EP2194832A1 - Verbesserte hydraulikpumpe - Google Patents

Verbesserte hydraulikpumpe

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EP2194832A1
EP2194832A1 EP08786999A EP08786999A EP2194832A1 EP 2194832 A1 EP2194832 A1 EP 2194832A1 EP 08786999 A EP08786999 A EP 08786999A EP 08786999 A EP08786999 A EP 08786999A EP 2194832 A1 EP2194832 A1 EP 2194832A1
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Prior art keywords
impeller
tail piece
pump
cavity
shaft
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French (fr)
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EP2194832B1 (de
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Sergio Bonacina
Elvio Tonus
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Nidec Sole Motor Corp SRL
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Appliances Components Cos SpA
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L15/00—Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware
    • A47L15/42—Details
    • A47L15/4214—Water supply, recirculation or discharge arrangements; Devices therefor
    • A47L15/4225—Arrangements or adaption of recirculation or discharge pumps
    • 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 
    • D06F39/08—Liquid supply or discharge arrangements
    • D06F39/083—Liquid discharge or recirculation arrangements
    • D06F39/085—Arrangements or adaptations of pumps

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  • the present invention refers to a pump, in particular a circulation pump of the kind driven by an electric motor and used in such household appliances as dishwashing machines, or the like, as defined in the preamble of claim 1 appended hereto.
  • the need arises for a technical introductory remark to be made in this connection i.e. the power rating and the torque, in particular the starting torque, available at the shaft of the electric motors that are generally used to drive pumps of the above-cited kind shall be such as to ensure that the motor is able to start even under rather difficult conditions, which practically means that, if the machine where the pump is used is left inoperative for a certain extended period of time, i.e. for some weeks or even months, the same machine shall be able to be started and operate regularly as soon as it is switched on, at the lowest allowable voltage ensured by the power supply line to which the machine is connected.
  • the same pump may undesirably run into a locked state, in that some of its parts that are in contact and interact with each other may "stick" together due to the presence of small particles or debris of foreign matters remaining and settling there from the last cycle of operation performed by the machine; in general such foreign matters or debris consist of minute particles of food, bread, etc., the effect of which - as all those skilled in the art are well aware of - is exactly such "sticking" problem arising between mutually interacting parts of the pump, so as to cause the drive motor to ultimately run into locked conditions.
  • the related motors are generally oversized by design, so as to be able to provide a starting torque that is well in excess to the one that is normally required under ideal conditions. Now, owing to such oversizing, these motors tend to also provide a maximum torque that may be even far higher than the operating torque needed by the related pump for it to be able to operate correctly.
  • Figures 1 , 2 and 3 illustrate a pump according to the prior art; in particular, Figures 1 and 2 are a perspective cross-sectional view and an axial sectional view, respectively, of the pump, which comprises a chamber 1 , in which there is accommodated the impeller 2, an electric motor 3, a rotation shaft 4 of the motor transmitting the rotary motion thereof to said impeller, a centrifugal splash-guard member 5, of a kind as generally known as such in the art, which is mounted on said shaft 4, a rear wall 6 closing said chamber 1 at a position located between said impeller and the motor, said motor shaft 4 being obviously provided so as to extend through said rear wall.
  • a tightly sealing effect between said rear wall 6 and the motor shaft 4 is ensured by a pressure-induced contact between a suitable ring 7 provided concentrically to said rear wall 6 - and therefore stationary and usually made of a ceramic material - and a corresponding hollow cylindrical member 8 firmly joined to said impeller - and therefore rotating and usually made of a material such as Teflon ® - and capable of sliding in tightly sealing manner against said ring 7.
  • Such cylindrical member 8 is preferably connected to and supported on the impeller by means of appropriate cylindrical fittings or supports 9, which are in turn firmly joined to the same impeller.
  • the average distance from the axis of rotation of said cylindrical member 8 to said plane annular region A is also reduced as a logical result of said diameters being reduced as indicated above, and since such average distance corresponds to the lever arm, whose resisting force is given by the friction opposed - due to sticking - by said region A, it ensues that reducing said diameters will also cause said lever arm to be reduced; the ultimate result is that the resisting torque generated by said annular region A becomes markedly smaller, just as desired.
  • a reduction in the area of said annular region A which necessarily implies a reduction of the mutually mating diameters, refers in particular to the reduction of the inside diameter D1 of the ring 7 extending around the tail piece 9 that is firmly joined with the impeller; said tail piece 9 is in fact an internally threaded hollow extension that is capable of being screwed on a corresponding threading 10 provided on the exterior of the shaft 4.
