EP3073038B1 - Charnière pour porte d'appareil ménager - Google Patents

Charnière pour porte d'appareil ménager Download PDF

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EP3073038B1
EP3073038B1 EP16161661.0A EP16161661A EP3073038B1 EP 3073038 B1 EP3073038 B1 EP 3073038B1 EP 16161661 A EP16161661 A EP 16161661A EP 3073038 B1 EP3073038 B1 EP 3073038B1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05F—DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05F5/00—Braking devices, e.g. checks; Stops; Buffers
    • E05F5/02—Braking devices, e.g. checks; Stops; Buffers specially for preventing the slamming of swinging wings during final closing movement, e.g. jamb stops
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05F—DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05F1/00—Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass
    • E05F1/08—Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass spring-actuated, e.g. for horizontally sliding wings
    • E05F1/10—Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass spring-actuated, e.g. for horizontally sliding wings for swinging wings, e.g. counterbalance
    • E05F1/12—Mechanisms in the shape of hinges or pivots, operated by springs
    • E05F1/1246—Mechanisms in the shape of hinges or pivots, operated by springs with a coil spring perpendicular to the pivot axis
    • E05F1/1253—Mechanisms in the shape of hinges or pivots, operated by springs with a coil spring perpendicular to the pivot axis with a compression spring
    • E05F1/1261—Mechanisms in the shape of hinges or pivots, operated by springs with a coil spring perpendicular to the pivot axis with a compression spring for counterbalancing
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05F—DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05F3/00—Closers or openers with braking devices, e.g. checks; Construction of pneumatic or liquid braking devices
    • E05F3/20—Closers or openers with braking devices, e.g. checks; Construction of pneumatic or liquid braking devices in hinges
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2201/00—Constructional elements; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/20—Brakes; Disengaging means; Holders; Stops; Valves; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/21—Brakes
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2201/00—Constructional elements; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/20—Brakes; Disengaging means; Holders; Stops; Valves; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/262—Type of motion, e.g. braking
    • E05Y2201/264—Type of motion, e.g. braking linear
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/30—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for domestic appliances

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  • This invention relates to a hinge for doors of domestic appliances.
  • this invention relates to a hinge for electric household appliances equipped with an internal damper.
  • the hinges used normally comprise a box-shaped structure connected by a kinematic mechanism to a lever, with the lever and the box-shaped structure designed to open mutually in a tilting fashion.
  • the box-shaped structure and the lever are designed so as to be connected one to a door and the other to a frame of the oven.
  • one between the box-shaped structure and the lever is fixed to the frame of the oven, at a side of the access opening of the latter, whilst the other is fixed to an edge of the door, which in this way is made tiltably movable relative to the above-mentioned frame.
  • Elastic elements act on the above-mentioned lever which influence the movement of the door during both opening and closing.
  • the elastic elements oppose, firstly, the movement which detaches the door from the oven mounting frame and, secondly, the subsequent rotational movement of the door and its consequent lowering to the position in which the access opening of the oven is fully open.
  • the door under the combined action of its weight, which tends to pull it downwards, and of the elastic elements, which oppose this downward pulling action, is thus made to turn gradually.
  • the action of the elastic elements is first balanced by the weight of the door, thus initially ensuring that it turns gradually towards the closed position. After that, however, if the user is not careful to slow the door down, the force of the elastic elements tends to push it forcefully towards the oven frame, causing it to slam shut, often rather suddenly and noisily.
  • a first drawback is due to the difficulty of inserting damping members in the limited space available for housing the hinges which are actually effective and long-lasting.
  • the hinge might in fact require damping members with strokes which are even quite different to each other.
  • the aim of this invention is to provide a hinge for doors of domestic appliances which is free of the above-mentioned drawbacks and is, at the same time, structurally simple and practical and effective to use.
  • the numeral 1 denotes in its entirety a hinge for doors or wings made according to this invention.
