EP3025628A1 - Cutlery tray for a dishwasher - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a cutlery tray for a dishwasher for lying arrangement of a cutlery part, with a cutlery holding device (10) which is movably held between a first and a second position of use, wherein two bearing blocks (13) which receive the cutlery holder (10) between them, wherein the bearing blocks (13) each have a slot (14) into which a respective of the cutlery holder (10) provided axle extension (15) engages movable and pivotally.

Description

The invention relates to a cutlery tray for a dishwasher for lying arrangement of a cutlery with a cutlery holding device, which is movably held between a first and a second position of use.

A cutlery tray of the generic type is from the EP 2 272 416 B1 known.

Dishwashers have a rinsing container which provides a rinsing container which, in the intended use, serves to receive items to be cleaned, such as dishes, cutlery and / or the like. For Spülgutaufnahme typically dish drawers are provided, which are mounted extendable from the washing compartment provided by the washing compartment. Such dish drawers are also referred to as baskets, with usually two such baskets are provided, which are arranged one above the other in the dishwasher room and accordingly find use as a top basket on the one hand and a lower basket on the other hand.

To store cutlery cutlery parts trays are provided, and those in the form of cutlery drawers have become known, which are designed as well as drawer drawers from the dishwasher provided by the washing compartment of the dishwasher. Such cutlery trays are the underlying arrangement of cutlery.

For fixing the position of cutlery pieces, previously known cutlery parts trays have holding webs, cams or other holding devices for the individual storage of cutlery pieces. The disadvantage of such support webs, cams or other holding devices, however, is that they are the isolated storage of cutlery only up to a certain size useful. Larger pieces of cutlery, which find no place between the retaining webs, cams or other holding devices previously known cutlery shelves, no position assurance, which can lead to an uncontrolled back and forth moving the cutlery during a rinsing process. To remedy this situation to create, it is from the already mentioned EP 2 272 116 B1 have become known to arrange for the individual storage of cutlery parts provided cutlery pivotally movable on the cutlery tray. This configuration makes it possible to pivot the cutlery holding device in a non-use position if necessary, in which the cutlery holding device serves as a storage surface for lying arrangement of cutlery, which allows larger cutlery parts can be included in the cutlery tray.

Although the above construction has been proven in everyday practice, it is not free from disadvantages. In particular, a positionally secure fixing to be cleaned cutlery can not always be achieved, even then, when the cutlery holder is in its vertically oriented first position of use. It is therefore an object of the invention to further develop a cutlery tray of the type mentioned in that a secure mounting of cutlery to be cleaned and thus a reproducible cleaning result is achieved.

To solve this problem, a piece of cutlery tray of the type mentioned above is proposed by the invention, which is characterized by two bearing blocks, which receive the cutlery holder between them, wherein the bearing blocks each having a slot in which a respective provided by the cutlery holder axle extension twisted and pivotally engaged.

For the movable arrangement of the cutlery holder on the cutlery piece tray serve two bearing blocks. These take the cutlery holder between them. It is provided for this purpose that each bearing block provides a slot. In this engages a respective axle extension of the cutlery holder. In this way, a traversable and pivotable arrangement of the cutlery holder with respect to the cutlery tray is achieved.

In contrast to the prior art explained so not only a rotatable arrangement of the cutlery holder is provided. Rather, it is a combined movement and pivoting movement of the cutlery holder relative to the respective bearing blocks and thus the cutlery tray allowed. This embodiment makes it possible in an advantageous manner, between one in the first position of use position-secure position on the one hand and a position position secured in the second position of use on the other hand to distinguish. To transfer the cutlery holder from the first to the second position of use, this is first to move and then to pivot to the actual transfer to the other position of use. An unintentional pivoting from the first position of use in the second position of use without previous movement is not possible, whereby the cutlery holder is fixed in its first position of use positionally safe against the cutlery tray. As a result, it can thus be ensured in an advantageous manner that cutlery pieces picked up by the cutlery-holding device are fixed in a position-secure manner to a designated cleaning process. An uncontrolled folding the cutlery holder in the second position of use with the disadvantageous consequence no longer secured cutlery is thus reliably prevented.

