EP2142696B1 - Waschmaschineninstallation - Google Patents

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EP2142696B1
EP2142696B1 EP08749969A EP08749969A EP2142696B1 EP 2142696 B1 EP2142696 B1 EP 2142696B1 EP 08749969 A EP08749969 A EP 08749969A EP 08749969 A EP08749969 A EP 08749969A EP 2142696 B1 EP2142696 B1 EP 2142696B1
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M. Omer Akbas
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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
    • D06F37/00—Details specific to washing machines covered by groups D06F21/00 - D06F25/00
    • D06F37/30—Driving 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
    • D06F33/00—Control of operations performed in washing machines or washer-dryers 
    • D06F33/04—Control of operations performed in washing machines or washer-dryers  non-electrically
    • 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
    • D06F95/00—Laundry systems or arrangements of apparatus or machines; Mobile laundries 

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  • the present invention relates to a laundry installation wherein more than one washing/drying machine is operated.
  • each machine In laundry installations, wherein more than one washer/dryer operates, the control of all the machines is generally maintained by a master controller and having a separate control unit on each machine is not required. Moreover, in laundry installations, functions such as water intake and discharge to and from the machines are performed jointly. Thus, not only benefits of controlling from a single center is taken advantage of but also machines with simpler structures than the separately operating machines can be used, however each of the machines constituting the multiple washing/drying system should have mechanical means like the independent machines in order to perform the washing and drying processes without reducing the performance. Therefore, each machine is provided with a drive motor for maintaining the movement of the drum, the drive motors have to be controlled separately, and the simplification provided in electrical means cannot be provided in the mechanical means.
  • the laundry In washer/dryers, the laundry is emplaced inside a drum and the drum is driven by a motor.
  • belt-pulley systems that transmit power are used between the driver motor and the driven drum.
  • the power transmission efficiency decreases due to sliding of the belt on the pulley and viscoelastic losses of the belt, for example the belt becomes loose by stretching in time.
  • the positions of the motor and the drum shafts with respect to each other should be constant in belt-pulley systems.
  • This limitation necessitates the motor to be mounted on the movable drive group, for example on the tub wherein the drum rotates.
  • the motor mounted on the tub increases the quantity of the moving mass and thus during operation, particularly at high spinning speeds, the inertial forces that have to be attenuated increases.
  • the motor covers have to be specially designed for the motor to be mounted on the tub and the motor, being connected to the tub, prevents the tub from being produced in bigger sizes and increasing the load capacity.
  • the aim of the present invention is to realization of a laundry installation wherein a multiple number of laundry washing/drying machines are operated, enabling energy and cost savings.
  • a gearbox situated in the master machine transmits the movement of the motor shaft outside the master machine.
  • the rotational movement of the motor shaft separates into more than one arm by means of the power transmission elements such as the gear wheel and the magnetic or electromagnetic clutch and exit ends are provided that rotate and extend outwards from the gearbox.
  • the rotary motion of the exit ends are transmitted to slave machines by means of flexible shafts.
  • the torque transmitters situated in the slave machines are used in transmitting the rotational movement of the flexible shafts to the drums. In slave machines an electric motor that drives the drum is not provided instead the torque transmitter serves as the motor for driving the drum.
  • the flexible shafts not only transmit power from the master machine to the slave machines but also are used for power transmission inside the master machine and the slave machines.
  • the flexible shaft connected to the motor shaft or the exit end of the gearbox is used in transmitting the rotational motion of the motor to the drum and the flexible shaft connected to the torque transmitter in the slave machine is used in transmitting the rotational motion to the drum.
  • exit ends are provided in torque transmitters for transmitting the rotary motion received from the flexible shaft to outside the slave machine and thus to transmit movement from one slave machine to the other slave machine successively.
  • material savings is provided by using a lesser number of flexible shafts as compared with transmitting movement from the master machine to all the slave machines from a single center.
  • Figure 1 - is the schematic view of a laundry installation wherein more than one washer/dryer operates.
  • Figure 2 - is the schematic view of a motor and a gearbox in a transmission means.
  • Figure 3 - is the schematic view of a laundry installation in another embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 4 - is the schematic view of a torque transmitter and flexible shafts connected to the torque transmitter.
  • More than one washer/dryer machines (4, 5) operate in a laundry installation (1) wherein large amounts and different types of laundry are washed and dried.
