EP1377706B1 - Machine in the form of a washing machine or a dishwasher having a tube holding device integrated into the compartment for introducing the treatment agent - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a machine in the form of a washing machine or a dishwasher having a compartment (2) for introducing the treatment agent. Said compartment (2) has an integrated tube holding device (34) in which flexible tubes (20, 22) can be inserted, and held so that they do not change position or form, in such a way that said tubes (20, 22) cannot move transversally in relation to the longitudinal direction thereof.

Description

The invention relates to a machine in the form of a laundry washing machine or dishwasher with a Einspülkasten for flushing laundry treatment agent or dishwashing agent in a laundry or dishwashing room of the Machine, wherein the Einspülkasten at least one hose connection in the form of a Connecting piece or a connection opening for the attachment of a flexible Hose and at least one hose holder for securing the at least a flexible hose is provided, according to the preamble of claim 1.

Accordingly, the invention relates to a machine in the form of a laundry washing machine or Dishwasher with a Einspülkasten for flushing laundry treatment or dish treating agent in a laundry or dishwashing room the machine, wherein the Einspülkasten at least one hose connection in Form of a connection piece or a connection opening for the attachment of one each flexible hose and at least one hose holder for attaching the at least a flexible hose is provided.

From DE 83 19 949 U1 is a machine in the form of a washing machine or a Dishwasher known which contains a Waschmitteleinspülkasten (can), the has a drain neck at its bottom. On the neck is as a cuff Trained end portion of a drain hose plugged. The cuff is by means of a hose clamp clamped on the neck. The hose clamp carries one Hook with which a supply hose for the Waschmitteleinspülkasten in its position can be fixed. The known arrangement has the disadvantage that it requires many items. The water inlet to which the inlet hose for the supply of water in the Einspülkasten connected, has such a great distance from the hook that the inlet hose between is movable relative to the Einspülkasten in the transverse direction and on the Einspülkasten or other machine parts abut and scrub. Further space is required in the machine along the draining box for laying the inlet hose from the bottom of the box to the usually at the top of the box located inlet port opening.

Furthermore, it is known inlet hoses for a Einspülkasten a washing machine in Form of relatively stiff moldings made of rubber, so that the inlet hoses Even without a holding device to maintain their position and shape and by plugging be mounted on a connection piece of the Einspülkastens.

Hoses in the form of rigid moldings are expensive to manufacture and difficult to handle to install. The rigid shape of the hoses is required to keep them in vibration of machine parts (eg laundry drum, tub) not on this or on strike and / or scrub other parts of the machine.

The use of retaining elements for fastening the hoses in the machine is expensive in manufacturing, distribution and warehousing and requires elaborate Assembly work and mounting space in the machine.

In the present description of the invention, the term "dispenser" becomes representative used for all kinds of flushing devices, for example also rinsing boxes, dishwashers, dishwashers or Einspülbehälter.

From DE 19 13 868 B2 is a Einspülkasten with two hose connections for the supply known of water in the Einspülkasten, which are arranged obliquely to each other, so that their water jet center axes intersect in the Einspülkasten and after the Intersection point in two different outer Einspülkammern are directed to either to introduce water into one or the other of the two outer Einspülkammern or around the water from both hose connections into one between both outer ones Einspülkammern to guide middle Einspülkammer, wherein the two Water jets intersect and thus mutually in the form of a resulting Distract the jet into the central dispenser.

The new invention is particularly suitable for such Einspülkästen.

The object of the invention is to achieve the object, to provide an embodiment, which reduces the number of components, production and assembly costs and the mounting safety is improved. It should also be avoided that the Attach flexible hoses in the transverse direction of the hose to adjacent machine parts or can scrub.

This object is achieved according to the invention by the characterizing features of claim 1 solved.

Accordingly, the object is achieved in that the at least one hose holder in integrated part of the Einspülkastens and near the at least one hose connection is arranged and is formed there to its associated hose position-oriented and shape-oriented to keep relative to this hose connection.

The invention results in a component reduction, cost reduction, simplification the installation and improvement of mounting safety.

The invention provides a particularly good fastening and hose fixation in the area given the moving section of the hoses.

By the invention, the hoses are close to the Einspülkasten durable, reliable and reliably kept location-oriented and form-oriented. The assembly of Hoses are simple, fast and also "blind", d. H. without being directly visible, manually Can be carried out without tools, without any confusion of the hoses at the connection openings arise. The hoses can not cross the hose direction swing other machine parts or against the Einspülkasten and strike or scrub it.

