EP2215957B1 - Dishwasher, in particular household dishwasher - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a dishwasher, in particular household dishwasher, at least comprising a cutlery basket, in particular a usable in a dish rack cutlery basket having a plurality of Einstellfächern, in each of which at least one piece of cutlery is receivable, wherein the single adjustment compartment between a loading position for loading and unloading the individual Einstellfachs and a diagonal position for performing a cleaning and / or drying of the recordable cutlery is adjustable and wherein in the inclined position, the clear height of the recordable cutlery is reduced compared to the clear height of the recordable cutlery in the loading position.

The washing compartment of a dishwasher is divided by means of an upper and a lower dish rack so that larger dishes, such as plates or pots, can be stacked in the lower dish rack. The upper crockery basket is in contrast due to the reduced height rather with smaller crockery, such as glasses or cups fitted.

In known dishwashers a respective cutlery basket can be used in the cutlery, usually arranged in the lower dish rack. For easy loading of the cutlery basket cutlery parts can be used in a vertically aligned placement position. The clear height of the cutlery parts therefore corresponds approximately to the cutlery component length. The arrangement of the cutlery basket in the lower crockery basket reduces the stacking space for the plates or pots in the lower crockery basket.

The publication JP 2006/280575 A discloses a cutlery basket for a dishwasher, which can be equipped with a plurality of vertically or approximately vertically aligned cutlery, in particular chopsticks. The cutlery basket is formed as a rigid unit and includes both a U-shaped Base as well as a tree-like central part for receiving and fixing the cutlery, especially chopsticks. The cutlery basket can both have several adjustment compartments for the cutlery parts, in particular chopsticks, as well as be introduced into the dishwasher in a vertical orientation or in a direction inclined to the vertical orientation.

The publication JP S 50-82558 U discloses a cutlery basket for a dishwasher, which is equipped with a plurality of vertically or approximately vertically aligned cutlery. The cutlery basket consists essentially of two assemblies, the first assembly forming the rear wall and the two side walls of the cutlery basket and wherein the second assembly form the front wall and the bottom wall of the cutlery basket. The two modules are mutually pivotable about a common axis, so that the receiving area of the cutlery basket is hinged.

The publication DE 10 2004 035 727 A1 discloses a crockery basket with at least one storage device for the arrangement of items to be washed in dishwashers, in particular for the storage of cutlery. The storage device is pivotally mounted on an outer side of the dish rack about a pivot axis and includes a quiver into which at least one separate cutlery basket can be inserted.

The object of the invention is to provide a cutlery basket for a dishwasher, the space requirement in the assembled state can be reduced despite large assembly capacity.

The object is solved by the features of patent claim 1. Preferred embodiments of the invention are disclosed in the dependent claims.

The invention relates to a dishwasher, in particular household dishwasher, at least comprising a cutlery basket, in particular a usable in a dish rack cutlery basket having a Mehrhal of Einstellfächern, in each of which at least one piece of cutlery is receivable, wherein the single Einstellfach between a Beückungsposition Beund / or unloading the single adjustment tray and a slanted position for execution a cleaning and / or drying of the recordable cutlery is adjustable and wherein in the inclined position, the clear height of the recordable cutlery reduced relative to the clear height of the recordable cutlery in the loading position. According to the adjustment compartments are pivotable about mutually parallel axes.

In the oblique position of the cutlery basket can be installed in the upper dish rack due to the reduced clear height of the cutlery, which can be obtained in the lower basket additional stacking space. Due to the inclination of the cutlery pieces this is more exposed to the spray from the spray arm and the falling water than conventional, vertical installation, which improves the mechanical removal rate in the flushing process. In this way, an improved cleaning performance can be achieved.

In the placement position, at least one piece of cutlery can be used substantially vertically. The majority of the adjustment compartments can be brought from the loading position to the oblique position and / or vice versa by a pivoting movement.

In the oblique position of the cutlery basket can be installed in the upper dish rack due to the reduced clear height of the cutlery, which can be obtained in the lower basket additional stacking space. Due to the inclination of the cutlery pieces this is more exposed to the spray from the spray arm and the falling water than conventional, vertical installation, which improves the mechanical removal rate in the flushing process. In this way, an improved cleaning performance can be achieved.

