EP1862581B2 - Procédé destiné à l'utilisation d'un appareil ménager, particulièrement un sécheur où une machine à laver, et un appareil ménager - Google Patents

Procédé destiné à l'utilisation d'un appareil ménager, particulièrement un sécheur où une machine à laver, et un appareil ménager Download PDF

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EP1862581B2
EP1862581B2 EP06011421.2A EP06011421A EP1862581B2 EP 1862581 B2 EP1862581 B2 EP 1862581B2 EP 06011421 A EP06011421 A EP 06011421A EP 1862581 B2 EP1862581 B2 EP 1862581B2
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Hans-Joachim Klug
Uta Kreutzfeldt
Johannes Sierl
Thomas Loy
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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 concerns a method for operating a domestic appliance and a domestic appliance, especially a home dryer or a washing machine,
  • Home dryers and washing machines are well known in the state of the art. In relation to home dryers it is thereby known to dry textiles using a condensation process or using a wet exhausting air process.
  • the dryer comprises as a rule a rotatable drum in which the textiles are contained when the textiles are treated with hot water steam.
  • the steam generated by a steam unit is conducted by a conduit and a steam injector into the drum.
  • the steam has during the operation in the drum normally a temperature of equal or more than 100°C. Opening the door used for loading and un-loading the drum of the dryer with textiles during the run of a program for treating textiles with steam can therefore be dangerously for an operator.
  • WO 03/057966 discloses a combined automated system for performing any combination of cleaning fabric, drying fabric and ironing fabric comprising at least one treatment unit configured to treat the fabric item with a treatment agent, at least one suspension system for suspending said at least one fabric item in said treatment unit and at least one activation element for activating said treatment unit.
  • US 5,315,727 discloses a tub cover which is mounted on an upper opening of a tub of a washing machine, and includes a case shoulder and an inner cover having a condenser with the inner cover hinged with the case shoulder.
  • the condenser comprises a steam inflow opening for enabling the upward passing steam from the tub, a water container member having a plurality of heat-exchanger plates, for heat-exchanging with steam entering therein, and a steam outflow opening for passing outward steam heat-exchanged in the container water member.
  • the heat-exchanger plate comprises a plurality of orifices provided in a plurality of convex portions, and a water container formed between the convex portions.
  • US 5,111,529 discloses an electric warm-air humidifier comprising an evaporation chamber which has a steam outlet and contains an electric heating element.
  • the chamber and the heating element are immersed in water contained in the main compartment of an open, removable tray, having a smaller filling compartment communicating with the main compartment.
  • the tray may be removed from the housing for cleaning.
  • the neck of an inverted, removable jug filled with water is placed into the filling compartment.
  • a blower is mounted above the evaporation chamber and delivers cool air through a duct which communicates with the evaporation chamber via its steam outlet.
  • the humidifier also contains a control element to prevent damage to the heating element and signal lamps warning an attendant to refill the jug with water.
  • the invention is defined by the features of claims 1, 8 and 20, respectively.
  • the inventors have recognized that every interruption of a program for treating textiles with steam should be supervised because independently thereof whether the interruption was caused by the operator or not there is always potentially the danger that the operator opens the door of the domestic appliance without thinking about the hot steam inside the domestic appliance. It is therefore reasonable to provide at least one preferably more actions that the operator is not hurt by the hot steam generated in the domestic appliance, when an interruption of a run of a program for treating textiles with hot steam occurs.
  • the action is taken, when a door for loading and un-loading a room of the domestic appliance with textiles is opened, whereby the opening of the door interrupts the program for treating the textiles with steam.
  • the domestic appliance has a door to a rotatable drum containing the textiles during the operation of the domestic appliance.
  • the door comprises a mechanism for opening and closing the door. It is proposed to have sensing means working together with the mechanism for opening and closing the door. Preferably the sensing means are connected with control means of the domestic appliance.
  • the control means finally initiate the action for the protection of the operator, when the door is opened during a run of a program for treating the textiles with steam.
  • the action is taken, when the program for treating textiles with steam is interrupted by activation of a switching equipment of the domestic appliance.
