EP1788140A1 - Household appliance with a linear moveable component - Google Patents

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EP1788140A1
EP1788140A1 EP06122187A EP06122187A EP1788140A1 EP 1788140 A1 EP1788140 A1 EP 1788140A1 EP 06122187 A EP06122187 A EP 06122187A EP 06122187 A EP06122187 A EP 06122187A EP 1788140 A1 EP1788140 A1 EP 1788140A1
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Jörg GASSMANN
Roman Goldberg
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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  • the invention relates to a domestic appliance with a linearly movable component.
  • the DE 39 24 586 C2 relates to a domestic appliance in the form of a washing machine with a linearly movable component in the form of a detergent shell, which is movable by an electromagnetic drive means operable by an electrical switching means.
  • the switching means is in particular a button which can be operated by a user.
  • the drive means is in particular an electromagnet with a movable armature or an electric motor, which is optionally designed as a linear motor.
  • a power transmission between a correspondingly provided conventional electric motor can take place via a pivot lever or a rack.
  • From the EP 0 465 800 B1 is a washing machine with a driven by an electric motor detergent shell out, in which the power transmission takes place by means of a wound on at least a portion of its length, in particular toothed control rod.
  • a household appliance trained as a household tumble dryer is apparent from the respective EP 1 050 619 B1 , of the DE 44 03 183 C2 and the DE 199 24 297 A1 ,
  • the domestic appliance according to each of these documents contains a flat sieve which serves to catch lint, which dissolves and entrains a heated air stream during the drying of laundry which is shaken in a rotating drum.
  • the lint collected on the sieve must be removed on a regular basis so that the flow resistance of the sieve, which is set against the flow of air, remains sufficiently low and an impairment of the drying of the linen is avoided.
  • a linearly movable doctor blade is provided, which is actuated periodically to strip the collected lint from the wire.
  • the screen is designed as part of an endless belt and, driven by a motor, can be moved with its entire effective length past the stationary squeegee.
  • the fluff thereby stripped from the sieve are collected in a reservoir.
  • the sieve is designed as a fixed surface and is swept over by a movable squeegee to remove collected lint; the squeegee is connected via a corresponding transmission with a closing mechanism of the door of the tumble dryer, so that each time the door is opened, the squeegee is passed over the sieve.
  • the DE 199 24 297 A1 is a household laundry dryer with a self-cleaning lint filter, appropriate sensors and appropriately equipped control device to detect during a drying process, an unfavorable high flow resistance at the lint filter and eliminate by causing a self-cleaning of the lint filter.
  • Each household appliance described in one of the above-mentioned documents is distinguished by a drive for a functionally relevant linearly movable component and thus meets a user who is interested in certain convenience of handling the household appliance.
  • each described drive is disadvantageous both in terms of the mechanism used and in terms of the costs to be incurred.
  • a household appliance with a linearly movable component wherein according to the invention, that the component is movable by means of a push belt.
  • a pusher is a made of a highly elastic metal, in particular a suitable steel, and preferably cambered band, which can transmit not only a tensile force but also a thrust and is conventionally used as a roll-up tape measure. It is in a plane perpendicular to its transverse direction relatively easily and reversibly bendable, with a possibly existing crowning on a Bend disappears. The stability of the belt under a thrust load is largely retained at a bending point.
  • the invention is based on the recognition that the use of a push band allows a substantial simplification of the guide elements for driving a linearly movable component of a domestic appliance, wherein the given elasticity offers a great deal of freedom to design the guide and storage of the push band.
  • the remaining limited buckling stiffness contributes to the intrinsic safety of the drive, because the push band can buckle and relieve the engine when the movable component should jam on its way to an unforeseen obstacle.
  • the pusher belt has a crown, by which it is deformed to a flat groove.
  • a push band is relatively easily reversible deformable in a plane perpendicular to its transverse direction, in particular bendable to a relatively small radius (the crown disappears at a bending point), but hardly deformable perpendicular to this plane.
  • a cambered shear band accordingly has a particularly high intrinsic stability and is therefore feasible with very little effort, and its stability under shear load is particularly high; a working with this shear band drive is therefore characterized by a particularly high intrinsic reliability or intrinsic safety, because the pusher belt can buckle and relieve the engine in the drive when the movable component should jam on its way to an unforeseen obstacle.
  • the push band on a perforation, in which engages a drivable by a motor pinion.
  • the push band is bent in the household appliance. This opens up the application of the push belt under tight space conditions.
  • the push band is made according to another preferred embodiment of a steel, and more preferably has a coating of a lubricant, in particular PTFE plastic on. This facilitates the movement of the push belt in the domestic appliance, and ensures a reliable function over a long period of time.