  • the impeller is attached to the shaft by simply screwing said tail piece 9 thereof on to said outer threading 10 of the shaft.
  • the decrease in said diameter D1 shall therefore be matched by a corresponding decrease in the outside diameter D2 of the tail piece 9 and the outer threading 10 of the shaft 4.
  • a first drawback derives from the reduction in the wall thickness of the tail piece, which is connected with a resulting weakening in the radial direction thereof; practically, when such tail piece is ultimately screwed and tightened on, the same tail piece tends to deform into a stepped configuration, i.e. to form into steps around said outer threading 10, thereby preventing a firm and reliable grip from being ensured between the impeller and the shaft;
  • a pump in particular of the kind adapted to circulate liquids in electric household appliances, such as dishwashing machines or the like, in which the casing of the pump is attached to the casing of a drive motor, and is provided with an inner hollow pump chamber adapted to accommodate an impeller provided with vanes, and comprising:
  • FIG. 4 is a median cross-sectional view, across the common axis of the pump and the motor and the related mechanical connections, of a pump according to the present invention
  • - Figure 5 is an exploded view of the most significant parts making up the pump shown in Figure 4;
  • FIG. 6 is a perspective cross-sectional view of the representation in Figure 5;
  • FIG. 7 is an exploded axial sectional view of the pump generally shown in Figure 4, as suitably enlarged to better illustrate a possible water-tightness problem;
  • Figure 7A shows the same view as Figure 7, wherein the related component parts are shown in the assembled state thereof;
  • FIG. 8 is an axial sectional view of the pump shown in Figure 4, as provided with a first improved embodiment aimed at solving the water-tightness problem illustrated in Figures 7 and 7A;
  • FIG. 9 is a further axial sectional view of the pump shown in Figure 4, as provided with a second improved embodiment.
  • centrifugal splash-guard member 5 of a kind generally known as such in the art, mounted to said shaft 4,
  • cylindrical member 8 coaxial to and firmly joined, and therefore rotating, with said impeller, as generally made of a material such as Teflon ® and capable of sliding in a tightly sealing manner on said ring 7, as duly pressed by a spring of a kind as generally known as such in the art thereagainst, wherein such cylindrical member 8 is connected to and supported on the impeller by means of appropriate cylindrical fittings or supports 11 , which are in turn firmly and sealingly joined to the same impeller.
  • Said fittings 11 are in turn coaxial and tightly applied on to the tail piece 9, which is firmly joined with the impeller.
  • said tail piece 9 is in turn tightly screwed on to the rotation shaft 4.
  • said splash-guard member 5, which is shrink-fitted on to the shaft 4 externally with respect to said back wall 6, is so shaped as to feature an inner cavity 5A opening towards the impeller and provided with an inner step-like configuration 12 situated at a certain distance from the outer edge 14 thereof, and having an inside fit-in diameter M1 that is larger than the diameter M2 thereof after said step-like configuration 12.
  • the outer terminal portion of the tail piece 9 is so sized as to ensure that the outside diameter thereof is substantially equal to said inside fit-in diameter M1 , so that it is able to exactly fit into said cavity 5A of said splash-guard member 5, while however stopping with the cylindrical annular border 18 thereof abutting against said step-like configuration 12.
  • the terminal portion of the tail piece 9 is accommodated within the outermost portion of the splash-guard member 5, in which it is shut-in and locked- up, actually.
  • said shaft 4 may of course be made of an oxidation-resistant material such as stainless steel, but this would mean a definite increase in costs that is inconsistent with the actual purpose of the present invention.
  • the length of the shaft 4 and the inner cavity 5A of the tail piece 9 is defined so that, even after the tail piece is fully tightened on to the shaft, between the terminal planar side 20 of the same shaft and said bottom 21 inside the tail piece 9 there still remains a small empty chamber 23, as this is schematically illustrated in Figures 6 and 9, thereby ensuring a permanent separation of said terminal planar side 20 from said bottom 21.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Water Supply & Treatment (AREA)
  • Structures Of Non-Positive Displacement Pumps (AREA)
EP08786999A 2007-09-25 2008-08-07 Verbesserte hydraulikpumpe Not-in-force EP2194832B1 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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IT000068A ITPN20070068A1 (it) 2007-09-25 2007-09-25 "gruppo integrato di motori elettrici"
PCT/EP2008/060403 WO2009040176A1 (en) 2007-09-25 2008-08-07 Improved hydraulic pump

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EP2194832A1 true EP2194832A1 (de) 2010-06-16
EP2194832B1 EP2194832B1 (de) 2012-11-28

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JP6178187B2 (ja) * 2013-09-25 2017-08-09 日立アプライアンス株式会社 ドラム式洗濯機

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FR2247114A5 (en) * 1973-10-05 1975-05-02 Thomson Brandt Electric motor-centrifugal pump combination - has impeller with extending shaft in material resistant to line fluid corrosion
DE3710311A1 (de) * 1987-03-28 1988-10-06 Licentia Gmbh Kreiselpumpe, insbesondere fuer geschirrspuelmaschinen
DE10019819A1 (de) * 2000-04-20 2001-10-31 Fhp Motors Gmbh Pumpe, insbesondere Umwälzpumpe für Haushaltsmaschinen wie Geschirrspülmaschinen
EP1279836A1 (de) * 2001-07-26 2003-01-29 Bonferraro S.p.A. Umsteuerbare Pumpe mit zwei Pumpenauslassen

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