EP2342376B1 - Transportsicherung für waschmaschinen - Google Patents

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EP2342376B1
EP2342376B1 EP09736878.1A EP09736878A EP2342376B1 EP 2342376 B1 EP2342376 B1 EP 2342376B1 EP 09736878 A EP09736878 A EP 09736878A EP 2342376 B1 EP2342376 B1 EP 2342376B1
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Carlo Perini
Enrico De Angelis
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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
    • D06F39/00—Details of washing machines not specific to a single type of machines covered by groups D06F9/00 - D06F27/00 
    • D06F39/001—Arrangements for transporting, moving, or setting washing machines; Protective arrangements for use during transport

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  • This patent application relates to a packing spacer for washing machines suitable to hold the hoses and cables of the washing machine.
  • washing machines are internally provided with a rotary drum, designed to be filled with dirty laundry, which is exactly housed inside a basically cylindrical oscillating assembly.
  • such a drum is provided on the bottom wall with a shaft that, after crossing the bottom wall of the oscillating assembly that contains it, is connected to an electrical motor designed to drive it into rotation.
  • such an oscillating assembly is mounted inside the cabinet of the appliance with the interposition of suitable elastic connection elements that act as shock absorbers.
  • the said elastic elements must be adjusted softly, in such a way to allow the oscillating assembly to be displaced inside the cabinet, including significantly.
  • a common practice consists in mounting devices designed to block the oscillations of the oscillating assembly inside the washing machine, which are able to neutralise the presence of the said shock absorbers.
  • the devices are designed to operate only during the packing and transport operations of the appliance, and are immediately removed before putting the appliance in operation, when the oscillating assembly is subject again to the shock-absorbing actions of the elastic elements fixed to the cabinet.
  • An especially popular type of the said devices is represented by a spacer that practically consists in a cylindrical pin made of rigid plastic material and provided with enlarged head.
  • Such a spacer is crossed by an axial hole in which a fixing screw is inserted, which is provided with suitable length to come out shortly from the front end of the same.
  • Such a spacer must be inserted horizontally inside one of the holes provided on the back wall of the cabinet of a washing machine, until the enlarged head touches the external side of the back wall, in such a way to prevent the uncontrolled insertion of the entire spacer inside the appliance.
  • the tip of the screw inserted in the spacer can penetrate the hole obtained in corresponding position in the oscillating assembly contained inside the cabinet.
  • the screw of the spacer is screwed, in such a way that the front end of the spacer can energetically interfere with the surface of the oscillating assembly and the enlarged head can adhere energetically against the external side of the back wall of the cabinet of the appliance.
  • suitable fixing means such as brackets, eyelets or similar elements are used in most cases, being directly applied on the back of the washing machine.
  • the aforementioned spacers have been also used to hold the hose and cables during packing.
  • a spacer with a large head has been provided, being designed to touch the back wall of the washing machine cabinet, which is provided (being obtained from the same material during the same moulding operation) with a branch designed to hold the plastic or rubber water drain hose and/or a second branch designed to hold the electrical cable.
  • the two branches face the side opposite to the stem of the spacer, as shown in fig. 1 .
  • the operator responsible for packing the washing machine must tighten the various spacers towards the inside of the metal cabinet and then insert the rubber hose and the electrical cable in the said branches, which are faced towards the opposite side.
  • the final user often believes that the only operation to be performed before starting the washing machine is to remove the rubber hose and the electrical cable from the branches that protrude from the back of the cabinet.
  • the critical operation is when the flexible hose and electrical cable must be held between the back wall of the appliance and the two branches that are faced towards the same wall, after tightening the spacer.
  • the specific purpose of the present invention is to devise a multifunctional spacer (capable of holding the flexible hose and electrical cable), which is able to eliminate the drawbacks of the two types of spacer as illustrated above.
  • EP 1 939 346 ; DE 102007009511 and WO2007/039594 disclose a packaging spacer according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the spacer of the invention allows the operator in charge of packing the washing machine to hold the flexible hose and electrical cable on the back of the washing machine in a very rapid and simple way, without relation to the assembly of the locking system of the oscillating assembly.
  • the spacer of the invention eliminates the risk for the final user, when starting the washing machine he has just purchased, to forget to remove the spacer from the internal structure of the appliance.
  • the head of the spacer is provided on opposite sides with a first semirigid foldable strap, which is designed to surround the flexible hose and a second identical strap, which is designed to surround the electrical cable; it being provided that the opening of the straps, designed to receive the flexible hose and electrical cable, respectively, is basically faced towards the back wall of the cabinet of the washing machine.
  • the operator can close the straps by means of a snap-in system. In this way the flexible hose and electrical cable are completely surrounded and firmly held against the back wall of the appliance.
  • the snap-in closing system of the two straps makes it impossible to open them and remove the flexible hose and electrical cable.
  • the movement of the two straps away from the back wall of the cabinet is the necessary condition to open the straps and extract the hose and cable that have been previously tightened inside the straps.
  • the spacer of the invention (D) normally has the structure of a plastic moulded cylindrical pin (1) with enlarged head (2).
  • the spacer (D) is designed to be inserted inside a circular hole (F) obtained on the back wall (P) of the cabinet of a washing machine, in such a way to be aligned with a corresponding hole obtained on the structure of the oscillating drum.
  • the spacer (D) is energetically pushed towards the inside of the washing machine, until the enlarged head (2) touches the back wall (P) of the appliance, as shown in fig. 4 .
  • the spacer (D) is tightened by screwing the screw (V) that is axially inserted inside the hole obtained on the oscillating drum.
  • the spacer (D) is provided at the sides of the enlarged head (2) with two foldable straps (3, 4) that are respectively designed to tighten a flexible hose and an electrical cable, which are oriented in such a way that their opening is faces towards the tip of the cylindrical pin (1).
  • the intrinsically flexible straps (3, 4) are obtained during the same phase and with the same material (although with suitably lower thickness) as the cylindrical pin (1) of the spacer (D).
  • each strap (3, 4) is attached to the enlarged head (2) of the spacer (D) by means of a short wing (3a, 4a) provided in the front with a backwards inclined profile ending with a retention tooth (3b, 4b).
  • each flexible strap is provided with an intermediate section (3c, 4c) with curved profile that is connected with a basically rectilinear section (3d, 4d) ending with a sharp point, which basically consists in a hook (3e, 4e) compatible with the retention tooth (3b, 4b).
  • Each strap (3, 4) is also provided with a basically triangular outward-facing ear (3f, 4f) in intermediate position between the curved section (3c, 4c) and the rectilinear ending section (3d, 4d).
  • the spacer (D) In order to explain the operation of the spacer (D), it must be noted that the spacer (D) must be first tightened against the back wall of the appliance, while maintaining the two straps open, as shown in fig. 4 .
  • the enlarged head (2) of the spacer (D) is normally engaged against the back wall (P) of the washing machine, while the two wings (3a, 4a) with backwards inclined profile are arranged at short distance from the wall (P).
  • the two straps (3, 4) can be additionally enlarged, using their intrinsic flexibility (as shown in fig. 3 ), to create a large passage in each strap (3, 4) for the insertion of the flexible hose (T) and the electrical cable (C).
  • the two straps (3, 4) can be closed, tightening the hose (T) and the cable (C), as shown in fig. 6 .
  • the straps (3, 4) can be closed by energetically pushing the ears (3f, 4f), so that the rectilinear ending sections (3d, 4d) touch against the back wall (P) of the cabinet and the hooks (3e, 4e) are slightly forced and inserted in the narrow spaces (S3, S4) defined by the wings (3a, 4a) and then snapped in the retention teeth (3b, 4b).
  • the fixing of the hooks (3e, 4e) is favoured by the intrinsic flexibility of the retention teeth (3b, 4b) that tend to additionally back up with respect to the wall (P) of the washing machine, thus offering a larger passage for the same hooks (3e, 4e).
  • the two straps (3, 4) can be reopened only after removing the entire spacer (D) from its operating position by means of the screw (V) in order to move the enlarged head (2), together with the straps (3, 4), away from the back wall (P) of the cabinet.
  • a space is formed in front of the rectilinear ending sections (3d, 4d) of the two straps (3, 4), which makes it possible to release the hooks (3e, 4e) from the retention teeth (3b, 4b).
  • the washing machine equipped with the packing spacer of the present invention (D) will be never subject to the risk of being accidentally operated before removing the spacer from the oscillating drum.
  • FIG. 6 An alternative embodiment of the spacer of the invention is shown in figures 6 and 7 .
  • This second constructive embodiment differs from the preceding one only in that it comprises a hook (5) obtained on the external side of the enlarged head (2).
  • the hook (5) provides the operator with a good grabbing point to extract the spacer (D) from the hole (F).