A cutlery tray according to the invention may have a plurality of cutlery holders. There are two bearing blocks are provided per cutlery holder, which receive the respective associated cutlery holder einendseitig as the other end. In this case, each bearing block each has a slot which cooperates with a respective provided by the cutlery holder axle extension. Due to this configuration, a cutlery holding device can be pivoted both about the axis defined by the axle extensions and be moved in the longitudinal direction of the slots. As a result, the already described combined movement and pivoting movement of the cutlery holding device relative to the respective bearing blocks is made possible.

According to a further feature of the invention, it is provided that a bearing block has a latching recess, which cooperates with a latching extension provided by the cutlery holding device. This latching design serves to secure the cutlery holder in its first position of use. In this case, latching extensions of the cutlery holding device engage in cooperating latching recesses of the bearing blocks, whereby an unwanted movement of the cutlery holding device relative to the bearing blocks is prevented. Only after a controlled manual resolution of the latch pivoting the cutlery holder is allowed in the second position of use, wherein the resolution of the latching is achieved in that the cutlery holder in the longitudinal direction the oblong holes is moved. For this purpose, according to a further feature of the invention, it is provided that the latching recesses each extend in extension of the longitudinal extension of the long hole provided by the associated bearing block.

According to a further feature of the invention, the cutlery holding device has locking cams which cooperate in each case with a recess provided by the cutlery tray. The locking cams and the cooperating recesses cause additional stabilization of the cutlery holder in the first position of use. In addition, the locking cams support in their interactions with the associated recesses vertical alignment of the cutlery holding device when transferring the same from the second position of use in the first position of use.

It is provided according to a further feature of the invention that the latching projections engage in the recesses and / or the locking cams in the recesses with taking the first position of use of the cutlery holder. It is therefore provided that the cutlery holder is positionally secured in its first position of use, by the interaction of the latching projections with the recesses on the one hand and the interaction of the locking cams with the associated recesses on the other. For transferring the cutlery holder from the first position of use to the second position of use the cutlery holder is first to move in the vertical direction, said traversing movement is guided by the slots provided by the bearing blocks. As soon as the cutlery holder is raised from its first position of use, the latching projections, on the one hand, and the latching cams, on the other hand, are exposed. In this position, a pivoting movement of the cutlery holder in the second position of use is possible. Upon a return movement of the cutlery holder from the second position of use to the first position of use, a pivoting movement initially takes place. Once the cutlery holder is pivoted in its vertical orientation, a movement of the cutlery holder can take place, as a result, it comes to the above-described latching, that is, the immersion of the latching projections in the latching recesses or the locking cams in the associated recesses. In this case, the locking cams in cooperation with their respective recesses support an orientation of the cutlery holding device in vertical alignment, so that a latching of the Setting the cutlery holder in the first position of use by gravity, so it does not require any additional manual guidance by the user.

It is provided according to a further feature of the invention that the cutlery holding device has a cam row, each with spaced-apart cams. In the first position of use of the cutlery holder, the cams protrude in the vertical direction and the distance formed between them serves for the individual storage of cutlery items.

According to a further feature of the invention it is provided that the locking cams of the cutlery holder are arranged on the side facing away from the cam row side of the cutlery holder. This embodiment provides in the manner described above, the positive effect that the cutlery holding device in a vertical orientation, so if the provided by the cutlery holder cams rise vertically upward, a latched and thus positionally safe arrangement of the cutlery holder relative to the cutlery piece is ensured.

According to a further feature of the invention, it is provided that the cutlery piece shelf has a frame which can be pulled out of a washing container of the dishwasher and has first and second inserts carried by the frame on the other hand, the inserts serving in each case to store dishes to be cleaned, in particular cutlery pieces. wherein the second insert comprises a cutlery holder of the type described above. The first use of the cutlery tray is arranged horizontally over the second insert slidably on the frame and the cutlery holder is aligned in its second position of use collision-free to the first use.

The displaceability of the first insert via a second insert lying below it in the vertical direction makes it necessary that any holding webs, cams or the like provided in the vertical direction only protrude in the vertical direction from the second insert for the scattered placement of cutlery items, so that a collision-free displacement of the first insert is still permitted , This requires, however, that provided for the isolated storage of cutlery parts holding webs, cams or other Holding devices whether their comparatively small extent in the vertical direction can ensure an insufficient guidance and / or positionally secure positioning of recorded in the intended use case cutlery.