  • the switching equipment comprises preferred a stop-button or a start/rest-button. Theses buttons are as a rule part of a operating panel of the domestic appliance.
  • the switching equipment can also be a kind of virtual button e.g. a button displayed on a screen e.g. displayed on a touch screen.
  • the action is also taken, when the run of the program for treating textiles with steam is interrupted by a failure of the domestic appliance.
  • a failure can be e.g. a short interruption of the supply voltage of the domestic appliance which can cause the interruption of the run of the program for treating textiles with steam.
  • An alternative action is to release at least one warning signal to the operator which calls the operator's attention to the hot steam inside the domestic appliance especially inside the drum.
  • the warning signal can be an acoustic and/or an optical warning signal.
  • the warning signal is an optical warning signal it is preferred displayed with an optical display, which comprises a lamp or a LED-display (light emitting diode) or the operating panel of the domestic appliance, which operating panel comprises particularly a LCD-display (liquid crystal display).
  • Another action for protection of an operator is to stop at least partially the supply of steam to the room, particularly to the drum of the domestic appliance containing the textiles, when an interruption of a run of a program for treating textiles with steam occurs.
  • the control means of the domestic appliance stop as a rule the activity of the steam unit, in particular the activity of the pump of the steam unit and/or the heating of the steam generator.
  • the supply of steam to the room of the domestic appliance containing the textiles can be at least partially stopped by closing a conduit which is used for supplying the room with steam.
  • the conduit can thereby be closed by a valve, preferred by a magnetic valve.
  • Another possibility according to the invention to protect an operator is to deplete the steam unit of the domestic appliance of steam at least partially, when an interruption of a run of a program for treating textiles with steam occurs.
  • This can be achieved by a valve, preferred a magnetic valve.
  • the opening and closing of the valve is controlled by the control of the domestic appliance.
  • the steam is thereby conducted in a part or in parts of the domestic appliance to which the operator has as a rule no contact or no access.
  • the supply of steam to the room of the domestic appliance containing the textiles can be at least partially stopped by the reversion of the flux of the steam through the steam unit.
  • a reversion of the flux of the steam through the steam unit thus the steam do not flow through a conduit and an injector in direction to the room containing the textiles but flows in the opposite direction.
  • the pump of the steam unit which normally pumps water out of a water tank into the steam generator of the steam unit is thereby operated in a reversed mode. In the reversed mode the pump of the steam unit is operated in an opposite direction and pumps the steam already generated in the steam generator into the water tank.
  • the door for loading and un-loading the domestic appliance with textiles can not be opened after an interruption of an active program for treating textiles with steam until there is no more danger for an injury of an operator.
  • the door for loading and un-loading the domestic appliance with textiles can not be opened for a certain period of time and/or until the temperature and/or the atmospheric moisture in the room of the domestic appliance containing the textiles has/have a certain value. The opening of the door is in these cases thus either time controlled or temperature controlled or atmospheric moisture controlled.
  • the domestic appliance can be in case of a dryer a dryer of the condensation type or a dryer of the exhaust air type.
  • the domestic appliance comprises a control and a memory storing at least one program for treating textiles with steam, wherein the control is adjusted to execute at least one of the aforementioned methods.
  • the invention is consecutively exemplarily described for a domestic appliance in form of a home dryer.
  • the domestic appliance according to the invention can also be a washing machine comprising a steam unit as described later and an operating mode for treating textiles with steam.
  • FIG 1 shows a front view of a dryer, especially a home dryer 1.
  • FIG 2 shows in one embodiment of the invention components of the home dryer 1 of FIG 1 .
  • the home dryer 1 of FIG 1 and FIG 2 is a condensation type dryer.
  • the home dryer 1 comprises a housing 2 with a door 3 for loading and un-loading a drum 4 with not shown textiles.
  • the drum 4 is rotatable around an axis A by means of a motor 5 and a belt 6.
  • the drum 4 is in a not shown way respectively pivoted.