  • the hinge 1 comprises a first lever 2, which can be fixed for example to the frame of an oven, not illustrated, at a respective side of the inlet opening of the latter, and a box-shaped element 3, fixed to a respective edge of a door, also not illustrated, for closing the oven.
  • the first lever 2 has a longitudinal axis A of extension.
  • the box-shaped element 3 has an elongate shape and extends lengthways along a predetermined axis D.
  • the first lever 2 and the box-shaped element 3 are kinematically connected to each other, with the first lever 2 pivoted on the box-shaped element 3 by means of a first pin 4 to make the above-mentioned and not illustrated door tiltably movable relative to the frame, between a closed position and an open position.
  • the first pin 4 has a central axis B which defines an axis of rotation of the hinge 1.
  • Figure 3 illustrates in particular the configuration of the hinge 1 corresponding to the closed position of the door.
  • the central longitudinal axis A of the first lever 2 and the direction of extension D of the box-shaped element 3 lie on a plane at right angles to the central axis B of the first pivot 4 which, as mentioned, defines the axis of rotation of the door relative to the frame, and which are at right angles to each other in the above-mentioned closed position ( Figure 3 ) and substantially aligned in the open position illustrated in Figure 1 .
  • the hinge 1 comprises a first helical spring 5 housed outside the box-shaped element 3, the first spring 5 abutting, with a relative lower end turn 5a, with a transversal end wall 3a of the box-shaped element 3.
  • the first spring 5 is kept in abutment against the above-mentioned transversal wall 3a by the head 6a of a compression rod 6 which is positioned coaxially inside the first spring 5 and which defines a guide for it.
  • the compression rod 6 protrudes below from the first spring 5 with an end 6b, which passes through an opening made in the transversal wall 3a to couple, by means of a second pin 7, to a first tie rod 8.
  • the first tie rod 8 consists of a rod extending longitudinally along the above-mentioned predetermined direction of extension D and has a U-shaped transversal cross-section.
  • the first tie rod 8 is connected to a second tie rod 9, substantially aligned with it according to predetermined direction D, a lower end 9a of it being hinged to the first lever 2 using a third pin 10 located in the proximity of the above-mentioned first pin 4.
  • a second, pre-compressed helical spring 11 designed to act in conjunction in known manner with a cam-shaped portion 2a of the first lever 2 through a rod 12 which operates on a tappet roller 13, to impart a spring action closing movement to the door.
  • the second spring 11 is dimensionally the smaller than the first spring 5, since, whilst the function of the first spring 5 is mainly that of balancing the weight of the door, the function of the second spring 11 is, as mentioned, to impart a closing to the door.
  • the two first and second springs 5, 11, the respective rods 6 and 12, the tappet roller 13, the first and second tie rods 8, 9 define, in their entirety, elastic means 14, supported by the box-shaped element 3 and designed to exert an elastic action on the first lever 2.
  • the position of the third pin 10 and the pre-compression of the first spring 5 ensure an elastic action which continuously tends to push and keep the door into its closed position.
  • the hinge 1 comprises a hydraulic damping member 15 for applying a damping action during the reciprocal motion between the first lever 2 and the box-shaped element 3, in the proximity of reaching their above-mentioned mutual closed position.
  • hydraulic damping member is used to mean, in this description, any gas or fluid damping member, of substantially known type, wherein the gas or fluid slides from one chamber to another following the mutual movement of its two parts.
  • the hydraulic damping member 15 comprises a rod 16 and a sleeve 17.
  • the hinge 1 comprises a cartridge 18 for containing the hydraulic damping member 15.
  • the cartridge 18 is removable, meaning that it is inserted already assembled inside the box-shaped element 3 during assembly of the hinge 1 and, vice versa, by removing at least partly the hinge 1, it may be removed entirely, that is to say, without having to disassemble it.
  • the cartridge 18 is located inside the box-shaped element 3, positioned in abutment against a pin 19 fixed to the side walls of the box-shaped element 3 and passing through the internal volume of it.