The invention is particularly advantageous for flexible hoses applicable to Water inlet hose connections of a Einspülkastens be connected. The However, the invention is also useful for connection of flexible hoses to water drain hose connections of the Einspülkastens.

According to the preferred embodiment of the invention, the hose holder consist and a Einspülkastenteil together from a one-piece body. The one-piece Body is preferably made of plastic. He can reinforcing material such as Glass fibers or other fibers or a fiber mat or the like. The term "integral" means that the individual sections of the body have no individual, interconnected parts, but are homogeneous from the same material are made, which extends continuously through all body sections. The Einspülkasten is preferably in an injection molding process together with the hose holder produced.

According to another embodiment of the invention is at least one of the two Parts "hose holder" or holding him "Einspülkastenteil" made of plastic injection molding produced while molded on the other part concerned (molded). Although this requires the separate production of the two parts "hose holder" and "Einspülkastenteil", wherein in the production of the last produced part of the Plastic molded on the other part at the same time and thus this However, this also has the advantage that they are together form a unit that can be inserted into the machine, so that the parts in the Machine does not need to be mounted separately.

Preferably, the part of the Einspülkastens, which provided with the hose holder is, even the hose connection to which the hose attachable (neck) or pluggable (connection opening) is. This can be in a multi-part Einspülkasten the part provided with the hoses without obstruction by the hoses of the other Einspülkastenteil be separated.

The Einspülkastenteil which is provided with the hose holder, preferably a Cover the Einspülkastens be. This allows water to flow in easily from the top Einspülkammern a dispensing tray are supplied dosed.

According to a preferred embodiment of the hose holder with him one-piece Molded jaws, between which the hose or hoses transverse to Hose longitudinal direction can be inserted and thereby clamped or latched. In order to The assembly of the hoses is much easier.

The jaws may be the side walls of a groove formed in the hose holder is. According to another embodiment, the jaws of a base part extend the hose holder away.

The invention makes it possible, one or more tubes each in the tube longitudinal direction straight or in any way curved in an arcuate course to hold. For this purpose only need the hose guide surfaces, for example, the aforementioned Clamping jaws of the hose holder to have a corresponding shape. These can easily in the manufacture of the hose holder by injection molding getting produced.

The hose holder can hold one, two, three or more flexible hoses be formed for a corresponding number of hose connections of the Einspülkastens.

Fig. 1

eine Ansicht von oben auf Teile einer Wäsche-Waschmaschine nach der Erfindung,

Fig. 2

eine Ansicht von oben auf Teile einer Wäsche-Waschmaschine gemäß einer weiteren Ausführungsform nach der Erfindung,

Fig. 3

einen Querschnitt entlang der Schnittlinie III-III in Fig. 1,

Fig. 4

einen Querschnitt ähnlich Fig. 3 von einer weiteren Ausführungsform nach der Erfindung,

Fig. 5

einen Querschnitt ähnlich Fig. 3 von einer dritten Ausführungsform nach der Erfindung,

Fig. 6

eine Ansicht von oben auf Teile einer Wäsche-Waschmaschine gemäß einer dritten Ausführungsform nach der Erfindung.

The invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the drawings of preferred embodiments. In the drawings show

Fig. 1

a top view of parts of a laundry washing machine according to the invention,

Fig. 2

a top view of parts of a laundry washing machine according to another embodiment of the invention,

Fig. 3

a cross section along the section line III-III in Fig. 1,

Fig. 4

a cross section similar to FIG. 3 of a further embodiment according to the invention,

Fig. 5

a cross section similar to FIG. 3 of a third embodiment according to the invention,

Fig. 6

a top view of parts of a laundry washing machine according to a third embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 1 shows a view from above, partially broken, a Einspülkasten 2 for Flushing laundry treatment agent in a non-illustrated tub of the Washing machine. The Einspülkasten 2 has at least one Einspülkammer 4, 6, 8 for Inclusion of laundry treatment agent, which from it by means of water in the tub is rinsed. As an example, left is a detergent chamber 4, in the middle a softener chamber 6 and on the right a bleach chamber 8 (eg for chlorine bleach) shown, which are formed in a dispenser 10. The induction bowl 10 may be arranged in a box base or even form a box base. The Einspülkammern 4, 6 and 8 are closed by an upper part 12.