  • the home dryer 1 For drying textiles the home dryer 1 comprises a conduit 7 for the supply air to the drum 4, a heating element 8 in case of the on hand embodiment arranged in or near the conduit 7 for the supply air, a conduit 9 for the exhausted air, a heat exchanger 10, a sump 11, a pump 12, a water tank or condensate collector 13, a first fan 14 in case of the on hand embodiment arranged in the conduit 7 for the supply air and a second fan 15 arranged near the heat exchanger 10.
  • the first fan 14 and the second fan 15 are connected to a drive motor 16.
  • the home dryer 1 comprises an operating panel 30 with an display 31 and a turning knob 32 for choosing a program for drying textiles and/or a program for treating textiles with steam.
  • the operating panel 30 is connected to control means in form of a control 40 of the home dryer 1.
  • the control 40 is preferably a program driven computer and comprises a memory 41.
  • a plurality of different programs for drying textiles and programs for treating textiles with steam is stored in the memory 41 which can be chosen with the turning knob 32.
  • the display 31 is preferably a LCD-display.
  • the display 31 is particularly intended for displaying program information and operating data of the home dryer 1.
  • the knob 32 and the display 31 can also be used for setting operating parameters of the home dryer 1.
  • the home dryer 1 In one operation mode of the home dryer 1, when a program for drying textiles is chosen by an operator with the turning knob 32 of the operating panel 30 the home dryer 1 is operated in an air circulation mode. Thereby air heated by the heating element 8 in the conduit 7 for the supply air is applied by means of the fan 14 to wet textiles contained in the rotating drum 4. In the drum 4 the heated air is charged with moisture. The air charged with moisture arrives by means of the conduit 9 for the exhausted air at the heat exchanger 10 which is cooled with the fan 15. Water condenses in the heat exchanger 10 and is collected in the sump 11. The pump 12 pumps the water of the sump 11 into the condensate collector 13. Now the air is again heated and conducted by means of the fan 14 into the drum 4.
  • the home dryer 1 comprises therefore a steam unit.
  • the steam unit comprises a water tank 20, a pump 21, a steam generator 22 and a injector 23 for the steam connected to the steam generator 22 by a conduit 24.
  • the operator can choose a program for treating textiles with steam with the turning knob 32.
  • water contained in the water tank 20 is pumped by the pump 21 into the steam generator 22 and there heated.
  • the steam generated in the steam generator 22 arrives by means of the conduit 24 and the injector 23 at the drum 4.
  • the hot water steam is then applied to the textiles contained in the drum 4, which thereby rotates around the axis A.
  • the hot water steam has a temperature of 100°C and more. This process particularly the run of the respective program is again controlled by the control 40.
  • a mechanism 17 for opening and closing the door 3 is equipped with additional sensing means 18.
  • the sensing means 18 are e. g. a light barrier or any other appropriate sensor for registering at once the opening of the door 3 with the mechanism 17.
  • the sensing means 18 are connected to the control 40 (not shown in the drawings). Therefore the control 40 can at once register when the door 3 is opened.
  • the run of a program for treating textiles with steam can also be interrupted by the activation of switching means.
  • Switching means for such an interruption are in the case of the on hand embodiment a stop-button 33 and/or a start/rest-button 34 of the operating panel 30 of the home dryer 1. The switching of any of these buttons is registered by the control 40.
  • control 40 When the control 40 registers an interruption of a run of a program for treating textiles with steam is it by means of the sensing means 18 or by getting a stop signal or rest signal based on the activation of the stop-button 33 or of the start/rest-button 34 the control 40 runs in a kind of emergency mode and releases at once at least one warning signal. Preferably an acoustic and an optical warning signal are released or generated by the control 40 to direct the operator's attention to the hot steam inside the drum 4.
  • the acoustic warning signal is released e.g. by means of a buzzer or a speaker 35 of the operating panel 30 to the operator.
  • the warning signal can be e.g. a beep or a spoken warning like "attention- hot steam”.
  • the optical warning signal is released by means of an optical display preferably arranged in the front of the home dryer 1.
  • the optical display can be e.g. a lamp, particularly a red lamp 36 or a LED-display or the LCD-display 31.