  • the laundry installation (1) of the present invention comprises one master machine (4) that performs the washing/drying processes of the laundry, having a drum (2) wherein the laundry is placed and a motor (3) that drives the drum (2), one or more slave machines (5) that operate connected to the master machine (4) each having a drum (102) wherein the laundry is placed and a transmission means (6) that transmits the rotational movement to the slave machines (4) by using some of the mechanical energy of the master machine (4) motor (3) and maintains to rotate the drums (102) of the slave machines (5).
  • the laundry installation (1) in the laundry installation (1), drive elements that consume energy independently is not required in each slave machine (5) for rotating the drums (102) of the slave machines (5), the mechanical energy needed for moving all the drums (2, 102) is provided from a single center, that is by the motor (3) of the master machine (4).
  • washing and drying processes of laundry are performed by one fully equipped master machine (4) and low cost slave machines (5) having quite a simple structure without motor.
  • the transmission means (6) comprises a gearbox (8) situated in the master machine (4), connected to the motor (3) shaft, that transmits the rotary movement of the motor (3) shaft outside of the master machine (4) by separating into more than one arm by means of power transmission elements such as the gear wheel (D) and the magnetic or electromagnetic clutch, having one or more exit ends (7), each rotating around their own axes separately by the movement received from the motor (3) shaft and one or more flexible shafts (9) that transmit the rotary movement received from the exit ends (7) to the slave machines (5) ( Figures 1, 2 ).
  • a gearbox (8) situated in the master machine (4), connected to the motor (3) shaft, that transmits the rotary movement of the motor (3) shaft outside of the master machine (4) by separating into more than one arm by means of power transmission elements such as the gear wheel (D) and the magnetic or electromagnetic clutch, having one or more exit ends (7), each rotating around their own axes separately by the movement received from the motor (3) shaft and one or more flexible shafts (9) that transmit the rotary movement received from the exit
  • the power transmission yield of the flexible shaft (9) is quite high, for example, the power transmission yield is approximately 80 % in a belt-pulley application whereas the power transmission yield is approximately 95 % in the embodiment of the present invention wherein the flexible shaft (9) is used.
  • a flexible shaft (109) is used in the master machine (4) for transmitting the movement received from the motor (3) shaft or the terminal end (7) of the gearbox (8) to the drum (2) and rotate the drum (2).
  • the necessity for mounting the motor (3) on the tub wherein the drum (2) operates is no longer required for transmitting power and the motor (3) is mounted at a suitable place that is not connected to the tub.
  • the motor (3) can be mounted, for example to the base of the master machine (4) or to the floor of the room wherein the master machine (4) operates thereby the motor (3) is not affected by the oscillatory motion of the drum (2).
  • the transmission means (6) furthermore comprises one or more torque transmitters (10) disposed in the slave machines (5) that transmit the rotary movement received from the flexible shaft (9) to the drum (102) by means of power transmission elements such as the gear wheel (D) and the magnetic or electromagnetic clutch and thus functioning as a driver.
  • a motor, operating by electric energy and rotating the drum (102), is not provided in the slave machines (5), instead the torque transmitter (10) is used for transmitting the movement received from the flexible shaft (9).
  • the torque transmitter (10) functions just like a drive motor without consuming electric energy.
  • Flexible shafts (209) are used in slave machines (5) that rotate the drum (102) by transmitting the movement received from the torque transmitter (10) to the drum (102).
  • the torque transmitter (10) is not affected by the oscillatory motion of the drum (102) and can be mounted on a stationary place in the slave machine (5).
  • the flexible shaft (9) connected to the torque transmitter (10) from outside is also not affected by the oscillatory motion of the drum (102), thus making it easier for connecting the flexible shaft (9) to the slave machine (5).
  • the flexible shaft (9) coming from the master machine (4), can be easily connected to the stationary torque transmitter (10) by passing through an opening formed on the body wall of the slave machine (5) sized such that only the flexible shaft (9) can pass since there is no problem of vibration.
  • transmission rates of the torque transmitter (10) can be changed, the number of revolutions and the rotation moment of the flexible shaft (9) coming from the master machine (4) can be decreased or increased for transmitting to the drum (102).
  • the drum (2) of the master machine (4) and the drum (102) of the slave machine (5) can operate at different speeds, for example, laundry washing operation can be performed in the master machine (4) while laundry drying operation is performed in the slave machine (5).
  • the transmission means (6) comprises one or more exit ends (107) disposed in the torque transmitters (10) for transmitting the rotary motion received from the flexible shaft (9) to outside of the slave machine (5) and thereby transmitting movement from one slave machine (5) to the other slave machine (5) ( Figures 3, 4 ).
