WO2002100237A1 - Dishwashing machine with single-piece plastic door - Google Patents
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- WO2002100237A1 WO2002100237A1 PCT/EP2002/005894 EP0205894W WO02100237A1 WO 2002100237 A1 WO2002100237 A1 WO 2002100237A1 EP 0205894 W EP0205894 W EP 0205894W WO 02100237 A1 WO02100237 A1 WO 02100237A1
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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
- A47L15/42—Details
- A47L15/4251—Details of the casing
- A47L15/4257—Details of the loading door
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
- B29C45/00—Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor
- B29C45/16—Making multilayered or multicoloured articles
- B29C45/1615—The materials being injected at different moulding stations
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
- B29C45/00—Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor
- B29C45/16—Making multilayered or multicoloured articles
- B29C45/1642—Making multilayered or multicoloured articles having a "sandwich" structure
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
- B29C45/00—Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor
- B29C45/17—Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
- B29C45/1703—Introducing an auxiliary fluid into the mould
- B29C45/1704—Introducing an auxiliary fluid into the mould the fluid being introduced into the interior of the injected material which is still in a molten state, e.g. for producing hollow articles
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29K—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR MOULDS, REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS
- B29K2105/00—Condition, form or state of moulded material or of the material to be shaped
- B29K2105/26—Scrap or recycled material
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29L—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES
- B29L2031/00—Other particular articles
- B29L2031/28—Tools, e.g. cutlery
- B29L2031/286—Cutlery
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- the present invention refers to a dishwashing machine provided with a front loading door that is made as a single piece of plastic material.
- a dishwashing machine is made up as an assembly of functional units, each one of which is provided as a single-piece construction of plastic material.
- These functional units of the machine also include at least a door adapted to close a corresponding front access aperture of the machine.
- the front access or loading door comprises a substantially transparent window enabling the user to visually inspect the interior of the washing vessel of the machine.
- a transparent, i.e. viewing window is made separately and is then assembled under interposition of appropriate sealing gaskets in correspondence of an aperture in the door, the overall structure of which turns however out as being undesirably complex, labour-intensive and, therefore, expensive to assemble.
- a dishwashing machine equipped with a single-piece plastic door, which is not only simple and low-cost, but is also capable of enabling the user to visually inspect the interior of the washing vessel of the machine.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 are a schematic perspective view of a dishwashing machine according to the present invention, with the front loading door thereof closed and open, respectively;
- FIG. 3 is a partially cross-sectional and enlarged side view of the door of the dishwashing machine of Figure 1 ;
- FIGS. 4 and 5 are cross-sectional, enlarged- scale views of the door illustrated in Figure 3, according to different embodiments thereof.
- the dishwashing machine mainly comprises an outer casing 1 housing a washing vessel 2 that is accessible though a preferably front door 3.
- the door 3 is made as a single component part in a single-piece construction of a plastic material, at least a portion 4 of which is substantially transparent, so as to enable the user to visually inspect the interior of the washing vessel 2 of the machine even when said door is closed, as shown in Figure 1.
- said portion 4 of the door is manufactured by injection- moulding of such a thermoplastic material as for instance substantially clear, i.e. transparent methacrylate ester or polycarbonate.
- the transparent portion 4 is subsequently inserted in a mould in which substantially opaque thermoplastic material, such as for instance opaque methacrylate or ABS, is then over-injected on to the same portion 4, in such a manner as to manufacture a single-piece door 3 comprising a substantially opaque load-bearing structure 5 provided with a preferably small-sized window 4.
- substantially opaque thermoplastic material such as for instance opaque methacrylate or ABS
- the opaque structure 5 may be first produced by injection-moulding, on which structure a substantially transparent portion 4 can then be overinjected.
- said opaque structure 5 and said transparent window 4 may be produced at the same time, i.e. concurrently by a so-called dual- injection process.
- ribs or furrows 7 may most advantageously perform a threefold function, i.e.:
- the opaque portion 5 of the single-piece door assembly is manufactured with the use of a moulding technique available for the production of so-called "sandwich" structures.
