EP2865801A1 - Machine à laver le linge comprenant un ensemble de distribution de détergent - Google Patents

Machine à laver le linge comprenant un ensemble de distribution de détergent Download PDF

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EP2865801A1
EP2865801A1 EP20130190215 EP13190215A EP2865801A1 EP 2865801 A1 EP2865801 A1 EP 2865801A1 EP 20130190215 EP20130190215 EP 20130190215 EP 13190215 A EP13190215 A EP 13190215A EP 2865801 A1 EP2865801 A1 EP 2865801A1
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Daniele Da Riol
Mauro Cinello
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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
    • D06F39/028—Arrangements for selectively supplying water to detergent compartments

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  • the present invention relates to a laundry washing machine (which may be of the front-loading type or of the top-loading type) comprising a detergent dispensing assembly; the laundry washing machine can have or not also a drying function.
  • a front-loading home laundry washing machine generally comprises: a substantially parallelepiped-shaped outer boxlike casing structured for resting on the floor; a substantially bell-shaped washing tub which is usually suspended in floating manner inside the casing, directly facing a laundry loading/ unloading through opening realized in the front wall of the casing; a substantially cylindrical, elastically-deformable bellows which watertight connects the front opening of the washing tub to the laundry loading/unloading opening formed in the front wall of the casing; a porthole door which is hinged to the front wall of the casing to rotate to and from a closing position in which the door closes the laundry loading/unloading opening in the front wall of the casing for watertight sealing the washing tub; a substantially cylindrical, bell-shaped rotatable drum structured for housing the laundry to be washed, and which is fitted inside the washing tub with its concavity facing the laundry loading/unloading opening and is supported by the washing tub in axially rotating manner so as to be able to freely rotate about its
  • the front-loading home laundry washing machine moreover comprises: a detergent dispensing assembly which is located inside the boxlike casing and is structured for selectively feeding into the washing tub, according to the washing cycle selected by the user, a given amount of detergent, softener and/or other washing agent suitably mixed with fresh water arriving from the water mains; and finally a fresh-water supply circuit which is structured for selectively drawing fresh water from the water mains according to the washing cycle selected by the user, and channelling said fresh water to the detergent dispensing assembly or directly to the washing tub.
  • a detergent dispensing assembly which is located inside the boxlike casing and is structured for selectively feeding into the washing tub, according to the washing cycle selected by the user, a given amount of detergent, softener and/or other washing agent suitably mixed with fresh water arriving from the water mains
  • a fresh-water supply circuit which is structured for selectively drawing fresh water from the water mains according to the washing cycle selected by the user, and channelling said fresh water to the detergent dispensing assembly or directly to the washing tub.
  • the detergent dispensing assembly generally comprises a detergent drawer which is fitted/inserted in manually extractable manner into a corresponding drawer housing whose entrance is located on front wall of the casing, above the laundry loading/unloading opening.
  • the detergent drawer is moreover divided into a number of detergent compartments each structured for being manually fillable with an amount of detergent, softener or other washing agent sufficient to perform a single washing cycle
  • the detergent dispensing assembly furthermore comprises a drawer flush circuit which is connected to the fresh-water supply circuit for receiving fresh water, and is structured for selectively spilling/pouring, when the detergent drawer is completely fitted/inserted into the drawer housing, a shower of water droplets directly into any one of the detergent compartments of the detergent drawer, so as to selectively flush the detergent, softener or other washing agent out of the same detergent compartment and down onto the bottom of the drawer housing.
  • the mixture of water and detergent, softener or other washing agent afterwards flows into the washing tub via a drain duct that branches off from the basin-shaped bottom of the drawer housing.
  • the drawer flush circuit generally comprises a plate-like water delivery member which is usually incorporated into the upper cover of the drawer housing so as to be located immediately above the detergent drawer when the latter is completely inserted/recessed into the drawer housing.