  • the cartridge 18 has a main body 20 containing, in a specific compartment 21, the damping member 15, and supports a cam-shaped lever 22, acting on the damping member 15 and pivoted on the main body 20.
  • the cartridge 18 also comprises a cowl 23, mounted slidably movable on the main body 20, the cowl 23 being designed to engage with the cam-shaped lever 22 for defining with it a cam-follower coupling.
  • the cowl 23 has two lateral tabs 23a facing, in use, respective lateral portions 20b of the main body 20.
  • the above-mentioned flaps 23a and portions 20b are shaped to match each other to define respective longitudinal sliding guides for the cowl 23 on the main body 20.
  • the cowl 23 rotatably supports an idle roller 24 designed to define a follower element in the above-mentioned cam-follower coupling.
  • the hinge 1 also comprises, housed inside the box-shaped element 3, a command slide 25 extending longitudinally along the above-mentioned predetermined direction D.
  • the slide 25 is designed to engage with the first lever 2 and with the cowl 23 so as to slide longitudinally and command the movement of the latter along the direction D.
  • the slide 25 has, at a first longitudinal end 25a facing the cartridge 18, a wall 26 positioned transversely to its direction of extension D, the wall 26 being designed to engage by pushing against the cowl 23.
  • the slide 25, at its second longitudinal end 25b opposite its first end 25a, has a fork shape, which is designed to come into contact with corresponding pushing protrusions 27 emerging on both sides from the first lever 2.
  • the damping member 15 has a fixed part, formed by the rod 16, and a mobile part, defined by the sleeve 17.
  • the cam-shaped lever 22 is interposed between the cowl 23 and the mobile part 17 of the damping member 15 and has a profile such as to determine, in the passage between the above-mentioned closed and open positions of the hinge 1, for the cowl 23 and the mobile part 17 of the damping member 15, respective strokes C23, C17 of different lengths along the direction of extension D.
  • the stroke C23 of the cowl 23, caused by an equivalent pushing movement by the slide 25, determines a stroke C17 with a different length for the mobile part 17 of the damping member.
  • cartridges are advantageously provided with cam-shaped levers 22 equipped with different profiles in such a way as to allow, during assembly of the hinge 1, selection of the cartridge (between the many available) which is most suitable for the specific use of the hinge 1.
  • the concept of removability with reference to the cartridge 18, must be considered in the sense that the cartridge 18 is a separate element, which may be inserted or removed from the box-shaped element 3 of the hinge 1 without having to make particular modifications to it, other than the insertion/removal of the pin 19.
  • the main body 20 of the cartridge 18 has a bottom portion 20a with which the above-mentioned first tie rod 8 is designed to slidably engage.
  • the above-mentioned lower portion 20a of the main body 20 of the cartridge 18 defines a guide rail for the first tie rod 8 in its movement along the predetermined direction D.
  • first tie rod 8 and second tie rod 9 define, for the hinge 1, means 28 for connecting the first lever 2 to the above-mentioned elastic means 14.
  • FIG. 1 shows the hinge 4 in a first intermediate position of the door, not illustrated, at which the cam-shaped portion 2a of the first lever 2 comes into contact with the roller 13 of the rod 12 for compressing the second helical spring 11.
  • the idle roller 24 supported by the cowl 23 pushes the cam-shaped lever 22 which, rotating about its own pivot axis C, exerts a pushing action against the mobile part 17 of the damping member 15.
  • the damping member 15 following the compression of the sleeve 17, defining the mobile part, against the rod 16, defining the fixed part, exerts a damping action different to the closing action exerted by the elastic means 14, and thus makes the movement of the door, not illustrated, gradual and braked, towards the completely closed position at which the respective hinges 1 adopt the configuration illustrated in Figure 3 .
  • the invention brings the advantages described and achieves the preset aims.