The movable according to the embodiment of the invention designed and pivoted cutlery holding device for individual storage of cutlery parts provides a remedy here, since it is held movable between a first and a second position of use of the second insert. In this case, the cutlery holder is aligned collision-free in its second position of use for the first use.

The embodiment of the invention makes it possible to dimension the cutlery holder with respect to their first position of use in a vertical orientation so in size that even larger items of cutlery can be safely picked up by the cutlery holder and fixed in position. In this case, the cutlery holder is erected for a proper use, that is to spend in their first position of use. If the cutlery holder for individual storage of cutlery parts is not needed, either because the first insert is to be moved over the second insert or because the second use crockery parts to be included, the cutlery holder is to spend in their second position of use, in which they is substantially flat and creates a free plane, in which case it is also aligned collision-free to the first use.

Overall, the advantage of the embodiment of the invention on the one hand is that large flat cutlery, such as knives with large cutting edges and other crockery parts that are either to be stored non-slip or need to be additionally supported in order to achieve an optimized dishwashing result, safely added and can be fixed in position. On the other hand, by a simple handling, the cutlery holding device folded, that is spent in its second position of use, creating a relative free plane is created on the cutlery and / or crockery parts can be placed, which require no additional support or cams, holding webs and / or the like of the cutlery holder for these cutlery and crockery parts may be more of a hindrance. In addition, in a cutlery tray, which has several movable inserts, when in the second position of use located cutlery holder a method of a first use relative to the Besteckhalteeinrichtung bereitstellenden, second use done.

Fig. 1

in schematisch perspektivischer Ansicht eine Besteckteilablage nach der Erfindung;

Fig. 2

in schematisch perspektivischer Ansicht einen zweiten Einsatz der Besteckablage nach Fig. 1 mit einer ersten Besteckhalteeinrichtung in erster Gebrauchsstellung;

Fig. 3

in schematisch perspektivischer Ansicht einen zweiten Einsatz der Besteckablage nach Fig. 1 mit einer ersten Besteckhalteeinrichtung in der Überführung aus der ersten Gebrauchsstellung in eine zweite Gebrauchsstellung;

Fig. 4

in schematisch perspektivischer Ansicht einen zweiten Einsatz der Besteckablage nach Fig. 1 mit einer ersten Besteckhalteeinrichtung in einer zweiten Gebrauchsstellung;

Fig. 5

in einer Seitenansicht die Besteckhalteeinrichtung nach Fig. 2 in erster Gebrauchsstellung;

Fig. 6

in einer Seitenansicht die Besteckhalteeinrichtung nach Fig. 2 in entrasteter Stellung;

Fig. 7

in einer Seitenansicht die Besteckhalteeinrichtung nach Fig. 2 in einer ersten Stellung während der Überführung in die zweite Gebrauchsstellung;

Fig. 8

in einer Seitenansicht die Besteckhalteeinrichtung nach Fig. 2 in einer zweiten Stellung während der Überführung in die zweite Gebrauchsstellung;

Fig. 9

in einer Seitenansicht die Besteckhalteeinrichtung nach Fig. 2 in einer dritten Stellung während der Überführung in die zweite Gebrauchsstellung;

Fig. 10

in einer Seitenansicht die Besteckhalteeinrichtung nach Fig. 2 in zweiter Gebrauchsstellung;

Fig. 11

in einer Draufsicht von oben die Besteckhalteeinrichtung nach Fig. 2 in erster Gebrauchsstellung;

Fig. 12

in teilgeschnittener Seitenansicht die Besteckhalteeinrichtung gemäß Schnittlinie XII-XII nach Fig. 11;

Fig. 13

in einer Draufsicht von oben die Besteckhalteeinrichtung nach Fig. 2 in zweiter Gebrauchsstellung; und

Fig. 14

in teilgeschnittener Seitenansicht die Besteckhalteeinrichtung gemäß Schnittlinie XIV-XIV nach Fig. 13.

