EP1333118B1 - Electroménager à chargement frontal, en particulier une machine à laver ou un four - Google Patents

Electroménager à chargement frontal, en particulier une machine à laver ou un four Download PDF

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EP1333118B1
EP1333118B1 EP02425058A EP02425058A EP1333118B1 EP 1333118 B1 EP1333118 B1 EP 1333118B1 EP 02425058 A EP02425058 A EP 02425058A EP 02425058 A EP02425058 A EP 02425058A EP 1333118 B1 EP1333118 B1 EP 1333118B1
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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 
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  • the present invention relates to a front-loading electrical household appliance, particularly a washing machine or an oven.
  • front-loading washing machines especially those for domestic use, have a supporting and containing structure with a front wall containing an aperture for loading and unloading the washing.
  • the said loading aperture is sealed by a door hinged to the front wall.
  • the door is opened and closed in the same way as an ordinary hinged door, the disadvantage being that this requires a large amount of space in front of the machine when the door is open.
  • US-A-2,925,081 discloses an oven having a hinge bracket pivotally secured to the door and having rollers disposed in a track secured to the side wall of the housing in a space below the oven box. During opening the door is pivoted to its open horizontal position. When in the open horizontal position, the door can be slit into the space beneath the oven box.
  • both washing machines and ovens of the prior art expose, when opened, structural parts which are normally inside the appliance and not accessible to the user. These structural parts may be wet with wash liquid (in the case of washing machines), very hot (in the case of ovens) or liable to catch on things, which is dangerous or at least annoying.
  • the main object of the present invention is therefore to provide a front-loading electrical household appliance, particularly a washing machine or an oven having a system of closure such as to overcome the problems mentioned with reference to the prior art.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic perspective view of a washing machine with a closure system according to the invention
  • Figures 2a, 2b and 2c are side views showing in section the closure system of Figure 1 , in the closed, half-open and open conditions, respectively;
  • Figure 3 is an enlarged side view of certain details from Figure 2b ;
  • Figure 4 is an enlarged side view of certain details from Figure 2c ;
  • Figure 5 is a plan view in section on V-V as marked in Figure 3 ;
  • Figure 6 is a plan view in section on VI-VI as marked in Figure 3 ;
  • Figures 7a, 7b and 7c are side views in section through a second embodiment of the closure system according to the invention, in the closed, half-open and open conditions, respectively;
  • Figure 8 is an enlarged perspective view of certain details from Figure 7b ;
  • Figure 9 is an enlarged perspective view of certain details from Figure 7c ;
  • Figures 10a, 10b and 10c are side views in section through a third embodiment of the closure system according to the invention, in the closed, half-open and open conditions, respectively;
  • Figure 11 is an enlarged side view of certain details from Figure 10a ;
  • Figure 12 is an enlarged side view of certain details from Figure 10b ;
  • Figure 13 is an enlarged side view of certain details from Figure 10c ;
  • Figure 14 is a plan view in section on XIV-XIV as marked in Figure 12 ;
  • Figure 15 is a side view in section through an alternative embodiment of the closure system referred to in Figure 10 ;
  • Figure 16 is a plan view in section on XVI-XVI as marked in Figure 15 ;
  • Figure 17 is a view in section on XVII-XVII as marked in Figure 16 .
  • a front-loading electrical household appliance a washing machine in this particular example, is marked 1 as a whole.
  • the washing machine 1 comprises a supporting and containing structure 2 with a front wall 3 in which is a loading aperture 4.
  • the said closing links 8 are able, by rotation, to cause the door 5 to move from a closed position, cp. Figure 2a , to a sliding position, cp. Figure 2b .
  • the said movement from the closed position to the sliding position involves the door 5 moving away from the loading aperture 4 and from the front wall 3 at least as far as a point at which the space requirements of the door 5, and in particular those of the window 6, no longer interfere with the front wall 3 in the event of the door being moved transversely.
  • the door 5 defines a fixed angle with the front wall 3.
  • the door 5 can tilt with respect to the front wall 3, defining with the latter an angle between a minimum value ⁇ min and a maximum value ⁇ max , in which the said minimum value ⁇ min is preferably -15° and the said maximum value ⁇ max is preferably +15°.
  • the washing machine 1 has two additional closing links 13, also positioned near the said two opposite sides 9, 9' of the door 5 above the first links 8, but separated from them, in the direction in which the door 5 slides, by a length equal to the displacement necessary to open the door.
  • the closing links 13 are connected rotatably, by a first end 14, to the door 5 and, in a rotatable and sliding manner, by a second end 15, to two additional tracks 21 formed in the front wall 3 of the washing machine 1.