  • the household appliance is designed according to a preferred embodiment as a device for drying laundry by means of an air flow and has a drum for receiving the laundry and a duct system for guiding the air flow, wherein the channel system has a downstream side of the drum arranged portion in which the air flow in a in descending direction and in which a screen for collecting fluff from the air stream is arranged and the screen is associated with a doctor for stripping trapped lint, and wherein the doctor blade is the movable of the push belt component.
  • the sieve is an approximately horizontally arranged and curved in the falling direction channel, and the squeegee is a resilient supported on the sieve and bent according to the gutter foil.
  • the sieve which had to occupy a comparatively large area approximately corresponding to a full opening of the drum in a device of the prior art, is transformed into a comparatively compact component in the form of a gutter, which in particular under a feed opening for the drum in the end shield of an otherwise customarily designed tumble dryer can be arranged.
  • the end shield provides on the one hand a support structure for a front side of the device and a front support for the drum and on the other hand carries a door for closing the drum.
  • the shape chosen for the screen provides a surface that is significantly larger than that of a planar screen, thus offering a relatively low flow resistance for the air flow flowing through.
  • the shape of the cross-section of the channel is less important, with a cross-section which is particularly smooth, in particular more or less corresponding to a conic section curve, has proven to be expedient and expedient. Due to the curved shape, the screen gains in stability and can be easily and reliably cleaned regularly by means of a suitably designed squeegee. Accordingly, preferably, the portion of the channel system with the sieve extends through a bearing plate, wherein the sieve is arranged in the bearing plate.
  • the squeegee has a rest position at a first end of the channel and a shaft is provided at a second end of the channel for receiving striated lint.
  • the sieve rests on a latticed sieve carrier. As a result, spring forces which the film exerts on the wire are absorbed and the load on the wire is reduced.
  • FIG. 1 shows a detailed view of a push band 12 for driving a linearly movable component 8, 9 (not shown in FIG. 1, see the following figures) of a domestic appliance.
  • the straight sections of the push band 12 are cambered, that is provided with a certain curvature, wherein the curvature reversibly disappears when the push band 12 is bent; the bent section of the push band 12 therefore does not show the crowning.
  • the push band 12 is provided with holes 31, which are only partially excellent and in which the pinion 29, of which only one tooth is drawn, as symbolized by an arrow engages.
  • the push band 12 and the pinion 29 are shown in Fig. 1 only for clarity half distanced from each other.
  • the push band 12 is bent over a section approximately corresponding to a right angle and guided around the pinion 29. Due to its inherent dimensional stability, it can be guided outside a bending point largely without special guide means, which makes its use in the household appliance described below, namely a tumble dryer, particularly advantageous.
  • the apparatus for drying laundry 1 by means of an air flow comprises a drum 2 for receiving the laundry 1, wherein the drum 2 is rotatable about an axis 20 in order to shake the laundry 1 in the air flow.
  • the air flow is in a channel system 3, 4, 5 away from the drum 2 and this fed again.
  • the channel system 3, 4, 5 comprises a falling section 3, which passes partly through a bearing plate 10 for feeding the drum 2, a horizontal portion 4 below the drum 2 and a rising portion 5, through which the air flow back to the drum 2.
  • the falling section 3 contains a screen 6, which is arranged in the bearing plate 10 and from which the fluff 7, which entraises the air flow of the laundry 1, traps.
  • a heat exchanger 21 is provided, in which the air flow is cooled to condense entrained water vapor. Condensed water is separated from the air stream by conventional means and not shown in FIG. 2 and disposed of.
  • a fan 22 which drives the air flow through the drum 2 and the channel system 3, 4, 5, and a heater 23, through which the air flow before entering the drum 2 again is heated.
  • the heat exchanger 21 and the heating device 23 may optionally be wholly or partly associated with a recuperative heat transport system, in particular a heat pump.
  • the end shield 10 forms on the one hand a support structure for a front side of the device and a front support for the drum 2 and on the other hand carries a door 30 for closing the drum second
  • Fig. 3 shows the embedding of the screen 6, which rests on a portafilter 19, in the bearing plate 10 of the tumble dryer.
  • the end shield 10 is seen from the drum 2.
  • the air flow leaving the drum 2 enters the bearing plate 10 along the arrows 26 and thus arrives at the sieve 6, not shown for the sake of clarity, on the portafilter 19. There, the air flow is freed of entrained lint.
  • the collected lint is removed from the doctor blade 8, 9 by moving it by means of a motor 11 and a transmission formed by the aforementioned cambered push band 12 from a first end 14 of the wire to a second end 15 becomes.
  • the motor 11 drives the pinion 29, which is largely covered in Figure 3 by a cover 28, via a not shown gear.
  • the thus stripped fluff enter the shaft 16 and into the reservoir 25, 27.
  • the push band 12 is perforated as shown in FIG. 1 and is driven by the motor 11 via the partially covered by a cover 28 pinion 29.
  • the push tape 12 has the advantage of inherent stability, which makes a special leadership dispensable, and is stable even if the film 8 should catch once; a corresponding excessive load, the push band 12 avoid by bending.
  • the connection of the push band 12 with the carriage 9 takes place in particular in such a way that an attached to the push band 12, not shown, nose or screw engages in a corresponding recess 24 on the carriage 9.

