US3851943A - Rack support assembly in a dishwasher - Google Patents

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US3851943A
US3851943A US00319349A US31934972A US3851943A US 3851943 A US3851943 A US 3851943A US 00319349 A US00319349 A US 00319349A US 31934972 A US31934972 A US 31934972A US 3851943 A US3851943 A US 3851943A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L15/00—Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware
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  • Boos 22 F1 ied Dec 29, 1972 ABSTRACT [21] Appl 319349 In the front-loading type of dishwasher having a slidable support assembly for a dish rack to enable the [52] US, Cl 312/347, 30 /3 3 2 5 rack to be moved in a sliding action inwardly and out- 51 1111.
  • Such a rack is normally supported at each side thereof by a combination of rollers disposed to rotate about a horizontal axis and an elongated channel slide bar operatively associated with the rollers. More specifically, the channel slide bar is mounted between upper and lower spaced apart wall mounted rollers whereby the slide bar can slidably move on these roller supports. Additional spaced apart rollers journalled to the rack side project laterally from the rack and are captured within the channel area of the channel slide bar member and slidably track therein. The rack may then be manually drawn outwardly from its inward position in the wash chamber a limited distance wherein the rack rollers rotate and track along the length of the channel bar.
  • the channel slide bar is formed from sheet metal of uniform thickness and is shaped to have a cross-section C-shape wherein the lengthwise opening to the inside channel area defined by the slide bar members faces inwardly toward the rack side to receive the rack journalled rollers.
  • a major problem in the utilization of the foregoing arrangement is that -a C-shaped channel slide bar formed for the purpose from relatively thin sheet metal is subject to a lengthwise twisting effect or torsional response to the load of the rack bearing on the rack rollers and translated to the channel slide bar.
  • This twisting effect causes the channel slide bar to bind with the rollers associated therewith, particularly when the rack is fully loaded and in its outward position whereby smooth sliding movement of the loaded rack is lost.
  • the present invention comprehends a comparatively inexpensive modification of the configuration of the typical C-shaped channel slide bar andthe rollers operatively associated therewith to prevent binding in a dishwasher rack support means in response to load wherein the general arrangement of the support means and the material requirement therefor remains substantially unchanged.
  • This invention is directedto a dishwashing machine of the front-loading type having slidable support means enabling a dish supporting rack to be manually slid inwardly or outwardly through the access opening of the wash chamber of the machine and more particularly pertains to improved structure and method of making such improvements wherein the undesirable effects of binding action between components of the support means in response to rack load is prevented.
  • a dishwashing' machine is provided of the frontloading type having a wash chamber and access opening thereto.
  • a rack for supporting dishes to be washed within the wash chamber is slidably mounted in the.
  • the rack has slidable support means therefor preferably including, at each side thereof, a plurality of rollers rotatably mounted on the wash chamber side wall for supporting an elongated channel slide bar for sliding movement in the direction of the .bars extension.
  • One or more rack rollers journalled to the rack side projects outwardly laterally therefrom and is captured for tracking movement lengthwise within the channel formed by the channel slide bar.
  • the channel slide bar is preferably formed from relatively thin gauge metal of uniform thickness.
  • the channel slide bar has a'flat planar intermediate back portion with integral upper and lower projecting flange portions'which serve to encapture the rack roller projecting into the channel area of the bar.
  • the lower flange portion of the channel bar member receives the force translated through the rack roller 7 other in a substantially straight line whereby a flat load bearing surface is provided on the inside surface of the lower flange portion and generally conical shaped rolrangement the load resultant on the lower flange portions inside surface may be established at a point half the distance from the point of projection of the lower flange portion from the major body portion of the channel slide bar, and the inclination of the lower flange portion can be established relative to the major body portion such that a straight line corresponding to the direction of the load resultant against the lower flange portion will be directed substantially close to the shear center of the channel slide bar to thereby prevent undesirable twisting of the channel slide bar.
  • the method of determining the configuration of the channel slide bar disclosed herein enables improvement of the operation of the rack support means heretofore described if the lower flange member is inclined relative to the major body portion of the channel slide bar such that the resultant load point is within an angle described by a line taken perpendicular to the major body portion at the point where the lower flange portion and the major body portion converge.
  • This limitation has the effect of moving the direction of the resultant load toward the shear center of the channel slide bar which tends to enable the channel slide bar to be appreciably more resistant to a twisting force applied thereto than previously obtainable in the conventional channel slide bar that is generally C-shaped in crosssection.
  • FIG. 1 shows an automatic dishwashing machine having a cabinet 12 that defines an interior wash chamber 14. An access opening is provided on the front side of the cabinet 12 and is normally covered by a hinged access door 16. Contained within the wash chamber 14 are racks 18 and 20 for supporting dishes and other utensils to be washed within the machine 10.