  • the optical warning signal can thus be only a red warning light or in case of the LCD-display 31 red blinking words like "attention- hot steam".
  • control 40 stops after registering an interruption of a run of a program for treating textiles with steam the further supply of hot steam of the steam unit to the drum 4.
  • the control 40 especially stops the operation of the pump 21 of the steam unit and the operation of the heating of the heat generator 22 of the steam unit.
  • the supply of steam to the drum 4 can thereby be stopped by closing the conduit 24 by a magnetic valve 25 which is attached to the conduit 24 and controlled by the control 40.
  • a further possibility to stop the supply of steam to the drum 4 containing the textiles can be the reversion of the flux of the steam through the steam unit.
  • the pump 21 of the steam unit which normally pumps water out of a water tank 20 into the steam generator 22 is thereby preferably operated in a reversed mode. In the reversed mode the pump 21 is operated in an opposite direction and pumps the steam already generated and still present in the steam generator 22 into the water tank 20.
  • the pump 21 is thereby controlled by the control 40.
  • Another action to protect an operator is to deplete the steam unit of the home dryer 1 of the steam, when an interruption of a run of a program for treating textiles with steam occurs.
  • This can be achieved by a magnetic valve 26 attached to the steam unit.
  • the magnetic valve 26 is attached to a conduit connecting the pump 21 und the steam generator 22.
  • the opening and closing of the magnetic valve 26 is controlled by the control 40.
  • the magnetic valve 26 is opened in direction to a conduit 27 which is attached to the magnetic valve 26 and the steam is conducted by means of the conduit 27 in a part or in parts of the home dryer 1 to which the operator has as a rule no contact or no access.
  • the steam unit When the conduit 27 is connected to the magnetic valve 25 the steam unit can also be depleted of the steam by means of the magnetic valve 25 and the conduit 27. In this case the magnetic valve 26 is not necessary.
  • Another action taken by the control 40 in case of an interruption of a run of a program for treating textiles is to conduct as fast as possible the hot steam contained in the drum 4 out of the drum 4.
  • This can be done by a separate conduit connected to the drum 4 and equipped with a controllable valve.
  • the conduit 7 for the supply air and/or the conduit 9 for the exhausted air are used for conducting the hot steam out of the drum 4.
  • the conduit 7 for the supply air is used because of the fan 14 inside the conduit 7. So the control 40 can activate the motor 16 in such a way that the hot steam is conducted out of the drum 4 by means of the fan 14 which is operated in the reverse direction in comparison to the drying mode (see arrow in FIG 2 ).
  • the control 40 blocks the door 3 with a not explicitly shown closing device of the mechanism 17.
  • the door 3 can thereby not be opened until there is no more danger for an injury for the operator.
  • the door 3 is blocked by the control 40 for a certain period of time, e.g. 1 minute, and/or until the temperature and/or the atmospheric moisture in the drum 4 has reached a certain value.
  • the value of the temperature can be registered with a separate temperature sensor 19 connected to the control 40 or in a respectively way with a not shown temperature sensor of the steam generator 22 whereby based on the temperature of the steam generator 22 and a known cool down behaviour of the steam in the drum 4 the control 40 computes the temperature in the drum 4.
  • the value of the atmospheric moisture can be registered with a separate sensor 28 connected to the control 40 or with a already existing sensor of the home dryer 1.
  • the invention was afore described in connection with a home dryer of the condensation type. But the invention is not limited to home dryer of the condensation type. The invention is also applicably in home dryers using a wet exhausted air process as illustrated in FIG 3 . Components shown in FIG 3 which are in type and function identically or comparably with components shown in FIG 2 have the same reference numerals.
  • heated air is conducted in the drum 4 by means of the conduit 7 for supply air, the heating element 8 and the fan 14 for drying wet textiles contained in the drum 4.
  • the air charged with moisture is conducted from the drum 4 to the outside of the home dryer.
  • the home dryer of FIG 3 can like the home dryer of FIG 2 be operated with at least one program for treating textiles in the drum 4 with hot steam.