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The appliance has a housing, and a linearly movable component mounted for linear movement with respect to the housing. A drive band (12) is connected to the component where the drive band is perforated and is driven by the motor by the units of pinion (29), which is partially covered by a cover. A drum is provided for holding a laundry, and a duct system for conducting an air stream. The duct system has a falling section located downstream from the drum and in which the air stream is conducted in a downward direction and in which a filter for capturing lint from the air stream is arranged. An independent claim is also included for a clothes dryer comprising a housing.

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Hausgerät mit einer linear bewegbaren Komponente.The invention relates to a domestic appliance with a linearly movable component.

Ein solches Hausgerät geht jeweils hervor aus der DE 39 24 586 C2 und der EP 0 465 800 B1 ; die Offenbarung beider Schriften ist vorliegender Offenbarung in vollem Umfange zuzurechnen.Such a household appliance is apparent from the respective DE 39 24 586 C2 and the EP 0 465 800 B1 ; the disclosure of both documents is attributed to this disclosure in its entirety.

Die DE 39 24 586 C2 betrifft ein Hausgerät in Form einer Waschmaschine mit einer linear bewegbaren Komponente in Form einer Waschmittelschale, welche durch ein von einem elektrischen Schaltmittel aus betätigbares, elektromagnetisches Antriebsmittel bewegbar ist. Das Schaltmittel ist insbesondere eine von einem Benutzer bedienbare Taste. Das Antriebsmittel ist insbesondere ein Elektromagnet mit beweglichem Anker oder ein Elektromotor, der gegebenenfalls als Linearmotor ausgebildet ist. Eine Kraftübertragung zwischen einem entsprechend vorgesehenen herkömmlichen Elektromotor kann über einen Schwenkhebel oder eine Zahnstange erfolgen. Aus der EP 0 465 800 B1 geht eine Waschmaschine mit einer von einem Elektromotor antreibbaren Waschmittelschale hervor, bei welcher die Kraftübertragung mittels einer wenigstens auf einem Teil ihrer Länge wickelbaren, insbesondere gezahnten Stellstange erfolgt.The DE 39 24 586 C2 relates to a domestic appliance in the form of a washing machine with a linearly movable component in the form of a detergent shell, which is movable by an electromagnetic drive means operable by an electrical switching means. The switching means is in particular a button which can be operated by a user. The drive means is in particular an electromagnet with a movable armature or an electric motor, which is optionally designed as a linear motor. A power transmission between a correspondingly provided conventional electric motor can take place via a pivot lever or a rack. From the EP 0 465 800 B1 is a washing machine with a driven by an electric motor detergent shell out, in which the power transmission takes place by means of a wound on at least a portion of its length, in particular toothed control rod.

Ein als Haushaltwäschetrockner ausgebildetes Hausgerät geht jeweils hervor aus der EP 1 050 619 B1 , der DE 44 03 183 C2 und der DE 199 24 297 A1 . Das Hausgerät gemäß jeder dieser Schriften enthält ein ebenes Sieb, welches zum Auffangen von Flusen dient, welche ein erwärmter Luftstrom während des Trocknens von Wäsche, die in einer rotierenden Trommel geschüttelt wird, ablöst und mitführt. Die auf dem Sieb aufgefangenen Flusen müssen regelmäßig entfernt werden, damit der dem Luftstrom entgegen gesetzte Strömungswiderstand des Siebes ausreichend gering bleibt und eine Beeinträchtigung des Trocknens der Wäsche vermieden wird. Zu diesem Zweck ist jeweils eine linear bewegbare Rakel vorgesehen, welche periodisch betätigt wird, um die aufgefangenen Flusen von dem Sieb abzustreifen. Gemäß der EP 1 050 619 B1 ist das Sieb als Teil eines endlosen Bandes ausgeführt und kann, angetrieben von einem Motor, mit seiner gesamten wirksamen Länge an der feststehenden Rakel vorbeibewegt werden. Die dadurch von dem Sieb abgestreiften Flusen werden in einem Reservoir gesammelt.A household appliance trained as a household tumble dryer is apparent from the respective EP 1 050 619 B1 , of the DE 44 03 183 C2 and the DE 199 24 297 A1 , The domestic appliance according to each of these documents contains a flat sieve which serves to catch lint, which dissolves and entrains a heated air stream during the drying of laundry which is shaken in a rotating drum. The lint collected on the sieve must be removed on a regular basis so that the flow resistance of the sieve, which is set against the flow of air, remains sufficiently low and an impairment of the drying of the linen is avoided. For this purpose, in each case a linearly movable doctor blade is provided, which is actuated periodically to strip the collected lint from the wire. According to the EP 1 050 619 B1 the screen is designed as part of an endless belt and, driven by a motor, can be moved with its entire effective length past the stationary squeegee. The fluff thereby stripped from the sieve are collected in a reservoir.

Gemäß der DE 44 03 183 C2 ist das Sieb als fest stehende Fläche ausgeführt und wird zum Abstreifen aufgefangener Flusen von einer beweglichen Rakel überstrichen; die Rakel ist über eine entsprechende Transmission mit einem Schließmechanismus der Tür des Wäschetrockners verbunden, so dass bei jedem Öffnen der Tür die Rakel über das Sieb geführt wird. Gemäß der DE 199 24 297 A1 ist ein Haushaltwäschetrockner mit einem selbstreinigenden Flusenfilter, entsprechender Sensorik und entsprechend ertüchtigter Steuereinrichtung versehen, um während eines Trocknungsprozesses einen unzuträglich hohen Strömungswiderstand am Flusenfilter zu erkennen und durch Veranlassung einer Selbstreinigung des Flusenfilters zu beseitigen. Die Offenbarung der drei hier genannten Schriften ist vorliegender Offenbarung in vollem Umfange zuzurechnen.According to the DE 44 03 183 C2 if the sieve is designed as a fixed surface and is swept over by a movable squeegee to remove collected lint; the squeegee is connected via a corresponding transmission with a closing mechanism of the door of the tumble dryer, so that each time the door is opened, the squeegee is passed over the sieve. According to the DE 199 24 297 A1 is a household laundry dryer with a self-cleaning lint filter, appropriate sensors and appropriately equipped control device to detect during a drying process, an unfavorable high flow resistance at the lint filter and eliminate by causing a self-cleaning of the lint filter. The disclosure of the three publications cited here is to be fully attributed to the present disclosure.

