EP2631343B1 - Unité de bac de lavage et machine à laver - Google Patents

Unité de bac de lavage et machine à laver Download PDF

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EP2631343B1
EP2631343B1 EP20120157034 EP12157034A EP2631343B1 EP 2631343 B1 EP2631343 B1 EP 2631343B1 EP 20120157034 EP20120157034 EP 20120157034 EP 12157034 A EP12157034 A EP 12157034A EP 2631343 B1 EP2631343 B1 EP 2631343B1
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Mauro Cinello
Vittorio Perosa
Francesco Sacilotto
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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
    • D06F37/26—Casings; Tubs
    • D06F37/261—Tubs made by a specially selected manufacturing process or characterised by their assembly from elements
    • D06F37/263—Tubs made by a specially selected manufacturing process or characterised by their assembly from elements assembled from at least two elements connected to each other; Connecting or sealing means therefor
    • 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
    • D06F37/26—Casings; Tubs
    • D06F37/261—Tubs made by a specially selected manufacturing process or characterised by their assembly from elements
    • D06F37/262—Tubs made by a specially selected manufacturing process or characterised by their assembly from elements made of plastic material, e.g. by injection moulding
    • 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
    • D06F37/26—Casings; Tubs
    • D06F37/267—Tubs specially adapted for mounting thereto components or devices not provided for in preceding subgroups

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  • the invention relates to a washing tub unit for a washing machine and a washing machine.
  • Washing machines in households also called domestic washing machines, are well-known and usually are used for washing laundry.
  • Washing machines usually comprise washing tubs in which a rotatable drum is housed for receiving goods to be washed, usually laundry. Washing liquid is introduced into the washing tub, which washing liquid consists only of water or mainly of water and detergents or washing or cleaning agents added to or dissolved in the water for improving the washing quality.
  • a sump is arranged for draining the washing liquid from the tub into a draining circuit or draining device in order to either feed back the washing liquid from the sump into the washing tub again, often being heated by a heating element arranged in or near the sump, in a closed circuit or circulation mode or to drain the washing liquid out of the washing machine into a sewage conduit, in an open circuit, when it is not needed any more.
  • EP 2 198 081 B1 discloses a plastic washing-machine tub with a front wall, a rear wall and a cylindrical wall enclosing an inner tub compartment.
  • the tub comprises two tub shells made from injection-moulded plastic that can be connected together by means of an assembly plane in a tub closure direction, the first tub shell comprising the front wall and the second tub shell comprising the rear wall, and further an integral bulge emerging from the cylindrical wall and defining a cavity serving as draining sump connected to the inner tub compartment via an inlet opening for emptying washing water form the inner tub compartment and a subsequent draining pipe or conduit with an outlet opening.
  • the assembly plane divides the bulge into two parts, a first bulge part being arranged in the first tub shell and a second bulge part in the second tub shell, one of the bulge parts having at least one part of the inlet and outlet opening. Furthermore, the conduit of the bulge is in the tub closure direction divided by the assembly plane.
  • the two tub shells are connected using a welding technique, in particular hot plate welding.
  • the bulge is centered in the cylindrical wall projecting therefrom at a bulge distance from the front wall and/or from the rear wall.
  • the closure/joining direction of the shells of the tub is the same as the demoulding direction of each of the shells in the injection-moulding from and is perpendicular to the assembly plane.
  • the bulge is also sealed by means of the parting line of those shells.
  • the bulge extends from lower tub part to the upper tub part while the assembly plane defining a part of the cavity as a pressure chamber which is connected to the inner tub compartment by a lower chamber part and isolated from the inner tub compartment by an upper chamber part and which has a ventilation hole arranged in its upper part.
  • EP 0 110 482 A1 discloses a washing machine having a washing tub with a draining sump integral with a first shell-like tub part of the washing tub and a basically flat or planar second tub part for closing the sump from one side thereof.
  • the second tub part and the first tub part are connected with each other at a seam.
  • the sump is fluidly connected to a parallel compartment through a rectangular slit in one of its side walls.
  • a draining conduit is arranged for draining liquid from the compartment, which conduit is made integral with the first tub part at three sides and closed at the front by the second tub part.
  • the draining pump will be connected to this conduit but is not described. Because of the shape of the rectangular opening bigger obstacles cannot pass through and the water escaping from the sump through the opening into the parallel compartment will be filtered from such larger obstacles and be drained downwards into the draining conduit.