  • the same actions can be taken as described above. Acoustic and optical warning signals can be released in the same way.
  • the supply of steam to the drum 4 can be stopped by the control 40.
  • the steam unit can be depleted of steam.
  • the steam contained in the drum 4 can be conducted out of the drum by means of the conduit 7 and the fan 14 whereby the fan can be operated in both turning direction. Also the door 3 can be blocked for a certain period of time and /or until the temperature in the drum 4 has reached a certain value.
  • the invention is also applicable to washing machines comprising a steam unit and an operating mode for treating textiles with hot steam.

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  1. Procédé pour faire fonctionner un appareil domestique, en particulier un sèche-linge domestique (1) ou une machine à laver, lequel appareil domestique (1) comprend une unité de vapeur et une chambre (4) pour traiter des textiles avec de la vapeur générée par l'unité de vapeur, au moins une mesure pour la protection d'un opérateur de l'appareil domestique (1) étant prise lorsqu'il se produit une interruption d'un programme actif pour traiter des textiles avec de la vapeur, de sorte que l'opérateur ne soit pas blessé par la vapeur générée dans l'appareil domestique (1), caractérisé en ce que la mesure comprend
    - le fait de conduire la vapeur contenue dans la chambre (4) pour traiter les textiles hors de la chambre (4).
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la mesure est prise lorsqu'une porte (3) pour charger et décharger des textiles dans/d'une chambre (4) de l'appareil domestique (1) est ouverte pendant le fonctionnement du programme pour traiter des textiles avec de la vapeur.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel la mesure est prise lorsque le programme pour traiter des textiles avec de la vapeur est interrompu par l'activation d'un équipement de commutation (33, 34) de l'appareil domestique (1).
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 3, dans lequel l'équipement de commutation comprend un bouton d'arrêt (33) ou un bouton de marche/pause (34).
  5. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la mesure est prise lorsque le programme pour traiter des textiles avec de la vapeur est interrompu par une défaillance de l'appareil domestique (1).
  6. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel un ventilateur (14) est utilisé pour conduire la vapeur hors de la chambre (4) contenant les textiles.
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 6, dans lequel la vapeur contenue dans la chambre (4) pour traiter des textiles est conduite hors de la chambre (4) au moyen d'un conduit (7) pour fournir de l'air dans la chambre (4) et/ou au moyen d'un conduit (9) pour évacuer l'air hors de la chambre (4), lequel conduit ou lesquels conduits est/sont normalement utilisé(s) dans un mode de fonctionnement pour sécher des textiles.
  8. Procédé pour faire fonctionner un appareil domestique, en particulier un sèche-linge domestique (1) ou une machine à laver, lequel appareil domestique (1) comprend une unité de vapeur et une chambre (4) pour traiter des textiles avec de la vapeur générée par l'unité de vapeur, au moins une mesure pour la protection d'un opérateur de l'appareil domestique (1) étant prise lorsqu'il se produit une interruption d'un programme actif pour traiter des textiles avec de la vapeur de telle sorte que l'opérateur ne soit pas blessé par la vapeur générée dans l'appareil domestique (1), la mesure comprenant l'arrêt au moins partiel de l'alimentation en vapeur de la chambre pour traiter des textiles,
    caractérisé en ce que l'arrêt de l'alimentation en vapeur de la chambre pour traiter des textiles comprend
    - la fermeture d'un conduit (24) pour alimenter la chambre (4) pour traiter des textiles ou
    - la vidange au moins partielle de la vapeur hors de l'unité de vapeur ou
    - l'inversion du flux de la vapeur à travers l'unité de vapeur ou
    - l'arrêt de l'activité d'une pompe (21) prévue pour fournir de l'eau à l'unité de vapeur.
  9. Procédé selon la revendication 8, dans lequel la mesure est prise lorsqu'une porte (3) pour charger et décharger des textiles dans/d'une chambre (4) de l'appareil domestique (1) est ouverte pendant le fonctionnement du programme pour traiter des textiles avec de la vapeur.