Jedes in einer der oben genannten Schriften beschriebene Hausgerät zeichnet sich aus durch einen Antrieb für eine funktionell relevante linear bewegbare Komponente und kommt damit einem an gewisser Bequemlichkeit der Handhabung des Hausgerätes interessierten Nutzer entgegen. Jeder beschriebene Antrieb ist allerdings sowohl hinsichtlich der eingesetzten Mechanik als auch hinsichtlich der aufzuwendenden Kosten von Nachteil.Each household appliance described in one of the above-mentioned documents is distinguished by a drive for a functionally relevant linearly movable component and thus meets a user who is interested in certain convenience of handling the household appliance. However, each described drive is disadvantageous both in terms of the mechanism used and in terms of the costs to be incurred.

Dementsprechend geht die nachfolgend zu beschreibende Erfindung aus von der Aufgabe, ein Hausgerät der eingangs genannten Art zu schaffen, welches mit einem einfacheren und kostengünstigeren Antrieb auskommt als jedes der bekannten Hausgeräte.Accordingly, the invention to be described below from the task of creating a domestic appliance of the type mentioned, which requires a simpler and more cost-effective drive than any of the known home appliances.

Zur Lösung dieser Aufgabe angegeben wird eine Hausgerät mit einer linear bewegbaren Komponente, wobei erfindungsgemäß, dass die Komponente mittels eines Schubbandes bewegbar ist.To solve this problem, a household appliance with a linearly movable component, wherein according to the invention, that the component is movable by means of a push belt.

Ein Schubband ist ein aus einem hoch elastischen Metall, insbesondere einem geeigneten Stahl, gefertigtes und vorzugsweise bombiertes Band, welches außer einer Zugkraft auch eine Schubkraft übertragen kann und herkömmlich als aufrollbares Maßband verwendet wird. Es ist in einer Ebene senkrecht zu seiner Querrichtung relativ leicht und reversibel abbiegbar, wobei eine evtl. vorhandene Bombierung an einer Biegestelle verschwindet. Die Stabilität des Bandes unter einer Schubbelastung bleibt an einer Biegestelle weitgehend erhalten.A pusher is a made of a highly elastic metal, in particular a suitable steel, and preferably cambered band, which can transmit not only a tensile force but also a thrust and is conventionally used as a roll-up tape measure. It is in a plane perpendicular to its transverse direction relatively easily and reversibly bendable, with a possibly existing crowning on a Bend disappears. The stability of the belt under a thrust load is largely retained at a bending point.

Die Erfindung geht aus von der Erkenntnis, dass die Verwendung eines Schubbandes eine wesentliche Vereinfachung der Führungselemente für einen Antrieb einer linear bewegbaren Komponente eines Hausgerätes erlaubt, wobei die gegebene Elastizität eine große Gestaltungsfreiheit zur Auslegung der Führung und Aufbewahrung des Schubbandes bietet. Die verbleibende begrenzte Knicksteifigkeit trägt zur Eigensicherung des Antriebes bei, denn das Schubband kann ausknicken und den Motor entlasten, wenn sich die bewegbare Komponente auf ihrem Weg an einem unvorhergesehenen Hindernis verklemmen sollte.The invention is based on the recognition that the use of a push band allows a substantial simplification of the guide elements for driving a linearly movable component of a domestic appliance, wherein the given elasticity offers a great deal of freedom to design the guide and storage of the push band. The remaining limited buckling stiffness contributes to the intrinsic safety of the drive, because the push band can buckle and relieve the engine when the movable component should jam on its way to an unforeseen obstacle.

Bevorzugt weist das Schubband eine Bombierung auf, durch welche es zu einer flachen Rinne verformt ist. Ein solches Schubband ist in einer Ebene senkrecht zu seiner Querrichtung relativ leicht reversibel verformbar, insbesondere um einen relativ kleinen Radius biegbar (wobei die Bombierung an einer Biegestelle verschwindet), jedoch senkrecht zu dieser Ebene kaum verformbar. Ein bombiertes Schubband hat entsprechend eine besonders hohe Eigenstabilität und ist somit mit besonders geringem Aufwand führbar, und seine Stabilität unter Schubbelastung ist besonders hoch; ein mit diesem Schubband arbeitender Antrieb zeichnet sich deshalb durch eine besonders hohe immanente Funktionssicherheit oder Eigensicherheit aus, denn das Schubband kann ausknicken und den Motor im Antrieb entlasten, wenn sich die bewegbare Komponente auf ihrem Weg an einem unvorhergesehenen Hindernis verklemmen sollte.Preferably, the pusher belt has a crown, by which it is deformed to a flat groove. Such a push band is relatively easily reversible deformable in a plane perpendicular to its transverse direction, in particular bendable to a relatively small radius (the crown disappears at a bending point), but hardly deformable perpendicular to this plane. A cambered shear band accordingly has a particularly high intrinsic stability and is therefore feasible with very little effort, and its stability under shear load is particularly high; a working with this shear band drive is therefore characterized by a particularly high intrinsic reliability or intrinsic safety, because the pusher belt can buckle and relieve the engine in the drive when the movable component should jam on its way to an unforeseen obstacle.

Ebenfalls bevorzugt weist das Schubband eine Lochung auf, in welche ein von einem Motor antreibbares Ritzel eingreift.Also preferably, the push band on a perforation, in which engages a drivable by a motor pinion.