  • the plate-like water delivery member is provided with a number of shower-making portions/sections each of which is vertically aligned to a corresponding detergent compartment of the detergent drawer, and is structured for feeding a shower of water droplets into the detergent compartment located immediately beneath; and the drawer flush circuit furthermore comprises an electrically-operated valve assembly or flow diverter assembly which is located immediately upstream of the water delivery member, and is structured for channeling the fresh water arriving from the fresh-water supply circuit selectively and alternatively towards any one of the shower-making sections/portions of the water delivery member.
  • the plate-like water delivery member consists of a plate-like lower element and a plate-like upper element that are made of plastic via an injection moulding process, and are vibration welded to one another to form the plate-like upper cover of the drawer housing.
  • the upper face of the plate-like lower element has a number of perforated portions/sections each vertically aligned to a corresponding detergent compartment of the detergent drawer, and a number of upwards-protruding ribs that delimit in pairs a series of water ducts each of which is shaped to channel the fresh water arriving from the electrically-operated valve assembly or flow diverter assembly to a corresponding perforated portion/section of the plate-like lower element.
  • the lower face of the plate-like upper element is shaped so as to directly abut against the crest line of the upwards-protruding ribs of the plate-like lower element, and to be vibration welded to the same upwards-protruding ribs so as to watertight close the top of each water duct and complete the water delivery member.
  • each water duct is suitably sized so to have a specific water flowrate along the water duct, and the presence of welding burrs can locally drastically reduce the clear section of the duct.
  • Aim of the present invention is to prevent the welding burrs to reduce the clear section of the water ducts of the plate-like water delivery member of the detergent dispensing assembly.
  • a laundry washing machine comprising a detergent dispensing assembly which comprises a detergent drawer structured for receiving a given amount of washing agent and which is fitted in extractable manner into a corresponding drawer housing, and a water delivery member which is associated to the drawer housing so as to be located immediately above the detergent drawer when the latter is completely inserted/recessed into the drawer housing;
  • the water delivery member is provided with at least one shower-making portion structured for feeding a shower of water droplets into the beneath-located detergent drawer, and with at least one internal water supply duct which extends inside the body of the water delivery member and is structured so as to channel the fresh water towards said shower-making portion;
  • the water delivery member comprises a first and a second, reciprocally overlapped, plate-like elements which are made of plastic material and are welded to one another so as to form a monolithic body, and the at least one water supply duct being laterally delimited, in the interspace between the first and the second plate-like elements, by two first partitioning ribs each pro
  • the first partitioning ribs can protrude both from a same plate-line element (for example the first plate-line element), or they can advantageously protrude one from one of the plate-line elements (for example the first plate-line element) and one from the other plate-line element (for example the second plate-line element).
  • first partitioning ribs are watertight merged via vibration welding to the body of said other plate-like element, substantially without interruption along the whole length of the first partitioning ribs.
  • the second partitioning ribs can protrude both from a same plate-line element, or they can advantageously protrude one from one of the plate-line elements and one from the other plate-line element.
  • the crest lines of the second partitioning ribs rests in abutment against the conjugated inner face of the other plate-like element substantially without interruption along the whole length of said second partitioning ribs.
  • the internal water supply duct is laterally delimited by the couple of second partitioning ribs substantially for its whole length.
  • each second partitioning rib is locally substantially parallel to an adjacent first partitioning rib.
  • the detergent drawer is divided into a number of detergent compartments each structured for being manually fillable with a given amount of detergent, softener or other washing agent, and in each shower-making portion the plate-like water delivery member is vertically aligned to a respective detergent compartment of the detergent drawer, and is structured for feeding a shower of water droplets solely into the beneath-located detergent compartment.
  • the second partitioning ribs protrude both from the inner face of the first plate-like element, or both from the inner face of the second plate-like element, or one from the inner face of the first plate-like element and the other from the inner face of the second plate-like element.
  • the first plate-like element comprises an outer annular rib which protrudes from the inner face of one between the first plate-like element and second plate-like element while surrounding the partitioning ribs and as a whole, and extends towards the other plate-like element up to reach and watertight merge with the body of said other plate-like element.
  • the first plate-like element of the water delivery member is directly faced to the detergent drawer and is provided, along one or more segments of the at least one internal water supply duct, with a number of transversal through holes.