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  1. Charnière pour portes d'appareils électroménagers, comprenant :
    - un élément en forme de boîte (3) comportant une direction de développement principale (D),
    - un premier levier (2) monté pivotant sur l'élément en forme de boîte (3) au moyen d'un pivot (4) ; l'un des éléments entre l'élément en forme de boîte (3) et le premier levier (2) pouvant être fixé à un châssis et l'autre des éléments entre l'élément en forme de boîte (3) et le premier levier (2) pouvant être fixé à une porte pour permettre à la porte d'être mobile de façon inclinable par rapport au châssis entre une position de fermeture et une position d'ouverture ;
    - des moyens élastiques (14) supportés par l'élément en forme de boîte (3) et adaptés pour appliquer une action élastique sur le premier levier (2),
    - un organe d'amortissement hydraulique (15) servant à appliquer une action d'amortissement lors du mouvement réciproque du premier levier (2) et de l'élément en forme de boîte (3) à proximité de la position de fermeture,
    - des moyens d'actionnement (29) de l'organe d'amortissement (15) configurés pour provoquer en son sein l'action d'amortissement,
    - une cartouche de contenance amovible (18) de l'organe d'amortissement hydraulique (15), la cartouche (18) étant logée dans l'élément en forme de boîte (3), caractérisée en ce que les moyens d'actionnement (29) comprennent un levier en forme de came (22) supporté par la cartouche (18) et agissant sur l'organe d'amortissement (15), ladite cartouche (18) présentant un corps principal (20) contenant l'organe d'amortissement (15), le levier en forme de came (22) étant monté pivotant sur ledit corps principal (20), et une calotte mobile (23) mobile de façon coulissante sur le corps principal (20), la calotte (23) pouvant se mettre en prise avec le levier en forme de came (22) pour définir un accouplement à galet de came, lesdits moyens d'actionnement (29) comprenant un coulisseau de commande (25) se développant longitudinalement selon la direction (D) et pouvant se mettre en prise avec le premier levier (2) et la calotte (23) de manière à coulisser longitudinalement et à commander son mouvement.
  2. Charnière selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend un rouleau libre (24) supporté par la calotte (23) et pouvant définir un élément à galet dans l'accouplement à galet de came, le levier (22) étant en forme de came.
  3. Charnière selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans laquelle l'organe d'amortissement (15) présente une partie fixe (16) et une partie mobile (17), caractérisée en ce que la calotte (23) et la partie mobile (17) de l'organe d'amortissement (15) se déplacent parallèlement dans la direction de développement déterminée (D).
  4. Charnière selon la revendication 3, dans laquelle le levier en forme de came (22) est interposé entre la calotte (23) et la partie mobile (17) de l'organe d'amortissement (15), caractérisée en ce que le levier en forme de came (22) comporte un profil de sorte à déterminer, dans le passage entre la position fermée et la position ouverte de la charnière, pour la calotte (23) et la partie mobile (17) de l'organe d'amortissement (15), des courses respectives (C23, C17) de différentes longueurs le long de la direction de développement (D).
  5. Charnière selon la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce que la course (C23) de la calotte est plus courte en longueur que la course (C17) correspondante de la partie mobile (17) de l'organe d'amortissement (15).
  6. Charnière selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes de 1 à 5, caractérisée en ce que la calotte (23) comporte deux languettes latérales (23a) faisant face aux parties latérales (20b) respectives du corps principal (20), des guides coulissants longitudinaux respectifs étant réalisés entre les languettes (23a) et les parties latérales (20b).
  7. Charnière selon l'une quelconque des revendications de 1 à 6, comprenant des moyens de raccordement (28) du premier levier (2) et des moyens élastiques (14), caractérisée en ce que les moyens de raccordement (28) comprennent une tige (8) se développant longitudinalement dans la direction de développement déterminée (D) et présentant une forme transversale en « U » pour se mettre en prise de façon coulissante avec le corps principal (20) de la cartouche.
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