spring-loaded pivot bearings triggers the return movement into their open positions.
  • the smaller catch cover In its open position with the catching position, the smaller catch cover can extend into the area of the loading opening when in its catching position without notably hindering the loading of laundry into the washing drum.
  • To close the cover it suffices to bring the larger control cover into the closed position, which can be done with one hand.
  • the catch cover held in the defined catch position is automatically entrained into the closed position until both hinged covers reach their closed positions and the latched connection is created and held by the springs in the pivot bearings of the hinged covers.
  • To open the cover one need only actuate the release in the control cover and release the latched connection.
  • the springs of the pivot bearings force the hinged covers into their open positions.
  • the catch cover is easily entrained when closing the control cover in that the catch cover with its slide faces extends into the path of motion of the control cover, and the control cover is provided with opposing slide faces that come into contact with the slide faces during the closing movement, and in their further closing movement, through the sliding motion between the slide surfaces and counter slide surfaces, entrain the catch cover with an opposite pivoting motion into its closed position.
  • Small overlapping sections of the hinged covers are sufficient to accomplish this.
  • a sufficiently secure latching of the two hinged covers in the closed position is ensured by a hook-like latch bar on the outside of the catch cover is insertable into a locating hole in the control cover when the control cover closes, and which catches behind it in the closed position.
  • the control cover has a recess open to the outside in which a flat lever is pivoted as a release.
  • a release bar is guided through an opening in the control cover and moves the catch cover beyond the closed position when the release is lifted, thereby releasing the latched connection between the latch bar and locator hole is released.
  • the advantage of designing the release in this manner is that with the release movement the control cover is simultaneously lifted in its opening movement.
  • the hinged covers can also be opened with one hand since, after the latched connection is released, the control cover is lifted by the catch cover so that the latter is brought by means of the spring-loaded pivot bearings into the defined catching position, which is identical with its the open position.
  • the cover is integrated in the lateral surface of the washing drum in such a way that the catch cover, control cover and release are recessed below the maximum outer contour of the washing drum in the closed position.
  • the parts necessary for the cover can be made easily and economically when the catch cover and the control cover are designed and manufactured as flexible stampings made of sheet metal and the release is designed and manufactured as an injection molded part made of plastic.
  • the washing drum 10 is as usual mounted and accessed in the machine housing.
  • the laundry opening 12 of the washing drum 10 is accessible at the top of the machine housing after the opening of a hinged cover or door.
  • the drive mechanism of the washing drum 10 must ensure that the laundry opening 12 faces the hinged cover or door in the machine housing when the washing drum 10 is at rest.
  • the washing drum 10 mounted to rotate around an axis 11 in the machine housing has a laundry opening 12 in the lateral surface that is delimited by two parallel axial edges and extends over a fairly large angular area of the lateral surface of the drum.
  • the two hinged covers articulated to the parallel edges of the laundry opening 12 differ in width.
  • a narrow catch cover 20 pivots on an axis 21 with a spring 22 in the pivot bearing setting a defined open position which is the same as the catching position defined by a stop 23. In this catching position, the catch cover 20 extends into the area of the laundry opening 12 at an angle.
  • the wide control cover 30 is articulated to the lateral surface of the washing drum 10 as is shown by the pivot bearing 31 with a spring 32. The spring 32 moves the control cover 30 into open position in which it completely disengages the laundry opening 12 of the washing drum 10 on this side.
  • the width of the control cover 30 is selected such that it comes into contact with the narrow catch cover 20 while closing and forces the catch cover into the closed position as it continues to close.
  • the catch cover 20 has slide faces 25 and 26 that contact the opposing slide faces 34 and 35 of the control cover 30 and slide against them.
  • Fig. 3 clearly shows an enlarged partial view of the two contacting hinged covers with slide faces and opposing slide faces.
  • Fig. 3 also shows that the catch cover 20 has a hook-like latch bar 24 on the outside, while the control cover 30 has a slot-shaped locating hole 33. If the control cover 30 continues to pivot from the intermediate position in Fig. 3 towards the closed position, then the control cover 30 slides on the catch cover 20 and the latch bar 24 is guided into the locating hole 33. When the closed position is reached, the latch bar 24 catches behind the locating hole 33, and this latched connection and thus the closed position for the two hinged covers is in particular maintained by the spring force of the spring 22 in the pivot bearing of the catch cover 20.
  • the partial section in Fig. 4 shows the moment at which the latch bar 24 of the catch cover 20 is inserted into the locating hole 33 in the control cover 30, and the opposing slide faces 34 and 35 and the slide faces 25 and 26 come into contact and, as the closing process continues, rest and slide on each other until the two hinged covers reach the latched closed position visible in the partial section in Fig. 5.