  10. Procédé selon la revendication 8, dans lequel la mesure est prise lorsque le programme pour traiter des textiles avec de la vapeur est interrompu par l'activation d'un équipement de commutation (33, 34) de l'appareil domestique (1).
  11. Procédé selon la revendication 10, dans lequel l'équipement de commutation comprend un bouton d'arrêt (33) ou un bouton de marche/pause (34).
  12. Procédé selon la revendication 8, dans lequel la mesure est prise lorsque le programme pour traiter des textiles avec de la vapeur est interrompu par une défaillance de l'appareil domestique (1).
  13. Procédé selon au moins l'une des revendications 8 à 12, dans lequel le conduit (24) est fermé par une soupape (25).
  14. Procédé selon au moins l'une des revendications 8 à 12, dans lequel la vapeur est au moins en partie vidangée hors de l'unité de vapeur par une soupape (26).
  15. Procédé selon au moins l'une des revendications 8 à 12, dans lequel l'unité de vapeur comprend un générateur de vapeur (22) et une pompe (21) pour pomper de l'eau dans le générateur de vapeur (22), la pompe (21) de l'unité de vapeur fonctionnant dans un mode inversé.
  16. Procédé selon au moins l'une des revendications 8, 10 à 15, dans lequel la porte (3) pour charger et décharger des textiles dans/de l'appareil domestique (1) ne peut pas être ouverte après une interruption d'un programme actif pour traiter des textiles avec de la vapeur jusqu'à ce qu'il n'y ait plus de risque de blessure d'un opérateur.
  17. Procédé selon la revendication 16, dans lequel la porte (3) pour charger et décharger des textiles dans/de l'appareil domestique (1) ne peut pas être ouverte pendant un certain intervalle de temps et/ou tant que la température et/ou l'humidité atmosphérique dans la chambre (4) de l'appareil domestique (1) contenant les textiles n'ont pas atteint une certaine valeur.
  18. Procédé selon au moins l'une des revendications 1 à 17, dans lequel l'appareil domestique est un sèche-linge du type à condensation ou un sèche-linge du type à échappement d'air.
  19. Appareil domestique, en particulier sèche-linge domestique (1) ou machine à laver, comprenant une commande (40) et une mémoire (41) mémorisant au moins un programme pour traiter des textiles avec de la vapeur, la commande (40) étant ajustée pour mettre en œuvre un procédé selon au moins l'une des revendications 1 à 18.
  20. Procédé pour faire fonctionner un appareil domestique, en particulier un sèche-linge domestique (1) ou une machine à laver, lequel appareil domestique (1) comprend une unité de vapeur et une chambre (4) pour traiter des textiles avec de la vapeur générée par l'unité de vapeur, au moins une mesure pour la protection d'un opérateur de l'appareil domestique (1) étant prise lorsque qu'il se produit une interruption d'un programme actif pour traiter des textiles avec de la vapeur, de telle sorte que l'opérateur ne soit pas blessé par la vapeur générée dans l'appareil domestique (1), caractérisé en ce que la mesure comprend
    - l'émission d'au moins un signal d'avertissement afin d'attirer l'attention de l'opérateur sur la vapeur chaude à l'intérieur de la chambre (4) pour traiter des textiles,
    la mesure étant prise :
    lorsque le programme pour traiter des textiles avec de la vapeur est interrompu par l'activation d'un équipement de commutation (33, 34) de l'appareil domestique (1) et que l'équipement de commutation comprend un bouton d'arrêt (33) ou un bouton de marche/pause (34), ou
    lorsque le programme pour traiter des textiles avec de la vapeur est interrompu par une défaillance de l'appareil domestique (1).
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MX2008015307A MX2008015307A (es) 2006-06-01 2007-06-01 Metodo para operar un aparato domestico, especialemente una secadora domestica o una maquina lavadora, y aparato domestico.
PCT/EP2007/004857 WO2007137861A1 (fr) 2006-06-01 2007-06-01 procÉdÉ de fonctionnement d'un appareil ÉLECTROMÉNAGER, notamment un sÈche-linge ou une machine À laver, et appareil ÉLECTROMÉNAGER
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