  • a hook 16 extending towards the front wall 3 and designed to engage, in the closed position, with a corresponding catch 17 formed in the supporting structure 2.
  • the said hook 16 can also be located at the bottom of the door 5, or on one of its lateral sides.
  • the loading aperture 4 of a dishwasher 1 has a preferably circumferential seal 18 made of an elastic material which, when the door 5 is closed, is in contact with the window 6, forming both a seal around the loading aperture 4, and an elastic preloading of the door 5 tending to push it towards its sliding position.
  • the electrical household appliance according to the invention advantageously has stop means for locking the closing links 8, 13 in the sliding position.
  • the said stop means are represented by first abutment surfaces 19 formed in the front wall 3 below the point of rotatable connection of the links 8, and also by second abutment surfaces 20 formed in the door frame above the point of rotatable connection of the links 13, as can be seen in Figures 3 and 4 for example.
  • the said stop means take the form of one or more cams 39 connected for example to the ends 11 of the links 8 and provided with recesses 40 at the stop positions of the said links 8.
  • locking elements preferably spring-loaded metal balls 41 for engaging in the said recesses to bring about snap locking of the closing links 8 in the stop positions.
  • the closing links 8, 13 are connected to that surface of the door 5 which faces the front wall 3 and are situated inside the perimeter of the door 5 viewed from the front. This ensures the inaccessibility of components that are liable to catch things, and an aesthetically pleasing appearance.
  • the rotatable connection of the closing links 8 to the supporting structure 2 is advantageously provided by a hinge connection directly inside the tracks 21. It is also advantageous if the two closing links 8 are coupled in rotation by a shaft 22 integral with the non-sliding ends 11 of the two opposite closing links 8. This coupling of the links 8 creates an essentially rigid frame such as to prevent the door 5 from jerking as it slides.
  • the sliding connection between the ends 10 of the closing links 8 and the tracks 12 is advantageously provided by at least one wheel 24, connected rotatably to the said ends 10 and able to run inside the said tracks 12, which preferably form a C in cross section.
  • connection of the other closing links 13 is similar, but the opposite of that of the closing links 8 in order that the ends 14 and 15 of the said other links 13 are always aligned, by the tracks, with the respective ends 10 and 11 of the links 8.
  • the electrical household appliance 1 has brake and/or damper means for attenuating the sliding movement of the door 5 between the sliding position and the open position.
  • the said brake means preferably consist of one or more springs 43 inside the tracks, connected to the sliding ends of the closing links.
  • the said springs 43, acting in the direction of the said tracks, are preferably designed to balance the weight of the door.
  • the said front wall 3 advantageously includes a cavity 25 corresponding in shape to the door 5, for at least partly housing the door when the door is in the closed position.
  • the tracks and the closing links are advantageously positioned and attached to the front surface of the said cavity 25. Alternatively, they may also be positioned and attached to a lateral surface of the cavity 25, as indicated for example by the dashes in Figure 6 .
  • Figures 7a to 7c illustrate another embodiment of the invention, in which the two closing links 8 at the bottom and the other two closing links 13 at the top are positioned near the two opposite sides 9, 9' of the door 5 and connected rotatably, by their second ends 11, 15, to the front wall 3 and rotatably and in a sliding manner, by their first ends 10, 14, to the door 5.
  • the first ends 10, 14 of respectively one of the links 8, 13 are connected rotatably to a tubular body 26 fitted with bushes 27 or bearings to form a guide means for a rod 28, its outer end 29 attached to the bottom of the door 5 and its inner end 29', remote from the outer end 29, inserted in the said tubular body 26.
  • the top of the door 5 is connected in a sliding manner to the tubular body 26 by an external sliding ring 30, which is advantageously a bush or bearing.
  • the links 8 and 13 form, with the tubular body 26 and the supporting structure 2, a hinged parallelogram.
  • Figures 10a to 10c show another embodiment of the invention with only one pair of links 8, connected rotatably to the front wall 3 and rotatably and in a sliding manner to the two tracks 12 provided in the frame 7 of the door 5.
  • Figures 11 to 14 illustrate an advantageous embodiment of the invention in which the track 12 formed in the door 5 has, at the point at which the end 10 of the link 8 is parked when the door 5 is in the closed position, a portion 31 forming an angle to the direction of sliding.
  • the end 10 of the link 8 is basically a cam shaped so as to be complementary to the portion 31, when the door 5 is in the closed position.
  • This particular configuration of the track and of the closing link presents an initial resistance to the movement of the door from the closed position to the sliding position.
  • it may also have a number of wheels 24 arranged so as to perform the function of the cam.
