EP3332060A1 - Machine de traitement du linge dotée d'un mécanisme de montage de poignée de porte avant - Google Patents

Machine de traitement du linge dotée d'un mécanisme de montage de poignée de porte avant

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EP3332060A1
EP3332060A1 EP15745510.6A EP15745510A EP3332060A1 EP 3332060 A1 EP3332060 A1 EP 3332060A1 EP 15745510 A EP15745510 A EP 15745510A EP 3332060 A1 EP3332060 A1 EP 3332060A1
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Prior art keywords
handle
laundry treatment
treatment machine
auxiliary element
connection means
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Servet CATALTEPE
Ergin METIN
Salih YILDIRIM
Bugra CETINKAYA
Selahattin CORAK
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Arcelik AS
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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 
    • D06F39/12—Casings; Tubs
    • D06F39/14—Doors or covers; Securing means therefor
    • 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
    • D06F37/42—Safety arrangements, e.g. for stopping rotation of the receptacle upon opening of the casing door

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  • the present invention relates to a laundry washing and/or drying machine comprising a front door having a mechanically improved handle mechanism assembled in an inter-engaged manner.
  • Laundry treatment machines such as laundry washing machines, drying machines or washing/drying machines comprise a rotary drum in which cloth items are placeable and accessible via a front door, a water tub in which the rotary drum is rotatable and a motor providing the rotary drum to be driven by means of a pulley mechanism; or alternatively, a direct driving system can be employed.
  • laundry treatment machines have front doors typically allowing access into the rotary drum for loading and unloading the laundry to be processed.
  • a front cover of a laundry treatment machine basically comprises an inner frame, an outer frame and a handle.
  • the mounting of the front cover is typically performed by using various connection elements such as screws being fitted into visible areas of the front cover, which in turn leads to longer mounting durations and an elevated overall cost associated with the number of additional individual components such as the connection elements.
  • the mechanical handle structure of a laundry treatment machine as described above can be designed so as to make use of various connection elements in different structural forms, which may substantially affect mounting efficiency of a laundry treatment machine as well as the perceived build quality of the front door and therefore the laundry treatment machine itself on the part of end-users.
  • a handle can be mounted on the outer surface of the front door’s outer lid by means of different connection structures.
  • the external handle element however is the outer visible portion and a non-uniform engagement with a handle auxiliary element of the handle as the machine ages may create a low quality impression on the part of end-users.
  • the force applied on the inner side of the handle during opening of the door of the laundry treatment machine may affect the connection of the handle elements.
  • the above-mentioned problems caused by the usage of conventional connection elements are solved by way of utilizing a mounting mechanism with tabs on the inner side.
  • the mounting mechanism the number of necessary connection elements to assemble the parts of the front cover to each other is reduced, thus mounting durations and manufacturing schemes are optimized so as to reduce the overall manufacturing costs.
  • the non-uniformity effect and the separation risk of the handle elements is overcome by installation of the handle’s external handle element in a robust manner so as to establish mutual mechanical inter-engagement with the handle auxiliary element.
  • the present invention therefore proposes a laundry treatment machine with an alternative, strengthened mechanical structure to obtain a front door handle mounting mechanism.
  • a prior art publication in the technical field of the present invention may be referred to as KR20110013008, which discloses a door assembly for clothes treating apparatus provided to locate a cover of the grip portion at the upper part of the sidewall, thereby the level difference is not exposed.
  • the door assembly of the clothes treating apparatus opens and closes the internal space of the device.
  • a door assembly comprises a door frame and grip unit cover.
  • the door frame is arranged in the front side of the clothes treating apparatus.
  • a grip portion of the door frame is concavely formed in the upper side part.
  • the grip portion cover is installed in the front side of the sidewall of the grip portion.
  • the upper side terminal of the grip portion cover is located higher than the upper side part of the sidewall.
  • the present invention provides a handle connection structure involving a durable engagement relation of the external handle element with the handle auxiliary element, thereby ensuring durability in the connection between the respective handle elements.
  • Primary object of the present invention is hence to provide an improved handle assembly with a stable structure for a laundry treatment machine.