  • a washing tub for a washing machine which is also made of two tub parts connected with each other.
  • a draining sump is completely formed within one of the tub part and connected to a pump wheel chamber within a pump wheel housing through an opening in the lower region of the sump.
  • the pump wheel housing enclosing the pump wheel chamber is made integral with the tub part at three sides and closed by a planar wall of the other tub part sealed by a sealing ring.
  • the drive of the pump is arranged in front of the planar wall and the axle for driving the pump wheel reaches through the tub part into the pump wheel chamber.
  • EP 0 026 018 A1 discloses a further washing machine with a washing tub and a sump wherein a drive system for rotating the rotating drum within the washing tub comprises a belt and a toothed driving wheel driving the belt and being arranged on an axle driven by an electric motor.
  • the belts and the driving wheel and the axle are all arranged within the sump resulting in disturbances in the flow of the washing liquid through the sump.
  • a washing tub unit for a washing machine comprising
  • This specific construction according to the invention is stable and robust and allows for an efficient drainage of the washing liquid.
  • the separating part of the conduit wall structure of the draining conduit protrudes into the sump.
  • the separating part of the conduit wall structure of the draining conduit connects the sump bottom with side wall parts of the side wall structure of the sump and, in particular, forms another side wall part of the side wall structure of the sump.
  • the separating part of the conduit wall structure is, at least in an area around the opening of the sump outlet, curved, preferably cylindrically curved, and concave as seen from the sump or convex as seen from the conduit inner chamber.
  • the separating part of the conduit wall structure of the conduit covers an angle range of at least 90°, preferably between 100° and 120°.
  • the opening of the sump outlet is preferably formed rectangular and/or covers an angle range of at most 90°, preferably below 80°.
  • the sump outlet is oriented towards the sump inlet or facing the sump inlet to allow for a direct and short flow path for the drained liquid through the sump. Furthermore, preferably the sump outlet is arranged above the sump bottom or distanced from the sump bottom by an intermediate lower section of the separating part of the conduit wall structure of the conduit.
  • conduit wall structure of the draining conduit encloses or surrounds a central axis and /or the conduit or its inner chamber extends along the central axis and/or horizontally.
  • the washing tub is composed of a pre-formed front tub part and a pre-formed rear tub part being connected with the front tub part in a connecting area.
  • the pre-formed tub parts are each injection-moulded or formed by injection-moulding from a thermoplastic material and, further preferably, the connection between the two tub parts is made by hot welding.
  • a rear part of the side wall structure of the sump and the conduit wall structure of the draining conduit are integral parts with the rear tub part, in particular formed from the same thermoplastic material as the rear tub part and/or formed in the same injection-moulding process as the rear tub part.
  • the conduit has a pump receiving part at a first end for receiving the draining pump and is closed by a cover wall at a second end of the conduit opposite to the first end.
  • the cover wall is formed integral with either the front tub part or the rear tub part and is connected with the conduit in the connecting area, which connection is preferably made at the same time the two tub parts are connected.
  • the draining pump preferably has at least one pump wheel arranged within a pump wheel housing and a pump drive for driving the pump wheel in a rotational movement about a rotational axis, which is preferably a central axis of the conduit, wherein the pump wheel of the draining pump is arranged within the interior of the pump receiving part surrounded by a circumferential wall and the pump drive is mounted onto a rear side of the pump receiving part so that the pump receiving part carries the weight of the pump.
  • the pump receiving part is in particular formed integral with the rear tub part.
  • the conduit wall structure has a first circumferential wall enclosing a front section of the chamber for inserting a filter element, being in particular of smaller diameter than the circumferential wall of the pump receiving part, wherein the circumferential wall of the front section and the circumferential wall of the pump receiving part are both separating parts and parts of the side wall structure of the sump.
  • the sump is formed integral with the same tub part the conduit is formed integral with and is closed by a cover wall, which cover wall is formed integral with the same tub part which the cover wall for the conduit is formed integral with.
  • the sump has a side wall structure and a sump bottom and the cover wall for the sump forms a side wall part, in particular a front side wall part, which is connected with the side wall structure and the sump bottom of the sump in the connecting area.
  • the cover wall for the sump in particular the side wall part, preferably front side wall part, has, at least at a surface facing the sump, a flat or planar surface and/or lies itself or has its flat or planar surface lying in a connecting plane or in a same plane as the connecting area of the two tub parts.