  • cross-section of one or more of these through holes is suitably sized to allow the water flowing inside the water supply duct to trickle out of the plate-like water delivery member and drop into the beneath-located detergent drawer.
  • the laundry washing machine comprises an electrically-operated water flow controlling device which is interposed between the plate-like water delivery member and the fresh-water supply circuit, and is structured for controlling the flow of fresh water from the fresh-water supply circuit along the at least one water supply duct of the plate-like water delivery member.
  • the plate-like water delivery member is provided with a number of internal water supply ducts and the electrically-operated water flow controlling device is structured for controlling the flow of fresh water along each water supply duct of the plate-like water delivery member.
  • the electrically-operated water flow controlling device is attached to a side of the plate-like water delivery member, or is recessed/incorporated into the water delivery member.
  • reference number 100 indicates a laundry washing machine 100 comprising a detergent dispensing assembly numbered 1 as a whole.
  • laundry washing machine 100 is a front-loading laundry washing machine; anyway the invention can be applied as well also to a top-loading laundry washing machine.
  • the laundry washing machine according to the invention can be provided or not with a drying function.
  • Laundry washing machine 100 preferably comprises:
  • the laundry washing machine 100 furthermore comprises the detergent dispensing assembly 1 which is located inside the casing 101 preferably above the washing tub 102 and preferably, though not necessarily, immediately underneath the upper worktop or top wall 106 of the casing 101, and is structured for selectively feeding into the washing tub 102, according to the washing cycle selected by the user, a given amount of detergent, softener and/or other washing agent suitably mixed with fresh water; and preferably a fresh-water supply circuit (not shown) which is connectable directly to the water mains, and is structured for selectively channelling, according to the washing cycle manually-selected by the user, a flow of fresh water from the water mains to detergent dispensing assembly 1 or directly to washing tub 102.
  • the detergent dispensing assembly 1 which is located inside the casing 101 preferably above the washing tub 102 and preferably, though not necessarily, immediately underneath the upper worktop or top wall 106 of the casing 101, and is structured for selectively feeding into the washing tub 102, according to the washing cycle selected by the user, a given amount
  • the rotatable drum (not shown) of laundry washing machine 100 is preferably arranged inside the washing tub 102 with the drum rotation axis locally substantially coaxial to the longitudinal axis L of the washing tub 1, and with the circular front opening or mouth of the drum directly aligned and faced to the circular front opening or mouth of washing tub 102, so as to receive the laundry to be washed through the laundry loading/unloading opening realized on front wall 103.
  • the washing tub 102 is preferably arranged inside the outer casing 101 with its longitudinal axis L substantially horizontally-oriented, i.e. substantially perpendicular to front wall 103.
  • washing tub 102 is preferably suspended in floating manner inside the casing 101 via a suspension system that preferably, though not necessarily, comprises at least one, and preferably a couple of upper coil springs 107 connecting the upper portion of washing tub 102 to the top of casing 101, and preferably at least one, and preferably a couple of vibration dampers 108 connecting the bottom portion of washing tub 102 to the bottom of casing 101; and the laundry washing machine 100 is preferably provided with a substantially cylindrical elastically-deformable bellows 109 which watertight connects the front mouth of washing tub 102 to the laundry loading/unloading opening realized on front wall 103 of casing 101.
  • the detergent dispensing assembly 1 in turn basically comprises a detergent drawer 2 which is structured for being manually fillable with a given amount of detergent, softener or other washing agent, and is fitted/inserted in manually extractable manner into a corresponding, preferably substantially basin-shaped, drawer housing 3 whose entrance 4 is preferably located on front wall 103 of the outer casing 101, above the laundry loading/unloading opening realized on front wall 103.
  • the detergent drawer 2 is preferably divided into a number of detergent compartments 5 each structured for being manually fillable with a given amount of detergent, softener or other washing agent sufficient to perform only a single washing cycle.
  • the detergent dispensing assembly 1 furthermore comprises a drawer flush circuit 6 which is connected to the fresh-water supply circuit (not shown) of the laundry washing machine 100 for receiving the fresh water of the water mains, and is structured for selectively spilling/pouring, when the detergent drawer 2 is completely fitted/inserted into the drawer housing 3, a shower of water droplets directly into the detergent drawer 2 so as to selectively flush the detergent, softener or other washing agent out of the detergent drawer 2 and down onto the substantially basin-shaped bottom 7 of drawer housing 3.