  • the invention proposes a laundry treatment machine with a handle assembly having an external handle element and a handle auxiliary element assembled by at least a first connection means and at least a second connection means.
  • the first connection means has a first connection opening suitable for receiving an engagement protrusion of the external handle element and the second connection means has an intermediate opening receiving a fixation extension of the external handle element.
  • the handle auxiliary element and the external handle element are interlocked in the mounting direction.
  • a fixation extension provides that the handle auxiliary element is firmly connected with the external handle element in the mounting direction.
  • a plurality of simultaneous multi-axis engagements is established between the handle auxiliary element and the external handle element.
  • Fig. 1 demonstrates a general perspective view of a laundry treatment machine’s front door components in an unassembled manner according to the present invention.
  • Fig. 2 demonstrates a general perspective view of an external handle element with a handle auxiliary element in an unassembled manner according to the present invention.
  • Fig 3a demonstrates a rear-side view of the external handle element with the handle auxiliary element in an assembled manner and Fig 3b demonstrates a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of Fig 3a according to the present invention.
  • Fig. 4a demonstrates a rear-side perspective view of the external handle element with the handle auxiliary element in an unassembled manner and Fig. 4b demonstrates an enlarged view of detail X in Fig. 4a according to the present invention.
  • Fig. 5a demonstrates a perspective view of the handle auxiliary element and Fig 5b demonstrates an enlarged view of detail Y in Fig. 5a according to the present invention.
  • Fig. 6a demonstrates a front-side view of the handle assembly in an assembled manner and Fig 6b demonstrates a cross-sectional view taken along line E-E of Fig 6a according to the present invention.
  • Fig. 7a demonstrates a front-side view of the external handle element and the handle auxiliary element in an assembled manner and Fig 7b demonstrates a cross-sectional view taken along line F-F of Fig 7a according to the present invention.
  • Second connection means receiving element
  • the present invention relates to a laundry treatment machine comprising a front door (19) allowing access into a drum.
  • the front door (19) installed on the front wall of the laundry treatment machine comprises an outer lid (1) and an inner lid (6) while a glass bowl (5) is fitted between the inner lid (6) and an intermediate lid portion (4).
  • the intermediate lid portion (4) and a supplementary ring (2) are connected to each other by means of a plurality of connection elements (3), the supplementary ring (2) being mounted in a manner peripherally partially enclosed by the outer lid (1).
  • a handle assembly (18) in the front door (19) is effective in ensuring stable installation of different components, i.e. an external handle element (12) and a handle auxiliary element (13) being assembled with each other.
  • the handle assembly (18) comprising the external handle element (12) and the handle auxiliary element (13) is operable so as to either release a locking mechanism or provides positioning of a respective hook (11) in the engaging state.
  • the front door (19) is installed on the front wall of the machine by a hinge (7) comprising a hinge spring (8) so as to ensure rotation of the front door (19) to effect locking and unlocking.
  • the hinge (7) is typically mounted to the front door (19) by fixating the same to respective connection points belonging to the inner lid (6) and the intermediate lid portion (4).
  • the handle auxiliary element (13) has two types of connection means maintaining the mechanical connection with the external handle element (12).
  • a first connection means (15) is provided with a first connection opening (20) in a front side portion thereof, generally in the form of a U-shaped aperture receiving an engagement protrusion (17) of the external handle element (12) and fixedly supporting the same thereinbetween.
  • the engagement protrusion (17) is a thin elongate extension projecting from near an inner side edge of the external handle element (12) so as to be fitted into the first connection opening (20) by way of sliding the handle auxiliary element (13) onto the external handle element (12).
  • the first connection means (15) is therefore provided with the first connection opening (20) partially surrounding a plate-like extension connected to the handle auxiliary element (13) at one side thereof on a radial mounting direction extending between the handle auxiliary element (13) and the external handle element (12).
  • the plate-like extension is therefore slightly flexibly deformable at one side thereof, facing away from the external handle element (12) on the radial mounting direction.