  • washing machine having a washing tub unit according to the invention.
  • draining instead of the word “draining” also the word “drainage” can be used in this application and vice versa .
  • “Circumferential wall” means a wall that is arranged, in particular in a closed manner, around something like an axis for instance and is not limited to a cylindrical or circular shape.
  • FIG 1 to 10 Identical or at least corresponding parts and quantities in FIG 1 to 10 are designated with the same reference numerals.
  • FIG 1 and FIG 2 show a washing tub unit for a washing machine comprising a washing tub 2 and a draining device 7.
  • the washing tub 2 is basically assembled from two parts, in this case a front tub part 21 and a rear tub part 22, which are connected in a connecting area 20 in order to form the washing tub 2 that it is closed in a liquid-tight manner, at its rear and at its circumference.
  • At least one front connecting part 23 of the front tub part 21 and at least one rear connecting part 24 of the rear tub part 22 are connected with each other, in particular by hot welding in order to form a sort of liquid-tight welding seam in the connecting area 20.
  • the front connecting part 23 and the rear connecting part 24 are in particular formed at least partially like connecting flanges which are pressed against each other and then connected, in particular welded by hot welding, to form a permanent connection between the two connecting parts 23 and 24 and thus between the two tub parts 21 and 22.
  • the connecting area 20 is preferably arranged in or forms a connecting or joining plane.
  • the connecting parts 23 and 24 have planar surfaces that are joined, in particular welded, in the connecting plane.
  • the front tub part 21 and the rear tub part 22 are, therefore, at least in their connecting parts 23 and 24, formed or made of a material that can be hot welded, preferably a suitable thermoplast or thermoplastic material, as are well known in the art
  • the complete rear front tub part 21 and the complete rear tub part 22 are formed from such a thermoplast or thermoplastic material and are produced by moulding between or in at least two complementary moulding forms, in particular injection-moulding in the moulding forms.
  • the hot welded connection also ensures a water tight connection so that no water or washing liquid can escape from the washing tub 2 through or in the connecting area 20 and no further seals or sealing rings are required.
  • the opening 4 is at least partially surrounded by a counterweight structure 5 associated to the front tub part 21 for balancing the washing tub unit during operative conditions.
  • the opening 4 allows access from the exterior or outside of the washing tub 2 to a carrier, in this case a rotatable or rotating drum 3, arranged in the tub interior 9 of the washing tub 2.
  • a carrier in this case a rotatable or rotating drum 3, arranged in the tub interior 9 of the washing tub 2.
  • the washing tub 2 is preferably mainly formed in a cylindrical shape.
  • the drum 3 is rotatable or can be rotated by a rotation drive or drum drive 6 a part of which is shown in FIG 1 below the washing tub 2 but is not explained any further as the rotation and the drive of the rotating drum are well-known in the art.
  • the drum drive 6 is fastened at fastening section 61 arranged at the lower section of the rear tub part 21.
  • the rear tub part 21 has a central through-hole 60 for a drive axle (not shown) connecting the drum drive 6 with the drum 3 for rotation of the drum 3 and bearing the forces and momenta exerted by the rotating drum 3 and the load of the laundry or the washing goods within the drum 3.
  • the rear side of the rear tub part 22 is reinforced with reinforcing ribs 62 around the through-hole 60.
  • a sump 10 is formed, which has an advantageous construction according to the invention.
  • the sump 10 has a mainly horizontal sump bottom 13 and a side wall structure 11 rising upwards from the sump bottom 13 up to the tub bottom 12, so that the sump bottom 13 is the lowest wall of the sump 10 and arranged below the tub bottom 12.
  • An opening in the tub bottom 12 surrounded by the side wall structure 11 forms a sump inlet 18 for the washing liquid in the uppermost part of the sump 10.
  • the sump bottom 13 and the side wall structure 11 are arranged lower than the tub bottom 12 so that washing liquid in the washing tub 2 can be collected and drained in the sump 10 under the influence of gravity and/or, in addition, low pressure exerted by a draining pump 70 of the draining device 7.
  • a carrier bridge 14 extends within the sump inlet 18 over the sump 10 as a protrusion or extension of the tub bottom 12 inwards from a side wall part 11B and serves as a resting surface or element for coupling a holding element for a heating element (not shown) for heating the washing liquid within the tub 2 which heating element is connected electrically outside the tub 2 through a through-hole 63 in the back of the rear tub part 22.
