EP2655721B1 - Appareil ménager électrique doté d'un panneau rotatif - Google Patents

Appareil ménager électrique doté d'un panneau rotatif Download PDF

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EP2655721B1
EP2655721B1 EP11810678.0A EP11810678A EP2655721B1 EP 2655721 B1 EP2655721 B1 EP 2655721B1 EP 11810678 A EP11810678 A EP 11810678A EP 2655721 B1 EP2655721 B1 EP 2655721B1
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Pier Andrea Pracchi
Egle Armonaviciute
Alessia Negromanti
Maurizio Baldini
Silvio Pagliaro
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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 
    • D06F39/02—Devices for adding soap or other washing agents
    • 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 
    • D06F39/02—Devices for adding soap or other washing agents
    • D06F39/022—Devices for adding soap or other washing agents in a liquid state

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  • This invention relates to an electrical household appliance for washing laundry, typically a laundry washing machine or a washer-dryer.
  • a separator panel is provided to prevent the detergent from flowing freely from the first zone to the second. This allows the liquid detergent to be held back and released into the tank in predetermined time windows during the washing cycle, thereby optimizing the action of the detergent. This feature also allows the user to visually check how much detergent there is in the drawer.
  • the separator panel stops the detergent from flowing out of the drawer and the user can thus measure the amount of detergent using references provided in the drawer -the references may even be very approximate: for example, the distance between the surface of the detergent and the upper edge of a containment wall-.
  • a dispensing device allows washing water into the first zone and the liquid detergent mixed with the washing water overflows from the first zone to the second zone. Also, since the separator panel is not hermetically sealed (there are small channels at the bottom of the separator panel) the liquid in the first zone very slowly seeps out of the first zone and eventually finds it way into the second zone and from there into the washing tank.
  • the separator panel is movable between:
  • the drawer comprises means for sliding the separator panel; these sliding means comprise guides extending along the second zone; by pushing the upper portion of the separator panel (in the first position) towards the second zone, these guides allow the separator panel to be tipped over, more specifically, the upper portion of the separator panel is made to surmount the second zone, whilst the rest of the separator panel surmounts the first zone.
  • Document EP1350882A2 discloses a washing machine comprising a detachable partition member arranged in the detergent chamber which either partitions the chamber into a secondary detergent storing section to perform preliminary washing and a main detergent storing section to perform the subsequent main washing, or provides the entire chamber as the main detergent storing section to perform washing without preliminary washing.
  • this invention has for an aim to provide an electrical household appliance capable of optimizing component layout.
  • Another aim of the invention is to provide an electrical household appliance which improves the structural solidity of its components.
  • the reference numeral 1 denotes an electrical household appliance for washing laundry.
  • the electrical household appliance 1 comprises:
  • the means 3 for delivering detergent comprise:
  • the panel 4 is movable rotatably about an axis of rotation 41 oriented substantially according to the physical vertical.
  • the physical vertical coincides with the plumb-line direction.
  • the panel 4 advantageously extends mainly in a vertical direction.
  • the panel 4 is a butterfly valve 42.
  • the butterfly valve 42 comprises:
  • the wings 422 extend vertically.
  • the upper edge of the two wings forms a concavity 425 facing upwards.
  • the concavity 425 facilitates overflowing of the water and detergent mixture from the first zone 31 to the second 32 when the panel 4 is in the second configuration.
  • the electrical household appliance 1 comprises a drawer 60 for holding a detergent.
  • the drawer 60 defines a tray 30 integrating the first and second zones 31, 32.
  • the drawer 60 is movable between a first position where it is inside a housing 6 of the electrical household appliance 1 and a second position where it is at least partly outside the housing 6 to allow the detergent to be placed in the first zone 31.
  • the tray 30 is integrated as a single part in the drawer 60 (more specifically, in the main body 61 of the drawer, as described in more detail below).
  • the drawer 60 is extractable along a first direction.
  • the axis of rotation 41 of the panel 4 is vertical and at right angles to the first direction.
  • the means 3 for delivering the detergent comprise a hopper 301 which contributes to channelling the liquid from the drawer 60 towards the washing compartment 2.
  • the panel 4 is made of plastic material.
  • the drawer 60 is also made of plastic material.
  • the wings 422 of the butterfly valve 42 are directly accessible to a user, allowing the valve 42 to be turned about the axis of rotation 41. More specifically, in the second position, the wings 422 of the butterfly valve 42 are directly accessible to a user. More specifically, in the second position, the wings 422 of the butterfly valve 42 are directly accessible to a user from above (for example, moving from the top down - following the gravity acceleration vector - along a straight line coinciding with the axis of rotation 41).
  • the electrical household appliance 1 comprises a washing water dispensing device.
  • the first zone 31 is under the dispensing device, along the physical vertical.