  • a second connection means (16) is provided in the handle auxiliary element (13) contributing to the mounting thereof to the external handle element (12) in a sturdy manner. It incorporates an end-plate having a slight inclination with respect to a mounting direction of the handle auxiliary element (13) to the external handle element (12). The end-plate is flexibly deformable at one side thereof facing away from the external handle element (12) on the mounting direction.
  • the second connection means (16), in the mounted position of the handle auxiliary element (13), is surrounded with the respective extensions of the external handle element (12) in an axis perpendicular to the mounting direction.
  • the handle auxiliary element (13) is fixedly attached to the external handle element (12) while the end-plate separated from the handle auxiliary element’s (13) body by an intermediate opening receives a fixation extension (24) into the intermediate opening.
  • the fixation extension (24) extends perpendicular to the mounting direction that is generally parallel to the front wall surface of the laundry treatment machine.
  • the innermost edge of the end-plate moving in the direction of the external handle element (12) during mounting is surrounded by a pair of second connection means receiving elements (21) of the external handle element (12) preferably in contact relation with at least one of the two so that the second connection means (16) becomes immovable in a sandwiched manner on a multitude of axes.
  • the two oppositely extending second connection means receiving elements (21) forms a channel in the middle through which the innermost edge of the end plate in the mounting direction moves in.
  • the channel provides that a lower second connection means receiving element (21) remains in contact with the second connection means (16) in the mounted position and an opposite upper second connection means receiving element (21) restricts movement of the same in a direction perpendicular to the mounting direction, which would otherwise result with detaching of the handle auxiliary element (13). So the second connection means (16) plays a restricting role against an accidental movement.
  • a lateral handle element (14) is provided as a unit mountable to the external handle element (12) protecting the edge thereof.
  • the external handle element (12) As the external handle element (12) is the part onto which an operating force is directly applied by the user on a regular basis, it should transmit the applied force to the other components of by the handle assembly (18) during prolonged use.
  • the connection structure between the external handle element (12) and the handle auxiliary element (13) allows homogenous force transmission so that non-uniformity of the connection lines as a result of prolonged use, i.e. asymmetric separation of the handle assembly (18) elements is avoided while creating an uncovered cosmetic region (auxiliary element outer portion (25) which forms the outer visible portion of the handle auxiliary element (13)) which might have a characterizing surface texture.
  • the auxiliary element outer portion (25) provides a longitudinally extending L-shaped outer line engagingly corresponding to the edge form of the opposite external handle element (12), referred to as the auxiliary element resting portion (26).
  • the auxiliary element resting portion (26) is therefore shaped to provide a longitudinal cavity receiving the auxiliary element outer portion (25) in an interengaged manner, each of the two parts at the same time providing a flush surface relative to each other.
  • the innermost edge of the handle auxiliary element (13) (auxiliary element innermost edge (27) connects with an opposite corresponding connection line of the external handle element (12) in an interengaging manner. Therefore, interengagement connections are provided on both sides of the handle auxiliary element (13) with the external handle element (12) on the mounting direction.
  • the present invention proposes a laundry treatment machine comprising a cabinet having a front wall, an upper surface and a main body, the laundry treatment machine further comprising a front wall with a front door (19) allowing access into a drum for loading or unloading laundry, the front door (19) being openable by means of a handle assembly (18) mountable to the front door (19).
  • the handle assembly (18) comprises an external handle element (12) and a handle auxiliary element (13) being assembled with each other by means of at least a first connection means (15) and at least a second connection means (16).
  • the first connection means (15) is provided with a first connection opening (20) partially surrounding a plate-like extension connected to the handle auxiliary element (13) at one side thereof on a radial mounting direction of the handle auxiliary element (13) relative to the external handle element (12), the first connection opening (20) receiving an engagement protrusion (17) of the external handle element (12). Therefore, the handle auxiliary element (13) and the external handle element (12) are interlocked in the mounting direction.
  • the second connection means (16) is provided with an end-plate being separated from the handle auxiliary element’s (13) body by an intermediate opening receiving a fixation extension (24) of the external handle element (12). Again the fixation extension (24) provides that the handle auxiliary element (13) is firmly connected with the external handle element (12) in the mounting direction.