  • a drawer flush circuit 6 which is connected to the fresh-water supply circuit (not shown) of the laundry washing machine 100 for receiving the fresh water of the water mains, and is structured for selectively spilling/pouring, when the detergent drawer 2 is completely fitted/inserted into the drawer housing 3, a shower of water droplets directly into the detergent drawer 2 so as to selectively flush the detergent, softener or other washing agent out of the detergent drawer 2 and down onto the substantially basin-shaped bottom 7 of drawer housing 3.
  • the drawer flush circuit 6 is preferably structured for selectively and alternatively spilling/pouring, when the detergent drawer 2 is completely fitted/inserted into the drawer housing 3, a shower of water droplets into any one of the detergent compartments 5 of detergent drawer 2, so as to selectively flush the detergent, softener or other washing agent out of the same detergent compartment 5 and down onto the substantially basin-shaped bottom 7 of drawer housing 3.
  • the substantially basin-shaped bottom 7 of drawer housing 3 communicates with the inside of the beneath-located washing tub 102 via a drain duct 110 that preferably branches off from the deeper portion of the basin-shaped bottom 7 of drawer housing 3 and ends, preferably directly, into the washing tub 102, so as to allow the mixture of water and detergent, softener or other washing agent to flow by gravity directly into the washing tub 102.
  • the drawer flush circuit 6 in turn comprises a water delivery member 8 which is associated to the drawer housing 3 so as to be located immediately above the detergent drawer 2 when the latter is completely inserted/recessed into the drawer housing 3, and is provided with one or more shower-making portions/sections 9 each of which is faced to the beneath-located detergent drawer 2, and is structured for feeding a shower of water droplets (e.g.
  • an electrically-operated valve assembly 10 or similar water flow controlling device which is interposed between the water delivery member 8 and the fresh-water supply circuit (not shown) of the laundry washing machine 100, and is structured for controlling the flow of fresh water from the fresh-water supply circuit towards each shower-making section/portion 9 of the water delivery member 8.
  • the water delivery member 8 is provided with one or more shower-making portions/sections 9 each of which is faced to the beneath-located detergent drawer 2, and is structured for feeding a shower of water droplets into the detergent drawer 2; and with one or more internal water supply ducts 11 each of which extends inside the body of the plate-like water delivery member 8, and is structured so as to channel the fresh water arriving from the fresh-water supply circuit (not shown) of the laundry washing machine 100 towards a corresponding shower-making section/portion 9 of the water delivery member 8.
  • each water supply duct 11 extends inside the body of the plate-like water delivery member 8 so as to put a corresponding shower-making section/portion 9 of the water delivery member 8 in direct communication with the electrically-operated valve assembly 10 or similar water flow controlling device, which in turn is structured for controlling the flow of fresh water along each water supply duct 11 of the plate-like water delivery member 8.
  • the water delivery member 8 is preferably provided with a number of shower-making portions/sections 9 each of which is vertically aligned to a corresponding detergent compartment 5 of the detergent drawer 2, and is structured for feeding a shower of water droplets solely into the beneath-located detergent compartment 5; and the electrically-operated valve assembly 10 is preferably structured for independently controlling the flow of fresh water from the fresh-water supply circuit of the laundry washing machine 100 towards each of the shower-making sections/ portions 9 of the water delivery member 8.
  • the electrically-operated valve assembly 10 is interposed between the fresh-water supply circuit (not shown) of the laundry washing machine 100 and the various internal water supply ducts 11 of the water delivery member 8, and is preferably structured for independently controlling the flow of fresh water along each water supply duct 11 of the water delivery member 8.
  • the water delivery member 8 is preferably shaped/structured so as to form the upper lid that covers the top of the substantially basin-shaped drawer housing 3, and is preferably rigidly attached to the top of drawer housing 3 preferably, though not necessarily, via a snap-on locking mechanism.
