EP2196573A1 - Appareil ménager avec une surface pour traitement des pièces de linge à la vapeur - Google Patents

Appareil ménager avec une surface pour traitement des pièces de linge à la vapeur Download PDF

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EP2196573A1
EP2196573A1 EP08171494A EP08171494A EP2196573A1 EP 2196573 A1 EP2196573 A1 EP 2196573A1 EP 08171494 A EP08171494 A EP 08171494A EP 08171494 A EP08171494 A EP 08171494A EP 2196573 A1 EP2196573 A1 EP 2196573A1
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Daniele Da Riol
Michele Bisaro
Fabio Pasut
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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
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  • the present invention relates in general to the field of household appliances, and in particular to a household appliance for washing and/or drying clothes.
  • Garments made of delicate textile materials are not adapted to undergo regular drying treatments in a tumble dryer, owing to the mechanical stresses, mainly in the form of impacts, which the textile fibres would be subject to.
  • more gentle drying treatments are required, such as line drying or flat drying, which on the other hand are rather time-consuming processes, especially in wintertime.
  • the present invention proposes an improvement to the solutions set forth in the cited European patent applications.
  • a household appliance comprising a cabinet provided with a worktop defining a surface adapted to support thereon clothes to be treated.
  • a steam generation unit is provided, operable to generate steam, and a steam delivery system is fluidly connected to the steam generation unit and adapted to deliver steam to said surface.
  • said surface may have a plurality of apertures.
  • Said steam delivery system may be fluidly connected to and adapted to deliver steam through at least some apertures of said plurality of apertures.
  • An air passage may be provided underneath the surface, and said steam delivery system may be are arranged to deliver steam into said air passage.
  • the steam delivery system may comprises at least one steam delivery nozzle.
  • the said steam delivery system may comprise a plurality of steam delivery nozzles, each one arranged to deliver steam directly to a respective one of said apertures.
  • the steam delivery system may comprises a handheld steam delivery tool fluidly connectable or connected to a steam delivery outlet provided on the appliance cabinet and adapted to deliver steam generated by the steam generation unit.
  • the steam generation unit may be a steam generation unit provided in said cabinet for generating steam to be supplied to a clothes loading drum of the household appliance.
  • the apertures in the worktop surface may be in fluid communication with an air conveying system adapted to deliver a flow of air through said apertures, so as to gently drying garments or clothes laid on the worktop surface.
  • the air conveying system may comprises at least one heater operable to heat the flow of air to be delivered through said apertures.
  • clothes and garments can be laid on the worktop of the household appliance and be subjected to a steam flux, so as for example to prepare them for subsequent ironing, or simply to refresh them.
  • a household appliance 100 in particular a household appliance for washing (e.g., a domestic washing machine) and/or drying clothes (e.g. a domestic dryer or washer/dryer), wherein a solution according to an embodiment of the present invention is advantageously implemented.
  • a household appliance for washing e.g., a domestic washing machine
  • drying clothes e.g. a domestic dryer or washer/dryer
  • the household appliance 100 comprises an outer casing or cabinet 105 with a worktop 110 and a front panel 115 carrying operational input and setting controls, a drum (not visible in Figure 1 ) rotatably supported inside the cabinet 105 and adapted to be loaded with the items to be washed and/or dried, an opening in a front wall 120 of the cabinet 105 for loading and unloading the items into and from the drum, and a door 125 for closing said opening.
  • the worktop 110 of the household appliance 100 comprises a drying surface 130 having a plurality of apertures 135 , each one of which is fluidly connected to conveying means adapted to direct a flow of air through said apertures 135 , for gently drying garments that are placed on the drying surface 130 .
  • Garments to be dried can be placed on the drying surface 130 , and air is caused to flow through the apertures or perforations 135 so as to hit the garments placed thereon, thereby gently drying it.
  • the drying surface 130 comprises two surfaces, one being the surface of the worktop 110 itself, and the other being the surface of a drawer-like element 140 which is slidable in an accommodation or housing 205 , visible in Figure 2 , provided in the worktop 110 and having appropriate slide guiding means; the drawer-like element 140 can slide between a first position, in which the drawer-like element 140 , and thus its drying surface, is contained, i.e.
  • the drying surface may consist of the surface of the drawer-like element 140 only, the surface of the worktop 110 not being provided with apertures, or the drawer-like element 140 may be absent, the drying surface being in such a case formed only by the top surface of the worktop 110 .
  • the drying surface of the drawer-like element 140 enables garments to be dried even when the surface of the worktop 110 is not directly accessible, due to obstacles immediately above the worktop.
  • both the worktop 110 and the drawer-like element 140 are internally hollow so as to integrally form an air passage 210 for conveying the flow of drying air under and along the drying surface 130 .
  • the accommodation 205 further defines a drying-medium conveying channel adapted to fluidly connect the air passage 210 with air circulating means 215 .
  • the air circulating means 215 may for instance comprise at least one blower arranged inside the appliance cabinet 105 and adapted to take in air from either the interior or the exterior of the cabinet 105 to convey it into the air passage 210 .
  • the blower may be housed within a proper accommodation provided to this purpose inside the cabinet of the appliance, in order to take in the ambient air from the interior of the cabinet (which is normally not air-tight and thus is in fluid communication with the external ambient, from which air can enter into the cabinet).
  • a communication duct 220 is provided in the worktop 110 and/or the cabinet 105 to connect the air circulating means 215 to the air passage 210 .
  • the conveying means may be located outside the casing 105 , for example, the air circulating means 210 and the communication duct 220 may be associated to the upper backward portion of the casing 105 in proximity to and below the worktop 110 projecting from the casing, or the air circulating means 210 and the communication duct 220 may arranged above the worktop 110 in fluidly connection with the accommodation 205 .
  • the air conveyed to the drying surface may be process air used to dry the items inside the dryer drum, or air used to cool a condenser present in the appliance to remove moisture from the process air used to dry the items in the drum.
  • Heating means 225 may also be provided, for instance comprising one or more electric heating elements arranged downstream the air circulating means 215 and upstream the air passage 210 .
  • the heating means 225 may be housed inside the communication duct 220 .
  • the household appliance 100 is equipped with a steam generation unit 230 , for example housed within the cabinet 105 .
  • the steam generation unit 230 is fluidly connected to a water tank 235 , for example through a valve and/or pump 240 , and receives from the tank 235 the water to be converted into steam.
  • the steam generation unit 230 may be of conventional construction, comprising for example an electric boiler.
  • a steam delivery conduit 245 delivers the generated steam from the steam generation unit 230 to a steam delivery nozzle 250 arranged to deliver steam into the drying-medium conveying channel defined by the accommodation 205 , and thus to the drying surface 130.
  • the activation of the air circulating means 215 , of the heating means 225 and of the steam generation unit 230 is for example controllable, preferably in an independent manner, by means of specific controls provided on the appliance control panel 115 , or directly integrated on the worktop 110 , or integrated in the handgrip portion 207 of the drawer-like element 140 .
  • the garments to be dried are laid upon the drying surface 130 , if necessary after extracting the drawer-like element 140 from the worktop 110 (depending on the garments size and/or number).
  • hot air starts flowing through the apertures 135 in the drying surface 130 so as to hit the garments laid thereupon and dry them.
  • steam generation unit 230 steam is also injected into the drying-medium conveying channel 205 , and flows through the apertures 135 .
  • the steam generation unit 230 may be activated while the air circulating means 215 and the heating means 225 may be left off or be activated.
  • the steam generation unit 230 may be a special unit specifically provided in the household appliance 100 ; this may be for example the case of a washing machine, which normally are not equipped with a steam generation unit for other purposes.
  • the steam generation unit already provided in the household appliance 100 for different purposes may be exploited for delivering steam to the drying surface 130 .
  • a steam generation unit 330 already provided in the dryer or washer/dryer 100 for supplying steam into a drum 360 where items to be drier are loaded may be used.
  • valves 365 and 370 may preferably be provided for in the steam delivery duct 245 and in a duct 375 delivering steam to the drum, such valves being controllable through the controls of the appliance, so as to enable selective delivery of steam either to the drum, or to the drying surface 130 , or to both; in this way, it may for example be possible to deliver steam to the drying surface even when the drier is not operating to dry clothes in the drum.
  • the steam generation unit in the household appliance for example the steam generator 330 already provided in a dryer or washer/dryer for delivering steam to the items in the drum, may be exploited to deliver steam to garments and clothes laid upon the drying surface 130 of the worktop 110 by using a hand-held tool, like the tool 500 shown in Figure 5 , that through a hose 570 is connectable or connected to a steam delivery outlet 575 provided for example on the front panel of the cabinet 105 , and at which a steam delivery conduit 580 (preferably with a controllable valve 585 inserted therein) coming from the steam generation unit 330 ends.
  • the valves allow steam to be delivered in a selective way to either the tool 500 or to the drying surface, or to both of them.
  • the present invention may be implemented in any one of the different embodiments of household appliance described in the cited European patent applications No. EP 1845185 and No. EP 1854916 , which are incorporated herein by reference.

