EP2935998B1 - Procédé de fixation d'une garniture d'étanchéité pour un four et garniture d'étanchéité pour un four - Google Patents

Procédé de fixation d'une garniture d'étanchéité pour un four et garniture d'étanchéité pour un four Download PDF

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EP2935998B1
EP2935998B1 EP13826961.8A EP13826961A EP2935998B1 EP 2935998 B1 EP2935998 B1 EP 2935998B1 EP 13826961 A EP13826961 A EP 13826961A EP 2935998 B1 EP2935998 B1 EP 2935998B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24C—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F24C15/00—Details
    • F24C15/02—Doors specially adapted for stoves or ranges
    • F24C15/021—Doors specially adapted for stoves or ranges sealings for doors or transparent panel

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  • the present invention relates, in a general aspect thereof, to a method for fastening an oven seal and to a seal of an oven.
  • the oven may be an embedded oven, i.e. a self-standing household appliance which is inserted into a piece of furniture, or it may be a part of a bigger household appliance, such as a gas cooker, although the present invention is also applicable to microwave ovens and the like (i.e. not necessarily gas ovens).
  • the ovens which have been taken into consideration herein are muffle-type ones, i.e. those with a body having a substantially cubic or parallelepiped shape, which circumscribes the cavity where the foods to be cooked must be introduced, and which is closed at the front by a door; depending on the adopted solution, the latter is normally vertically or horizontally hinged to the muffle.
  • the seals used for oven applications are generally made of a soft synthetic material and have an inner channel that allows the formation of an air cushion: the latter increases the softness of the seal, thereby improving its sealing effect, even' after the door and the muffle have undergone differential thermal deformations.
  • a seal thus conceived can dampen the contact of the door against the muffle when it is closed; in this respect, it must be pointed out that oven doors are usually mounted by means of hinges that have an elastic behaviour, so that they are kept firmly closed with some force.
  • the prior art describes a seal of the above-mentioned type, in which holes are provided through its entire thickness, which constitute air passages from/to the inside of the seal.
  • the latter is secured to the oven muffle by engaging a number of protruding teeth, presumably into matching cavities provided along the edge of the mouth of the muffle.
  • muffles are usually made of metal sheet, and therefore it is not clear how cavities having a profile suitable for engaging the teeth of the seal's attachment base can be made.
  • One technical problem at the basis of the present invention is therefore to provide a method for fastening a seal for the door of a muffle-type oven, the implementation characteristics of which allow it to overcome the limits of the prior art; it is however worth pointing out that the seal may be fastened either to the door or to the muffle.
  • the idea that solves the above-mentioned problem is to provide systems for joining the seal to the oven's components, whether the door, the muffle or any other part: in this manner, mounting the seal will be simpler also because, in addition to not requiring any external fastening means such as screws, rivets, adhesives, etc., it will take less time.
  • seal is arranged between the muffle and the frame mounted frontally thereto, where the oven's controls are usually located.
  • the seal of the invention may also have a simplified shape, since it is de facto sufficient that it has a base portion that prevents it from detaching from the muffle and the frame of the oven, and another portion, connected to the base portion, to provide a sealing action against the oven door.
  • FIG. 1 designates as a whole a muffle of an oven in accordance with the present invention
  • said muffle which can be manufactured by using any method known in the art, has a substantially cubical shape, with a top wall or ceiling 2, a bottom 3, two opposed side walls 4 and 5, and a back wall 6, which circumscribe a cooking cavity 7.