  • the electrically-operated valve assembly 10 is preferably attached to a side of the water delivery member 8, and each water supply duct 11 extends inside the body of the water delivery member 8 from a corresponding shower-making section/portion 9 of the water delivery member 8 up to the side of the water delivery member 8 where the electrically-operated valve assembly 10 is located.
  • the electrically-operated valve assembly 10 may be replaced by an electrically-operated flow diverter assembly which is structured for selectively and alternatively channeling the fresh water arriving from the fresh-water supply circuit of the laundry washing machine 100 towards any one of the internal water supply ducts of the water delivery member 8.
  • the water delivery member 8 comprises two, reciprocally overlapped, plate-like elements 12 and 13 which are made of plastic material preferably via an injection moulding process, and are vibration welded to one another so as to form a plate-like monolithic body which is arranged on top of the substantially basin-shaped drawer housing 3 with the plate-like element 12 directly faced to the detergent drawer 2.
  • the plate-like elements 12 and 13 are preferably suitably shaped so as to form, when vibration welded to one another, a plate-like monolithic body which is shaped/structured so as to form the whole upper lid that covers the top of the substantially basin-shaped drawer housing 3.
  • the two reciprocally overlapped plate-like elements 12 and 13 are suitably shaped/structured so as to delimit in between themselves at least the one or more water supply ducts 11 of the water delivery member 8.
  • the two plate-like elements 12 and 13 are reciprocally faced at a given distance to one another, and at least one, and preferably each, water supply duct 11 of the water delivery member 8 is laterally delimited, in the interspace between the plate-like elements 12 and 13, by a corresponding couple of partitioning ribs 14 which advantageously protrude from the inner face 15 of plate-like element 12 towards the overhanging plate-like element 13, and are advantageously watertight merged via vibration welding to the body of the plate-like element 13, preferably substantially without interruption along the whole length of the partitioning ribs 14.
  • the partitioning ribs 14 are furthermore locally substantially parallel to one another.
  • the plate-like element 12 is provided with a number of partitioning ribs 14 which protrude from the preferably substantially flat, inner face 15 of plate-like element 12 towards the overhanging plate-like element 13, so as to reach the preferably substantially flat, opposite inner face 16 of plate-like element 13, and each partitioning rib 14 is watertight merged via vibration welding to the body of the plate-like element 13, preferably substantially without interruption along the whole length of the partitioning rib 14, so that the various partitioning ribs 14 of plate-like element 12 can laterally delimit in pairs the one or more internal water supply ducts 11 of the water delivery member 8.
  • each couple of partitioning ribs 14 of plate-like element 12 extends towards the overhanging plate-like element 13 while remaining locally substantially perpendicular to the inner faces 15 and 8 of both plate-like elements 12 and 13.
  • At least one, and preferably each, internal water supply duct 11 of the water delivery member 8 is additionally laterally delimited, on both sides and preferably for the whole length of the water supply duct 11, by a couple of second partitioning ribs 17 which protrude preferably both from the inner face 15 of plate-like element 12 inside the lane laterally delimited by the couple of first partitioning ribs 14 delimiting the water supply duct 11, preferably while remaining each locally substantially parallel to the adjacent first partitioning rib 14.
  • the second partitioning ribs 17 extend advantageously towards the overhanging plate-like element 13 up to simply rest with the respective crest lines 17a in abutment against the conjugated inner face 16 of plate-like element 13 preferably substantially without interruption for the whole length of the second partitioning ribs 17.
  • the crest lines 17a of the second partitioning ribs 17 abuts against the inner face 16 of plate-like element 13, and they are not welded to the plate-like element 13.
  • At least one, and preferably each, internal water supply duct 11 of the water delivery member 8 is laterally delimited, on each side and preferably for the whole length, firstly by an internal partitioning rib 17 which protrudes from the inner face 15 of plate-like element 12 and extend towards the overhanging plate-like element 13, so as to simply rest with the crest line of the rib 17a in abutment against the conjugated inner face 16 of the same plate-like element 13, preferably substantially for the whole length of the partitioning rib 17; and secondly by an external partitioning rib 14 which protrudes from the inner face 15 of the plate-like element 12 behind and substantially alongside the internal partitioning rib 17, and extend towards the overhanging plate-like element 13 preferably while remaining locally substantially parallel to the adjacent internal partitioning rib 17, up to reach and watertight merge with the body of plate-like element 13, preferably without interruption along the whole length of the external partitioning rib 14.
