EP2032756B1 - Waschmaschine für den haushalt mit verbessertem bottich - Google Patents

Waschmaschine für den haushalt mit verbessertem bottich Download PDF

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EP2032756B1
EP2032756B1 EP07725512A EP07725512A EP2032756B1 EP 2032756 B1 EP2032756 B1 EP 2032756B1 EP 07725512 A EP07725512 A EP 07725512A EP 07725512 A EP07725512 A EP 07725512A EP 2032756 B1 EP2032756 B1 EP 2032756B1
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Fabio Zanello
Edy Raffin
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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 
    • D06F39/04—Heating arrangements
    • 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
    • D06F37/00—Details specific to washing machines covered by groups D06F21/00 - D06F25/00
    • D06F37/26—Casings; Tubs
    • D06F37/261—Tubs made by a specially selected manufacturing process or characterised by their assembly from elements
    • D06F37/262—Tubs made by a specially selected manufacturing process or characterised by their assembly from elements made of plastic material, e.g. by injection moulding
    • 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
    • D06F37/00—Details specific to washing machines covered by groups D06F21/00 - D06F25/00
    • D06F37/26—Casings; Tubs
    • D06F37/267—Tubs specially adapted for mounting thereto components or devices not provided for in preceding subgroups

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  • the invention relates to an improved type of washing machine with front or top loading, but with a horizontal or inclined axis, preferably of the domestic type, having a washing tub provided with a resistor for heating the washing bath, which may be assembled by means of a solely rectilinear movement parallel to the axis of the tub.
  • washing tubs of clothes washing machines with a horizontal axis generally have in the bottom zone a resistor for heating the washing bath.
  • This resistor is usually inserted inside the tub by forming a small suitable opening in one of the two vertical circular walls which close laterally the cylindrical sleeve of the tub and introducing there said resistor in a suitable position, leaving outside obviously the power supply terminals; the opening is then closed using known hermetic fixing means.
  • the resistor assembly operation at present must be performed in a completely manual manner, since it is required to gain access inside the tub before completion thereof, namely with the associated half-shells still separated, in order to perform the necessary operations for positioning and fixing the resistor against at least one of said half-shells; typically the end result of assembly of the resistor inside the tub can be seen in the patent EP 0344549 ( Fig. 2 ).
  • the patent EP 0,352,499 discloses arranging inside the tub of a washing machine a shaped plate on which a heating resistor formed as a thick film is deposited; this solution, however, does not solve the problem of automatability of the assembly method and, moreover, said resistor generally is not able to withstand for long periods the highly abrasive environment inside the washing tub - due to the temperature - of the moving liquid and detergent.
  • a washing machine with a horizontal-axis or inclined-axis cylindrical tub which has a heating resistor inserted inside the tub via a lateral and substantially vertical wall, assuming a position close to the cylindrical sleeve of the said tub and with an orientation parallel to the axis of the tub, so that the introduction of the resistor and the means for assembling and closing the latter may be performed by means of a sole rectilinear movement in a direction parallel to the axis of the said tub, and, therefore, in accordance with the ultimate object of the invention which consists in the possibility of assembling and disassembling the resistor without opening the tub and without the aid of additional pre-assembled supporting parts, which washing machine may also be provided with a tub made of thermoplastic material.
  • a washing machine according to the invention comprises an approximately cylindrical tub 1 with the horizontal axis "X" and provided with a front opening 2 formed in one of the flat vertical walls 3 which form the two bases of the tub cylinder.
  • a heating resistor 20 with an elongated form is arranged on the bottom inner portion of the volume of the tub and in the vicinity of the bottom 4 of the latter; said resistor is formed in a conventional manner, i.e. with shape in the form of a very long U, so that one of its ends 5 reaches substantially a vertical wall 3, while the other end extends towards the opposite wall 8, without however touching it; for the sake of convenience of the description, in the remainder of the present document, the term “end 9" will be used and written also as "terminal portion 9".
  • One of said ends 5 is engaged with one of said walls 3 via an engaging means 6 of a type known per se, provided so as to close a respective hole 7 arranged in said wall 3.
  • a retaining part able to fix the opposite end 9 of said resistor is arranged on the opposite wall 8; according to Figs. 1 and 2 said retaining part is formed as a parallelepiped 10 fixed with only one side on the zone of said wall 8 which faces said hole 7; said part 10 has, on its outer wall 8 directed towards said hole 7, a recessed portion 13.
  • an engaging device 16 able to fit inside said recessed portion 13 is mounted on said opposite end 9 of the resistor 20.
  • said device 16 is formed by a small spring or in any case by a resilient element such that, when it is inserted also with great precision towards said recessed portion 13, it is self-positioned inside the latter, while remaining fixed to said end 9.
  • a second embodiment consists in mounting, on said opposite side 8, a flat bracket 11 in the form of a small metal flange having a laterally open incision 22 formed in its outer edge 21.
  • Said flat bracket 11 is fixed onto the bottom of the tub so that the plane in which it extends is arranged vertically and passes along the axis "X" and said incision 22 is situated symmetrically opposite said engaging means 6 on the opposite wall 3 of the tub.
  • the resistor 20 after it has been properly assembled, extends inside the tub and towards the opposite wall 8 with a length such that its U-curved end 9 fits precisely into said incision 22, being retained therein.
  • the geometry and the relative dimensions of the parts described must be such as to achieve the object and also the teaching of the invention whereby assembly of the resistor, or replacement thereof, may be performed without it being necessary to open the half-shells or the different parts forming the tub, but simply by means of a rectilinear movement parallel to said axis "X" of said resistor and said engaging, support and closing means 6 so as to obtain the two main advantages of the invention, described above and for the sake of brevity not repeated here.
  • this second embodiment of the invention may pose a problem if the tub, and also said flat bracket 11, are made of thermoplastic material.
  • the resistor 20 is powered even when the tub is not filled with water and therefore said resistor 20 is not submerged; in this case its temperature increases very greatly, until it reaches a few hundreds of degrees, and since the resistor makes contact with said bracket 11, the latter may melt or even set fire to the plastic tub inside which it is inserted.
  • the U-shaped terminal portion 9 of said resistor is constructed so that it has parts with a very low specific resistivity in said terminal portion 9; basically the resistive elements 30 are arranged only along the extension of the resistor defined by the length "S" in Fig. 7 , while the U-shaped terminal portion 9 has a very low resistivity conductor 31 passing through it.
  • said terminal portion 9 is never heated to a significant degree and therefore, even in the event that the situation described above should occur, its temperature never reaches a level such as to compromise the integral condition of the tub or the safety conditions in general.