  • the muffle 1 has an opening 8 at the front to allow access to the inner cavity 7, on the edge of which a seal 10 according to the invention is applied; said seal is more clearly visible in Figures 2 and 4 , which show its elongated tubular extension, with a channel 11 extending longitudinally and a lip 12 projecting outwards from the muffle.
  • the seal 10 also has an attachment base 14 to be attached to the edge 9 of the mouth 8 of the muffle, and a frame 15; the edge 9 is preferably made of metal sheet with a substantially C-shaped profile, with a folded flap 9a on which a portion 14a of the attachment base 14 of the seal is applied.
  • the other portion 14b of the base 14 of the seal engages with an edge 15a of the frame 15 which, when the latter is applied to the muffle 1, is coupled to the edge 9.
  • the seal further comprises a flat intermediate section 17 that connects the attachment base 14 to the area where the channel 11 is located.
  • this intermediate section In addition to acting as a connection between the base 14 and the front region of the seal, this intermediate section also serves as a sealing element between the muffle 1 and the frame 15, thereby preventing them from coming into direct contact and also, thanks to the elastic characteristics of the seal material, compensating for differential thermal expansions.
  • the seal 10 is thus kept secured to the edge 9 of the opening 8 of the muffle without needing any further means, such as adhesives, screws or the like.
  • the seal 10 can be fastened without having to provide a complex arrangement, since it only requires a base 14 which is sufficiently thick to not be allowed to pass through the space between the frame 15 and the muffle 1, so that it cannot come off.
  • 1' indicates as a whole a muffle of an oven in accordance with this variation of the present invention
  • said muffle which may be manufactured by using any method known in the art, has a substantially cubical shape, with a top wall or ceiling 2', a bottom 3', two opposed side walls 4' and 5', and a back wall 6', which circumscribe a cooking cavity 7'.
  • the muffle 1' has an opening 8' at the front to allow access to the inner cavity 7', on the edge of which a seal 10' according to the invention is applied; said seal is more clearly visible in Figures 8 and 9 , which show its elongated tubular extension, with a channel 11 extending longitudinally and a lip 12' extending outwards from the muffle.
  • the seal 10' also has an attachment base 14' to be attached to the edge 9' of the mouth 8' of the muffle; the edge is made of metal sheet with a substantially C-shaped profile, on which the seal 10' is applied.
  • the base 14' of the seal has openings 16' arranged at a predetermined distance of a few centimetres, depending on the dimensions of the muffle, into which a tab 18' projecting from the edge 9' of the mouth of the muffle engages.
  • the tab is obtained by pressing the metal sheet used for making the muffle, so as to form a fastening system to be engaged with the seal.
  • a seat 19' juxtaposed to the opening 16' in the base 14' of the seal, will be formed on the metal sheet of the muffle 1': this will allow a free air flow to and from the channel 11' of the seal.
  • the seal 10' will thus be kept secured to the edge 9' of the opening 8' of the muffle without needing any further means, such as adhesives, screws or the like.
  • the tabs may then be folded subsequently to clinch the seal 10 to the muffle .
  • the openings 16' in the base 14' of the seal also act as vent holes for the air contained therein, in accordance with an already known teaching: however, unlike the prior art, in the present invention the openings 16 also serve as seal fastening elements, thereby performing a dual function and leading to clear advantages in terms of efficiency and costs.
  • the seal 10' can be fastened without having to provide a complex arrangement, since it only requires the presence of openings 16' in the base 14', which can be made easily and which also act as air passage holes.
  • tabs 18' which can be easily obtained from the metal sheet used for making the edge 19' of the muffle, e.g. by pressing or another mechanical machining (shearing, bending, etc.).

