EP2348148B1 - Tambour d'une machine à laver le linge à chargement par le dessus avec un dispositif de verrouillage doté d'un loquet coulissant - Google Patents

Tambour d'une machine à laver le linge à chargement par le dessus avec un dispositif de verrouillage doté d'un loquet coulissant Download PDF

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EP2348148B1
EP2348148B1 EP10151662A EP10151662A EP2348148B1 EP 2348148 B1 EP2348148 B1 EP 2348148B1 EP 10151662 A EP10151662 A EP 10151662A EP 10151662 A EP10151662 A EP 10151662A EP 2348148 B1 EP2348148 B1 EP 2348148B1
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Dusan Heldak
Pavol Vasko
Manfred Haerer
David Machado Martins
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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
    • D06F37/00—Details specific to washing machines covered by groups D06F21/00 - D06F25/00
    • D06F37/02—Rotary receptacles, e.g. drums
    • D06F37/04—Rotary receptacles, e.g. drums adapted for rotation or oscillation about a horizontal or inclined axis
    • D06F37/10—Doors; Securing means therefor

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  • the invention relates to a top-loading clothes washing machine drum with security latch for preventing the unintentional release of drum access door sections, especially in the case when fabrics are trapped on the door sections edges.
  • the washing machine according to the invention is provided with two door sections: a first section carrying closing catches (at least one) and a second section presenting slots corresponding to said catches. Closing catches are engaged into corresponding slots when the doors are closed.
  • the invention is related to a security latch for a washing machine drum, which is reliable and easy to handle in comparison with known latches.
  • a washing-machine drum with two door-sections.
  • the two door sections are fixed at either side of the drum opening by spring-loaded hinges.
  • the free parts of the door sections are provided with a closing system which comprises catches, in particular hooks, on the first door section whose terminals are directed towards the outside of the drum, and with slots in the second door section.
  • the springs of the hinges tend to cause the door sections to open towards the outside, so that when the elements of the closing system are in engagement with each other, the hooks are forced into the slots.
  • Such a closing system is very reliable owing to the fact that when the closed doors are subjected to a pressure which is directed from the inside of the drum towards the outside (as during spin drying), the force which keeps the door sections engaged increases as the speed increases.
  • a security latch for preventing the doors to move towards the interior of the drum of a washing machine.
  • the latch is associated with a stop against the opening of the door sections, when the doors are closed, and wherein catches are engaged into slots.
  • One of the door sections presents a flat recess into which a security lock is fitted and secured, the latch consisting of a spring returned pusher that is movable in the direction opposite to the hooks, and which is provided with a flat base collar which limits the movement of the pusher.
  • the latch acts as a stop against the rim of a door section, when the doors are closed, limiting the translational relative movement and play of the two door sections and so preventing the unintentional opening of two doors.
  • the stop associated with the pusher is designed so as to move below the door, towards the drum interior, via pressing action on the spring control mechanism of the latch.
  • the stop is returnable towards the outside of the hollow socket by a spring substantially along the radial direction of the drum.
  • the pusher is moving perpendicularly to the tangential direction of the drum surface.
  • a security lock for washing machine doors provided with a door latch consisting of a slider positioned on the on the external tangential surface of one door section which superposes and lock by interference the rim of another door section when the doors are closed, blocking the relative rotational and translational movements of the two doors and so preventing their opening towards the drum interior.
  • User intervention is required to latch or unlatch the doors.
  • the force against the doors opening is entirely absorbed by the slider rather than partially absorbed by closing system.
  • this solution requires the slider being relatively robust and operable with a certain force for securely lock and unlock the second door.
  • FR 2819272 A1 it is known a safety lock for washing machines according to the preamble of claim 1 and having a press button connected to door by transverse bridges and linkage to axis parallel to drum axis and on side of hooks on inner side of door.
  • FR 2730249 A1 it is known a washing machine drum door locking mechanism having hooks and actuating button with finger pressure point and return spring.
  • the present invention overcomes the limitations presented by the above known solutions by providing a security device for a door of a drum which has a simplified construction, which requires a reduced force to unlatch the doors and which has a higher reliability.
  • the top load washing-machine drum is provided with an opening through which laundry is loaded by the user, and which is closable by a door constituted by a first and a second door sections 100 and 200 respectively, hingedly mounted at each side of the drum opening.
  • hinges 210 and 110 are associated with springs exerting a force that drives and maintains the disengaged door sections towards an open position.
  • the first door section 100 carries two catching elements 150, such as hooks, of a catch and slot closing system which further comprises slots 250 formed in the second door section 200.
  • the first door section 100 further comprises a security latch L, which at least includes a sliding member S cooperating with a support body B.
  • the support body B which is preferably made of plastic material, advantageously comprises two halves that once connected together, house the sliding member S.
  • the two halves can be connected together preferably by means of a snap connection and the assembled body B can be fixed to the first door section 100, preferably within a door recess. Rivets, screws or other known fixing means are also suitable to fix the support body B in the recess or alternatively, in any other portion of the first door section.
  • the support body B presents guiding means GB cooperating with corresponding guiders GS of the sliding member, for guiding the sliding member S, preferably according to a linear sliding direction D.
  • Guiding means and corresponding guiders are complementary elements and can be, for instance protruding means such as pins or bars, or groves or guides or recesses.
  • Guiders GS or guiding means GB have also the function to not allow any rotational movement along the sliding direction D, and preferably also to limit the movement of the slider S in the locking position. This last function can be accomplished by additional limiting members (not shown).
  • the sliding member S is also preferably made of plastic and presents a shaped contact portion C that allows the user to move the element and, preferably formed with the same, a stop portion T.
  • the stop portion T presents a beak shaped end, for instance an almost triangular cross-section shape.
  • the sliding member S is movable towards the inside of the drum according to sliding direction D which forms an acute angle ⁇ with the tangential direction of the drum circumference, at an intersection point P.
  • sliding direction D which forms an acute angle ⁇ with the tangential direction of the drum circumference, at an intersection point P.
  • the acute angle ( ⁇ ) is comprised in the range between 3° and 40° and more preferably between 5° and 30°.
  • elastic means K urging against the body B and the slidable member S are applied to keep the slidable member S resting in a latching position.
  • the overall displacement of the slidable member S can be broken in two displacements, one tangential and the other radial.
  • the displacement in the tangential direction is greater than the one in the radial direction so that compared to the latch disclosed in EP 402252 , a lower force pressure is requested to move the sliding member in the unlatching position, making the security latch more user friendly than known solutions.
  • catches 150 engage corresponding slots 250 forming, together with hinges 110 and 210, the door closing system. Shape and dimensions of the catches and slots allow a relative translational and rotational movement of the ends of the door sections in their closed position, ensuring the proper engagement and disengagement of the two door sections and the right mechanical play of the same when in their closed configuration.
  • the beak shaped end of the stop portion T facilitates the latching of the two door sections 100 and 200 by the security latch L without requiring the intervention of the user on the same latch L.
  • Automatic latching happens during door closure, whenever the sliding member S is forced towards the drum interior in the unlatching position by entering in contact with the rim R of the second door portion.
  • the spring K returns and maintains the slidable member in the latching position, with effect of securing the closed door sections.
  • the beak shaped end of stop portion of the security latch L overlaps the rim R of the second door section 200, preventing from an unintentional release of the two door sections.
  • the latch according to the present invention allows the two door sections to move toward the drum interior, letting the hinges 110 and 210 of the two door sections to intervene to contrast the opening, prior than the intervention of the latch L, especially when fabrics rest trapped between the two door sections.
  • the present solution allows the construction of the stop member to be less robust and therefore cheaper, while keeping the latching system is highly reliable.
  • the end portion of the stop member end has to be moved by the user intervention on the slidable element S via a pressing action on its control portion C. Specifically, it has to be moved against the elastic force at least at the same height of the rim of the first door section and for which a gap required to disengage catches from the slots, is provided.
  • door sections When unlatched, door sections open in a direction towards the outside of the drum by a pressure directed towards the inside D of the drum.