  • the end 10 of the link 8 is advantageously connected by a spring 32 to a roller 33 to brake the sliding movement of the door 5 and lock the door elastically in the vertical position.
  • a rack 34 is placed in the tracks 12.
  • Each of the two closing links 8 is fitted with a gear train transmission mechanism 35 that includes an outer gear 36 meshing with the teeth of the rack 34, and, positioned at the end 11 of the link 8, an inner gear 37 coupled in rotation with the said outer gear 36.
  • the inner gears 37 of the two transmission mechanisms 35 are advantageously coupled in rotation, for example by a shaft 38, in order to couple together the sliding movements of the links 8 along the tracks 12.
  • the shaft 38 or the inner gears 37 are operated by electric drive means, such as one or more brushless motors, for automatic controlled sliding of the door 5.
  • the height C of the supporting structure 2 is advantageously between 750 mm and 950 mm, preferably 850 mm, the width B of the supporting structure 2 is between 550 mm and 650 mm, preferably 600 mm, the height A of the door 5 is preferably equal to or greater than 336 mm and its width L is preferably equal to or greater than 430 mm.
  • the distance D between the bottom edge of the door 5 in the closed position and the bottom edge of the supporting structure 2 is advantageously between 300 mm and 400 mm, preferably approximately 330 mm. Still more advantageously, the ratio L/A of the width to the height of the door 5 is equal to or greater than 7/6.
  • the door 5 In the closed position the door 5 is locked by the hook 16 and the catch 17.
  • the seal 18 is in contact with the transparent window 6, making the closure of the loading aperture 4 watertight.
  • the door 5 On disengaging the hook 16 from the catch 17, for example by pressing a button 42, the door 5 is unlocked and pushed, by the elastic force exerted by the seal 18, from the closed position towards the sliding position.
  • the closing links In the said sliding position, the closing links are arrested by abutment surfaces or other stop means.
  • the door 5 then moves as the wheels 24 roll inside the tracks 12, 21 or as the rod 28 and the ring 30 move along the tubular body 26 to the door 5 open position, thus opening the loading aperture 4 completely.
  • the sliding of the door 5 is essentially parallel to the front wall 3.
  • the said sliding of the door 5 is brought about, depending on the embodiment of the invention, by electric power, gravity or manual action.
  • the inventive concept applies both to an essentially vertical and an essentially horizontal opening movement.
  • the tracks may advantageously be curved to give a nonlinear sliding movement, possibly following the shaped form of the front wall of the electrical household appliance.
  • the sliding movement of the door is braked and/or damped by the spring 43 which, in the case of vertical sliding, can be designed to counterbalance the weight of the door itself.
  • the loading aperture is closed in a similar way by moving the door from the open position to the sliding position, in which the closing links, having reached the end stops of the tracks, rotate about their hinges to place the door in the closed position, in which it is once again locked.
  • An electrical household appliance 1 according to the invention has many advantages.
  • the electrical household appliance 1 takes up very little space, whatever position the door is in, and is therefore particularly suitable for home use.
  • All the parts of the closing system are located inside the perimeter of the door and are therefore invisible to the user.
  • the closing system of the electrical household appliance according to the invention is also very safe and reliable.

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  1. Appareil électroménager (1) à chargement frontal, particulièrement une machine à laver, un four ou autre, comprenant
    une structure pour contenir et supporter (2) avec une paroi avant (3) dans laquelle se trouve une ouverture de chargement (4) ;
    une porte (5) pour fermer ladite ouverture de chargement (4) ; et
    des moyens de connexion (8, 12) pour connecter ladite porte (5) à ladite structure de support (2) de telle manière qu'elle peut être déplacée entre une position fermée et une position ouverte,
    dans lequel lesdits moyens de connexion (8, 12) comprennent deux biellettes de fermeture (8) positionnées près de deux côtés opposés (9, 9') de la porte (5) et connectées à rotation par une première extrémité (10) à la porte (5) et deux rails (12) en liaison par coulissement avec lesdites biellettes de fermeture, caractérisé en ce que les biellettes de fermeture (8) sont connectées à rotation par une seconde extrémité (11), à la paroi avant (3), ces biellettes causant le déplacement de la porte (5) de la position fermée à une position coulissante ; et
    Les rails (12) sont formés dans la porte (5) et en liaison par coulissement avec lesdites premières extrémités (10) des biellettes de fermeture (8) pour faire coulisser la porte (5) globalement parallèlement à la paroi avant (3) depuis ladite position de coulissement jusqu'à ladite position ouverte.
