EP1428926B1 - Machine à laver avec moteur synchrone - Google Patents

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EP1428926B1
EP1428926B1 EP03023702A EP03023702A EP1428926B1 EP 1428926 B1 EP1428926 B1 EP 1428926B1 EP 03023702 A EP03023702 A EP 03023702A EP 03023702 A EP03023702 A EP 03023702A EP 1428926 B1 EP1428926 B1 EP 1428926B1
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Ugo Favret
Silvano Cimetta
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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 
    • D06F39/08—Liquid supply or discharge arrangements
    • D06F39/083—Liquid discharge or recirculation arrangements
    • D06F39/085—Arrangements or adaptations of pumps
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D29/00—Details, component parts, or accessories
    • F04D29/18—Rotors
    • F04D29/20—Mounting rotors on shafts
    • 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
    • D06F2103/00—Parameters monitored or detected for the control of domestic laundry washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F2103/44—Current or voltage
    • D06F2103/48—Current or voltage of the motor driving the pump

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  • the present invention refers to an improved kind of machine, preferably of the type for use in households, for washing clothes or dishes, adapted to use in an advantageous manner an electric motor of the synchronous type used in a drain pump.
  • the drainage sump which is generally provided under the bottom of the tub or vessel containing the items to be washed, fills up with the liquor that was previously filling said tub or vessel; from such a drainage sump said liquor is then let off through the operation of an appropriate pump, whose impeller is situated inside said same drainage sump.
  • the motor used to drive such pump is usually an electric motor of the asynchronous type, the operation of which, apart from being well known in the art, does not give rise to any particular problems either in the starting phase or in the final pump-off phase in which the gradual reduction in the amount of liquor to be let off eventually causes decreasing amounts of water to come into contact with the pump impeller along with certain amounts of air being taken in from the interior of the tub or vessel via the drainage sump that is no longer full at this point.
  • asynchronous motors are also largely known to be rather expensive due to the considerable amounts of copper and ferromagnetic material required.
  • synchronous motors require that, during the starting phase, a resisting torque be created on the motor shaft that would enable the rotation of the same motor to be started in the first place.
  • This resisting torque must be rather moderate, so as to avoid blocking the motion of the shaft, but at the same time it must not be too low, since it would in this case risk preventing said rotation from starting at all.
  • an elastic means 8 preferably sitting astride of said cylindrical element and adapted to generate friction when said cavity and said cylindrical element move rotatably relative to each other.
  • the mass of liquor acting on the impeller generates the required controlled amount of resisting torque on the shaft, which, when combined with the definite arc of rotation B, enables the motor to start.
  • the impeller, shrink-fitted onto the motor shaft finds itself being like rushed rotatably forwards with respect to the instant position of the motor shaft itself, this being in fact allowed by the presence of said angle B.
  • the inertia of the impeller tends to cause the same impeller to continue to rotate at the just acquired speed, which is faster than the slowed-down speed of the motor and the protrusion, so that, owing to them being scarcely hindered therefrom by the lower resisting torque provided by the liquor, the same impeller, along with the cavity associated thereto, tends to move away from said pushing edge of the protrusion.
  • the impeller slows down in a sensible manner until it moves eventually back into its initial position in contact with said pushing edge of said protrusion.
  • the braking speed will turn out as being greater than the rotating speed of the shaft, so that, owing to its own inertia, the impeller and, through it, said protrusion 4 move into impinging rather violently against the corresponding edge 13 of said cavity, thereby generating a perceivable rattling noise.
  • such machine shall be able to be easily manufactured using existing, readily available materials and techniques, and be competitive in its construction; it shall additionally be able to incorporate the features of the present invention without suffering any alteration or reduction in the performance abilities and the reliability thereof
  • EP-A-0 287 984 discloses the features of the preamble of claim 1.
  • An appropriate flywheel 33 has therefore been fitted to said shaft 1 of the motor, so as symbolically illustrated in Figure 6, to the purpose of providing the desired increase in the inertia.
  • flywheel 33 may be provided, further to the way in which this is illustrated in Figure 6, also between the rotor 10 of the motor and said impeller, as this is illustrated in Figure 7, or even attached to said cylindrical element 6, so as shown schematically in Figure 7A, or it may be split into two parts to be arranged on a side 33A and on the other side 33B of the rotor, as shown in Figure 8.
  • said protrusion and said respective cavity may exchange position with each other, i.e. the protrusion may change from the shaft to the impeller, and vice-versa, such design option being regarded and classifiable as a simple technical equivalent.