  • the movement received from the exit ends (107) is transmitted successively from one slave machine (5) to the other slave machine (5) by the flexible shafts (9) not connected to the master machine (4).
  • savings in materials is provided by using a lesser number of flexible shafts (9) as compared with movement transmission from the master machine (4) to all the slave machines (5) from a single center.
  • the slave machines (5) which are a cheaper and simpler version of the master machine (4), not having a motor, a display or a control panel, that entirely follow the operation of the master machine (4), are used and cost advantage is provided.
  • Flexible shafts (9, 109, 209) are used for rotating the drums (2, 102) of the master machine (4) and the slave machines (5) and for power transmission from the master machine (4) to the slave machines (5) thereby the power of the motor (3) is distributed efficiently.

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  1. Wäscheinstallation (1), die eine oder mehrere Wasch-/Trockenmaschinen (5, 4) umfasst, wobei eine der Maschinen als die Hauptmaschine (4) dient, die alle anderen Wasch-/Trockenmaschinen (5) steuert und eine Trommel (2), in die die Wäsche gegeben wird, und einen Motor (3) aufweist, der die Trommel (2) antreibt, wobei die anderen Wasch-/Trockenmaschinen die untergeordneten Maschinen (5) sind, die von der Hauptmaschine (4) gesteuert werden und verbunden mit der Hauptmaschine (4) arbeiten, wobei jede eine Trommel (102) aufweist, in die die Wäsche gegeben wird, und gekennzeichnet durch ein Übertragungsmittel (6), das die Drehbewegung mithilfe eines Teils der mechanischen Energie des Motors (3) an die untergeordneten Maschinen (5) überträgt und das Drehen der Trommeln (102) der untergeordneten Maschinen (5) aufrechterhält.
  2. Wäscheinstallation (1) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Übertragungsmittel (6) ein Getriebe (8) umfasst, das in der Hauptmaschine (4) angeordnet ist und mit der Welle des Motors (3) verbunden ist und die Drehbewegung der Welle des Motors (3) aus der Hauptmaschine (4) heraus überträgt, indem es sich mithilfe von Kraftübertragungselementen wie dem Getrieberad (D) und der magnetischen oder elektromagnetischen Kupplung in mehrere Arme teilt, und das ein oder mehrere Ausgangsenden (7) aufweist, die sich jeweils separat durch die von der Welle des Motors (3) erhaltenen Bewegung um die eigene Achse drehen.
  3. Wäscheinstallation (1) nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Übertragungsmittel (6) eine oder mehrere flexible Wellen (9) umfasst, die die von den Ausgangsenden (7) erhaltene Drehbewegung an die untergeordneten Maschinen (5) übertragen.
  4. Wäscheinstallation (1) nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Übertragungsmittel (6) eine oder mehrere Drehmomentübertragungseinrichtungen (10) umfasst, die in den untergeordneten Maschinen (5) angeordnet sind und die Bewegung von der flexiblen Welle (9) an die Trommel (102) übertragen und auf diese Weise als Antriebselement dienen.
  5. Wäscheinstallation (1) nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Übertragungsmittel (6) eine Drehmomentübertragungseinrichtung (10) umfasst, deren Übersetzungsverhältnis beim Übertragen an die Trommel (102) geändert werden kann, indem die Anzahl der Umdrehungen und die Drehbewegung der flexiblen Welle (9) von der Hauptmaschine (4) reduziert oder gesteigert werden.
  6. Wäscheinstallation (1) nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass bei der Hauptmaschine (4) eine flexible Welle (109) benutzt wird, die die Bewegung von der Welle des Motors (3) oder vom Ausgangsende (7) des Getriebes (8) an die Trommel (2) überträgt und das Drehen der Trommel (2) aufrechterhält.
  7. Wäscheinstallation (1) nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass bei den untergeordneten Maschinen (5) flexible Wellen (209) zum Drehen der Trommel (102) benutzt werden, indem die Bewegung von der Drehmomentübertragungseinrichtung (10) an die Trommel (102) übertragen wird.
  8. Wäscheinstallation (1) nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Drehmomentübertragungseinrichtung (10) ein oder mehrere Ausgangsenden (107) zum Übertragen der Drehbewegung von der flexiblen Welle (9) aus der untergeordneten Maschine (5) heraus umfasst, um auf diese Weise die Bewegung von einer untergeordneten Maschine (5) an die andere untergeordnete Maschine (5) zu übertragen.
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