  2. Appareil électroménager (1) selon la revendication 1, comprenant
    deux biellettes de fermeture supplémentaires (13) positionnées près desdits deux côtés opposés (9, 9') de la porte (5) et connectées à rotation, par une première extrémité (14), à la porte (5) et, par une seconde extrémité (15), à la paroi avant (3) ; et
    deux rails supplémentaires (21) formés dans la paroi avant (3) et en liaison par coulissement avec lesdites secondes extrémités (15) desdites biellettes de fermeture supplémentaires (13).
  3. Appareil électroménager (1) selon la revendication 1, comprenant deux biellettes de fermeture supplémentaires (13) positionnées près desdits deux côtés longitudinaux opposés (9, 9') de la porte (5) et connectés à rotation, par une première extrémité (14), auxdits rails (12) de la porte (5) et, par une seconde extrémité (15), à la paroi avant (3).
  4. Appareil électroménager (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, dans lequel l'orientation de la porte (5), pendant son mouvement de la position fermée à la position ouverte et retour, reste globalement parallèle à la paroi avant (3).
  5. Appareil électroménager (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, dans lequel, pendant son mouvement depuis la position fermée vers la position ouverte et retour, la porte (5) définit un angle fixe avec la paroi avant (3).
  6. Appareil électroménager (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, dans lequel, pendant son mouvement de la position fermée à la position ouverte et retour, la porte (5) peut être inclinée par rapport à la paroi avant (3), de telle manière que l'angle défini par la porte (5) et la paroi avant (3) est entre une valeur minimum αmin et une valeur maximum αmax.
  7. Appareil électroménager (1) selon la revendication 6, dans lequel ladite valeur minimum αmin est approximativement de -15° et ladite valeur maximum αmax est approximativement de +15°.
  8. Appareil électroménager (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant des moyens de blocage (16, 17) pour bloquer la porte (5) dans la position fermée.
  9. Appareil électroménager (1) selon la revendication 8, dans lequel lesdits moyens de blocage (16, 17) comprennent un crochet (16) monté sur ladite porte (5) et conçu pour venir en prise, dans la position fermée, avec un élément d'accrochage (17) correspondant formé dans la structure de support (2).
  10. Appareil électroménager (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant des moyens de poussée élastiques (18) pour pousser la porte (5) de la position fermée vers la position de coulissement.
  11. Appareil électroménager (1) selon la revendication 10, dans lequel lesdits moyens de poussée élastiques (18) prennent la forme d'un joint (18) de l'ouverture de chargement (4).
  12. Appareil électroménager (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel lesdites biellettes de fermeture (8, 13) sont reliées à cette surface de la porte (5) qui fait face à la paroi avant (3) et sont situées à l'intérieur du périmètre de la porte (5) vue de face.
  13. Appareil électroménager (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant des moyens d'arrêt (19, 20, 39, 40, 41) pour bloquer lesdites biellettes de fermeture (8, 13) dans la position de coulissement.
  14. Appareil électroménager (1) selon la revendication 13, dans lequel lesdits moyens d'arrêt (19, 20, 39, 40, 41) comprennent des surfaces de butée (19, 20).
  15. Appareil électroménager (1) selon la revendication 13, dans lequel lesdits moyens d'arrêt (19, 20, 39, 40, 41) comprennent
    une ou plusieurs cames (39) reliées aux biellettes de fermeture (8, 13) et ayant des évidements (40) au niveau des positions d'arrêt desdites biellettes (8, 13), et
    un ou plusieurs éléments de blocage chargés par ressort (41) pour venir en prise dans lesdits évidements (40) pour amener le blocage des biellettes de fermeture (8, 13) dans lesdites positions d'arrêt.
  16. Appareil électroménager (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant des moyens de freinage (43, 32, 33) pour freiner ledit mouvement de coulissement de la porte (5) entre la position de coulissement et la position ouverte.
  17. Appareil électroménager (1) selon la revendication 16, dans lequel lesdits moyens de freinage (43, 32, 33) comprennent un ou plusieurs ressorts (43) connectés aux extrémités de coulissement des biellettes de fermeture (8, 13) et agissant approximativement dans la direction des rails (12, 21).
  18. Appareil électroménager (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel au moins deux biellettes de fermeture (8, 13) sont couplées en rotation.
  19. Appareil électroménager (1) selon la revendication 18, dans lequel le couplage en rotation est réalisé par un axe (22, 23) d'un seul bloc en rotation avec les extrémités de coulissement des deux biellettes de fermeture (8, 13) opposées correspondantes.
  20. Appareil électroménager (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ladite liaison par coulissement entre les extrémités des biellettes de fermeture et les rails est fournie par au moins une roue (24), connectée à rotation auxdites extrémités et pouvant passer à l'intérieur d'un canal C formant lesdits rails (12, 21).