For the supply of water in the Einspülkammern 4, 6 or 8 is at least one Hose connection in the form of a connecting piece or a connection hole on the Einspülkasten 2 is provided, to which a flexible hose is connected. As an an example are two connecting pieces 14 and 16, which is an integral part or a can be integral portion of Einspülschale 10 or a box base and in the preferred embodiment shown an integral part or a one-piece Section of the upper part 12 are. The term "integral" means "together a one-piece Body without interruptions or lanyard ".

According to the preferred embodiment, the connection stubs 14 and 16 are inclined arranged to each other so that their central axes and thus also the central axes their water jets 14-1 and 16-1 in Einspülkasten 2 intersect and after the intersection 20 are directed into two different Einspülkammern, namely the left Water jet 14-1 of the left connection piece 14 in the right Einspülkammer or Bleach chamber 8 and the right water jet 16-1 of the right connection piece 16 in the left Einspülkammer or detergent chamber 4. This may alternatively in the one or the other of the two outer Einspülkammern 4 or 8 introduced water become. When both water jets 14-1 and 16-1 are turned on simultaneously At junction point 20, they form a resultant jet of water that flows into the middle one Einspülkammer or fabric softening 6 aims.

The two connecting pieces 14 and 16 are each by a flexible hose 20 and 22 respectively connected to the connecting piece 24 and 26 of a solenoid valve 28 and 30, which controlled by the control device of the washing machine and thereby in dependence be opened or closed by the laundry treatment programs. The entrance page the solenoid valves 28 and 30 can be connected to a fresh water line 32.

A tube holder 34 for positionally and shape-oriented holding the flexible tubes 20th and 22 in the vicinity of the connecting pieces 14 and 16 of the Einspülkastens 2 is through a Extension of the material formed, with which also the upper part 12 and its connection piece 14 and 16 are formed, so that the upper part 12, the connecting piece 14th and 16 and the hose holder 34 together are an integral part. According to one In another embodiment, the tube holder 34 could also be an integral part of the Einspülschale 10 or a box lower part. The hose holder 34 and consequently also with him a one-piece body forming upper part 12 and the connecting pieces 14 and 16 are preferably made of plastic. The plastic can be reinforced by reinforcing material such as fibers, e.g. As glass fibers, or fiber mats or be reinforced, which are integrated in the plastic.

The term "position-oriented" means that the tube holder the flexible tubes 20 and 22 holds in a certain position relative to the connecting pieces 14 and 16. Of the The term "shape-oriented" means that the tube holder 34, the tubes 20 and 22nd holds transversely to the tube longitudinal direction in a predetermined shape and in particular undesirable Transverse movements of the flexible tubes 20 and 22 prevents the Hoses during machine vibrations (vibrations of the laundry drum and thus also of the tub) not against adjacent machine parts such as a Lye container or the Einspülkasten 2 strike or shy it. Of the Hose holder 34 may be formed such that one and / or the other of held flexible hose 20 or 22 in the tube longitudinal direction straight or in an arcuate shape is held.

For holding the tubes 20 and 22, the tube holder 34 preferably has clamping jaws, between which at least one tube 20 and 22 transversely to the tube longitudinal direction insertable and thereby clamped depending on the nature of the jaws and / or is latched. The jaws 20-1 for the one tube 20 and the jaws 22-1 for the other tube 22 are preferably one-piece parts of Hose holder 34 and formed on these in the manufacture of the hose holder and of the upper part 12. By an arcuate longitudinal course of the jaws 20-1 or 22-1 in the tube longitudinal direction of the hose in question is in tube longitudinal direction held according to arcuate, as this, z. B., for the hose 22 shown on the right and its jaws 22-1 are shown in FIG. The jaws can hold be formed by a hose or two or more hoses.

The hoses 20 and 22 can be shown in FIG. 1 in the longitudinal direction of the Einspülkammern 4, 6 and 8 extend approximately from the dispenser 2 or across the Longitudinal direction of the Einspülkammern 4, 6 and 8 led away from the dispenser 2, as for example, Fig. 2 shows.

