EP1640494B1 - Improvement in the lid of a top-loading clothes washing machine - Google Patents

Improvement in the lid of a top-loading clothes washing machine Download PDF

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EP1640494B1
EP1640494B1 EP04022493A EP04022493A EP1640494B1 EP 1640494 B1 EP1640494 B1 EP 1640494B1 EP 04022493 A EP04022493 A EP 04022493A EP 04022493 A EP04022493 A EP 04022493A EP 1640494 B1 EP1640494 B1 EP 1640494B1
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Ennio Zardetto
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Priority to JP2005273603A priority patent/JP2006087929A/ja
Priority to CNB2005101099744A priority patent/CN100526543C/zh
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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 
    • D06F39/12—Casings; Tubs
    • D06F39/14—Doors or covers; Securing means therefor

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  • the present invention refers to a top-loading clothes washing machine of the kind provided with an improved top closing lid.
  • a washing machine is for example known from document FR-A-1 394 003 .
  • top-loading clothes washing machine of a single-duty type i.e. designed to only wash and spin-dry clothes
  • a combined clothes washing and drying machine i.e. a so-called washer-drier
  • Top-loading clothes washing machines are generally known in the art to be provided with a top or upper lid of an essentially traditional kind, in which said lid is usually made in a sandwich-like manner with a top surface generally made of sheet-steel extending on a horizontal plane, and a corresponding lower surface, or counter-lid, made of plastics and facing towards the interior of the machine, i.e. towards the upper opening of the drum-holding tub.
  • a top loading clothes washing machine with such a counter lid is for example known from document US-A-6 105 403 .
  • a funnel-shaped member forming practically a hopper, which is substantially intended to act as both a guiding member and a safety means.
  • such a hopper-like member is designed to prevent the clothes being loaded in the drum from inadvertently slipping outside the upper loading aperture, while being guided to obligatorily fall through said loading aperture into the drum; in fact, along the upper portion thereof said hopper, along the upper portion thereof, is joined in a continuous manner with the upper edge of the outer casing of the washing machine, so that it is practically impossible for clothes to be placed on the machine, upon of course the lid thereof having been raised, without these clothes being spontaneously directed into the drum.
  • such a hopper prevents a user from being able to gain access into the interior of the machine from above, thereby avoiding easily imaginable risks and dangerous situations.
  • a known prior-art solution lies in providing the lower surface of the counter-lid with an appropriate elastic sealing gasket, which is generally made as a closed-loop annular member and is arranged so that, when the lid is closed, it fully surrounds the upper aperture of the hopper and, as a result, closes and seals any passage that may exist between such aperture of the hopper and the peripheral or outermost zone of said counter-lid, as this is symbolically shown in Figure 1 , which is a perspective view of the lower surface of an upwards facing counter-lid, and in Figure 2 , which is a schematical, cross-sectional view of a portion of the counter-lid illustrated in Figure 1 as viewed along the A-A sectional plane.
  • a washing tub 1 in which there is rotatably supported the inner drum holding the clothes to be washed, an upper lid 2 enabling access to the interior of the inner drum to be gained from above, an outer casing 3, a hopper 4 which is located above the upper aperture of the tub 1 and joins with its upper portion with the outer upper edge 5 of the outer casing 3, an upper lid 6 provided with a lower counter-lid 7.
  • a groove 9 extending in a closed-loop pattern therearound to substantially surround the loading aperture of said hopper 4when the lid 6 is closed.
  • this groove 9 there is formed a gasket 10 of a suitable thermoplastic, elastic material, wherein said gasket does not only fill up said groove, but also protrudes outwardly therefrom all along the extension thereof; therefore, when the lid is lowered into closing, said gasket protrudes downwards, so that the resulting outward protrusion 11 comes to arrange itself in the form of a closed-loop ring elastically separating said counter-lid, and the related lid, from said hopper.
  • the resulting separation is a continuous one extending evenly all along the closed loop formed by the groove 9 with a constant cross-section.
  • This feature also enables a steam-tight sealing effect to be obtained between the inside of the hopper and the outer ambient, when the lid is closed, since the lid carrying said sealing gasket means is in this manner capable of actually working as a "stopper" plugging said hopper.