  • a rear tub bottom part 12A and adjacent side wall parts 11A, 11B, 11C and 11D of the side wall structure 11 of the sump 10 and the sump bottom 13, that is to say all limiting walls of the sump 10 except for a front sump wall 11E, are integral with or part of the rear tub part 22, preferably formed from the same thermoplastic material and in the same injection-moulding process in the same moulding form.
  • the side wall parts 11A, 11B and 11C follow each other around the sump 10, preferably arranged rectangularly to each other, and are at least approximately vertical walls with sloped upper entry sections at the sump inlet 18 and preferably horizontally curved intermediate transition sections in between the side wall parts 11A, 11B and 11C.
  • the side wall part 11D is arranged above the vertical side wall part 11C and slopes upwardly from the vertical side wall part 11C forming a bottom wall of an air channel 16 of the sump 10 for releasing air bubbles caught in the liquid in the sump 10.
  • a sump front wall 11E which closes the side wall structure 11 of the sump 10 at the front is formed integral with the front tub part 21 and connected with the adjacent side wall parts 11A and 11C and 11D and with the sump bottom 13 at the connecting parts 23 and 24 in the connecting area 20 to close and also seal the sump 10.
  • the front wall 11E lies in the connecting plane of the two tub parts 21 and 22 and is surrounded by the connecting parts 23 and 24 which are connected, in particular welded, together in the connecting area 20.
  • a front tub bottom part 12B of the tub bottom 12 is integral with the front tub part 21 and partly connected by the hot welding in a sealed manner with the rear tub bottom part 12A in or at the connecting area 20 and partly separated from the rear tub bottom part 12A by the sump 10 and by the air channel 16 of the sump 10.
  • the draining device 7 is shown in greater detail in FIG 5 to 10 . Adjacent to the sump 10 and arranged at least partly lower than the sump 10 and its sump bottom 13 there is a draining conduit 75 of the draining device 7.
  • the draining conduit 75 has, next to the sump 10, a mainly cylindrical circumferential wall 17 in which a rectangular opening is formed as a sump outlet 15 through which the sump 10 is in fluid connection with the draining conduit 75.
  • the sump outlet 15 is arranged above the sump bottom 13, the sump bottom 13 slightly sloping downward towards the section of the circumferential wall 17 which is below the sump outlet 15, and/or arranged in an upper region of the circumferential wall 17 to allow for smooth draining flow from the sump 10 into the draining conduit 75.
  • the draining conduit 75 also comprises, at a first end, here a rear end 75A, a pump receiving part 37 which has a mainly cylindrical circumferential wall 87 in which a draining outlet 74 is formed.
  • a central (geometrical) axis A of the draining conduit 75 runs through the central region of the circumferential wall 17 and the pump receiving part 37 being their respective central or cylinder axis.
  • the pump receiving part 37 or its circumferential wall 87 is arranged coaxially and subsequent to the circumferential wall 17 with respect to the central axis A at an opposite end of the circumferential wall 17 than the front tub part 21.
  • the circumferential wall 87 of the pump receiving part 37 has a greater diameter or radius from the axis A than the circumferential wall 17.
  • the circumferential walls 17 and 87 of the draining conduit 75 together enclose an inner space or inner chamber 85 of the draining conduit 75.
  • the circumferential wall structure of the conduit 75 protrudes or extends into the sump 10 and connects the sump bottom 13 with the side wall parts 11B and 11C of the side wall structure 11 of the sump 10, thus forming a rigid structure, as can be seen best in FIG 3 and 4 . Therefore, the circumferential walls 17 and 87 of the draining conduit 75 form themselves curved side wall parts of the side wall structure 11 of the sump 10 and, at the same time, separation wall(s) between the sump 10 and the conduit inner chamber 85.
  • the curved circumferential wall 17 and 87 of the conduit 75 within the sump 10, i.e the parts defining side wall parts of the side wall structure 11 or separation walls between the sump 10 and the conduit 75, describe or cover an angle range ⁇ of usually at least 90°, preferably between 100° and 120°, measured around the central axis A.
  • the corresponding opening angle a of the sump outlet 15, i.e. the opening in the circumferential wall 17 through which the sump 10 is in fluid communication with the inner chamber 85 of the conduit 75, is smaller than the angle range ⁇ and typically 80° or less.