Further features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description with reference to FIGS. Show

Fig. 1

in a schematic perspective view of a cutlery tray according to the invention;

Fig. 2

in a schematic perspective view of a second use of the cutlery tray after Fig. 1 with a first cutlery holder in the first position of use;

Fig. 3

in a schematic perspective view of a second use of the cutlery tray after Fig. 1 with a first cutlery holding device in the transfer from the first use position to a second use position;

Fig. 4

in a schematic perspective view of a second use of the cutlery tray after Fig. 1 with a first cutlery holder in a second position of use;

Fig. 5

in a side view of the cutlery holder after Fig. 2 in first position of use;

Fig. 6

in a side view of the cutlery holder after Fig. 2 in unlocked position;

Fig. 7

in a side view of the cutlery holder after Fig. 2 in a first position during the transfer to the second position of use;

Fig. 8

in a side view of the cutlery holder after Fig. 2 in a second position during the transfer to the second position of use;

Fig. 9

in a side view of the cutlery holder after Fig. 2 in a third position during the transfer to the second position of use;

Fig. 10

in a side view of the cutlery holder after Fig. 2 in second position of use;

Fig. 11

in a plan view from above the cutlery holder after Fig. 2 in first position of use;

Fig. 12

in a partially sectioned side view of the cutlery holder according to section line XII-XII after Fig. 11 ;

Fig. 13

in a plan view from above the cutlery holder after Fig. 2 in second position of use; and

Fig. 14

in a partially sectioned side view of the cutlery holder according to section line XIV-XIV after Fig. 13 ,

Fig. 1 can be seen in a schematic perspective view of an inventive cutlery tray 1 in the design of a cutlery drawer. The cutlery tray 1 has a frame 2 made of a plastic coated metal wire. For storing cutlery and / or tableware parts, a first insert 3, a second insert 4 and a third insert 5 are provided, which are each arranged displaceably on the frame 2. The first insert 3 and the third insert 5 are each horizontally displaceable, ie with respect to the plane of the drawing Fig. 1 slidably disposed on the frame 2 to the left and right or in the opposite direction. For the user-side initiation of a displacement movement, the first insert 3 and the third insert 5 each have a corresponding handle 6.

Between the first insert 3 and the third insert 5, a second insert 4 is arranged, which can also be referred to as a center insert. This center insert has in the embodiment shown has a trapezoidal depression, which allows the inclusion of larger items of cutlery. This middle insert 4 is arranged by means of two serving as a hanger guide plates 8 on the frame 2, wherein the guide plates 8 each provide a guide slot 9, by means of which it is allowed to move the second insert 4 in the vertical direction, ie a sliding movement of the second insert with reference to the drawing plane Fig. 1 from bottom to top or in the opposite direction to enable. The second insert 4 has a handle 7, the user side can be taken to initiate a vertical movement movement.

In the lowered position of the second insert 4, the first insert 3 or the third insert 5 can be moved horizontally over the second insert 4, which is then lower in the vertical direction.

The Figures 2 . 3 and 4 let see the second insert 4 in detail. As can be seen in particular from these figures, the second insert 4 has for individual reception of cutlery parts in particular via cutlery holders 10, two of these cutlery holders 10 being provided in the exemplary embodiment shown.

Each cutlery holding device 10 has a cam row 11 of cams 12 arranged at a distance from one another. In the intended use case, the gap space formed between adjacent cams 12 is to be cleaned, in particular cutlery pieces. It is achieved thanks to the cam 12 a stable and secure position fixation of the items to be cleaned.

Like a synopsis of FIGS. 2 to 4 using the example of the reference to the drawing plane Fig. 2 can recognize the front cutlery holder 10, the cutlery holder 10 is movably disposed on the second insert 4 and can from a first position of use, as shown in Fig. 2 is shown to be spent in a second position of use, as in Fig. 4 is shown. In this case, the cutlery holder 10 is in accordance with their first position of use Fig. 2 aligned vertically and serves in the intended use of the individual storage of cutlery. In its second position of use according to Fig. 4 on the other hand, the cutlery holding device 10 is aligned folded over and forms a substantially free plane in the horizontal direction, whereby it comes to lie below the lateral end edge 18 of the second insert 4. In this second position of use of the cutlery holder 10, horizontal overrunning of the first insert 3 or of the third insert 5 via the second insert 4 is advantageously permitted since the cutlery holder 10 in this second position of use aligns collision-free with the first insert 3 or third insert 5 is.

The movable from the first position of use in the second position of use configuration of the cutlery holder 10 allows advantageously form the cam 12 of the cam row 11 with respect to their vertically oriented first position of use in the height direction comparatively large, so that in the intended receiving case of cutlery a positionally secure hold the same is achieved.

