EP2855759A1 - Dispositif récepteur pour un filtre amovible d'appareil électroménager - Google Patents

Dispositif récepteur pour un filtre amovible d'appareil électroménager

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EP2855759A1
EP2855759A1 EP13723526.3A EP13723526A EP2855759A1 EP 2855759 A1 EP2855759 A1 EP 2855759A1 EP 13723526 A EP13723526 A EP 13723526A EP 2855759 A1 EP2855759 A1 EP 2855759A1
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filter
seal
receiving opening
sealing
lint
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EP2855759B1 (fr
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Alexander John
Martin Korte
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BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
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BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
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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
    • D06F58/00—Domestic laundry dryers
    • D06F58/20—General details of domestic laundry dryers 
    • D06F58/22—Lint collecting arrangements

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  • the invention is in the field of household appliances, such as in particular tumble dryer, washer-dryer or other devices where operationally deposits such as lint, hair or other contaminants are filtered out by a filter or a filter element. Many such devices require the filter to be removed from the device for cleaning or maintenance purposes.
  • the invention relates to a receiving device for a removable filter, which is arranged in a process air duct of a household appliance, with a receiving opening for at least partially receiving the filter and with a seal which seals the receiving opening with respect to the filter when the filter is inserted.
  • a receiving device for a removable filter which is arranged in a process air duct of a household appliance, with a receiving opening for at least partially receiving the filter and with a seal which seals the receiving opening with respect to the filter when the filter is inserted.
  • DE 197 45 091 A1 describes a lint filter device for an electric clothes dryer, which is supported on the loading door and which has a blocking or blocking element which prevents incorrect insertion or absence of the removable Feinsieb stressess the filter putting the tumble dryer.
  • DE 33 04 441 A1 discloses a lint filter device for a household laundry dryer, which avoids the ingress of lint by leaks between the filter frame and the manhole frame in the exhaust duct.
  • a frame member of the filter at its air inlet side with a filter fabric surrounding and applied from the inside of the manhole frame seal is provided and the insertion of the lint filter is formed stepwise narrowing.
  • DE 197 56 708 C2 relates to a tumble dryer with a lint filter device, which is arranged removably in the closure door of the tumble dryer, wherein the process air flow first flows through a main screen surface and then a main screen surface arranged substantially perpendicular side screen surface.
  • WO 201 1/061068 A1 relates to a dryer with a substantially closed process air guide, which flows through a first removable lint filter. Details regarding the lint filter removal are not addressed in this document.
  • US2003 / 0154618 A1 describes a separate cleaning device in order to easily and conveniently remove lint adhering to the screen of a lint filter of a tumble dryer for the user.
  • EP 0 443 361 A1 relates to a monitoring device for a lint filter which prevents closing of the loading door and thus start-up of the tumble dryer as long as the lint filter is not inserted in the receiving device.
  • a bracket is provided on the loading door, which dips when closing the door in an associated recess.
  • the filter slides on a closing element having a flat wall portion sized slightly larger than the cross-section of the process air channel.
  • the closing element also has a flat slide member which extends at right angles to the wall part and blocks the entry path for the bracket of the loading door by the bias of a torsion spring.
  • each a receiving device for a removable filter of a household appliance of the type mentioned is known.
  • the device known from DE 196 13 298 C1 for a household laundry dryer provides a sealing lip on the lower frame leg of the lint filter, which forms a collecting trough together with other filter-side elements, which is removed during filter cleaning together with the filter.
  • the drip tray catches any fluff falling off the filter discs when the filter is removed. This prevents that when removing the lint filter from the receiving opening retained lint and small parts fall into the process air duct and can interfere with the drying process.
