FR2511402A1 - WASHING MACHINE WITH TANK - Google Patents

Abstract

THE INVENTION CONCERNS A MACHINE FOR WASHING AND SPINING THE LAUNDRY INCLUDING, IN AN EXTERNAL BODY 4, A TANK 1 DESIGNED TO RECEIVE THE WASHING OR RINSING WATER. TANK 1 IS HANGED TO A SENSITIVELY HORIZONTAL UPPER PLATE 3, ITSELF SUPPORTED BY THE SINGLE EXTERIOR BODY CONSISTING OF A VERTICAL SKIRT WITH THIN WALLS LAYING ON THE GROUND. APPLICATION: LAUNDRY WASHING MACHINES.

Description

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WASHING MACHINE WITH TANK

  The invention relates to a machine for washing and spinning laundry comprising, in an external body, a tank for receiving the washing or rinsing water, inside which a laundry drum can be rotated, the bowl being hung close to the top of the body The tank is likely to vibrate and oscillate, especially during the spin, if the laundry is poorly distributed in the drum These vibrations are largely absorbed by resilient elastic suspensions of the type

  of that described for example in French Patent 1,143,828.

  However, it is usual to hang the tank to a building structure as rigid as possible placed on the ground For example, the tank is attached to a frame consisting of longitudinal members, sleepers and uprights, on which the body is only a set of panels reported French patent 1 520 703 describes this type of

  It is also common to suspend the tank to a tank

  reinforced bodywork, for example by folding and ribbing, fixed to a rigid base In both cases, the bodywork is completed

  at its summit by a horizontal sign with at least one deco-

  ratified, and possibly pierced with a loading opening of the laundry, with hopper, door, etc. in the case of

top loading.

  In order to simplify the construction of machines

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  of the type described in the preamble, the invention is

  because the tank is hooked to a top plate

  rigidly rigid upper horizontal, itself supported by the only outer body consisting of a thin-walled vertical skirt placed on the ground Thus, the invention moves the position of the rigid element supporting the tank: it is not plus an enveloping frame or a lower base but in a way an "upper base" which is this rigid element By thin body walls, for example means steel sheets

  of thickness of the order of a millimeter.

  In particular, in a preferential mode of

  the upper plate consists of a single piece of

  molded material Such a plate can then integrate all the elements

  necessary for the attachment of the tank, the articulation of the upper door, the attachment of the backrest housing the electrical control organs of the machine It is likely to have a surface condition such that it does not require 'be

  hidden by an aesthetic coating.

  In the absence of a pedestal, in the machine according to the

  vention, the bodywork receives at its base-jacks and / or

  Lets interposed between the machine and the ground It is sufficient that the faces of the bodywork are for example joined at their base by brackets or spacers maintaining spacing and wedging

  angular so that the whole is indeformable.

  The following description and the drawings describe a

  embodiment of a washing machine according to the invention.

  FIG. 1 is an exploded schematic view of a machine

  China washing according to the invention.

  FIG. 2 is a front view of an example of a plate

superior of such a machine.

  FIG. 3 is a section along axis III of the plate

of Figure 2.

  Figure 1 shows the essential elements of a

  China washing that could be front-loading or by the

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  above the tank 1, here with horizontal axis as the drum it

  contains, is hung by four jurisdictions 2 possibly for debate

  cushioned, to a rigid top plate 3 occupying the

  This body is constituted for example on three sides by a U-shaped portion 5 made of folded steel sheet, and a fourth face 6 coming to be affixed.

  on part 5 to be eventually dismantled for the purpose of

  machine parations To maintain the spacing of the faces of the U-shaped part, their base is connected by slight spacers 7 It may also be sufficient to weld between them the lower edges of these faces folded at right angles to the inside of the bodywork. FIGS. 2 and 3 show an embodiment of an upper plate 3 in the case of a washing machine with loading

  This plate is molded in one piece

  plastic material such as polypropylpine, polystyrene polyester p

  lightened or not, with a smooth surface It includes an opening

  8 loading of the machine and four studs 9 hooking the suspension springs 2 of the tank (not shown here) At the rear of the opening 8, the upper plate is extended in a housing 10 for receiving the electrical control devices

  of the machine and possibly to be surmounted by a backsplash 11.

  The housing 10 is molded in one piece with the plate 3 La

  plate 3 and the housing 10 are bordered by a peripheral rib 12

  that serves for positioning in the bodywork 4 and reinforces the rigidity of the plate The thickness of the different parts of

  the plate and the rib is for example 6 m.

Claims (3)

CLAIMS:   Washing and spinning machine comprising, in an external body, a tank for receiving the washing or rinsing water, inside which can rotate a clothes drum, the tank being hung near the top of the body, characterized in that the tank is attached to a rigid upper plate substantially   horizontal, itself supported by the only external bodywork   upper part consisting of a thin-walled vertical skirt on the ground.   2 Machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the upper plate consists of a single piece of molded material.   Machine according to any one of claims 1,   2, characterized in that the body receives at its base jacks and / or rollers interposed between the machine and the ground.