Besonders bevorzugt ist auch, dass das Schubband in dem Hausgerät gebogen ist. Dies erschließt die Anwendung des Schubbandes unter räumlich beengten Bedingungen.It is also particularly preferred that the push band is bent in the household appliance. This opens up the application of the push belt under tight space conditions.

Das Schubband ist gemäß einer anderen bevorzugten Ausgestaltung aus einem Stahl gefertigt, und weist mit weiterem Vorzug eine Beschichtung aus einem Gleitmittel, insbesondere PTFE-Kunststoff, auf. Dies erleichtert die Bewegung des Schubbandes im Hausgerät, und gewährleistet eine zuverlässige Funktion über einen langen Zeitraum.The push band is made according to another preferred embodiment of a steel, and more preferably has a coating of a lubricant, in particular PTFE plastic on. This facilitates the movement of the push belt in the domestic appliance, and ensures a reliable function over a long period of time.

Das Hausgerät ist gemäß einer bevorzugten Ausgestaltung ausgebildet als Vorrichtung zum Trocknen von Wäsche mittels eines Luftstroms und hat eine Trommel zur Aufnahme der Wäsche und ein Kanalsystem zur Führung des Luftstroms, wobei das Kanalsystem einen abströmseitig der Trommel angeordneten Abschnitt aufweist, in welchem der Luftstrom in einer fallenden Richtung geführt ist und in welchem ein Sieb zum Auffangen von Flusen aus dem Luftstrom angeordnet und dem Sieb eine Rakel zum Abstreifen aufgefangener Flusen zugeordnet ist, und wobei die Rakel die von dem Schubband bewegbare Komponente ist.The household appliance is designed according to a preferred embodiment as a device for drying laundry by means of an air flow and has a drum for receiving the laundry and a duct system for guiding the air flow, wherein the channel system has a downstream side of the drum arranged portion in which the air flow in a in descending direction and in which a screen for collecting fluff from the air stream is arranged and the screen is associated with a doctor for stripping trapped lint, and wherein the doctor blade is the movable of the push belt component.

Bevorzugt ist das Sieb eine etwa horizontal angeordnete und in der fallenden Richtung gewölbte Rinne, und ist die Rakel eine federnd auf dem Sieb abstützbare und entsprechend der Rinne gebogene Folie. Das Sieb, welches in einer Vorrichtung des Standes der Technik eine vergleichsweise große Fläche etwa entsprechend einer vollen Öffnung der Trommel einnehmen musste, ist umgestaltet zu einem vergleichsweise kompakten Bauteil in Form einer Rinne, welche insbesondere unterhalb einer Beschickungsöffnung für die Trommel im Lagerschild eines ansonsten in üblicher Weise gestalteten Wäschetrockners angeordnet werden kann. Der Lagerschild bietet einerseits eine Tragstruktur für eine Frontseite der Vorrichtung sowie eine frontseitige Abstützung für die Trommel und trägt andererseits eine Tür zum Verschließen der Trommel. Die für das Sieb gewählte Form liefert eine gegenüber einem planaren Sieb deutlich vergrößerte Oberfläche, und bietet damit einen relativ geringen Strömungswiderstand für den durchfließenden Luftstrom. Auf die Form des Querschnitts der Rinne kommt es dabei weniger an, wobei sich ein vor allem glatter, insbesondere mehr oder weniger einer Kegelschnittkurve entsprechender Querschnitt als sinnvoll und zweckmäßig erwiesen hat. Durch die gewölbte Form gewinnt das Sieb an Stabilität und kann mittels einer entsprechend gestalteten Rakel einfach und zuverlässig regelmäßig gereinigt werden. Dementsprechend bevorzugt ist der Abschnitt des Kanalsystems mit dem Sieb durch einen Lagerschild erstreckt, wobei auch das Sieb in dem Lagerschild angeordnet ist.Preferably, the sieve is an approximately horizontally arranged and curved in the falling direction channel, and the squeegee is a resilient supported on the sieve and bent according to the gutter foil. The sieve, which had to occupy a comparatively large area approximately corresponding to a full opening of the drum in a device of the prior art, is transformed into a comparatively compact component in the form of a gutter, which in particular under a feed opening for the drum in the end shield of an otherwise customarily designed tumble dryer can be arranged. The end shield provides on the one hand a support structure for a front side of the device and a front support for the drum and on the other hand carries a door for closing the drum. The shape chosen for the screen provides a surface that is significantly larger than that of a planar screen, thus offering a relatively low flow resistance for the air flow flowing through. The shape of the cross-section of the channel is less important, with a cross-section which is particularly smooth, in particular more or less corresponding to a conic section curve, has proven to be expedient and expedient. Due to the curved shape, the screen gains in stability and can be easily and reliably cleaned regularly by means of a suitably designed squeegee. Accordingly, preferably, the portion of the channel system with the sieve extends through a bearing plate, wherein the sieve is arranged in the bearing plate.

Außerdem bevorzugt hat die Rakel an einem ersten Ende der Rinne eine Ruheposition und ist an einem zweiten Ende der Rinne ein Schacht zur Aufnahme abgestreifter Flusen vorgesehen.In addition, preferably, the squeegee has a rest position at a first end of the channel and a shaft is provided at a second end of the channel for receiving striated lint.

Bevorzugt ist es auch, dass das Sieb auf einem gitterförmigen Siebträger aufliegt. Dadurch werden Federkräfte, welche die Folie auf das Sieb ausübt, aufgenommen, und die Belastung des Siebes wird reduziert.It is also preferred that the sieve rests on a latticed sieve carrier. As a result, spring forces which the film exerts on the wire are absorbed and the load on the wire is reduced.