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  1. Tambour de machine à laver le linge à chargement par le dessus, pourvu d'une ouverture par laquelle le linge peut être chargé par un utilisateur, ladite ouverture pouvant être fermée par une porte d'accès (100, 200) comprenant deux sections de porte (100, 200), une première section (100) portant des cliquets de fermeture (150) et une seconde section (200) comprenant des fentes (250) correspondant auxdits cliquets (150), le tambour comprenant par ailleurs un verrou de sécurité (L) pour empêcher la libération involontaire desdits cliquets de fermeture (150) lorsqu'ils sont engagés dans les fentes (250) en position de fermeture de la porte, ledit verrou de sécurité étant associé à une portion d'arrêt (T), qui, en position de fermeture de la porte, recouvre le rebord (R) de ladite seconde section de porte contenant les fentes, ladite portion d'arrêt (T) étant positionnée sur la porte portant les cliquets et comprenant un bouton poussoir qui peut être renvoyé vers l'extérieur d'une douille creuse par un ressort (K), caractérisé en ce que la portion d'arrêt (T) est l'extrémité d'un élément coulissant (S) qui peut coulisser vers l'intérieur du tambour dans une direction de coulissement prédéterminée (D) qui forme un angle aigu prédéterminé (α) avec une direction tangentielle de la circonférence du tambour, à un de ses points d'intersection (P).
  2. Tambour de machine à laver le linge à chargement par le dessus selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'élément coulissant (S) est mobile dans une position de déverrouillage prédéterminée, dans laquelle le déplacement mesuré dans une direction tangentielle de la circonférence du tambour au point d'intersection (P) de la circonférence du tambour est plus grand que le déplacement mesuré dans la direction radiale de la circonférence du tambour.
  3. Tambour de machine à laver le linge à chargement par le dessus selon les revendications 1 ou 2, dans lequel l'élément coulissant (S) comprend par ailleurs une extrémité en forme de bec et une portion de contact (C).
  4. Tambour de machine à laver le linge à chargement par le dessus selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'angle aigu prédéterminé (α) est compris dans la plage entre 3° et 40°.
  5. Tambour de machine à laver le linge à chargement par le dessus selon la revendication 4, dans lequel l'angle aigu prédéterminé (α) est de préférence compris dans la plage entre 5° et 30°.
  6. Tambour de machine à laver le linge à chargement par le dessus selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant un corps (B) pourvu d'un moyen de guidage (GB) dans lequel l'élément coulissant (S) est guidé.
  7. Tambour de machine à laver le linge à chargement par le dessus selon la revendication 6, comprenant par ailleurs des guides correspondants (GS).
  8. Tambour de machine à laver le linge à chargement par le dessus selon la revendication 5, dans lequel le corps (B) est fixé à la porte par enclenchement.
  9. Tambour de machine à laver le linge à chargement par le dessus selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le verrou (L) est constitué d'une matière plastique.
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ES10151662T ES2404142T3 (es) 2010-01-26 2010-01-26 Tambor de una máquina lavadora de ropa de carga superior que comprende un dispositivo de cierre con un pestillo deslizante
PL10151662T PL2348148T3 (pl) 2010-01-26 2010-01-26 Ładowany od góry bęben pralki do ubrań zawierający ryglujące urządzenie z przesuwającym się zatrzaskiem

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