  • a recess 37 is formed on the outside of the control cover 30 in which a flat lever is pivoted as a release 40.
  • the bearing shaft 41 is mounted in the side walls of the recess 37 as shown in Fig. 5.
  • This lever extends with a release bar 42 through an opening 36 in the control cover 30 and can, when the lever is lifted, swing the catch cover 20 out of the closed position shown in Fig. 5 and release the latch connection as illustrated in Fig 6.
  • the control cover 30 is also simultaneously swung out toward the open position and lifted by the catch cover 20.
  • the springs 22 and 32 of the pivot bearings 21 and 31 automatically return the catch cover 20 and control cover 30 into their open positions as shown in Fig. 7. In particular, this ensures that the open position of the catch cover 20 necessarily corresponds to the defined catching position.
  • the washing drum, hinged covers and release can be made of plastic, metal or combinations thereof. This also depends on the speed of the washing drum and the cost of the washer design.

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  1. Toplader-Waschmaschine mit einer Waschtrommel (10), die drehbar in dem Maschinengehäuse gelagert ist und mit einer Wäscheöffnung (12) in der seitlichen Oberfläche, die von der Oberseite des Maschinengehäuses zugänglich ist und durch zwei mit einer Feder vorgespannten klappbaren Abdeckungen (20, 30), die an den axialen Kanten der Wäscheöffnung (12) ein Gelenk ausbilden und mit Riegel-Elementen versehen sind, die die zwei klappbaren Abdeckungen (20, 30) in der geschlossenen Position fixieren, versehen ist, wobei eine schmale Verschlussabdeckung (20) in ihrer offenen Position in einer Einrast-Position gehalten wird, sowie eine breite Kontrollabdeckung (30), die die Verschlussabdeckung (20) in geschlossener Position einkuppelt, wenn die Kontrollabdeckung in die geschlossene Position bewegt wird, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Kontrollabdeckung (30) eine Vertiefung (37) aufweist, die zur Außenseite hin offen ist und in der ein flacher Hebel drehbar als Auslöser (40) gelagert ist, der wenn betätigt die eingeklinkte Verbindung zwischen der Verschlussabdeckung (20) und der Kontrollabdeckung (30) freigibt und diese in deren offene Positionen mittels der mit einer Feder vorgespannten DrehLager zurückführt.
  2. Toplader-Waschmaschine gemäß Anspruch 1,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    an der Außenseite der Verschlussabdeckung (20) ein hakenförmiger Verriegelungs-Riegel (24) vorliegt, der in ein Platzierungsloch (33) in der Kontrollabdeckung (33) geführt werden kann und der hinter die Kontrollabdeckung in der geschlossenen Position einhakt, wenn die Kontrollabdeckung (30) verschlossen wird.
  3. Toplader-Waschmaschine gemäß Anspruch 2,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    der flache Hebel (40) einen Freigabe-Riegel (42) umfasst, der durch ein Loch (36) in der Kontrollabdeckung (30) geführt ist, die Verschlussabdeckung (20) aus der geschlossenen Position bewegt, wenn der Hebel (40) angehoben wird und die verriegelte Verbindung zwischen dem Verriegelungs-Riegel (24) und dem Verzierungsloch (23) freigibt.
  4. Toplader-Waschmaschine gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    die Verschlussabdeckung (20) sich mit Gleitflächen (25, 26) in den Bewegungsweg der Kontrollabdeckung (30) erstreckt, und
    die Kontrollabdeckung (30) mit gegenüberliegenden Gleitflächen (34, 35) versehen ist, die beim Verschließen in Kontakt mit den Gleitflächen (25, 26) kommen, und die wenn die Kontrollabdeckung sich weiter verschließt, mittels der Gleitbewegungen zwischen den Gleitflächen (25, 26) und gegenüberliegenden Gleitflächen (34, 35) die Verschlussabdeckung (20) mit entgegengesetzten DrehBewegungen in deren verschlossene Position einkuppelt.
  5. Toplader-Waschmaschine gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    die Verschlussabdeckung (20), die Kontrollabdeckung (30) und der Hebel (40) aus der maximalen äußeren Kontur der Waschtrommel (10) vertieft sind, wenn sie in der geschlossenen Position sind.
  6. Toplader-Waschmaschine gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    die Verschlussabdeckung (20) und die Kontrollabdeckung (30) als flexible Stanzteile, die aus Metallblech erzeugt wurden, gestaltet und hergestellt sind, und der Hebel (40) als ein aus Kunststoff hergestelltes Spritzgussteil gestaltet und erzeugt wurde.
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