  • a filter in particular for tumble driers, for collecting the lint and lint produced during the drying process with a filter medium arranged in a frame made of plastic, which is sealed in the dry air line by means of a seal, removable and reusable.
  • the frame of the filter is formed by the seal itself, which is firmly connected to the filter medium.
  • the object of the present invention is to ensure that both the filter side adhering and deposited in the vicinity of the receiving opening fluff, hair and other deposits and contaminants are reliably kept away from the receiving opening when removing the filter.
  • This object is achieved by a combination of features according to the independent claim.
  • Advantageous embodiments of the invention will become apparent from the following description, from the accompanying drawings and from the dependent claims whose features can be used individually and in any combination with each other.
  • This object is achieved according to the invention in a receiving device of the type mentioned above in that the seal is arranged receiving opening side and at least one sealing element which arrives at a removal of the filter from a sealing operating position in a shielding in which it shields at least a portion of the receiving opening surrounds.
  • the inventive design of the seal or the active sealing elements ensures that when removing the filter falling into lint, hair or other contaminants or even small, to be treated in the household appliance items (such as small laundry) in the receiving opening safely is prevented. Thus they can not get into the receiving opening and do not lead to impairment of the device operation.
  • the retained lint and impurities can be easily removed or removed. But it can also be taken care of (eg by the geometric configuration of the seal or the sealing element, for example by corresponding brims or by crimping) that the retained lint and impurities when reinserting the filter, for example, along the filter outer surfaces slide in such a way that the Contaminants are not encountered in the receiving opening even when reinserting the filter.
  • a particular aspect of the invention is that the seal arranged on the receiving opening side automatically moves from its sealing operating position into the shielding position when the filter is removed. This can be achieved by a mechanical drive, by spring elements or particularly preferably by the geometric or elastic design of the sealing elements or the sealing lips.
  • a particularly advantageous embodiment of the invention in this connection provides that the sealing element has at least one sealing lip which can be pivoted from the operating position into the shielding position. After a likewise particularly advantageous development of the invention in this context, the sealing element has at least one elastic sealing lip which is erected upon removal of the filter.
  • the necessary for the installation of the seal or its sealing element in the shielding position kinetic energy is provided by the elasticity of the sealing lip.
  • the sealing lip can be brought or pivoted against its own spring bias in the operating position when inserting the filter.
  • the seal may particularly preferably have a pivotable sealing lip or a pivotable sealing web.
  • the seal may be at least partially made of an elastomer.
  • a manufacturing and assembly technology preferred embodiment of the invention provides that the seal is a two-component component, with a sealing element which consists of an elastomer, and with a mounting region which is made of a different material.
  • the seal in their properties - namely with regard to the sealing properties by the elastomeric material and in terms of their fastening properties by the other material (for example, a thermoplastic material) - independently optimized.
  • the mounting region has at least one latching element with which the seal is fastened on the receiving opening side.
  • Fig. 3 shows the beginning removal of the filter from the receiving device
  • FIG. 4 the recording device with the filter removed.
  • Figure 1 shows a receiving device 1, which may be arranged for example in a non-illustrated process air duct 2 of a tumble dryer, not shown.
  • the following description refers to a tumble dryer with a lint filter, which can be arranged in the region of the upper process air duct in the end shield of a known (see, for example, the aforementioned DE 196 13 298 C1) tumble dryer.
  • the device has a receiving opening 4 for a removable lint filter 5.
  • the filter 5 in a manner known per se, for example, from the documents mentioned at the beginning, comprises a filter material or a filter screen which removes said lint or impurities, e.g. filtered out of the process air circulation of a tumble dryer.
  • the filter has an air inlet region 6, which is indicated only schematically, and an air outlet region 7.