  21. Appareil électroménager (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel
    un rail (34) est monté sur au moins deux desdits rails (12, 21),
    un mécanisme de transmission à train d'engrenages respectif (35) est monté sur chacune des deux ou plus biellettes de fermeture (8, 13) en liaison par coulissement avec lesdits deux ou plus rails (12, 21),
    ledit mécanisme de transmission à train d'engrenages (35) inclut un engrenage extérieur (36) coopérant avec les dents du rail (34), et, au niveau de l'extrémité non coulissante (11; 14) de la biellette (8; 13), un engrenage intérieur (37) couplé en rotation avec ledit engrenage extérieur (36),
    lesdits engrenages intérieurs (37) des deux mécanismes de transmission (35) différents sont couplés en rotation afin de coupler ensemble le mouvement de coulissement desdites deux ou plus biellettes de fermeture (8, 13) vers le haut et vers le bas desdits deux ou plus rails (12, 21).
  22. Appareil électroménager (1) selon la revendication 21, dans lequel lesdits engrenages intérieurs (37) des deux mécanismes de transmission (35) différents sont couplés en rotation par un axe (38).
  23. Appareil électroménager (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la liaison par coulissement des extrémités (10, 14) des biellettes de fermeture (8, 13) à la porte (5) est pourvue de moyens de guidage (12, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30) du type télescopique.
  24. Appareil électroménager (1) selon la revendication 23, dans lequel
    les premières extrémités (10, 14) de respectivement l'une des biellettes de fermeture (8, 13) sont connectées à rotation à un corps tubulaire (26),
    une tige (28), son extrémité extérieure (29) étant fixée en un point de la porte (5) et son extrémité intérieure (29'), à distance de l'extrémité extérieure (29), étant insérée dans ledit corps tubulaire (26), et
    une bague de coulissement extérieure (30) montée autour dudit corps tubulaire (26) et fixée sur la porte (5) en un second point, à distance dudit premier point dans la direction de coulissement de la porte (5).
  25. Appareil électroménager (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel les biellettes de fermeture (8, 13) forment, avec le rail (12, 21) et la structure de support (1), un parallélogramme articulé.
  26. Appareil électroménager (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ladite paroi avant (3) inclut une cavité (25) pour loger au moins en partie ladite porte (5) dans la position fermée.
  27. Appareil électroménager (1) selon la revendication 26, dans lequel les biellettes de fermeture sont fixées sur la surface avant de ladite cavité (25).
  28. Appareil électroménager (1) selon la revendication 26, dans lequel les biellettes de fermeture sont fixées sur une surface latérale de la cavité (25).
  29. Appareil électroménager (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ledit équipement électroménager (1) est une machine à laver.
  30. Machine à laver selon la revendication 29, avec une ouverture coulissant vers le bas, dans lequel la hauteur (C) de la structure de support (2) est entre 750 mm et 950 mm, la largeur (B) de la structure de support (2) est entre 550 mm et 650 mm, la hauteur (A) de la porte (5) est supérieure ou égale à 336 mm et sa largeur (L) est supérieure ou égale à 430 mm.
  31. Machine à laver selon la revendication 29 ou 30, dans laquelle la distance (D) entre le bord inférieur de la porte (5) dans la position fermée et le bord inférieur de la structure de support (2) est entre 300 mm et 400 mm.
  32. Machine à laver selon la revendication 31, dans laquelle ladite distance (D) entre le bord inférieur de la porte (5) dans la position fermée et le bord inférieur de la structure de support (2) est approximativement de 330 mm.
  33. Machine à laver selon l'une quelconque des revendications 29 à 32, dans lequel le rapport L/A de la largeur à la hauteur de la porte (5) est supérieur ou égal à 7/6.
  34. Appareil électroménager (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 28, dans lequel ledit équipement électroménager (1) est un sèche-linge.
  35. Appareil électroménager (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 28, dans lequel ledit appareil électroménager (1) est un four à gaz et/ou électrique.
  36. Appareil électroménager (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le mouvement de la porte (5) lors de son ouverture est un mouvement principalement vertical.
  37. Appareil électroménager (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le mouvement de la porte (5) lors de son ouverture est un mouvement principalement horizontal.
  38. Appareil électroménager (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le mouvement de la porte (5) lors de son ouverture est un mouvement non linéaire, suivant la forme profilée de la paroi avant (3) de l'appareil électroménager (1).
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DE60227233T DE60227233D1 (de) 2002-02-05 2002-02-05 Von vorne beschickbares elektrisches Haushaltgerät, insbesondere eine Waschmaschine oder ein Ofen
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