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PCT/EP2009/008830 WO2010066426A1 (fr) 2008-12-12 2009-12-10 Appareil électroménager avec surface de traitement du linge à la vapeur

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WO2014163388A1 (fr) 2013-04-02 2014-10-09 Lg Electronics Inc. Appareil de traitement du linge
EP2933367A1 (fr) * 2014-04-01 2015-10-21 Indesit Company S.p.A. Appareil de lavage domestique comportant des moyens de génération de vapeur pour usage externe
IT202000008398A1 (it) * 2020-04-20 2021-10-20 Mario Furieri Dispositivo per il lavaggio e l'asciugatura di manufatti in tessuto

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EP1854916A1 (fr) 2006-05-09 2007-11-14 Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V. Appareil ménager
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EP1854916A1 (fr) 2006-05-09 2007-11-14 Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V. Appareil ménager
US20080053163A1 (en) 2006-09-05 2008-03-06 Park Sang H Multiple laundry treating machine
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EP2933367A1 (fr) * 2014-04-01 2015-10-21 Indesit Company S.p.A. Appareil de lavage domestique comportant des moyens de génération de vapeur pour usage externe
IT202000008398A1 (it) * 2020-04-20 2021-10-20 Mario Furieri Dispositivo per il lavaggio e l'asciugatura di manufatti in tessuto
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