  • the conduit 75 is, thus, rigidly connected with the sump side wall structure 11 and the tub bottom 12 over a pre-determined length and with at least two sump side wall parts 11B and 11C and the sump bottom 13 so that forces exerted on the conduit 75 are distributed and born in a larger section into three dimensions.
  • the draining device 7 comprises a draining pump 70 with a pump wheel 72 (only shown in FIG 8 and FIG 10 ) as well as a pump drive 71, usually an electric motor with or without a gear and preferably with, usually electronic, control of the rotational speed, for rotating the pump wheel 72 about a rotational axis which is the central axis A of the draining conduit 75 in the mounted state.
  • a rear side 87 of the pump receiving part 37 at the rear end 75A of the conduit 75 pointing away from the circumferential wall 17 is formed like a ring-shaped flange or flange ring surrounding a rear opening 88 of the pump receiving part 37.
  • the pump drive 71 is fixed at this rear side 87 of the pump receiving part 37 of the draining conduit 75 at the rear end 75A, preferably by means of a circular planar drive flange 82 and screws 83 to be guided through guidings 84 in the drive flange 82 and to be screwed into corresponding screw holes 88 at the rear side 87.
  • the pump receiving part 37 and thus the whole conduit 75 has to bear the weight of the pump 70 which is accomplished by the rigid tube-like construction and the rigid connection with the sump 10 as already described.
  • a gasket or sealing ring (not shown) is arranged between the pump receiving part 37 of the draining conduit 75 and the drive flange 82 for sealing.
  • the pump wheel 72 together with a mainly cylindrical pump wheel housing 73 is introduced through the rear opening 88 into the inner conduit chamber 85 and arranged within the pump receiving part 37 or, more specifically, inside the part of the inner conduit chamber 85 of the draining conduit 75 that is surrounded by the circumferential wall 87 of the pump receiving part 37.
  • the whole circumferential wall structure 17 and 87 and the pump receiving part 37 of the conduit 75 are formed integral with the rear tub part 12, i.e. formed in the same material and/or injection-moulding process.
  • the front tub part 21 has a cover wall 25.
  • the cover wall 25 covers or closes the draining conduit 75 and its inner chamber 85 at a second end, here a front end, 75B which is, as seen axially along the central axis A, opposite to the rear end 75A and, further upwardly, forms the sump front wall 11E of the sump 10 and continues into a front tub bottom part 12B of the tub bottom 12 which is more or less directed at a right angle to the cover wall 25.
  • the front cover of the conduit 75 and the sump 10 are formed integrally by the same cover wall 25 which in turn is formed integrally with the front tub part 21.
  • the cover wall 25 is at least at the side towards the conduit 75 or sump 10 mainly flat or planar and is at least at the front end 75B of the conduit 75 oriented orthogonal to the central axis A of the conduit 75. Furthermore, the cover wall 25 is connected with the circumferential wall 17 of the conduit 75, usually in the connecting area 20 and/or in the connecting plane, which connection is made at the same time the two tub parts 21 and 22 are connected by hot welding.
  • the cavity or volume or the conduit 75 as well as of the sump 10 is in each case formed entirely in the rear tub part 22 and only closed by the front tub part 21. This allows for simple moulding forms and manufacture.
  • the sump front wall 11E which is preferably constituted or formed by the cover wall 25, there is a hole or an opening 80 for mounting a pipe or level detection tube 28 of a level detection device 8.
  • the level detection tube 28 is arranged at least slightly upwardly and is closed at a distal end or upper end 28A opposite to the connecting end 28B which is connected in the opening 80.
  • a different level of washing liquid in the sump 10 and the tub bottom 12 will result in a different filling level in the level detection tube 28 and cause a variation of the air pressure above the liquid level which can be detected or sensed by an air pressure sensor 81 at the upper end 28A.
  • This opening 80 is arranged above the draining conduit 75 and on the other side of the sump 10 than the sump outlet 15, basically opposite to the sump outlet 15, which results in the level detection tube 28 being emptied efficiently by the pump pressure being exerted in the sump 10 through the sump outlet 15.
  • a central axis of the, preferably circular, opening 80 and/or an inserting direction for inserting the connecting end 28B of the level detection tube 28 is oriented parallel to the central axis A of the conduit 75.
  • a filter element 76 is arranged, having a filtering section 77 for filtering out objects of specific size and/or dimensions, in particular larger and/or longer objects, from the draining liquid to prevent them from reaching the pump wheel 72.