The cutlery basket can have dividing walls separated from each other Einstellfächer in which cutlery can be used. A simple placement of the cutlery basket is made possible by a vertical insertion of the cutlery. For this purpose, the partitions separating the adjustment compartments can project vertically upwards in the loading position.

In a simple embodiment, the adjusting device may be at least one of these partitions, which can spend the stacked cutlery in the oblique position. For this purpose, the partitions can be folded in a pivoting movement about a pivot axis in the oblique position. The inserted cutlery parts are carried in the oblique position of the folded cutlery basket partitions.

According to the prior art, the partitions separating the adjustment compartments are usually fixedly connected to a cutlery basket floor. In contrast, for a simple adjustment, the invention adjustable partitions and the cutlery basket bottom can be separate components. The pivot axis of the adjustable partition can be arranged in the region of the cutlery basket bottom.

For separating the cutlery, the adjustable partition may have separating struts, between which cutlery can be arranged. The separating struts of the partition wall can be computationally or comb-like with projecting from the partition free web ends. The free web ends of the separating struts can project freely upwards in the oblique position. In this way, access from the top of the cleaned cutlery after a rinse is simplified. In particular, the cutlery parts are exposed in the oblique position over their entire length, so that the cutlery parts are hygienically favorable removed from the cutlery basket handles on the cutlery.

Knife baskets known from the prior art are usually covered with an upper separating grid. The separation grid is articulated by way of example pivotally on the cutlery basket top. In contrast, the separating struts according to the invention can be made of the same material and in one piece with the adjustable partition wall. The partition can therefore be designed with the projecting separation struts in side view L-shaped.

Usually, a cutlery basket can have a number of storage compartments arranged one behind the other and next to one another. The associated partitions can all be made adjustable within the meaning of the invention. The partitions can be pivoted separately or together in the inclined position. The associated pivot axes of the partitions may be arranged parallel to each other approximately in a common horizontal plane.

According to one embodiment, the partition may be adjustable via at least one guide pin in a slide track between the loading position and the oblique position. Preferably, the adjustable partitions are arranged at a distance one behind the other between two side backdrop walls. Each of the lateral link walls each has at least one slide track, in which the partitions is guided by lateral guide pins. Depending on the adjusting movement to be carried out, two guide pins may be provided on each side, one of which allows a guided pivoting movement of the partition into the oblique position, while the other primarily forms the partition pivot axis, which may be guided in a second link path.

In order to prevent unintentional adjustment of the partition from the loading position to the inclined position, an additional securing element may be provided for securing the partitions in the loading position. The securing element may be about a movement stop, which holds the still empty cutlery basket in its loading position when pushing out the upper crockery basket. Only with an additional, user-side applied to the cutlery basket operating force, the partitions can be adjusted to its oblique position. Alternatively, a latch can be used.

The securing element can be, for example, a forming threshold formed in the slide track, such as a step-like ramp or the like. Thus, in the placement position of the guide pin of the partition wall between a gate end and the step-like ramp can be secured without tilting in the oblique position.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the invention with reference to the accompanying figures will be described.

Fig. 1

in einer teilweisen Seitenansicht einen Spülbehälter einer Geschirrspülmaschine mit darin eingeschobenem oberen Geschirrkorb;

Fig. 2

in perspektivischer Ansicht der Geschirrkorb in Alleinstellung;

Fig. 3

der Geschirrkorb in einer Seitenansicht; und

Fig. 4

in einer Ansicht entsprechend der Fig. 1 mit aus dem Spülbehälter herausgeschobenem oberen Geschirrkorb.

Show it

Fig. 1

in a partial side view of a washing container of a dishwasher with inserted upper dish rack;

Fig. 2

in perspective view of the dish rack in isolation;

Fig. 3

the crockery basket in a side view; and

Fig. 4

in a view corresponding to Fig. 1 with the upper dish rack pushed out of the washing compartment.

