EP2146000A1 - Machine de blanchisserie avec dispositif de suppression de peluches - Google Patents

Machine de blanchisserie avec dispositif de suppression de peluches Download PDF

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EP2146000A1
EP2146000A1 EP08160353A EP08160353A EP2146000A1 EP 2146000 A1 EP2146000 A1 EP 2146000A1 EP 08160353 A EP08160353 A EP 08160353A EP 08160353 A EP08160353 A EP 08160353A EP 2146000 A1 EP2146000 A1 EP 2146000A1
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Alberto Bison
Carlo Urbanet
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Electrolux Home Products Corp NV
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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
    • D06F58/00—Domestic laundry dryers
    • D06F58/20—General details of domestic laundry dryers 
    • D06F58/22—Lint collecting arrangements

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  • the present invention relates to a laundry machine with a fluff-removing device.
  • the present invention relates to a laundry machine comprising a fluff-removing device in turn comprising a filter for catching fluff conveyed by a stream of air; cleaning means connected or associated to, and for detaching fluff from, the filter; and a fluff bin connected to, and for collecting fluff detached from, the filter.
  • the fluff bin is housed in a seat formed inside the machine and accessible from outside the machine through an opening, is of relatively small capacity, only capable of collecting fluff from one machine operating cycle, and must therefore be emptied by the user after each operating cycle and before starting the next cycle.
  • numeral 1 indicates as a whole a laundry machine, in the example shown, a front-loading laundry drier.
  • Laundry drier 1 comprises a front wall 2; and an opening 3 formed at one end of front wall 2 and communicating with a seat 4 formed in laundry drier 1 to house a fluff drawer 5 having a front wall 6 defining a bottom portion of front wall 2 of laundry drier 1.
  • Drawer 5 is accessible and can be removed periodically by the user of laundry drier 1 from seat 4 to remove the fluff collected inside drawer 5.
  • a stream of hot air is fed into the drum (not shown) and over the laundry.
  • the air flowing out of the drum, after flowing through the laundry, also takes with it a certain amount of fluff detached from the laundry, and which is filtered and collected by a fluff-removing device 7.
  • fluff-removing device 7 comprises a fluff filter 8, an intermediate bin 9, and final fluff drawer 5 located downstream from intermediate bin 9 and accessible by the user.
  • filter 8 is pocket-shaped, and the fluff-containing air stream flows over two major lateral walls 10 designed to trap the fluff in the mesh of filter 8.
  • Filter 8 is associated to cleaning means adapted to detach fluff from the filter 8.
  • a vibrating device 11 is connected to the filter 8 and operated periodically to vibrate major lateral walls 10 and easily detach the fluff collected on filter 8 to prevent clogging of filter 8.
  • intermediate bin 9 located directly below filter 8. More specifically, intermediate bin 9 has an opening 12 having a central portion formed through a bottom wall 13, and two lateral portions formed respectively in two major lateral walls 14 and 15. The central portion of opening 12 is formed substantially halfway along bottom wall 13, and divides bottom wall 13 into two downward-sloping half-walls 16 which are lowest at opening 12. The fluff detached from filter 8 drops onto bottom wall 13 and slides by gravity along the two sloping half-walls 16 to opening 12 and into drawer 5. Intermediate bin 9 is also connected to vibrating device 11 to vibrate the two half-walls 16 to assist downward flow by gravity to opening 12 of the fluff deposited on bottom wall 13. It is important to note that opening 12 is formed substantially halfway along bottom wall 13 to minimize the distance travelled by the fluff.
  • the fluff issuing from intermediate bin 9 through opening 12 collects by gravity inside drawer 5, which has a large enough capacity to hold the fluff collected in a number of operating cycles of laundry drier 1.
  • laundry drier 1 provides for a substantial reduction in fluff removal time, by virtue of the fluff being detached from filter 8 and transferred from intermediate bin 9 to drawer 5 practically simultaneously by vibrating device 11.
  • opening 12 is formed substantially at one end of bottom wall 13, which slopes downwards and is lowest at opening 12.
  • Figures 3 and 4 show two different embodiments of intermediate bin 9, which are similar to intermediate bin 9 in Figure 2 , and the corresponding parts of which are indicated, where possible, using the same reference numbers.
  • intermediate bin 9 has an opening 17 formed through the bottom wall 13, substantially at one end of the bottom wall 13.
  • An Archimedean screw 18 is contained within the intermediate bin 9 and is turned by a motor (not shown) so as to deliver fluff to the opening 17.
  • the fluff detached from filter 8 drops by gravity into the intermediate bin 9 and is conveyed by the Archimedean screw 18 to opening 17; through the opening 17, the fluff collects by gravity inside drawer 5, which has a large enough capacity to hold the fluff collected in a number of operating cycles of laundry drier 1.
  • Figure 4 shows in detail a variation of intermediate bin 9, which may be used to advantage when laundry drier 1 is connected to a second laundry machine, in this case a washing machine (not shown), to form a laundry unit.
  • drier 1 in the course of the drying cycle, hot air is fed into the drum (not shown) and over the laundry to dry and evaporate the moisture in the laundry. Since the air flowing out of the drum (not shown) is therefore typically saturated with moisture, drier 1 comprises condensing means (not shown), and a condensate collecting tank (not shown) located inside drier 1.
  • Intermediate bin 9 has two openings 19 and 20 formed through two minor lateral walls 21 and 22, and bottom wall 13 slopes downwards and is lowest at opening 20. Part of the condensate produced during the drying cycle is fed by a tube 23 from the tank into intermediate bin 9 through opening 19, and flows out of intermediate bin 9 through opening 20 to flush out the fluff deposited on bottom wall 13.
  • the washing machine comprises a wash water drain system, and is connected to laundry drier 1 so that the drying cycle condensate and fluff flowing out of laundry drier 1 through opening 18 are fed into a tube 24 in turn connected to the washing machine drain system.
  • This embodiment has no removable drawer 5, in that the fluff is flushed out periodically and automatically at each operating cycle, and therefore need not be removed by the user.
  • filter 8 is connected or associated to mechanical means, for example a brush, which ARE adapted to detach fluff from the filter 8.
  • the brush is connected to a supporting element and is adapted to wipingly slide upon the lateral walls 10 of filter 8 for periodically detaching fluff.
  • Embodiments of laundry drier 1 described above have numerous advantages, by reducing or even totally eliminating intervention by the user to empty the fluff drawer 5.
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WO2012022642A1 (fr) * 2010-08-20 2012-02-23 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH Appareil de traitement du linge équipé d'un filtre à peluches
EP2458070A1 (fr) * 2010-10-12 2012-05-30 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Sèche-linge et son dispositif de nettoyage de peluches
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JP2013128531A (ja) * 2011-12-20 2013-07-04 Panasonic Corp 衣類乾燥機
CN103911801A (zh) * 2012-12-31 2014-07-09 Lg电子株式会社 衣物处理装置
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DE102014223966A1 (de) * 2014-11-25 2016-05-25 BSH Hausgeräte GmbH Filtergehäuse, entnehmbare Filtereinheit mit einem solchen sowie Haushaltsgerät mit einer solchen
EP3066254A4 (fr) * 2013-11-05 2017-06-21 Barrett, Kenneth A. Système de collecte de peluches pour séchoir

