EP2143861A1 - Scharnierteil und Haushaltsgerät - Google Patents

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EP2143861A1
EP2143861A1 EP09165000A EP09165000A EP2143861A1 EP 2143861 A1 EP2143861 A1 EP 2143861A1 EP 09165000 A EP09165000 A EP 09165000A EP 09165000 A EP09165000 A EP 09165000A EP 2143861 A1 EP2143861 A1 EP 2143861A1
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household appliance
hinge part
flange
hinge
door
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Angel Caudevilla De Sola
Elena Cortes Perez
Carlos Lopez Palacios
Alberto Romeo Carnicero
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BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D5/00—Construction of single parts, e.g. the parts for attachment
    • E05D5/02—Parts for attachment, e.g. flaps
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F39/00—Details of washing machines not specific to a single type of machines covered by groups D06F9/00 - D06F27/00 
    • D06F39/12—Casings; Tubs
    • D06F39/14—Doors or covers; Securing means therefor
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D7/00—Hinges or pivots of special construction
    • E05D7/12—Hinges or pivots of special construction to allow easy detachment of the hinge from the wing or the frame
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/30—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for domestic appliances
    • E05Y2900/312—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for domestic appliances for washing machines or laundry dryers

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  • the invention relates to a hinge part for holding a door at a front of a household appliance, comprising a pivot element and a mounting means for mounting the hinge part to the front, wherein said mounting means is connected to said pivot element and comprises a contact area for contacting an outer surface of the front and a flange located spaced apart from and at least partly adjacent to the contact area.
  • the invention relates to a household appliance comprising at least two hinge parts that are separately fixed to a front of said household appliance, and a door pivotable around said at least two hinge parts, each of said hinge parts comprising a pivot element and a mounting means for mounting the hinge part to said front, wherein said mounting means is connected to said pivot element and comprises a contact area contacting an outer surface of said front and a flange located spaced apart from and at least partly adjacent to the contact area.
  • the invention relates to such household appliance embodied in a washing machine or clothes dryer.
  • the hinge part shown comprises a pivot element, in this case a protrusion having a hole for insertion of a corresponding pivot, and a mounting means formed to contact an outer surface of the front and being screwed to the front by a screw inserted from an inner surface which opposes the outer surface.
  • the hinge part has a flange protruding from the mounting means and located spaced apart from a contact surface of the mounting means contacting the outer surface, to rest on the outer surface as the hinge part is mounted thereto, and the flange has a tab inserted into a corresponding hole in the front.
  • the disclosure of the said document also comprises a household appliance having a door pivotable around two such hinge parts separately fixed to a front of the appliance. It is noted that, in the present context, a "front" of an appliance needs not to be oriented in a vertical fashion. Rather, the front is understood the region where a door or a similar access to an interior of the appliance is provided.
  • WO 2007/065793 A1 discloses a door for closing a washing machine which can be loaded from the front or a tumble dryer of this type that is connected to the housing by means of a hinge in such a way that the door can be pivoted over a great opening angle and terminates flushly or approximately flushly to the outside with the front face of the housing.
  • the door-side hinge part is installed and fastened in a recessed receptacle between the frame parts and of the door.
  • the hinge parts and each have a crescent-shaped base plate and which extends along the door frame and reaches beyond the lateral apertures and the bearing blocks which are provided in the frame.
  • WO 2006/122842 A1 relates to a door lock for frontally loading a washing machine, a drier or similar devices, which is mounted on the machine front wall, wherein said door lock comprises a stop knob and a locking segment provided with an undercut, the front wall comprises an aperture and a stop opening, the locking segment, in the operating position thereof, is connected by behind to the opposite edges of the aperture and the undercut, and the stop knob is inserted into the stop opening.
  • the invention is characterized in that the peripheral contour of the undercut is at least partially rounded, thereby enabling the locking segment to be rotatable in the aperture.
  • Such a hinge is usually formed as one large component and may be cast from a zinc alloy like an alloy specifically developed for injection moulding comprising zinc as a base component with additions of aluminium, magnesium, and, optionally, copper, and known under the specification Zamak.
  • the hinge part for holding a door at a front of a household appliance comprising a pivot element and a mounting means for mounting the hinge part to the front, wherein said mounting means is connected to said pivot element and comprises a contact area for contacting an outer surface of the front and a flange located spaced apart from and at least partly adjacent to the contact area.
  • Said flange is an elastic member to be bendable upon mounting to the front, and said flange has a protrusion for engaging with an inner surface of the a front opposite to the outer surface to fix said hinge part to the front.
  • the household appliance comprises at least two hinge parts that are separately fixed to a front of said appliance, and a door pivotable around said at least two hinge parts, each of said hinge parts comprising a pivot element and a mounting means for mounting said hinge part to said front, wherein said mounting means is connected to said pivot element (and comprises a contact area contacting an outer surface of said front and a flange located spaced apart from and at least partly adjacent to the contact area.