  • a top loading clothes washing machine having a counter lid with such a gasket is known from document DE-A-3 545 656 .
  • the above-mentioned overinjection moulding operation can be further optimised through a moulding sequence in which there is first moulded, eg. injection moulded, the counter-lid and said gasket is then overinjected onto the thus formed counter-lid immediately thereafter, i.e. before allowing the counter-lid to cool down excessively.
  • first moulded eg. injection moulded
  • the counter-lid and said gasket is then overinjected onto the thus formed counter-lid immediately thereafter, i.e. before allowing the counter-lid to cool down excessively.
  • a first improvement lies in the possibility for the portion of said annular gasket 11 protruding from said groove to be subdivided into two distinct lips 11A and 11B, as this is shown schematically in Figure 6 , where it can be noticed that these two lips are oriented inwards and outwards, respectively, relative to the gasket itself, so that, further to improving the elastic dampening effect, they prevent air or foreign bodies from passing therethrough in either direction.
  • a second improvement lies in the possibility for said gasket to be made by providing it with a thickness that increases gradually starting from the position thereof near the hinges, i.e. the rear position of said gasket, and moving towards the opposite, i.e. front position thereof.
  • Figures 6 and 7 show respective cross-sectional views of the gasket with its respective lips 11A and 11B, in which Figure 6 illustrates the cross-section profile of the gasket in correspondence of the side "11A", whereas Figure 7 illustrates the cross-section profile of the gasket in correspondence of the side "11B". It should be noticed how, in the first case ( Figure 6 ), said gasket has a height m that is lower than the height M of the same gasket on the side shown in Figure 7 .
  • a further improvement is obtained by providing a material interruption or gap 12 in the profile of the portion of gasket protruding from the groove 9, as this is symbolically illustrated in Figure 8 .
  • This gap allows gas to pass therethrough from said hopper to the outside ambient when said lid is closed.
  • the above-mentioned gap is situated in the rear portion of the gasket, i.e. on the side of the gasket that is opposite to the one facing the user.
  • Such improvement enables a venting provision to be created for letting out air and steam forming inside the washing tub and generally seeping out from the lid of the machine, which must be exhausted outside without other internal parts of the machine being affected by it.
  • the portion of the gasket on the rear side of the lid to locate such gap, the resulting vent will not let out steam directly into the space where the user generally stands.
  • the hopper 4 does not join directly with the upper portion of the outer casing, but rather extends upwards until it joins up with a joining member 14 that seals and joins horizontally the upper edge of said hopper with the outer upper edge 5 of said outer casing 3.
  • this gasket 10 along with all above-described improvements and embodiments thereof, refers to a similar or equivalent type of gasket, which however extends between said counter-lid and said joining member 14.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Textile Engineering (AREA)
  • Main Body Construction Of Washing Machines And Laundry Dryers (AREA)
  • Accessory Of Washing/Drying Machine, Commercial Washing/Drying Machine, Other Washing/Drying Machine (AREA)
  • Control Of Washing Machine And Dryer (AREA)
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EP04022493A EP1640494B1 (en) 2004-09-22 2004-09-22 Improvement in the lid of a top-loading clothes washing machine
DE602004017865T DE602004017865D1 (de) 2004-09-22 2004-09-22 Tür für eine von oben beschickbare Waschmaschine
ES04022493T ES2312899T3 (es) 2004-09-22 2004-09-22 Mejora en la tapa de una lavadora de carga superior.
AT04022493T ATE414811T1 (de) 2004-09-22 2004-09-22 Tür für eine von oben beschickbare waschmaschine
PL04022493T PL1640494T3 (pl) 2004-09-22 2004-09-22 Ulepszenie w pokrywie pralki do tkanin ładowanej od góry
BRPI0503751A BRPI0503751B1 (pt) 2004-09-22 2005-09-15 máquina de lavar roupas de carregamento por cima
JP2005273603A JP2006087929A (ja) 2004-09-22 2005-09-21 トップローディング衣類洗濯機の蓋の改良
CNB2005101099744A CN100526543C (zh) 2004-09-22 2005-09-21 顶部加载衣物的洗衣机的盖子的改进
US11/231,815 US20060059956A1 (en) 2004-09-22 2005-09-22 Lid of a top-loading clothes washing machine

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DE602004017865D1 (de) 2009-01-02
PL1640494T3 (pl) 2009-04-30
ES2312899T3 (es) 2009-03-01
CN1752327A (zh) 2006-03-29
JP2006087929A (ja) 2006-04-06
CN100526543C (zh) 2009-08-12
BRPI0503751B1 (pt) 2017-02-07

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