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  1. Haushaltswaschmaschine vom Frontladertyp, die einen im Wesentlichen zylindrischen Laugenbehälter mit einer horizontalen X-Achse umfasst, welche folgende Elemente aufweist:
    - eine Öffnung (2) für den Zugriff auf den Innenbereich, welche an einer der flachen, vertikalen Seitenflächen (3) angeordnet ist;
    - einen Heizwiderstand (20), der in einem kleinen Abstand vom unteren Abschnitt (4) des Laugenbehälters angeordnet ist und an einem seiner Enden (5) mit einem Eingriffmittel (6) verbunden ist, das in einem Loch (7) montiert ist, das in einer der flachen Seitenflächen (3) gebildet ist;
    - Befestigungsmittel, die geeignet sind, eine Verbindung mit dem im Verhältnis zu dem Laugenbehälter gegenüberliegenden Ende (9) des Widerstands (20) herzustellen, wobei die Befestigungsmittel mindestens einen Rückhalteteil umfassen, der an der Seitenfläche des Laugenbehälters gegenüber der Fläche (3) angeordnet ist, in der das Loch (7) gebildet ist, und im Wesentlichen so, dass er dem Loch (7) zugewandt ist,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Rückhalteteil als dicker, flacher Bügel (11) ausgeführt ist und an seiner Kante (21), gegen das Loch (7) gerichtet, eine seitlich offene Einbuchtung (22) aufweist, die gegen das Loch (7) gerichtet ist, wobei das Ende (9) des Widerstands (20) gegenüber dem Ende (5), das mit dem Loch (7) verbunden ist, geeignet ist, in die Einbuchtung (22) einzugreifen, wenn der Widerstand am Laugenbehälter montiert ist, wobei der letzte Teil bzw. das Ende (9) des Widerstands (20) gegenüber dem Ende (5), das in das Loch (7) eingreift, im Wesentlichen frei von Widerstandsheizelementen ist.
  2. Maschine gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Widerstand (20) die Form eines U oder eines sehr langen, offenen Rings hat, und dass der dicke, flache Bügel (11) in einer Ebene angeordnet ist, die im Wesentlichen senkrecht zu der Ebene des "U" steht.
  3. Maschine gemäß Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Laugenbehälter (1) aus thermoplastischem Material gefertigt ist und dass die Rückhalteteile (10, 11) einstückig mit dem Laugenbehälter ausgebildet sind.
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IT000026U ITPN20060026U1 (it) 2006-06-28 2006-06-28 Lavabiancheria domestica con vasca perfezionata
PCT/EP2007/004612 WO2008000323A1 (en) 2006-06-28 2007-05-24 Domestic washing machine with improved tub

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