Fig. 2 also shows the possibility of one of the Einspülkammern 4, 6 or 8, for example the Einspülkammer 4, instead of cold fresh water hot water 38 or a to supply other liquid via a third flexible hose 40, on the one hand to the connecting piece 42 of the Einspülkastens 2, preferably also of the upper part 12, and on the other hand connected to a connecting piece 44 of a third solenoid valve 46 is, which of the control device, not shown, of the washing machine is controllable. The third flexible tube 40 also becomes relative to the tube holder 34 to the connection piece 42 of the Einspülkastens 2 in a predetermined position and shape held, preferably also by jaws 40-1 of the tube holder 34th

The jaws can be formed in various ways. Examples of the embodiment of Fig. 1 are shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are shown. According to Fig. 3, the jaws 20-1 and 22-1 of a base part 34-1 of the tube holder 34 after the same side extending, the flexible hose 20 and 22 embracing bracket In the embodiment of Fig. 4, the jaws 20-1 and 22-1 are made from side walls of grooves 20-2 and 22-2 formed in the hose holder 34, respectively. at In the embodiment of Fig. 5, the jaws 20-1 and 22-1 are the side walls of troughs of wavy shaped portions of the tube holder 34th

In the embodiment of Fig. 6, the hose holder 34 is not an integral part of the Einspülkastens 2, for example, the upper part 12, but an additional part made of plastic or sheet, which of the material of the respective Einspülkastenteiles, in the present Case of the upper part 12, which is encapsulated, which by a material projection 50 of the upper part 12 is shown in FIG. Again, there are the top 12 and its projection 50th made of plastic, together they form a one-piece body. If the hose holder 34 is made of plastic, and the upper part 12 may be molded onto this, instead of vice versa. In both cases they are integrated and inseparable connected. If rubber is used instead of plastic, bonding can be used of the upper part 12 with the hose holder 34 also carried out by scorching.

In all embodiments according to FIGS. 1 to 6, rubber may be used instead of plastic become.

A significant advantage of all embodiments is that the tube holder 34 a is inseparable part of the Einspülkastens 2 and already in the production of Einspülkastens connected to this. As a result, a subsequent attachment of the Hose holder 34 avoided under tight space conditions in the washing machine. One Another advantage is the formation of the tube holder 34 with jaws, as these the Much easier to assemble the hoses. At the same time is a permanent and reliable Positioning of the flexible tubes 20 and 22 or 40 given, so that These do not move in the tube transverse direction and abut on other machine parts or can scrub.

Claims (10)

1. Machine in the form of a laundry washing machine or dishwashing machine with a flushing-in box (2) for the flushing-in of laundry treatment agent or dishes treatment agent into a laundry or dishes treatment chamber of the machine, wherein the flushing-in box (2) comprises at least one hose connection (14, 16; 42) in the form of a connecting stub pipe or a connecting opening each for the plugging-on of a respective flexible hose (20, 22; 40) and at least one hose retainer (34) for fastening the at least one flexible hose is provided, characterised in that the at least one hose retainer (34) is integrated in a part (12) of the flushing-in box (2) and arranged and constructed near the at least one hose section (14, 16; 42) in order to there retain the hose, which is associated therewith, oriented in position and oriented in shape relative to this hose connection (14, 16; 42).
2. Machine according to claim 1, characterised in that the hose retainer (34) together with the flushing-in box part (12) is an integral body.
3. Machine according to claim 2, characterised in that the integral body consists of plastics material.
4. Machine according to claim 1, characterised in that at least one of the two parts "hose retainer (34)" and the "flushing-in box part (12)" holding it consists of plastics material and is injection-moulded to the respective other part in the plastics material injection-moulding method.
5. Machine according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the part (12) of the flushing-in box (2) which is provided with the hose retainer (34) has the hose connection (14, 16; 42).
6. Machine according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that clamping jaws (20-1, 22-1; 40-1), between which at least a respective one of the hoses (20, 22; 40) can be plugged-in transversely to the hose longitudinal direction and thereby positioned, are formed at the hose retainer (34) to be integral therewith.
7. Machine according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the hose retainer (34) for at least one hose has a hose retaining section (22-1), which is curved in hose longitudinal direction, in order to keep the hose in an appropriately arcuately curved shape.
8. Machine according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the at least one hose connection (14, 16; 42) is a water inlet in the flushing box (2).
9. Machine according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the hose retainer (34) is constructed for retaining at least two flexible hoses (20, 22; 40) for a corresponding number of hose connections (20-1, 22-1; 40-1) of the flushing-in box (2).
10. Machine according to claims 8 and 9, characterised in that at least two hose connections (14, 16) are arranged obliquely relative to one another, wherein the centre axes (14-1, 16-1) intersect in the flushing-in box and after the point (20) of intersection are directed into two different outer flushing-in chambers (4; 8) in order to either introduce water into one or the other of the two outer flushing-in chambers (4; 8) or in order to simultaneously introduce water from both hose connections (14, 16) into a middle flushing-in chamber (6) disposed between these, wherein the two intersecting water jets mutually deflect themselves into the middle flushing-in chamber (6).

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