  • the first and second zones 31, 32 define a channel 36 of the means 3 for delivering the detergent, the channel 36 comprising a bottom surface 34 and two lateral surfaces 35 which extend upwards away from the bottom surface 34.
  • the drawer 60 comprises a main body 61. Added to the main body 61, there may be additional accessories such as, for example, a removable tray which can be placed in an additional detergent channel 5 (for example, for a fabric conditioner).
  • the bottom surface 34 and the two lateral surfaces 35 are made as a single part with the main body 61.
  • the main body 61 is made by moulding together with the bottom surface 34 and the two lateral surfaces 35.
  • an upper section of the lateral surfaces 35 is located further away from the bottom surface compared to a portion of an upper edge of the panel 4, thus allowing overflowing from the first zone 31 to the second zone 32. This avoids overflowing of the liquid into unwanted zones of the drawer 60.
  • the fulcrum 421 is pivotally constrained to a support 424 located on the bottom surface 34.
  • the fulcrum 421 comprises a cavity
  • the support 424 comprises a protrusion 423 which projects from the bottom surface 34.
  • the protrusion 423 engages in the cavity of the fulcrum 421.
  • the cavity and the support 424 are coupled by helical threading formed on an outside surface of the support 424 and on an inside surface defining the cavity.
  • the panel 4 comprises at least one perimeter edge 43 which extends principally along a direction parallel to the axis of rotation 41, the edge 43 being rounded so as to offer a more hydrodynamic shape when the panel 4 is in the first configuration. This reduces build-up of powder detergent (or mush consisting of powder detergent and water) at the edge 43.
  • the panel 4 comprises two edges 43 which extend principally along a direction parallel to the axis of rotation 42, both of the edges 43 being rounded. That means a rounded edge is offered to the zone 31 independently of the direction the butterfly valve 42 is turned in to move the panel 4 from the second configuration to the first.
  • the panel 4 follows a helical lift/lower motion.
  • the movement of the panel 4 from the first configuration to the second is accompanied by a lifting movement of the panel 4 relative to the rest of the tray 30. This allows the space between the lower portion of the panel 4 and the tray 30 to be increased, thereby reducing the risk of build-up of residues (for example, water and powder detergent) under the panel 4.
  • residues for example, water and powder detergent
  • the means 3 for delivering the detergent and/or the panel 4 comprise/comprises graphic symbols illustrating the possibility of moving the panel 4 between the first configuration and the second. These graphic symbols comprise stylized icons which suggest to/remind the user how to use the panel 4 at each wash.
  • the graphic symbols are made by moulding directly on the panel 4 either on the bottom surface 34 or on at least one of the lateral surfaces 35.
  • the user performs at least the following steps:
  • the washing water is fed into the first zone 31. If the panel 4 is in the first configuration, the space occupied by the panel 4 transversely to the direction of outflow from the first zone 31 to the second 32 is minimal and the washing water carries the powder detergent with it along the means 3 for delivering the detergent to the washing compartment 2.
  • the space occupied by the panel 4 is such that the level of the liquid in the first zone 31 increases. Since the panel 4 is not hermetically sealed, liquid leaks through the panel 4 (typically between the edges 43 of the panel 4 and the lateral surfaces 35). When the liquid level exceeds the height of the panel 4, the liquid overflows into the second zone 32 and from there into the washing compartment 2.
  • the electrical household appliance comprises means for locking the panel 4 in the first and the second configuration.
  • the locking means are of a mechanical type.
  • they might be determined by a mechanical interaction between the fulcrum 421 and the protrusion 423.
  • the fulcrum 421 might have on it an elastically deformable element which, when the panel 4 is turned, snaps into a first or a second socket of the protrusion 423 (with the panel 4 in the first or second configuration, respectively).
  • the element might, on the other hand, be formed on the protrusion 423 and the first and second sockets on the fulcrum 421.
  • the panel 4 is removable from the rest of the electrical household appliance 1, in particular from the tray 30. This is advantageous because it allows the panel 4 to be cleaned or lets the user use the electrical household appliance 1 without the panel 4 (the latter situation being particularly advantageous when the appliance is used almost exclusively with powder detergent).

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  1. Appareil électroménager destiné à laver le linge, comprenant :
    - un compartiment de lavage (2) ;
    - des moyens (3) destinés à distribuer du détergent dans le compartiment de lavage (2) et comprenant une première zone (31) destinée à recevoir le détergent introduit depuis l'extérieur de l'appareil électroménager (1) et une seconde zone (32), adjacente à la première (31) et intercalée le long des moyens de distribution (3) entre le compartiment de lavage (2) et la première zone (31) ;
    - un panneau (4) intercalé entre la première et la seconde zone (31, 32), le panneau (4) étant mobile entre une première et une seconde configuration et, dans la seconde configuration, obstruant une section (40) destinée au passage entre la première et la seconde zone (31, 32) qui est plus grande que dans la première configuration ; les première et seconde configurations du panneau (4) étant adaptées pour distribuer dans le compartiment de lavage (2) un détergent en poudre et un détergent liquide, respectivement ;
    caractérisé en ce que le panneau (4) est mobile en rotation autour d'un axe de rotation (41) orienté sensiblement selon la verticale physique.
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