The FIGS. 5 to 10 let each in a detailed view the first position of use ( Fig. 5 ), the second position of use ( Fig. 10 ) and intermediate positions of the cutlery holder (10) in the transfer of the same from the first position of use in the second position of use recognize.

As can be seen from a comparison of the figures, the second insert 4 at each end of the cutlery holder 10 provides a bearing block 13 which has a slot 14. In the final assembled state, an axle extension 15 of the cutlery holder 10 engages in the oblong hole 14. The cam row 11 opposite the cutlery holder 10 also has locking cams 16, which engage in corresponding recesses 17 in the first position of use of the cutlery holder 10. This engagement of the locking cam 16 in the associated recesses 17 causes a storage-safe fixation of the cutlery holder 10 in its first position of use, so that an unwanted pivoting and / or movement of the cutlery holder 10 is prevented.

For the transfer of the cutlery holder 10 from its first position of use according to Fig. 5 in their second position of use according to Fig. 10 the cutlery holder 10 is first to move in the height direction 19. This movement is guided by the slot 14, wherein the cutlery holder 10 is to be moved so far in the height direction 19 up until the recorded by the respective slot 14 axle extensions 15 are moved to stop. In this upper position of the cutlery holder 10, the locking cams 16 are moved out of their respective recess 17 (cf. Fig. 6 ), so that then a pivoting of the cutlery holder 10 can take place about the axis formed by the axle extensions 15, namely for transfer to the second position of use after Fig. 10 clockwise, like the others FIGS. 7, 8 and 9 can be seen in different positions of the cutlery holder 10 respectively.

For the purpose of additional stabilization of the cutlery holder 10 in its first position of use of the respective bearing block 13, a locking receptacle 20 and a cooperating and provided by the cutlery holder 10 latching projection 21 is provided, as shown in particular the illustration Fig. 12 lets recognize. In a method of the cutlery holder 10 in the height direction 19 upwards, the locking receptacle 20 and the latching extension 21 are disengaged, so that in the following can take place a pivoting movement into the second position of use, as this in the Figures 13 and 14 is shown.

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Cutlery tray

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frame

3

first use

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second use

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third use

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handle

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handle

8th

guide plate

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guide link

10

Cutlery holder

11

cam series

12

cam

13

bearing block

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Long hole

15

Achsfortsatz

16

locking cams

17

recess

18

terminal edge

19

height direction

20

recess

21

Latching extension

Claims (10)

Cutlery tray for a dishwasher for lying arrangement of a cutlery part, with a cutlery holding device (10) which is movably held between a first and a second position of use,
marked by
two bearing blocks (13) which receive the cutlery holding device (10) between them, wherein the bearing blocks (13) each have a slot (14) into which a respective of the cutlery holder (10) provided axle extension (15) engages and pivots , Piece of cutlery according to claim 1, characterized in that a bearing block (13) has a latching recess (20) which cooperates with a of the cutlery holder (10) provided latching projection (21). Piece of cutlery according to claim 2, characterized in that the latching recess (20) extending in extension of the longitudinal extent of the associated bearing block (13) provided long hole (14). Piece of cutlery according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cutlery holding device (10) carries latching cams (16), which cooperate with a respectively provided by the cutlery piece tray recess (17). Cutlery tray according to one of the preceding claims 2 to 4, characterized in that the latching projections (21) engage in the latching recesses (20) and / or the latching cams (60) in the recesses (17) with receipt of the first use position of the cutlery holder (10) , Cutlery tray according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cutlery holding device (10) has a cam row (11) each with spaced-apart cams (12). Piece of cutlery according to claim 6, characterized in that the locking cams (16) of the cutlery holding device (10) on the cam row (11) facing away Side of the cutlery holder (10) are arranged. A cutlery tray according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by a frame (2) which can be pulled out of a washing container of the dishwasher, and by a first and a second insert (3, 4) carried by the frame (2), each of which is to store dishes to be cleaned, in particular serve cutlery, wherein the second insert (4) has the cutlery holder (10). Cutlery tray according to claim 8, characterized in that the first insert (3) horizontally over the second insert (4) slidably on the frame (2) is arranged and / or that the cutlery holder (10) in its second position of use collision-free to the first insert (3 ) is aligned. Dishwasher with a washing compartment providing a washing compartment in which a cutlery tray according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 9 is arranged extendable.

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