Ausführungsbeispiele der Erfindung sind nachfolgend anhand der Zeichnung erläutert. Im Einzelnen zeigen:

Fig. 1
ein gelochtes und von einem Ritzel antreibbares Schubband
Fig. 2
einen schematisierten Querschnitt durch einen Wäschetrockner;
Fig. 3
eine Teilansicht eines Lagerschildes eines Wäschetrockners, versehen mit einem Sieb und einer Rakel sowie einem Reservoir zur Aufnahme abgestreifter Flusen.
Embodiments of the invention are explained below with reference to the drawing. In detail show:
Fig. 1
a perforated and driven by a pinion push band
Fig. 2
a schematic cross section through a clothes dryer;
Fig. 3
a partial view of a bearing plate of a clothes dryer, provided with a sieve and a squeegee and a reservoir for receiving stripped lint.

In allen Figuren der Zeichnung tragen einander entsprechende Teile des Wäschetrockners jeweils dasselbe Bezugszeichen.In all figures of the drawing, corresponding parts of the tumble dryer carry the same reference numerals.

Fig. 1 zeigt eine Detailansicht eines Schubbandes 12 zum Antrieb einer linear bewegbaren Komponente 8,9 (in Fig.1 nicht dargestellt, vgl. nachfolgende Figuren) eines Hausgerätes. Die geraden Sektionen des Schubbandes 12 sind bombiert, das heißt mit einer gewissen Wölbung versehen, wobei die Wölbung reversibel verschwindet, wenn das Schubband 12 abgebogen wird; die gebogene Sektion des Schubbandes 12 zeigt deshalb die Bombierung nicht. Das Schubband 12 ist mit Lochungen 31 versehen, welche nur zum Teil ausgezeichnet sind und in welche das Ritzel 29, von welchem nur ein Zahn gezeichnet ist, wie durch einen Pfeil symbolisiert eingreift. Das Schubband 12 und das Ritzel 29 sind in Fig. 1 nur der Übersicht halber distanziert voneinander dargestellt. Das Schubband 12 ist über eine etwa einem rechten Winkel entsprechende Sektion abgebogen und um das Ritzel 29 geführt. Durch seine inhärente Formstabilität kann es außerhalb einer Biegestelle weitgehend ohne besondere Führungseinrichtung geführt werden, was seine Verwendung im nachfolgend beschriebenen Hausgerät, nämlich einem Wäschetrockner, besonders vorteilhaft macht.1 shows a detailed view of a push band 12 for driving a linearly movable component 8, 9 (not shown in FIG. 1, see the following figures) of a domestic appliance. The straight sections of the push band 12 are cambered, that is provided with a certain curvature, wherein the curvature reversibly disappears when the push band 12 is bent; the bent section of the push band 12 therefore does not show the crowning. The push band 12 is provided with holes 31, which are only partially excellent and in which the pinion 29, of which only one tooth is drawn, as symbolized by an arrow engages. The push band 12 and the pinion 29 are shown in Fig. 1 only for clarity half distanced from each other. The push band 12 is bent over a section approximately corresponding to a right angle and guided around the pinion 29. Due to its inherent dimensional stability, it can be guided outside a bending point largely without special guide means, which makes its use in the household appliance described below, namely a tumble dryer, particularly advantageous.

Gemäß Fig. 2 umfasst die Vorrichtung zum Trocknen von Wäsche 1 mittels eines Luftstroms eine Trommel 2 zur Aufnahme der Wäsche 1, wobei die Trommel 2 um eine Achse 20 drehbar ist, um die Wäsche 1 im Luftstrom zu schütteln. Der Luftstrom wird in einem Kanalsystem 3, 4, 5 von der Trommel 2 weg und dieser wieder zugeführt. Das Kanalsystem 3, 4, 5 umfasst einen fallenden Abschnitt 3, welcher teilweise durch einen Lagerschild 10 zur Beschickung der Trommel 2 hindurchführt, einen horizontalen Abschnitt 4 unterhalb der Trommel 2 und einen steigenden Abschnitt 5, durch welchen der Luftstrom wieder zur Trommel 2 gelangt. Der fallende Abschnitt 3 enthält ein Sieb 6, welches in dem Lagerschild 10 angeordnet ist und von welchem die Flusen 7, welche der Luftstrom der Wäsche 1 entreißt, auffängt. Mit in der Fig. 2 nicht dargestellten Mitteln können aufgefangene Flusen 7 von dem Sieb 6 abgestreift werden, um einen möglichst geringen Strömungswiderstand des Siebes 6 zu sichern. In dem auf den fallenden Abschnitt 3 folgenden horizontalen Abschnitt 4 ist ein Wärmetauscher 21 vorgesehen, in welchem der Luftstrom zur Auskondensation mitgeführten Wasserdampfes abgekühlt wird. Kondensiertes Wasser wird durch an sich bekannte und in Fig. 2 nicht dargestellte Mittel aus dem Luftstrom abgeschieden und entsorgt. In dem auf den horizontalen Abschnitt 4 folgenden steigenden Abschnitt 5 angeordnet sind ein Gebläse 22, welches den Luftstrom durch die Trommel 2 und das Kanalsystem 3, 4, 5 treibt, sowie eine Heizeinrichtung 23, durch welche der Luftstrom vor Eintritt in die Trommel 2 wieder erwärmt wird. Der Wärmetauscher 21 und die Heizeinrichtung 23 können gegebenenfalls ganz oder teilweise zu einem rekuperativen Wärmetransportsystem gehören, insbesondere einer Wärmepumpe. Der Lagerschild 10 bildet einerseits eine Tragstruktur für eine Frontseite der Vorrichtung sowie eine frontseitige Abstützung für die Trommel 2 und trägt andererseits eine Tür 30 zum Verschließen der Trommel 2.2, the apparatus for drying laundry 1 by means of an air flow comprises a drum 2 for receiving the laundry 1, wherein the drum 2 is rotatable about an axis 20 in order to shake the laundry 1 in the air flow. The air flow is in a channel system 3, 4, 5 away from the drum 2 and this fed again. The channel system 3, 4, 5 comprises a falling section 3, which passes partly through a bearing plate 10 for feeding the drum 2, a horizontal portion 4 below the drum 2 and a rising portion 5, through which the air flow back to the drum 2. The falling section 3 contains a screen 6, which is arranged in the bearing plate 10 and from which the fluff 7, which entraises the air flow of the laundry 1, traps. With means not shown in FIG. 2, collected fluff 7 can be stripped off the screen 6 in order to ensure the lowest possible flow resistance of the screen 6. In the following on the falling section 3 horizontal section 4, a heat exchanger 21 is provided, in which the air flow is cooled to condense entrained water vapor. Condensed water is separated from the air stream by conventional means and not shown in FIG. 2 and disposed of. In the following on the horizontal portion 4 rising portion 5 are arranged a fan 22, which drives the air flow through the drum 2 and the channel system 3, 4, 5, and a heater 23, through which the air flow before entering the drum 2 again is heated. The heat exchanger 21 and the heating device 23 may optionally be wholly or partly associated with a recuperative heat transport system, in particular a heat pump. The end shield 10 forms on the one hand a support structure for a front side of the device and a front support for the drum 2 and on the other hand carries a door 30 for closing the drum second