  • each internal water supply duct 11 of the water delivery member 8 is preferably laterally delimited, on both sides and substantially along the whole length of the duct, by an internal partitioning rib 17 which protrudes from the inner face 15 of the plate-like element 12 and extend towards the overhanging plate-like element 13 so as to simply rest with the crest line of the rib 17a in abutment against the conjugated inner face 16 of the same plate-like element 13 preferably without interruption for the whole length of the partitioning rib 17; and by an external partitioning rib 14 which protrudes from the inner face 15 of the plate-like element 12 alongside and behind the internal partitioning rib 17, and extends towards the overhanging plate-like element 13 while remaining locally substantially parallel to the adjacent internal partitioning rib 17, up to reach and watertight merge with the body of plate-like element 13, preferably without interruption along the whole length of the external partitioning rib 14.
  • the plate-like element 12 is preferably, though not necessarily, additionally provided with an outer annular rib 18 which protrudes from the inner face 15 of plate-like element 12 while surrounding the partitioning ribs 14 and 17 as a whole, and extends towards the overhanging plate-like element 13 up to reach the plate-like element 13 preferably substantially without interruption along the whole perimeter of the inner face 16 of plate-like element 13.
  • the outer annular rib 18 is watertight merged via vibration welding to the body of the plate-like element 13, preferably substantially without interruption along the whole length of the annular rib 18.
  • plate-like element of the water delivery member 8 directly faced to detergent drawer 2, i.e. plate-like element 12, is preferably also provided, along one or more segments of preferably each internal water supply duct 11 - i.e. along one or more segments of each lane delimited by a couple of external partitioning ribs 14 and, if present, also by a couple of internal partitioning ribs 17 -, with a number of transversal through holes 19.
  • the cross-section of preferably each through hole 19 is preferably suitably sized to allow the water flowing inside the water supply duct 11 to trickle out of the water delivery member 8 and slowly drop into the beneath-located detergent drawer 2, preferably inside the perimeter of a single detergent compartment 5 of the beneath-located detergent drawer 2.
  • the one or more sectors of plate-like element 12 which are provided with the calibrated through holes 19 form the shower-making portions/sections 9 of the water delivery member 8 of drawer flush circuit 6.
  • the assembly of the water delivery member 8 advantageously comprises the steps of:
  • the clear section of the various water supply ducts 11 of the water delivery member 8 is laterally delimited by the plate-like elements 12 and 13 and by the two internal partitioning ribs 17 which are not involved in the vibration welding process.
  • any drop of welding burr remains entrapped inside the cavity between the external partitioning rib 14 and the flanked internal partitioning rib 17, and is therefore unable to locally reduce the clear section of the water supply duct 11.
  • one or more internal water supply ducts 11 of the water delivery member 8 may be additionally laterally delimited by a couple of internal partitioning ribs 17 only for a short segment of their overall length, and this short segment of the water supply duct 11 preferably may have the clear section with the shortest area.
  • the couple of internal partitioning rib 17 delimiting at least one and preferably each internal water supply duct 11 of the water delivery member 8, may advantageously protrude from the inner face 16 of the plate-like element 13 and extend towards the beneath-located plate-like element 12 in between the couple of external partitioning ribs 14, so as to simply rest with the crest line of the rib 17a in abutment against the conjugated inner face 15 of the same plate-like element 12 preferably without interruption along the whole length of the partitioning rib 17.
  • the external partitioning ribs 14 delimiting in pairs the one or more water supply ducts 11 of the water delivery member 8, protrude from the inner face 15 of the plate-like element 12 towards the overhanging plate-like element 13; whereas the internal partitioning ribs 17 delimiting in pairs the one or more water supply ducts 11 of the water delivery member 8, protrude from the inner face 16 of plate-like element 13 towards the beneath-located plate-like element 12.

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