  • the first connection opening (20) is in the form of a U-shaped aperture surrounding the plate-like extension of the first connection means (15). This arrangement enables a multi-axis cavity suitable for establishing multi-axis engagement between the handle auxiliary element (13) and the external handle element (12).
  • the engagement protrusion (17) is an extension projecting from the inner side of the external handle element (12) so as to be fitted into the first connection opening (20).
  • the engagement protrusion (17) is an elongate extension perpendicular to the mounting direction of the handle auxiliary element (13) relative to the external handle element (12).
  • the engagement the engagement protrusion (17) is an extension engaging with the first connection opening (20) at least on two separate directions.
  • the plate-like extension of the first connection means (15) is connected to the handle auxiliary element (13) on a side facing the external handle element (12) on the mounting direction of the handle auxiliary element (13) relative to the external handle element (12).
  • the plate-like extension is therefore flexibly deformable on a radial side away from the external handle element (12). This provides that the first connection opening’s (20) is located at least partially at an inner position away from the external handle element (12), therefore providing a more balanced and robust mechanical engagement.
  • fixation extension (24) extends perpendicular to the mounting direction.
  • the innermost edge of the end-plate moving in the direction of the external handle element (12) during mounting is surrounded by a pair of second connection means receiving elements (21) of the external handle element (12).
  • At least one of the second connection means receiving elements (21) remains in contact with the second connection means (16) in the mounted position. Therefore at least one of the second connection means receiving elements (21) effectuates position locking of the handle auxiliary element (13) on an axis perpendicular to the mounting direction.
  • another oppositely situated second connection means receiving element (21) restricts movement of the second connection means (16) in a direction perpendicular to the mounting direction.
  • the end-plate of the second connection means (16) is flexibly deformable at one side thereof facing away from the external handle element (12) on the mounting direction. This also provides a more balanced and robust mechanical engagement between the two principal components.
  • an auxiliary element outer portion (25) is provided in the form of a longitudinally extending L-shaped outer line engagingly connectible with an auxiliary element resting portion (26) forming the longitudinal edge cavity portion of the external handle element (12).
  • auxiliary element outer portion (25) and the auxiliary element resting portion (26) are shaped to provide a flush surface relative to each other.
  • an auxiliary element innermost edge (27) forming the innermost edge of the handle auxiliary element (13) connects with an opposite connection line of the external handle element (12) in an interengaging manner.
  • the auxiliary element outer portion (25) forming the outer visible portion of the handle auxiliary element (13) have a characterizing surface texture in the form of an uncovered cosmetic region.
  • a more efficient manner of providing a rigid mounting mechanism with an improved internal structure of cooperating involved components is provided.
  • the operating force directly applied on the handle auxiliary element (13) is homogenously transmitted so that asymmetric separation of the handle assembly (18) elements and non-uniformity of the connection lines as a result of prolonged use is avoided while creating an uncovered cosmetic region (auxiliary element outer portion (25) which forms the outer visible portion of the handle auxiliary element (13)) with a particular surface character.

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Abstract

La présente invention concerne une machine de traitement du linge, telle qu'un lave-linge et/ou un sèche-linge, comprenant une porte avant dotée d'un mécanisme de poignée mécaniquement amélioré assemblé d'une manière en prise mutuelle. La présente invention concerne plus particulièrement une machine de traitement du linge comprenant une armoire dotée d'une paroi avant, d'une surface supérieure et d'un corps principal, d'une paroi avant avec une porte avant (19) permettant l'accès dans un tambour pour charger ou décharger du linge, la porte avant (19) pouvant être ouverte au moyen d'un ensemble formant poignée (18) qui peut être monté sur la porte avant (19). L'ensemble formant poignée (18) comprend un élément de poignée externe (12) et un élément auxiliaire de poignée (13) qui sont assemblés l'un à l'autre au moyen d'au moins un premier moyen de connexion (15) et d'au moins un deuxième moyen de connexion (16).
EP15745510.6A 2015-08-06 2015-08-06 Machine de traitement du linge dotée d'un mécanisme de montage de poignée de porte avant Withdrawn EP3332060A1 (fr)

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