Fig. 3 zeigt die Einbettung des Siebes 6, welches auf einem Siebträger 19 aufliegt, in den Lagerschild 10 des Wäschetrockners. Der Lagerschild 10 ist dabei gesehen von der Trommel 2 aus. Der die Trommel 2 verlassen habende Luftstrom tritt entlang der Pfeile 26 in den Lagerschild 10 ein und gelangt so zu dem der Übersicht halber nicht dargestellten Sieb 6 auf dem Siebträger 19. Dort wird der Luftstrom von mitgeführten Flusen befreit. Die aufgefangenen Flusen werden von der Rakel 8, 9 entfernt, indem diese mittels eines Motors 11 und einer von dem erwähnten bombierten Schubband 12 gebildeten Transmission von einem ersten Ende 14 des Siebes zu einem zweiten Ende 15 bewegt wird. Der Motor 11 treibt das Ritzel 29, welches in Fig.3 von einer Abdeckung 28 weitgehend abgedeckt ist, über ein nicht dargestelltes Getriebe an. Die somit abgestreiften Flusen gelangen in den Schacht 16 und in das Reservoir 25, 27. Das Schubband 12 ist wie in Fig. 1 dargestellt gelocht und wird über das von einer Abdeckung 28 teilweise abgedeckte Ritzel 29 von dem Motor 11 angetrieben. Das Schubband 12 hat den Vorzug einer Eigenstabilität, welche eine besondere Führung entbehrlich macht, und ist auch dann stabil, wenn die Folie 8 sich einmal verhaken sollte; einer entsprechenden übermäßigen Belastung kann das Schubband 12 durch Ausbiegen ausweichen. Die Verbindung des Schubbandes 12 mit dem Schlitten 9 (siehe Fig. 1) erfolgt insbesondere in der Weise, dass eine an dem Schubband 12 angebrachte, nicht dargestellte Nase oder Schraubverbindung in eine entsprechende Ausnehmung 24 am Schlitten 9 eingreift.Fig. 3 shows the embedding of the screen 6, which rests on a portafilter 19, in the bearing plate 10 of the tumble dryer. The end shield 10 is seen from the drum 2. The air flow leaving the drum 2 enters the bearing plate 10 along the arrows 26 and thus arrives at the sieve 6, not shown for the sake of clarity, on the portafilter 19. There, the air flow is freed of entrained lint. The collected lint is removed from the doctor blade 8, 9 by moving it by means of a motor 11 and a transmission formed by the aforementioned cambered push band 12 from a first end 14 of the wire to a second end 15 becomes. The motor 11 drives the pinion 29, which is largely covered in Figure 3 by a cover 28, via a not shown gear. The thus stripped fluff enter the shaft 16 and into the reservoir 25, 27. The push band 12 is perforated as shown in FIG. 1 and is driven by the motor 11 via the partially covered by a cover 28 pinion 29. The push tape 12 has the advantage of inherent stability, which makes a special leadership dispensable, and is stable even if the film 8 should catch once; a corresponding excessive load, the push band 12 avoid by bending. The connection of the push band 12 with the carriage 9 (see Fig. 1) takes place in particular in such a way that an attached to the push band 12, not shown, nose or screw engages in a corresponding recess 24 on the carriage 9.

BezugszeichenlisteLIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

  • 1. Wäsche1st wash
  • 2. Trommel2nd drum
  • 3. Kanalsystem, fallender Abschnitt3rd channel system, falling section
  • 4. Kanalsystem, horizontaler Abschnitt4. Channel system, horizontal section
  • 5. Kanalsystem, steigender Abschnitt5. Canal system, rising section
  • 6. Sieb6. Sieve
  • 7. Flusen7. Fluff
  • 8. Rakel, Folie8. squeegee, foil
  • 9. Rakel, Schlitten9. squeegee, sled
  • 10. Lagerschild10. end shield
  • 11. Motor11. engine
  • 12. Transmission12. Transmission
  • 14. Erstes Ende14. First end
  • 15. Zweites Ende15th second end
  • 16. Schacht16th shaft
  • 19. Siebträger19. Portafilter
  • 20. Achse der Trommel20th axis of the drum
  • 21. Wärmetauscher21. Heat exchanger
  • 22. Gebläse22nd blower
  • 23. Heizeinrichtung23. Heating device
  • 24. Ausnehmung im Schlitten24. recess in the carriage
  • 25. Reservoir, erstes Teil25. Reservoir, first part
  • 26. Luftstrom in der Tür26. Airflow in the door
  • 27. Reservoir, zweites Teil27. Reservoir, second part
  • 28. Abdeckung28. cover
  • 29. Ritzel29. Pinion
  • 30. Tür
    Lochung    30th door
    perforation

Claims (11)

Hausgerät mit einer linear bewegbaren Komponente (8,9), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Komponente mittels eines Schubbandes (12) bewegbar ist.Domestic appliance with a linearly movable component (8,9), characterized in that the component by means of a sliding band (12) is movable. Hausgerät nach Anspruch 1, bei dem das Schubband (12) bombiert ist.Domestic appliance according to claim 1, wherein the push band (12) is cambered. Hausgerät nach einem der vorigen Ansprüche, bei dem das Schubband (12) eine Lochung (31) aufweist und von einem Motor (11) über ein Ritzel (29) antreibbar ist.Domestic appliance according to one of the preceding claims, in which the push band (12) has a perforation (31) and can be driven by a motor (11) via a pinion (29). Hausgerät nach einem der vorigen Ansprüche, bei dem das Schubband (12) gebogen ist.Domestic appliance according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the push band (12) is bent. Hausgerät nach einem der vorigen Ansprüche, bei dem das Schubband (12) aus einem Stahl besteht.Domestic appliance according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the push band (12) consists of a steel. Hausgerät nach einem der vorigen Ansprüche, bei dem das Schubband (12) eine Beschichtung aus einem Gleitmittel aufweist.Domestic appliance according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the push band (12) has a coating of a lubricant. Hausgerät nach einem der vorigen Ansprüche, welches als Vorrichtung zum Trocknen von Wäsche (1) mittels eines Luftstroms ausgebildet ist und eine Trommel (2) zur Aufnahme der Wäsche (1) und ein Kanalsystem (3,4,5) zur Führung des Luftstroms aufweist, wobei das Kanalsystem (3,4,5) einen abströmseitig der Trommel (2) angeordneten Abschnitt (3) aufweist, in welchem der Luftstrom in einer fallenden Richtung geführt ist und in welchem ein Sieb (6) zum Auffangen von Flusen (7) aus dem Luftstrom angeordnet und dem Sieb (6) eine Rakel (8,9) zum Abstreifen aufgefangener Flusen (7) zugeordnet ist, und wobei die Rakel (8,9) die von dem Schubband (12) bewegbare Komponente (8,9) ist.Domestic appliance according to one of the preceding claims, which is designed as a device for drying laundry (1) by means of an air flow and a drum (2) for receiving the laundry (1) and a channel system (3,4,5) for guiding the air flow in which the channel system (3, 4, 5) has a section (3) arranged downstream of the drum (2), in which the air flow is guided in a falling direction and in which a sieve (6) for collecting lint (7) arranged from the air stream and the screen (6) is associated with a doctor blade (8,9) for stripping trapped lint (7), and wherein the doctor blade (8,9) of the push belt (12) movable component (8,9) is. Hausgerät nach Anspruch 8, bei dem das Sieb (6) eine etwa horizontal angeordnete und in der fallenden Richtung gewölbte Rinne (6) ist und die Rakel (8,9) eine federnd auf dem Sieb (6) abstützbare und entsprechend der Rinne (6) gebogene Folie (8) aufweist.Domestic appliance according to claim 8, wherein the sieve (6) is an approximately horizontally arranged and in the falling direction curved channel (6) and the doctor blade (8,9) one resilient Having supportable on the screen (6) and corresponding to the channel (6) curved film (8). Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 8 und 9, bei der der Abschnitt (3) durch einen Lagerschild (10) erstreckt ist und das Sieb (6) in dem Lagerschild (10) angeordnet ist.Device according to one of Claims 8 and 9, in which the section (3) is extended through a bearing plate (10) and the screen (6) is arranged in the bearing plate (10). Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 8 bis 10, bei der die Rakel (8,9) an einem ersten Ende (14) der Rinne (6) eine Ruheposition hat und an einem zweiten Ende (15) der Rinne (6) ein Schacht (16) zur Aufnahme abgestreifter Flusen (7) vorgesehen ist.Device according to one of claims 8 to 10, wherein the doctor blade (8,9) at a first end (14) of the channel (6) has a rest position and at a second end (15) of the channel (6) has a shaft (16 ) is provided for receiving stripped lint (7). Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 8 bis 12, bei der das Sieb (6) auf einem gitterförmigen Siebträger (19) aufliegt.Device according to one of claims 8 to 12, wherein the sieve (6) rests on a latticed filter holder (19).
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