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  • Textile Engineering (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Structures Of Non-Positive Displacement Pumps (AREA)
  • Main Body Construction Of Washing Machines And Laundry Dryers (AREA)
  • Control Of Washing Machine And Dryer (AREA)
  • Cleaning By Liquid Or Steam (AREA)
  • Connection Of Motors, Electrical Generators, Mechanical Devices, And The Like (AREA)
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  1. Machine à laver, en particulier pour laver des textiles ou du linge, de la vaisselle ou analogue dans de l'eau, comprenant :
    - une cuve ou récipient fixe contenant lesdits articles à laver,
    - un bac de drainage placé au-dessous de ladite cuve ou récipient et recevant des moyens de pompage d'eau appropriés pour pomper ladite eau, lesdits moyens de pompage étant entraînés par un moteur électrique synchrone, sur l'arbre (1) duquel une roue à aubes (2) est emmanchée à chaud,
    - une extrémité dudit arbre comporte une saillie excentrique (4),
    - ladite roue à aubes, dans sa zone centrale dans laquelle elle est montée sur ledit arbre, comporte une cavité (5) de forme annulaire s'étendant circulairement seulement le long d'une partie d'arc définie (A) et adaptée pour recevoir ladite saillie excentrique (4), cette dernière étant dimensionnée pour être capable de tourner librement d'un arc (B) prédéfinissable dans ladite cavité,
    - un conduit d'évacuation d'eau relié à une extrémité dudit bac de drainage et adapté pour transporter l'eau pompée par lesdits moyens de pompage vers l'extérieur de la machine,
    ladite machine étant adaptée pour exécuter une séquence prédéfinie de phases de traitement comprenant au moins une phase d'évacuation d'eau,
    caractérisée en ce que :
    - ledit arbre dudit moteur comporte des moyens formant volant (33) déterminés, de façon qu'ils fournissent le surcroît d'inertie souhaité.
  2. Machine à laver selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que ledit volant (33) est disposé, par rapport au rotor (10) dudit moteur, dans la partie d'arbre qui est opposée à ladite roue à aubes (2).
  3. Machine à laver selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que ledit volant (33) est disposé entre le rotor (10) dudit moteur et ladite roue à aubes.
  4. Machine à laver selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que ledit volant (33) est divisé en deux parties distinctes et séparées, dont une première (33A) est disposée entre ladite roue à aubes et ledit rotor (10) dudit moteur, et dont la deuxième (33B) est disposée du côté opposé par rapport audit rotor.
  5. Machine à laver selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que :
    - il est prévu un élément cylindrique (6) coaxial dudit arbre, et de préférence dans une position qui est contiguë à ladite saillie,
    - dans ladite zone centrale de ladite roue à aubes est prévue une cavité (7) coaxiale dudit arbre et dimensionnée de façon à pouvoir recevoir ledit élément cylindrique sans aucune interférence, et
    - entre ladite cavité et ledit élément cylindrique sont prévus des moyens élastiques adaptés pour générer un frottement entre ledit élément cylindrique (6) et ladite cavité (7) quand ils se déplacent l'un par rapport à l'autre.
  6. Machine à laver selon la revendication 5, caractérisée en ce que lesdits moyens élastiques sont une bague (8) placée sur un plan qui est orthogonal audit arbre, de manière coaxiale à lui.
  7. Machine à laver selon la revendication 6, caractérisée en ce que ladite bague élastique (8) est appliquée fermement autour dudit élément cylindrique.
EP03023702A 2002-12-10 2003-10-20 Machine à laver avec moteur synchrone Expired - Lifetime EP1428926B1 (fr)

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ITPN20020096 2002-12-10
IT000096A ITPN20020096A1 (it) 2002-12-10 2002-12-10 Macchina di lavaggio con motore asincrono perfezionato.

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ITTO20090566A1 (it) * 2009-07-24 2011-01-25 Indesit Co Spa Macchina di lavaggio, in particolare una lavastoviglie.

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US6478555B1 (en) * 1999-06-16 2002-11-12 Lg Electronics, Inc. Apparatus for controlling noise and vibration for drain pump
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