In the Fig. 1 is shown in partial sectional view, an upper portion of a washing container 1 of a dishwasher, in which an upper dish rack 3 is inserted. The stacking space of the upper rack 3 is limited by a top wall 5 of the washing compartment 1. According to the Fig. 1 a cutlery basket 7 is installed in the upper crockery basket 3, which may be arranged laterally, for example, on a crockery basket side wall. The cutlery basket 7 is in the Fig. 1 At its end facing the washing container opening partially fitted with cutlery parts 9, which are arranged in a skewed position S in the cutlery basket 3.

The cutlery basket 7 is in the Fig. 2 shown in the unpopulated state. As a result, the cutlery basket 7 has five adjusting compartments 11 arranged in series one behind the other, which are separated from one another by partitions 13. In the Fig. 2 only the right partition 13 is shown in lattice form, while the other partitions 13 are shown for reasons of clarity with closed walls.

The adjustment compartments 11 of the cutlery basket 7 are covered by an upper separation grid 15. The upper separating grating 15 has a total of five rows of separating struts 17 arranged one behind the other. The separating struts 17 of each row are each formed at right angles to the upper edge of the partitions 13. The separating struts 17 are arranged comb-like with their projecting from the partitions 13 free web ends and each with a small distance of an adjacent partition 13 or one in the Fig. 2 facing the left end wall 19.

The adjustment compartments 11 of the cutlery basket 7 are laterally each with a side wall 21 and down with a floor grid executed cutlery basket bottom 23rd limited. The partitions 13 are arranged adjustable relative to the stationary floor grid 23 and the stationary side walls 21. For adjustment, each of the partitions 13 is provided by means of lateral extension arms 25 with guide pins 27 which are guide-guided in associated slide tracks 29 of the side walls 21. The upper guide pin 27 of the partitions 13 are in accordance with the Fig.2 and 3 each guided in a Z-shaped slide track 29, while the lower guide pins 27 are guided in inclined linear slide tracks 29.

In the Fig. 2 are all partitions 13 shown in their loading position B, in which they are aligned vertically upwards to allow a simple placement of cutlery parts 9 in the adjustment compartments 11 in the vertical direction. The upper guide pin 27 can move freely in the loading position B over a distance s between a gate end 31 and a trained in the gate 29 ramp 33 without the partitions 13 fall into its oblique position 5. Rather, the partitions 13 are securely held in its loading position B.

In the Fig. 2 the right partition 13 of the cutlery basket 7 is shown in its inclined position S, in which the partition 13 is pivoted about an indicated pivoting movement I. The upper guide pin 27 is in the oblique position 5 with the opposite slide track end in abutment, while the lower guide pin 27 of this pivotal movement I along the lower slide track 29 is followed. To carry out this pivoting movement I in the oblique position S, the user side, the partition 13 to raise slightly to overcome the ramp 33 in the upper slide track 29.

The pivoting movement I of the partition wall 13 takes place about the lower guide pin 27, through which the pivot axis extends. As already mentioned, during the pivoting movement I, the lower guide pins 27 are raised along the linear lower slide tracks 29, whereby a free distance between the slanted partition 13 and the adjacent raised partition 13 increases. In this way, the access area to the lying on the slanted partition 13 cutlery parts 9 is advantageous increases.

In the Fig. 3 is a dot-dash line indicated item of cutlery 9 shown in its loading position B, in which it rests vertically superscript to a separating strut 17. In contrast, the cutlery part 9 is supported in the inclined position S of the partition 13, with a reduced clear height h. ₁ The clear height h ₁ is smaller than a distance a between the cutlery basket bottom 23 and the Spülbehälterdeckwand 5 dimensioned so that the fitted with cutlery items 9 cutlery basket 7 is invisibly inserted into the washing 1.

In the Fig. 4 the upper dish rack 3 is shown pulled out of the washing 1. The partitions 13 of the built-in dish rack 3 cutlery basket 7 are all perpendicular to the cutlery basket bottom 23 so that cutlery items 9 when loading can fall vertically through the separating web 17 in the cutlery basket 3. Only after the placement of the cutlery parts 9 adjacent dividing walls 13 are user side in the oblique position S spent as in the Fig. 3 is shown. The separating webs 17 protrude in the oblique position S only at an angle of the order of 40 ° upwards.