  • the filtering section 77 is arranged essentially within the circumferential wall 17 of the conduit 75 when the filter element 76 is mounted.
  • the filter element 76 has further a, preferably mainly cylindrical, pump wheel housing 73 formed integral with the filter element 76 or the filtering section 77 and being arranged within the pump receiving part 37 of the conduit 75 in the mounted state.
  • the central axis A of the conduit 75 extends, in the mounted state, preferably in a horizontal direction or in a horizontal plane orthogonal to the direction of gravity which results in a horizontal axial flow of draining liquid through the draining conduit 75 and improves the filtering effect of the filter 76
  • the main draining flow direction of the liquid in the direction from the sump outlet 15 to the rear end 75A to the pump wheel 72 is, thus, horizontal and orientated from the front to the rear or away from the front tub part 21 and its front cover 25. Also there is an axial inflow along the horizontal axis A towards the pump wheel 72 which in turn has a radial outflow like a centrifugal pump.
  • the draining outlet 74 of the pump receiving part 37 of the draining conduit 75 consists of a short pipe or tube extending fro the circumferential wall 87 outwardly, essentially in radial direction from the axis A, and is inclined upwardly with respect to the axis A or a horizontal plane.
  • a filter element 76 is mounted into the inner chamber 85 of the draining conduit 75 by inserting the filter element 76 through the rear opening 88 in an axial direction along the central axis A.
  • a correct angular position of the filter element 76 within the conduit 75 is ensured by a positioning element 91 at the filter element 76 which is to be inserted into a positioning slot 92 at the circumferential wall 17 of the conduit 75 which positioning means 91 and 92 also support an angular fixation between filter element 76 and conduit 75.
  • the pump wheel housing 73 has a sort of bowl or pot shape and is provided with a mainly cylindrical housing circumferential wall 93 surrounding the central axis A when mounted and with a circular ring-shaped housing front wall 94 being perpendicular to the central axis A and separating as a separation wall the interior of the housing circumferential wall 93 from the filtering section 77.
  • the housing circumferential wall 93 is provided with an opening over a certain angle about the axis A as a housing outlet 78.
  • the separation wall or housing front wall 94 has a central opening through which the central axis A runs in the mounted state and which serves as a filter outlet 79 or a housing inlet and brings the filtering section 77 and the pump wheel housing 73 in fluid connection.
  • the pump wheel housing 73 When the filter element 76 is mounted the pump wheel housing 73 is received in the pump receiving part 37 of the conduit 75 and its housing outlet 78 overlaps in the angular range and is, thus, in fluid connection with the draining outlet 74 at the circumferential wall 87, which angular positioning is assisted and ensured by the positioning element 91 being inserted into the positioning slot 92.
  • the pump wheel housing 73 has a slightly smaller diameter than the circumferential wall 87 of the conduit 75.
  • the pump wheel 72 of the pump 70 can be introduced into the pump wheel housing 73 of the filter element 76.
  • the central axis A is the central axis of the pump wheel housing 73 and the pump wheel 72 as its rotational axis and preferably axis of inertia for balanced rotation.
  • the blades or wings of the pump wheel 72 When the pump wheel 72 is introduced into the pump wheel housing 73, the blades or wings of the pump wheel 72 have a radial distance to the inner wall of the pump wheel housing 73 and can be rotated about the axis A within the pump wheel housing 73 in order to suck or draw in washing liquid from the sump 10 through the sump outlet 15 into the inner conduit chamber 85 and through the filtering section 77 and thereafter through the filer outlet 79 into the pump wheel housing 73 and to dispense or pump the liquid out of the pump wheel housing 73 through the housing outlet 78 and the draining outlet 74 in a mainly radial direction. So, the draining pump 70 and its pump wheel 72 have an axial inflow and a radial outflow for the washing liquid with respect to the central axis A.
  • the pump wheel 72 is separated from the sump 10 by means of the draining conduit 75 and the filter element 76 and the flow path and thus flow resistance are reduced, thereby reducing energy losses.
  • the pump wheel 72 generates a low pressure in the conduit 75 and thus in the sump 10 and a steady flow of the drained liquid through the horizontal conduit 75.
  • connecting elements 26 and 27 can be provided wherein, as shown, the connecting element 26 arranged at the front tub part 21 is a protruding part and is received by a receiving recess as a second connecting element 27 which design improves the connecting properties of hot welding and constitutes a welded water tight sealing. Also the connecting parts 26 and 27 allow for a pre-positioning of the two tub parts 21 and 22 before welding.
