EP2952621B1 - Machine à laver à chargement par le haut - Google Patents

Machine à laver à chargement par le haut Download PDF

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EP2952621B1
EP2952621B1 EP14171044.2A EP14171044A EP2952621B1 EP 2952621 B1 EP2952621 B1 EP 2952621B1 EP 14171044 A EP14171044 A EP 14171044A EP 2952621 B1 EP2952621 B1 EP 2952621B1
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Antonio Chiriatti
Crescenzo Iannicelli
Gerd Maentele
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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
    • D06F37/02—Rotary receptacles, e.g. drums
    • D06F37/04—Rotary receptacles, e.g. drums adapted for rotation or oscillation about a horizontal or inclined axis
    • D06F37/10—Doors; Securing means therefor

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  • the present invention relates to a horizontal axis top-loading washing machine, comprising a tub in which a drum is rotatably mounted, the drum comprising a peripheral wall with an opening for loading/unloading the laundry, said opening being provided with at least one door flap hingedly mounted on an edge of said opening.
  • Top-loading washing machines (known also as “top-loaders”) are well known in the art of the washing machines.
  • One of the major technical problems found in this category of washers is the way in which the door flaps or wings are secured one to the other in a closed configuration of the drum opening. This applies either to washing machines having two door flaps or a single flap.
  • EP 120388 discloses a washing drum of an horizontal axis top-loading washing machine in which one of the door flaps is provided with a cylindrical element resiliently rotatable abut a fixed transverse shaft and adapted to accomplish closure of the door flaps by a latching action and to ensure locking of the door flaps in the closed position.
  • the reliability of this solution is limited either by the limited strength assured by brackets supporting the traverse shaft, or by the precise shape of the cylindrical element with its elongate projections.
  • the use of a spring for assuring the locking action of the device reduces further the reliability of the system.
  • EP 1544343 discloses a top-loading washing machine with a drum equipped with a single door flap and in which such door flap is provided with a latch element slidably mounted on the flap and comprising a plurality of openings adapted to cooperate in a snap-engagement way with a plurality of matching hook elements placed adjacent one edge of the drum opening. Even if such solution may increase the strength of the coupling between the door flap and the drum, nevertheless this solution is quite complex and increases the overall weight of the latching system. Moreover the use of a spring for maintaining the sliding latch element in a locking position requires a certain effort by the user to safely close the door flap.
  • FR 2478689 discloses a top-loading washing machine equipped with a first door flap, a second door flap and a safety device for avoiding any unintentional opening of the flaps, the first flap being provided with hooks and the second flap being provided with slots, the device being mounted on the first flap and including two symmetrical bars manually releasable by means of corresponding levers.
  • a locking device comprising, on one side, a plurality of movable hook-shaped portions and on the other side a plurality of matching engageable portions.
  • the hook-shaped portions are defined by notched portions of a hollow cylindrical bar which is rotatably mounted in a hollow seat of one of the door flaps. The hook-shaped portions are therefore curved portions which may engage, after rotation of the bar, with corresponding slots provided on the other door flap.
  • a drum 10 of a top-loading washing machine comprises an opening provided with a first door flap 12 and a second door flap 14 which are hingedly mounted, in a known manner, to parallel edges of the opening (not shown).
  • the first flap 12 presents a toothed edge 12a in which a plurality of protruding rectangular portions 16 are defined, each portion being provided with a rectangular slot 16a.
  • the toothed edge 12a of the first flap 12 is preferably defined by a folded and flattened portion of the metal sheet of the door flap, and it is provided with a stiffening plate 15.
  • the second door flap 14 present an edge 14a which is formed by a bent and shaped end of the metal sheet forming the door flap, such bending being realized in order to define a cylindrical seat 18 with a plurality of notches 18a corresponding to protruding rectangular portions 16 of the first door flap 12.
  • each of the protruding portions 16 is therefore inserted in a corresponding notch 18a of the cylindrical seat 18 of the second door flap.
  • a latch metal bar 20 which may be formed starting from a hollow tube which is longitudinally cut in order to obtain a sort of elongated bent tile having a plurality of notches 20a which define a plurality of curved hooks 20b located in the notches 18a of the cylindrical seat 18.
  • the latch bar 20 may be obtained also by metal casting or other shaping techniques.
  • the latch bar 20 is fixed to a shaft 22 which is driven manually by a lever 24 with a handle portion 24a.
  • a lever 24 with a handle portion 24a In figure 1 such lever is shown in a closed configuration in which the handle portion 24a is substantially flush with the peripheral wall of the drum 10 and in which the curved hooks 20b of the latch bar 20 mounted in the second door flap 14 are fully inserted in the slots 16a of the first door flap 12. In this configuration both the door flaps are maintained in a closed configuration.
  • the embodiment shown in figure 5 does drive automatically such opening by exploiting the rotation of the drum.
  • the shaft 22 of the latch bar 20 is provided with a fork shaped laver 26 which can cooperate with a moving pin 28 mounted on an electro-mechancial actuator placed on a wall of the tub.
  • the pin 28 By driving the pin 28 in an axial movement, it can engage the lever 22 when the opening of the drum is close to reach its upper position (i.e. the position designed for loading/unloading the laundry), therefore unlocking the curved hooks 20b of the latch bar 20 from their slots 16a.
  • the rotation of the drum can drive an automatic closure of the door flaps.
  • drum is provided with two flap doors or wings, nevertheless the solution according to the invention can be implemented also in drum having a single door flap.
  • an edge of the opening or an edge of the drum can be provided with the latch bar or with the slots respectively.