  • the filter 5 is in the operating position in which it is inserted into the receiving opening 4 and thus able to filter out lint from the process air.
  • the area between the filter 5 and the receiving opening 4 is sealed by a seal 9 located in the sealing operating position 8.
  • the seal 9 has to sealing elements 10 in the form of sealing lips 1 1, 12.
  • Figure 2 shows in enlargement a detail A of Figure 1, in which one recognizes the walls 14, 15 of the filter 5.
  • the sealing lip 12 of the seal 9 has nestled tight, so that the intermediate region between the receiving opening 4 and the filter 5 is reliably sealed against the ingress of lint or other foreign matter.
  • Figure 3 shows the beginning of the removal process of the filter 5 from the receiving opening 4 while releasing the inlet region 16 of the receiving opening 4.
  • the sealing lips move 1 1, 12 - as indicated by arrows 21, 22 - in a Aufklapp- or pivoting movement of Extraction direction 23 of the filter 5 following autonomously in a shielding 24.
  • the sealing lips 1 1, 12 biased by the filter 5 used in the operating position shown in Figure 1 8 against its own elasticity and relax when removing the filter 5 by their erection and movement in the shield 24.
  • the sealing lips 1 1, 12 can be designed as (elastic) hinged or pivotable webs 25, 26 and, for example, by a mechanical coupling with the removal movement of the filter 5 or by a separate spring element, for example, an integrated leaf spring, get into the shielding 24.
  • Figure 4 shows after further removal of the filter 5 in the removal direction 23, the now fully swung or unfolded sealing lips 1 1, 12 or sealing webs 25, 26, which are now fully erect in the shielding 24.
  • any existing or accumulated lint 31 or impurities 32 are thus reliably prevented from falling into the receiving opening 4 and into the process air duct 2, and can be removed manually in a simple manner . It is also conceivable to design the region of the receiving opening or the sealing lips 11, 12 such that when the filter 5 is replaced, it is ensured that lint or impurities 31, 32 do not enter the receiving opening 4 as a result of the insertion movement of the filter against the removal direction 23 or the process air channel 2 can be pushed.
  • the sealing lips or sealing webs which bear sealingly against the filter in the operating position, are designed and placed opposite the receiving opening such that, preferably at least in the critical areas when removing the filter, these elements are erected in such a way that they provide reliable shielding or a collection location for the lint and impurities form.
  • the seal 9 with the sealing lip (eg 12, see Figure 2) as Injection molded part or extrusion part made of an elastomer.
  • the gasket 9 is particularly preferably designed as a two-component component 40 (FIG. 2), the sealing region 41 of the gasket being made of an elastomer 42 and the sealing portion (mounting region) 43 serving for fastening being made of thermoplastic material 44. This allows a simple and reliable latching by means of a latching element in the form of a latching lug 45 in the region of the receiving opening 4.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Textile Engineering (AREA)
  • Detail Structures Of Washing Machines And Dryers (AREA)
  • Filtering Of Dispersed Particles In Gases (AREA)
  • Sink And Installation For Waste Water (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif récepteur (1) pour un filtre amovible (5) d'appareil électroménager, comportant une ouverture de réception (4) servant à recevoir au moins partiellement le filtre (5), et un joint d'étanchéité (9) qui étanchéifie l'ouverture de réception (4) par rapport au filtre (5), lorsque le filtre (5) est en place. Lors du retrait du filtre, afin de maintenir à l'écart de l'ouverture de réception (4) de manière fiable les peluches (31), les cheveux et autres dépôts et impuretés (32) qui adhèrent côté filtre ou qui se sont déposés dans l'environnement de l'ouverture de réception (4), le joint étanchéité (9) est agencé du côté de l'ouverture de réception et comprend au moins un élément d'étanchéité (10) qui, lors du retrait du filtre (5), passe d'une position de fonctionnement (8) qui réalise l'étanchéité, à une position de protection (24) dans laquelle l'élément d'étanchéité entoure au moins une partie de l'ouverture de réception (4) de manière à la protéger.
EP13723526.3A 2012-05-30 2013-05-22 Dispositif récepteur pour un filtre amovible d'appareil électroménager Active EP2855759B1 (fr)

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DE102012209124A DE102012209124A1 (de) 2012-05-30 2012-05-30 Aufnahmevorrichtung für einen entnehmbaren Filter eines Haushaltsgeräts
PCT/EP2013/060521 WO2013178517A1 (fr) 2012-05-30 2013-05-22 Dispositif récepteur pour un filtre amovible d'appareil électroménager

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