  • the front tub part 21 and the rear tub part 22 are, in the preferred embodiment shown, both formed in such a way that they can be injection-moulded from a thermoplastic material between two moulding forms in a moulding process reducing the use of runners or moveable form parts in further moulding steps.
  • At least one, preferably both, of the two moulding forms usually an inner moulding form, forms cavities and concave spaces in the tub parts 21 and 22 such as the sump 10 or the tub interior 9 or the draining conduit 75 which cavities or concave spaces start at the connecting line between the two moulding parts and are open towards the connecting part line of the moulding parts, wherein the sump 10 and the conduit 75 are preferably basically formed in the rear tub part 22.
  • the front tub part 21 and preferably also the most part of the rear tub part 22, have a shape that allows for direct linear retraction of the moulding forms along a common retraction direction which is parallel to an axis running through the tub part 21 or 22 in case of tub part 22 the central axis A of the draining conduit 75.
  • a common retraction direction which is parallel to an axis running through the tub part 21 or 22 in case of tub part 22 the central axis A of the draining conduit 75.

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  1. Unité de bac de lavage pour une machine à laver comprenant
    a) un bac de lavage (2) ayant un intérieur de bac (9) et recevant un tambour rotatif (3) destiné à recevoir des articles devant être lavés,
    b) un carter de vidange (10) agencé dans une région inférieure du bac de lavage (2), le carter ayant un fond de carter (13) et une structure de paroi latérale (11) entourant une entrée de carter (18) et reliée au fond de carter (13), et
    c) un dispositif de vidange (7) en raccordement fluidique avec le carter de vidange (10) pour évacuer du liquide de lavage à partir de l'intérieur de bac (9),
    d) le dispositif de vidange comprenant une conduite de vidange (75) et une pompe de vidange (70),
    e) caractérisé par le fait que la conduite de vidange (75) a une structure de paroi de conduite (17, 87) entourant une chambre interne (85) de la conduite de vidange (75),
    f) une partie de séparation de la structure de paroi de conduite (17, 87) de la conduite de vidange (75) formant une partie de la structure de paroi latérale (11) du carter (10) et séparant le carter (10) vis-à-vis de la chambre interne (85) de la conduite de vidange (75),
    g) la chambre interne (85) de la conduite de vidange (75) étant en raccordement fluidique avec le carter (10) à travers au moins une sortie de carter (15), laquelle sortie de carter (15) se présente sous la forme d'une ouverture dans la partie de séparation de la structure de paroi (17, 87).
  2. Unité de bac de lavage selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle la partie de séparation de la structure de paroi de conduite (17, 87) de la conduite de vidange (75) fait saillie dans le carter (10).
  3. Unité de bac de lavage selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans laquelle la partie de séparation de la structure de paroi de conduite (17, 87) de la conduite de vidange (75) relie le fond de carter (13) à des parties de paroi latérale (11B et 11C) de la structure de paroi latérale (11) du carter (10), formant en particulier une autre partie de paroi latérale de la structure de paroi latérale (11) du carter (10).
  4. Unité de bac de lavage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle l'ouverture de la sortie de carter (15) est de forme rectangulaire et/ou couvre une plage d'angle d'au plus 90°, de préférence de moins de 80°.
  5. Unité de bac de lavage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle la partie de séparation de la structure de paroi de conduite (17, 87) est, au moins dans une zone autour de l'ouverture de la sortie de carter (15), incurvée, de préférence incurvée de façon cylindrique, et concave vue depuis le carter (10) ou convexe vue depuis la chambre interne de conduit (85).
  6. Unité de bac de lavage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle la sortie de carter (15) est orientée vers l'entrée de carter (18) ou fait face à l'entrée de carter (18) pour autoriser un trajet d'écoulement direct et court pour le liquide évacué à travers le carter (10) et/ou dans laquelle la sortie de carter (15) est agencée au-dessus du fond de carter (13) ou espacée du fond de carter (13) par une section inférieure intermédiaire de la partie de séparation de la structure de paroi de conduite de la conduite (75).
  7. Unité de bac de lavage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle la structure de paroi de conduite (17, 87) de la conduite de vidange (75) enferme ou entoure un axe central (A) et/ou dans laquelle la conduite (75) ou sa chambre interne (85) s'étend le long de l'axe central (A) et/ou horizontalement et/ou dans laquelle la partie de séparation de la structure de paroi de conduite de la conduite (75) couvre une plage d'angle d'au moins 90°, de préférence entre 100° et 120°.