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  1. Verpackungsdistanzstück (D) für Waschmaschinen, des Typs, der mit einer monolithischen, aus Kunststoff geformten Struktur versehen ist, die aus einem zylindrischen Stift (1) mit vergrößertem Kopf (2) besteht, der mittig mit einem axialen Loch zum Einsetzen einer Schraube (V) versehen ist,
    wobei in dem Verpackungsdistanzstück (D) an den Seiten des vergrößerten Kopfes (2) wenigstens ein im Wesentlichen C-förmiges, elastisches Band (3, 4) eingearbeitet ist, dessen Öffnung zur Spitze des Stifts (1) gerichtet ist, die dazu bestimmt ist, geschlossen zu werden, um einen Gummischlauch (T) und/oder eine Elektrokabel (C) zu halten;
    wobei das wenigstens eine elastische Band (3, 4) Verschlusspunkte vorsieht, die im Wesentlichen auf die Vorderseite des vergrößerten Kopfes (2) ausgerichtet sind,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    der Verschlusspunkt eines jeden Bandes (3, 4) am Ende eines jeweiligen Flügels (3a, 4a) angeordnet ist, der seitlich aus dem vergrößerten Kopf (2) auskragt, wobei der Flügel (3a, 4a) mit einem Haltezahn (3b, 4b) versehen ist, der dazu geeignet ist, fest mit einem entsprechenden Hakenmittel (3e, 4e) gekoppelt zu werden, das an dem freien Ende des Bandes (3, 4) vorgesehen ist.
  2. Verpackungsdistanzstück (D) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jeder Flügel (3a, 4a) ein mit Bezug auf den Kopf (2) leicht nach hinten geneigtes Profil aufweist und jeder Haltezahn (3b, 4b) eigenelastisch und in der Lage ist, in einen entsprechenden Haken (3e, 4e) einzuschnappen, der am freien Ende eines jeden Bandes (3, 4) erhalten ist.
  3. Verpackungsdistanzstück (D) nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jedes Band (3, 4) aus einem gekrümmten Abschnitt (3c, 4c) besteht, der vom Ende des Flügels (3a, 4a) ausgeht, und aus einem angrenzenden, im Wesentlichen geradlinigen Abschnitt (3d, 4d), der ein spitzes Ende aufweist, das mit dem Haken (3e, 4e) versehen ist.
  4. Verpackungsdistanzstück (D) nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es einen Entnahmehaken (5) umfasst, der aus der Außenseite des vergrößerten Kopfes (2) herausgearbeitet ist.
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