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US9096970B2 (en) 2010-05-04 2015-08-04 Lg Electronics Inc. Clothes treating apparatus
EP3584362A1 (fr) * 2010-05-04 2019-12-25 LG Electronics Inc. Appareil de traitement de vêtements
US8869421B2 (en) 2010-05-04 2014-10-28 Lg Electronics Inc. Control technology for clothes treatment apparatus
EP2567017A4 (fr) * 2010-05-04 2014-01-15 Lg Electronics Inc Appareil de traitement de vêtements
EP2567017A2 (fr) * 2010-05-04 2013-03-13 LG Electronics Inc. Appareil de traitement de vêtements
EP2567018A4 (fr) * 2010-05-04 2017-12-27 LG Electronics Inc. Techniques de commande pour appareil de traitement de vêtement
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EP2567016A2 (fr) * 2010-05-07 2013-03-13 LG Electronics Inc. Appareil de traitement de vêtements et technologie de filtration
WO2011139092A3 (fr) * 2010-05-07 2012-07-19 Lg Electronics Inc. Appareil de traitement de vêtements et technologie de filtration
CN102884244A (zh) * 2010-05-07 2013-01-16 Lg电子株式会社 衣物处理装置以及过滤技术
CN102884244B (zh) * 2010-05-07 2015-08-26 Lg电子株式会社 衣物处理装置以及过滤技术
WO2012022642A1 (fr) * 2010-08-20 2012-02-23 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH Appareil de traitement du linge équipé d'un filtre à peluches
EP2458070A1 (fr) * 2010-10-12 2012-05-30 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Sèche-linge et son dispositif de nettoyage de peluches
US8667705B2 (en) 2010-10-12 2014-03-11 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Clothes dryer and lint cleaning device thereof
JP2013128531A (ja) * 2011-12-20 2013-07-04 Panasonic Corp 衣類乾燥機
CN103911801B (zh) * 2012-12-31 2016-07-06 Lg电子株式会社 衣物处理装置
US9316440B2 (en) 2012-12-31 2016-04-19 Lg Electronics Inc. Laundry treatment apparatus
CN103911801A (zh) * 2012-12-31 2014-07-09 Lg电子株式会社 衣物处理装置
EP3066254A4 (fr) * 2013-11-05 2017-06-21 Barrett, Kenneth A. Système de collecte de peluches pour séchoir
DE102014223966A1 (de) * 2014-11-25 2016-05-25 BSH Hausgeräte GmbH Filtergehäuse, entnehmbare Filtereinheit mit einem solchen sowie Haushaltsgerät mit einer solchen

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