  8. Unité de bac de lavage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes,
    a) dans laquelle le bac de lavage (2) est composé d'une partie de bac avant préformée (21) et d'une partie de bac arrière préformée (22) reliée à la partie de bac avant (21) dans une région de liaison (20), les parties de bac préformées étant, de préférence, moulées par injection ou formées par moulage par injection à partir d'un matériau thermoplastique et la liaison entre les deux parties de bac (21, 22) étant, de préférence, réalisée par thermosoudage,
    b) dans laquelle une partie arrière de la structure de paroi latérale (11) du carter (10) et la structure de paroi de conduite (17, 87) de la conduite de vidange (75) sont des parties d'un seul tenant avec la partie de bac arrière (22), en particulier formées à partir du même matériau thermoplastique que la partie de bac arrière (22) et/ou formées dans le même processus de moulage par injection que la partie de bac arrière (22).
  9. Unité de bac de lavage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes,
    a) dans laquelle la conduite (75) comprend une partie de réception de pompe (37) à une première extrémité (75A) pour recevoir la pompe de vidange (70) et est fermée par une paroi de recouvrement (25) à une seconde extrémité (75B) de la conduite (75), opposée à la première extrémité (75A),
    b) dans laquelle la paroi de recouvrement (25) est formée d'un seul tenant avec la partie de bac avant (21) ou la partie de bac arrière (22) et est reliée à la conduite (75) dans la région de liaison (20), laquelle liaison est, de préférence, réalisée en même temps que les deux parties de bac (21 et 22) sont reliées.
  10. Unité de bac de lavage selon la revendication 9, la pompe de vidange (70) ayant au moins une roue de pompe (72) agencée dans un carter de roue de pompe (73) et un entraînement de pompe (71) pour entraîner la roue de pompe (72) dans un mouvement de rotation autour d'un axe de rotation, qui est, de préférence, un axe central (A) de la conduite (75), la roue de pompe (72) de la pompe de vidange étant agencée dans l'intérieur de la partie de réception de pompe (37) entourée par une paroi circonférentielle (87) et l'entraînement de pompe (71) étant monté sur un côté arrière (97) de la partie de réception de pompe (37) de telle sorte que la partie de réception de pompe (37) porte le poids de la pompe (70) et la partie de réception de pompe (37) étant, en particulier, formée d'un seul tenant avec la partie de bac arrière (22).
  11. Unité de bac de lavage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle la structure de paroi de conduite a une première paroi circonférentielle (17) enfermant une section avant de la chambre (85) pour introduire un élément de filtre, qui est en particulier de diamètre plus petit que la paroi circonférentielle (87) de la partie de réception de pompe (37), la paroi circonférentielle (17) de la section avant et la paroi circonférentielle (87) de la partie de réception de pompe (37) étant toutes deux des parties de séparation et des parties de la structure de paroi latérale (11) du carter (10).
  12. Unité de bac de lavage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle le carter (10) est formé d'un seul tenant avec la même partie de bac (21) avec laquelle est formée d'un seul tenant la conduite (75) et est fermé par une paroi de recouvrement (11E, 25), laquelle paroi de recouvrement (11E, 25) est formée d'un seul tenant avec la même partie de bac avec laquelle est formée d'un seul tenant la paroi de recouvrement (25) de la conduite (75).
  13. Unité de bac de lavage selon la revendication 12, dans laquelle le carter (10) a une structure de paroi latérale (11) et un fond de carter (13), et la paroi de recouvrement pour le carter (10) forme une partie de paroi latérale, en particulier une partie de paroi latérale avant (11E), qui est reliée à la structure de paroi latérale (11) et au fond de carter (13) du carter (10) dans la région de liaison (20).
  14. Unité de bac de lavage selon la revendication 12 ou 13, dans laquelle la paroi de recouvrement pour le carter (10), en particulier la partie de paroi latérale, de préférence la partie de paroi latérale avant (11E), a, au moins à une surface faisant face au carter (10), une surface plate ou plane et/ou repose elle-même ou a sa surface plate ou plane reposant dans un plan de liaison ou dans le même plan que la région de liaison (20) des deux parties de bac (21 et 22).
  15. Machine à laver ayant une unité de bac de lavage selon l'une des revendications précédentes.
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