FR2568280A1 - WASHING MACHINE HAVING A LIQUID WASHING CONTAINER PROVIDED WITH A LIQUID LEVEL MEASUREMENT GAUGE - Google Patents

Abstract

TOP LOADING LAUNDRY WASHING MACHINE WITH A CONTAINER 7 OF LIQUID WASHING PRODUCT EQUIPPED WITH A LIQUID LEVEL MEASURING GAUGE, GAUGE COMPOSED OF A FLOAT 9, A ROD 10 FOR FLOAT VERTICAL GUIDANCE 9 , ROD AT THE END OF WHICH IS MOLDED AN INDEX 13, VISIBLE PART ALLOWING THE MARKING, ON LOADING, OF THE LEVEL OF THE LIQUID CONTAINED IN THE CONTAINER; THE FLOAT THEN BEING BELOW A BULKHEAD 11 WHICH PREVENTS THE FLOATING 9, OF THE WASHING PRODUCTS.

Description

WASHING MACHINE HAVING A LIQUID WASHING CONTAINER

  PROVIDED WITH A LIQUID LEVEL MEASUREMENT GAUGE

  The invention relates to a top-loading washing machine having a pivoting tub door which folds horizontally in the closed position, on which is mounted at least one container of liquid laundry-treatment products,

  container with a loading opening located in its part

  upper tie, when the door is opened in a vertical position, a duct for a programmed supply of water to the container and

  a means of unloading, the diluted liquid, in the tank of the ma-

  China. Such a machine is known, as an example gives.

French Patent No. 2,401,259.

  French Patent No. 2,401,259 deals with a washing machine which has receptacles for liquid products, in particular for

  a liquid product softening textiles and bleach.

  The containers fitted in the door of the machine are supplied with water, according to a defined program, which makes it possible to dilute the liquid products then to pour them into the tank by overflowing and siphoning. The loading of product into containers is done with

  a dispenser, separate from the machine, and supplied as an accessory.

  Such an accessory has the disadvantage of being able to

  or not to be used. There is then the risk

  load a container without the dispenser, exceed the required dose

  and cause a product overflow concentrated in the

machine tank.

  The invention relates to a washing machine

  whose liquid product containers have a metering gauge

  liquid level monitor, float gauge fitted with a guide rod

  dage for its vertical movement, when the door is open, the guide rod being partially visible to make an index mark of the level, float gauge mounted in the upper part

  container when the door is closed in a horizontal position.

  Such a gauge makes it possible to materialize, when the door is open, the levels, in particular minimum and maximum, of the liquid product contained in the container during loading. The high position of the gauge, when the door is closed, allows the liquid product to

  flow without the gauge obstructing.

  More precisely, the vertical guide rod of the gauge crosses perpendicularly and freely, for its guidance, at least one internal partition transverse to the container. The cell door is tilting, which causes the gauge to move from a vertical position for its operation to a horizontal position when the door is closed. It is therefore necessary to

  slide the gauge along a well-defined axis of translation.

  In a preferred embodiment, the internal partition is a deflector extending perpendicular to the float, above it when the level of loading of the liquid is maximum, the door being open. Laundry treatment products such as fabric softeners are viscous. The deflector channels the flow of the

  viscous product so that the liquid does not come in

  ner on the float and weigh on it, which would change the measurement

  actual level of liquid product.

  The following description and the drawings illustrate a

  embodiment of the invention.

  Figure 1 shows a perspective view of the

  washing machine according to the invention, door ajar.

  Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a

liquid product container.

  FIG. 1 represents a top-loading washing machine 1, in accordance with the invention, with a door 2

  of ajar tank. On the front wall 3 of door 2 are shown

  the openings 4 for loading the containers for washing powder products and the openings 5 for loading the containers for liquid laundry treatment products, the openings 5 are hidden by a grid 6. Behind the grid, not shown in the figure, slides vertically, when the door is open, the index finger secured to the upper end of the guide rod, described with FIG. 2, index showing the level of liquid product

contained in the container.

  Figure 2 shows in section, the container 7 of liquid laundry treatment products. The container has the same section as the door, its shape fits into the door so that

  that the input 8 comes opposite the opening 5 of the load-

  is lying. The means of pouring the diluted products into the tank of the machine, which are a siphon operating by overflow does not

  are not visible in figure 2. The gauge is composed of a flow-

  tor 9 into which the rod 10 remains snapped in place

  freely crosses a partition ll to lead into entry 8.

  The rod is bent at a right angle, forming an L. At the end of the arm 12 of the L is an index 13, visible part of the gauge, molded through the grid 6 of the door, when the container is mounted in said door. The arm 12 of the L slides vertically, when the door is open, in a groove formed in a blade 16 molded with the container. The blade 16 placed perpendicular to the arm 12 of the L blocks the gauge from rotating. The transverse partition 11 crossed by the rod 10 vertically guides the gauge which slides against a wall 14 of the container. The wall 14 is the upper part of the container

  when the door is closed. Partition 11, substantially horizontal-

  when the door is open for loading the container, is a deflector placed above the float, the deflector is integral with the wall 14, the two parallel walls which have the shape of the section of the container and leaves only one passage 17 of

  side of the wall 15. The deflector channels the liquid product vis-

  in such a way that the liquid flow comes to flow, after the passage

  poured from passage 17, along wall 15 opposite the wall

  sound 14 and opposite the float. So the viscous flow does not flow

  not on the float. The float is not loaded with liquid

  tails and the gauge gives an exact value of the height of the level

  of liquid in the container. The float, when charging-

  ment is subject only to Archimedes' push. During discharge-

  ment of the diluted liquid in the tank, the wall 15 then located in the lower part is swept by the water from the supply duct; the gauge float in the upper part of the container does not interfere

the flow of the diluted product.

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Claims (3)

CLAIMS:   1. Washing machine (1) top-loading laundry having a pivoting tub door (2) which folds horizontally in the closed position, on which is mounted at least one container (7) of liquid laundry-treatment products , container having a loading opening (5) located in its upper part, when   the door is open in a vertical position, a conduit for   programmed mentation in water of the container and a means of discharging the diluted liquid into the tank of the machine, characterized in that the container is provided with a gauge for measuring the level of the liquid,   float gauge fitted with a guide rod (10) for its movement   vertically, when the door is open, the guide rod being partially visible to make an index (13) for marking the level, float gauge mounted in the upper part of the container when the   door is closed in horizontal position.   2. Washing machine according to claim 1, characterized   in that the vertical guide rod (10) of the gauge crosses perpetually   dicularily and freely, for its guidance, at least one partition   (11) internal transverse to the container.   3. Washing machine according to claim 2, characterized in that the internal partition (ll) is a deflector extending in   plumb with the float (9), above it when the load level -   liquid is maximum, the door being open.