  • Said flange is an elastic member to be bendable upon mounting to said appliance, and said flange has a protrusion for engaging with an inner surface of said front opposite to said outer surface to fix said hinge part to said front.
  • the invention may also include a further exploitation of plastic materials for use in hinge parts for household appliances. Accordingly, the invention provides the application of an element which has a considerable and dedicated elasticity, to improve the fixing of the hinge part to the appliance by applying an elastic force. To that end, the invention includes a modification of the flange not to rest on the outer surface but on the inner surface, to provide a type of clamp gripping the front with the said elastic force, to provide an additional and effective fixing for the hinge part.
  • the protrusion at the clamp assists in creating this elastic force, whereby the protrusion may act as a notch to positionally align the hinge part or to clamp the hinge part to the household appliance.
  • the pivot element is a pivot. More preferredly, the pivot comprises a spindle.
  • the contact area is at least partly planar.
  • the distance between the contact area and the flange is equal to or slightly smaller than the thickness of the wall-like attachment region. This ensures a firm seat of the hinge part while easy assembly is still ensured.
  • the flange functions as a nose.
  • the flange reaches over the contact area.
  • the hinge part further comprises a fixing means for fixing the hinge part to the household appliance, e. g., a screw hole, an adhering plane, a welding zone etc.
  • hinges may be fixed into a front panel of the household appliance via a respective recess in the front panel.
  • the hinge parts are made of a plastic base material like the familiar PP and PEEK materials.
  • the base material may comprise a reinforcement filler material like talc and fibres, e. g., glass or ceramic fibres. Any of these embodiments comprises to replace prior art hinges with large and expensive zinc alloy components by cheap and easy-to-produce plastic parts while retaining the full functionality in addition to the general advantages of the invention specified hereinabove.
  • the household appliance is preferredly one of a washing machine and a clothes dryer, including a combined washer-dryer.
  • the hinge part according to the invention further comprises a side tab adapted for fixing the hinge part to the household appliance, preferably by screwing the tab to the front panel of household appliance, or to its door frame. More preferredly, the side tab comprises a screw hole that is aligned with a respective hole in the household appliance.
  • FIG 1 shows a front-loading washing machine 1 having a front panel 2 with an opening (not shown) to load a drum of the washing machine 1.
  • the opening is closed by a door 3 into which is inserted a window 4 for viewing the interior of the drum.
  • the door 3 can be opened by pulling a door handle 5. In the closed position, the door 4 fits into a respective door frame 6.
  • FIG 2 shows the front-loading washing machine 1 with its door missing.
  • the ring-like door frame 6 is mounted to the washing machine 1 by screws 7.
  • At the front side positioned oppositely to the door handle (which is the right side) are mounted two plastic hinge parts 8 for holding the door 3.
  • the door 3 comprises two respective fitting door-side hinge parts. Since their position at the front of the door frame 6, an associated door 3 may swing about an angle of 180° such that in its fully opened position it is situated flushly or nearly flushly with the front panel 2.
  • the frame-side hinge parts 8 are inexpensively manufactured and easily mounted to the door frame, e. g. fixed to the door frame 6 through a respective opening at the most external part of the frame 6, as will be explained in greater detail below.
  • FIG 3 shows a front-loading washing machine 9 similar to the embodiment of FIG 2 .
  • the hinge parts 8 are directly mounted to the front panel 2 of the washing machine 9.
  • FIG 4A to FIG 4D show the hinge part 8 in greater detail.
  • FIG 4A shows a frontal view
  • FIG 4B shows a side view
  • FIG 4C shows a sectional view along the cut line A-A of FIG 4A of the hinge part 8.
  • the hinge part 8 comprises an uprightly standing pivot 10 formed like a spindle and a mounting means 11 connected to the pivot 10 for mounting the hinge part 8 to the household appliance.
  • the mounting means 11 comprises a body 12 having a contact area 13 for contacting an outer (front) surface of the household appliance and a flange 14 located spaced apart at a distance d from and at least partly adjacent to the contact area 13.
  • the flange 14 is an elastic member and at its distal end comprises a protrusion 15 extending in the horizontal direction towards the contact area 13.
  • a tab 16 Extending sideways from the body 12 and integrally formed with it is a tab 16 that comprises a through hole 17 for inserting a screw for fixing the hinge part 8 to the washing machine 1 or 9.
  • the washing machine 1 or 9 should then comprise a corresponding screw hole that is aligned with the through hole 17.
  • Attachment of the hinge part 8 may be easily performed by putting flange 14 into a respective opening of a wall of thickness about d, the distance between flange 14 and contact area 13, and sliding the hinge part 8 downwards until it stops at the connection between body 12 and flange 14.
  • the contact area 13 then planarly contacts the outer surface of the washing machine 1, and the wall is gripped between flange 14 and contact surface 13, to fix or help fixing the hinge part 8 to the wall.
  • Body 12 and flange 14 may be formed integrally.
  • the protrusion 15 may simply hold the hinge by means of friction, or may be inserted in a respective recess or groove of the wall.
  • the hinge part 8 is then fastened by screwing with a screw using the through hole 17.
  • the hinge parts 8 are made of a plastic base material, e. g., PP or PEEK, with or without reinforcement fillers, like fibres.
  • a clothes dryer may be equipped with the described hinge part / hinge system.