  • the rack 20 has means therewith supporting it, at each side thereof, to oppositely disposed wash chamber side walls 22 and 24, whereby the rack may be manually pulled outwardly from the wash chamber 14 to a loading position where it extends ina cantilevered arrangement over the open door 16.
  • the means enabling the rack 20 to be manually moved outwardly to its loading position and then retracted back to its operative position within the wash chamber 14 includes an elongated horizontally disposed channel slide member or slide bar 26 supported for sliding movement spaced apart between pairs of wall mounted rollers 28,30, 32 and 34.
  • a pair of spaced apart rollers 36 and 38 are journalled to the side of the rack 20, and these rollers are captured for rotation within the channel slide member 26 as shown in FIG. 2.
  • the channel slide member 26 comprises an intermediate flat major body portion 40 and integral flange portions 42 and 44 that are inwardly inclined toward each other.
  • the rack journalled roller 36 is shaped to conform to the configuration of the channel slide member 26 and particularly has a sloped annular side wall 46 that tracks against the inside surface of the flange 44.
  • the rollers 28 and 30 (and rollers 32 and 34 of FIG. 1) are provided with a sloped annular side wall 48 to conform to the outer configuration of the slide channel member 26 which is disposed snuggly between the rollers 28 and 30 for slidably movement therebetween.
  • Each of the wall mounted rollers, such as 28 and 30, is also provided with an annular flange or radially outwardly projecting ridge 50 which serves as a stop to prevent the rack slide member 26 from moving down the slope of the rollers, in response to a load bearing on the rollers 36 and 38, within the channel slide member 26.
  • Any sheet material section subjected to a torsional force has a shear center or center of twist, the location of which is determined by the geometry of the material cross-section.
  • a channel slide bar configured to form an interior channel always has a shear center or point located outside the bars major body portion at the side opposite the direction of the projection of the bars spaced apart edge flanges.
  • the crosssection of the channel slide member in accordance with the present invention is configured whereby any resultant load or force against the load bearing flange portion will be directed in a straight line intersecting the shear center.
  • the shear center is at a point designated as point C. Therefore, the lower flange portion 44 on which the weight of the rack 18 is borne is inclined whereby the force receiving inside surface thereof is substantially perpendicular to a straight line L taken centrally through the flange portion 44 and intersecting the shear center C.
  • the configuration of the slide bar 26, in accordance with the present invention will have its resistance to twisting under load of the rack greatly improved over the more conventional C- shaped slide bar by modifying the C-shaped slide bar such that the direction of the resultant load on the lower flange portion is oriented more closely toward the shear center C.
  • the angle or inclination of the inside load receiving surface of the flange portion 44 is established for the reasons given heretofore.
  • the various rollers in the support means for the rack 20 are all provided with a conical configuration wherein each roller has the same annular slope on the side surfaces thereof, and the upper flange 42 of the channel slide bar is configured to correspond and cooperatively mate with the configuration of the rollers to operate in association therewith.
  • the diameter of the rollers 36 and 38, and thus the distance between the flange portion 42 and 44, are established such that at an axial line extended from either of these rollers will pass through the shear center C of the slide bar operatively associated therewith.
  • a sliding clearance is preferably provided between each of the wall mounted rollers, (such as roller 28) and the respective support stud on which each of these rollers and the channel slide member 26. Allowance of such clearance tends to compensate for any tolerance in either the rack width, the tub width or the channel slide dimensions whereby the proper non-binding sliding function in moving the rack outwardly from the wash chamber 14 and back to its retracted position will be retained.
  • a dishwashing machine of the front-loading type having a wash chamber and an access opening thereto, a rack for supporting dishes to be washed slidably mounted in the chamber for movement between a loading position wherein the rack extends at least partially out through the access opening and a retracted position wherein the rack is fully within the chamber,
  • support means at each side of the rack including an elongated channel slide member having a substantially flat major body portion and upper and lower projecting flange portions converging toward each other whereby a load bearing surface is provided on the lower flange portion immediate said major body portion, said channel slide member further being disposed to extend generally in a horizontal orientation along the chamber side wall and slidably mounted for forward-rearward reciprocal movement in the direction of'its extension, the load bearing surface being inclined relative to the major body portion whereby a center point taken on the load bearing surface is on a line forming an acute angle with the generally vertical surface of the major body portion of the channel slide member whereby the load resultant of rack load on the lower flange portion is oriented substantially near the shear center of the channel slide member.
  • the support means includes means mounted to the wash chamber side wall for slidably supporting the channel slide member, and means on the rack side disposed to translate the load force of the rack to the lower flange portion of the slide channel member and slidably move therealong.
  • each roller of the plurality has means thereon to prevent lateral movement of the channel slide bar toward the wash chamber side wall in response to rack load translated to the channel slide barl

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IT32187/73A IT1002290B (it) 1972-12-29 1973-12-27 Complesso di sostegno di rastrellie ra in una lavapiatti
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