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  1. Procédé de fixation d'une garniture d'étanchéité (10) de four, comprenant les étapes suivantes :
    - fourniture d'une garniture d'étanchéité (10) comprenant une base d'attachement (14) avec de première et seconde portions (14a, 14b) ayant : sensiblement une forme de rainure respective à attacher à un moufle (1) et/ou une porte (20) du four, un canal (11) s'étendant le long de la direction longitudinale, une section intermédiaire (17) s'étendant entre ladite base d'attachement (14) et ledit canal (11), et une lèvre (12) sur ledit canal (11) s'étendant depuis celui-ci ;
    - application d'un cadre (15) au moufle (1) en interposant la section intermédiaire (17) de la garniture d'étanchéité (10) entre des bords (9a, 15a) respectifs du moufle (1) et du cadre (15),
    - fixation de la garniture d'étanchéité en la mettant en prise avec les bords (9a, 15a) du moufle (1) et du cadre (15), et en maintenant la lèvre (12) en projection vers l'extérieur depuis le moufle,
    évitant et/ou limitant ainsi l'utilisation de vis, rivets, adhésifs, pattes de fixation, et/ou d'autres moyens de fixation traditionnels.
  2. Four pour mettre en œuvre le procédé selon la revendication 1, comprenant un moufle (1) dans lequel il existe une cavité (7) pour cuire des aliments, une porte (20) pour fermer le moufle (1), un cadre appliqué frontalement au moufle, une garniture d'étanchéité (10) pour l'étanchéité entre la porte (20) et le moufle (1) dans l'état fermé de celui-ci, et dans lequel une section intermédiaire sensiblement plate (17) de la garniture d'étanchéité est au moins partiellement interposée entre un bord (15a) du cadre (15) et un bord (9a) du moufle (1),
    la garniture d'étanchéité (10) comprenant une base d'attachement (14) avec de première et seconde portions (14a, 14b) qui ont sensiblement une forme de rainure respective et sont en prise avec les bords (9a, 15a) du moufle (1) et du cadre (15), respectivement, de sorte que le bord (15a) du cadre (15) est couplé au bord (9a) du moufle (1) ; un canal (11) s'étendant le long de la direction longitudinale de la garniture d'étanchéité,
    caractérisé en ce que la garniture d'étanchéité (10) comprend une lèvre (12) sur ledit canal (11) et se projetant vers l'extérieur depuis le moufle (1).
  3. Four selon la revendication 2, dans lequel le moufle (1) et le cadre (15) comprennent des rabats repliés (9a, 15a) respectifs où leurs bords entrent en prise avec la base d'attachement (14) de la garniture d'étanchéité (10).
  4. Four selon la revendication 2 ou 3, dans lequel la garniture d'étanchéité comprend une lèvre (12) se projetant depuis le moufle (1), contre laquelle la porte (20) vient en butée.
  5. Garniture d'étanchéité d'un four selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 4, ayant une forme ou une extension tubulaire allongée et comprenant une base d'attachement (14) à attacher à un moufle (1), un canal (11) s'étendant dans la direction longitudinale, et une section intermédiaire (17) s'étendant entre la base d'attachement (14) et le canal (11), qui est sensiblement plate, dans laquelle
    la base d'attachement (14) comprend de première et seconde portions (14a, 14b) ayant sensiblement une forme de rainure respective, dans lesquelles les bords des rabats (9a, 15a) du moufle (1) et du cadre (15), respectivement, viennent en prise, caractérisée en ce que la garniture d'étanchéité (10) comprend une lèvre (12) sur ledit canal (11) et se projetant vers l'extérieur depuis un moufle (1), lorsque la garniture d'étanchéité est en fonctionnement sur le four.
  6. Garniture d'étanchéité selon la revendication 5, comprenant une base d'attachement (14') à attacher à un moufle (1') ou à une porte (20') du four, un canal (11') s'étendant longitudinalement à l'intérieur de la garniture d'étanchéité, une pluralité d'ouvertures (16') agencées le long de la base d'attachement (14') pour permettre une communication fluidique entre le canal (11') et l'extérieur de la garniture d'étanchéité, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend une lèvre (12') se projetant sur le côté opposé à celui de la base d'attachement (14').
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IT001109A ITTO20121109A1 (it) 2012-12-19 2012-12-19 Forno e metodo per il fissaggio di una relativa guarnizione
IT001135A ITTO20121135A1 (it) 2012-12-21 2012-12-21 Metodo per il fissaggio di una guarnizione di porte da forno e forno così ottenuto
PCT/IB2013/061094 WO2014097180A2 (fr) 2012-12-19 2013-12-18 Four et son procédé de fixation d'une garniture d'étanchéité

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