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US8756764B2 (en) * 2011-12-07 2014-06-24 Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Removable side hinge with temporary holding feature for a home appliance
WO2017174295A1 (de) * 2016-04-08 2017-10-12 BSH Hausgeräte GmbH Haushaltsgerät mit einer griffmulde

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US3952369A (en) * 1975-03-07 1976-04-27 General Electric Company Hinge structure
US4115901A (en) * 1977-08-04 1978-09-26 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Laundry appliance door hinge
US4914781A (en) 1988-12-27 1990-04-10 Maytag Corporation Hinge assembly for a closure member
WO2005118995A1 (en) * 2004-06-04 2005-12-15 Farel Plastik Elektrik Ve Elektronik Imalat Sanayi A.S Plastic-based washing machine door hinge
WO2006122842A1 (de) 2005-05-20 2006-11-23 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH Türverschlussanbindung
WO2007065793A1 (de) 2005-12-09 2007-06-14 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH TÜR ZUM VERSCHLIEßEN EINER WASCHMASCHINE ODER EINES WÄSCHETROCKNERS

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US3952369A (en) * 1975-03-07 1976-04-27 General Electric Company Hinge structure
US4115901A (en) * 1977-08-04 1978-09-26 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Laundry appliance door hinge
US4914781A (en) 1988-12-27 1990-04-10 Maytag Corporation Hinge assembly for a closure member
WO2005118995A1 (en) * 2004-06-04 2005-12-15 Farel Plastik Elektrik Ve Elektronik Imalat Sanayi A.S Plastic-based washing machine door hinge
WO2006122842A1 (de) 2005-05-20 2006-11-23 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH Türverschlussanbindung
WO2007065793A1 (de) 2005-12-09 2007-06-14 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH TÜR ZUM VERSCHLIEßEN EINER WASCHMASCHINE ODER EINES WÄSCHETROCKNERS

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US8756764B2 (en) * 2011-12-07 2014-06-24 Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Removable side hinge with temporary holding feature for a home appliance
WO2017174295A1 (de) * 2016-04-08 2017-10-12 BSH Hausgeräte GmbH Haushaltsgerät mit einer griffmulde

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