- the injection-moulding process is carried out using both a virgin, high-grade thermoplastic material (such as methacrylate or ABS) and low-cost compatible re-conditioned, i.e. recycled material (such as re-conditioned methacrylate or ABS) to which a foaming agent is added.
- the noble material (indicated at 10 in Figure 4) arranges itself outwardly (e.g. with a layer of approx. 1 mm), thereby forming the outlining surfaces delimiting the door 3, whereas the core of the door structure is formed by the re-conditioned material (indicated at 1 1).
- a single-piece door assembly 3 is obtained, which not only ensures convenient visibility of the interior of the machine through the window portion 4, but also substantially contributes in an advantageous manner, thanks also to the above-mentioned sandwich structure, to a reduced transmission and emission of noise from the interior of the machine into the surrounding ambient. Furthermore, the outer arrangement of the noble thermoplastic material 10 confers a pleasant aesthetical appeal to the whole single-piece door assembly 3.
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ITPN01A000043 | 2001-06-13 | ||
ITPN20010043 ITPN20010043A1 (en) | 2001-06-13 | 2001-06-13 | DISHWASHER WITH ONE-PIECE PLASTIC DOOR |
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EP1498538A1 (en) * | 2003-07-14 | 2005-01-19 | Gemtron Corporation | An appliance door or lid |
DE102005028335A1 (en) * | 2005-06-18 | 2006-12-21 | Premark Feg L.L.C., Wilmington | Program-controlled dishwasher has controls including program selector and multifunction button allowing selected program to be started, hinged cover fitting over control panel with aperture allowing access to only multifunction button |
ITTO20100445A1 (en) * | 2010-05-27 | 2011-11-28 | Indesit Co Spa | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PARTS OF HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND APPLIANCES INCLUDING SUCH PARTS |
ITBS20100107A1 (en) * | 2010-06-17 | 2011-12-18 | Sergio Zaglio | DISHWASHER MACHINE |
EP2543306A1 (en) * | 2011-07-06 | 2013-01-09 | BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH | Dishwasher with at least one translucent section on the inner wall of its door |
EP2430966A3 (en) * | 2010-07-16 | 2013-09-11 | BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH | Household appliance, in particular dishwasher |
GB2552397A (en) * | 2016-12-15 | 2018-01-24 | Matthew Russell Iain | Dishwasher spray arms |
EP2994029B1 (en) | 2013-05-07 | 2018-09-26 | MEIKO Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG | Cleaning apparatus with illuminated door handle |
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EP1498538A1 (en) * | 2003-07-14 | 2005-01-19 | Gemtron Corporation | An appliance door or lid |
DE102005028335A1 (en) * | 2005-06-18 | 2006-12-21 | Premark Feg L.L.C., Wilmington | Program-controlled dishwasher has controls including program selector and multifunction button allowing selected program to be started, hinged cover fitting over control panel with aperture allowing access to only multifunction button |
ITTO20100445A1 (en) * | 2010-05-27 | 2011-11-28 | Indesit Co Spa | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PARTS OF HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND APPLIANCES INCLUDING SUCH PARTS |
ITBS20100107A1 (en) * | 2010-06-17 | 2011-12-18 | Sergio Zaglio | DISHWASHER MACHINE |
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EP2430966A3 (en) * | 2010-07-16 | 2013-09-11 | BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH | Household appliance, in particular dishwasher |
EP2543306A1 (en) * | 2011-07-06 | 2013-01-09 | BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH | Dishwasher with at least one translucent section on the inner wall of its door |
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EP2994029B1 (en) | 2013-05-07 | 2018-09-26 | MEIKO Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG | Cleaning apparatus with illuminated door handle |
GB2552397A (en) * | 2016-12-15 | 2018-01-24 | Matthew Russell Iain | Dishwasher spray arms |
GB2552397B (en) * | 2016-12-15 | 2018-10-10 | Matthew Russell Iain | Dishwasher spray arms |
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