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  1. Machine à laver à chargement par le dessus, comprenant un bac dans lequel un tambour (10) est monté à rotation, le tambour (10) comprenant une paroi périphérique avec une ouverture pour charger et décharger le linge, ladite ouverture étant pourvue d'au moins un volet de porte (12, 14) monté par charnière sur un bord de ladite ouverture, dans laquelle est compris entre le volet (12, 14) et le bord de l'ouverture ou entre les bords (12a, 14a) de deux volets (12, 14) un dispositif de verrouillage (16a, 18, 20, 20b) ayant sur un côté (14) une pluralité de parties mobiles en forme de crochets (20b) et sur l'autre côté (12) une pluralité de parties engageables adaptées (16, 16a),
    dans laquelle la pluralité de parties engageables comprend des fentes (16a) adjacentes à un bord (12a) du volet de porte (12) ou à un bord de l'ouverture,
    caractérisé en ce que la pluralité de parties mobiles en forme de crochets (20b) comprend une barre rotative façonnée (20) montée dans un siège (18) disposé sur un second volet de porte (14) ou sur un seul volet de porte, respectivement, et ayant une pluralité de crochets incurvés (20b) configurés, en raison d'une rotation de ladite barre (20), pour entrer dans lesdites fentes (16a) afin de verrouiller la porte.
  2. Machine à laver à chargement par le dessus selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle la barre de rotation façonnée (20) présente à une de ses extrémités un levier (24, 24a) pour son entraînement manuel.
  3. Machine à laver à chargement par le dessus selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle la barre façonnée (20) présente une extrémité avec un levier (26) qui peut être entraîné automatiquement par une broche mobile (28) configurée pour s'engager sélectivement sur ledit levier (26) à un angle de rotation prédéterminé du tambour (10).
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FR2478689A1 (fr) * 1980-03-24 1981-09-25 Mayc Sa Dispositif de securite pour une porte de tambour rotatif pour une machine a laver le linge
IT1174944B (it) 1983-03-18 1987-07-01 Zanussi A Spa Industrie Cesto per macchine lavabiancheria a caricamento dall'alto
FR2648175B1 (fr) 1989-06-09 1995-02-10 Ardam Verrou de securite pour portes de tambour de machines a laver
ES2292897T3 (es) 2003-12-19 2008-03-16 Whirlpool Corporation Lavadora de carga superior con un tambor equipado con una sola solapa de puerta.

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