After the rinse the cutlery parts 9 are exposed substantially over its entire length upwards between the separating webs 17, whereby they are easily removed from the cutlery basket 7.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

rinse tank

3

Upper crockery basket

5

Cover wall of the washing container

7

cutlery basket

9

cutlery

11

Einstellfach

13

partition wall

15

Upper singling grid

17

separating web

19

End side wall

21

backdrop wall

23

Cutlery basket base

25

Lateral boom

27

spigot

29

link path

31

Link path end

33

fuse element

a

Distance between the cutlery basket bottom and the sink top wall

B

mounting position

h ₁

Light height

I

pivotal movement

S

Keystone

s

Free route

Claims (17)

1. Dishwasher, especially a domestic dishwasher, at least having a cutlery basket (7), especially a cutlery basket able to be inserted into a crockery basket, that features a plurality of adjustable compartments (11), in which in each case at least one item of cutlery (9) can be received, wherein the individual adjustable compartment (11) is adjustable between a loading position (B) for loading and/or unloading the individual adjustable compartment (11) and an angled position (S) for carrying out cleaning and/or drying of the item of cutlery (9) which can be received and wherein in the angled position (S), the clearance height (h₁) of an item of cutlery (9) which can be received is reduced in relation to the clearance height of the item of cutlery (9) which can be received in the loading position (B), characterised in that the adjustable compartments (11) are able to be hinged around axes running in parallel to one another.
2. Dishwasher according to claim 1, characterised in that, in the loading position (B), at least one item of cutlery (9) is able to be inserted essentially aligned vertically.
3. Dishwasher according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the plurality of adjustable compartments (11) is able to be moved from the loading position (B) into the angled position (S) and/or vice versa by a hinge movement.
4. Dishwasher according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the cutlery basket (7) has at least one adjustment device (13) with which the item of cutlery (9) is able to the adjusted from the loading position (B) into the angled position (S) with a reduced clearance height (h₁).
5. Dishwasher according to claim 4, characterised in that the adjustment device (13) is a partition of the cutlery basket (7) which partly delimits an individual adjustable compartment (11) of the cutlery basket (7).
6. Dishwasher according to claim 5, characterised in that the partition (13) of the cutlery basket (7) is able to be hinged in a hinging movement (I) around a hinge axis from the loading position (B) into the angled position (S).
7. Dishwasher according to claim 5 or 6, characterised in that the partition (13) and a cutlery basket base (23) are separate components from each other, and/or the hinge axis of the partition (13) is arranged on the base side in the cutlery basket (7).
8. Dishwasher according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the adjustment device (13) has separating bars (17), which are arranged especially in the form of a comb with free bar ends protruding from the partition (13).
9. Dishwasher according to claim 8, characterised in that the free bar ends of the separation bars (17) protrude upwards in the angled position (S).
10. Dishwasher according to claim 8 or 9, characterised in that the separation bars (17) of the adjustment device (13) form an upper separation grid (15) of the cutlery basket (7).
11. Dishwasher according to one of claims 5 to 10, characterised in that a number of partitions (13) of the cutlery basket (7) are arranged in a row behind one another, and especially the partitions (13) are able to adjusted separately from each other or jointly into the angled position (S).
12. Dishwasher according to one of claims 5 to 11, characterised in that the partition (13) is adjustable via at least one guide pin (27) in a slide track (29) between the loading position (B) and the angled position (S).
13. Dishwasher according to claim 12, characterised in that one slide track (29) is embodied in each case in a side wall (21) laterally delimiting the partition (13).
14. Dishwasher according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the adjustment device (13) is held in the loading position (B) by means of a securing element (33) that prevents an unintentional adjustment of the item of cutlery from the loading position (B) into the angled position (S).
15. Dishwasher according to claim 14, characterised in that the securing element (33) is a movement stop, which can be overcome by a force able to be exerted by a user on the cutlery basket (7).
16. Dishwasher according to claim 14 or 15, characterised in that the securing element (33) is a slope embodied in the slide track (29) that prevents a movement of the guide pin end (27) into the angled position (S).
17. Dishwasher according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the cutlery basket (7) is arranged in an upper crockery basket (3) of the dishwasher.

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