WO2016066200A1 - Lave-vaisselle présentant une efficacité énergétique et d'utilisation d'eau améliorée - Google Patents

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WO2016066200A1
WO2016066200A1 PCT/EP2014/073339 EP2014073339W WO2016066200A1 WO 2016066200 A1 WO2016066200 A1 WO 2016066200A1 EP 2014073339 W EP2014073339 W EP 2014073339W WO 2016066200 A1 WO2016066200 A1 WO 2016066200A1
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tub
dishwasher
partition plate
wash liquor
spray means
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Ismail Demircioglu
Hasret GURSOY
Fatih BASARAN
Ahmet ALDAG
Burcu MUHURCUOGLU
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Arcelik Anonim Sirketi
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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
    • A47L15/4246—Details of the tub
    • A47L15/4248—Arrangements for dividing the tub compartment, e.g. for simultaneous washing of delicate and normal crockery
    • 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
    • A47L15/14—Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware with stationary crockery baskets and spraying devices within the cleaning chamber
    • A47L15/16—Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware with stationary crockery baskets and spraying devices within the cleaning chamber with rigidly-mounted spraying devices
    • 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
    • A47L15/4214—Water supply, recirculation or discharge arrangements; Devices therefor
    • A47L15/4219—Water recirculation
    • 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
    • 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
    • A47L15/50—Racks ; Baskets
    • A47L15/507—Arrangements for extracting racks, e.g. roller supports

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  • the present invention relates to a dishwasher, in particular a domestic dishwasher with a half load function.
  • a user may need to operate from time to time a domestic dishwasher even when the upper rack and the lower rack are not completely loaded with dishes. In such instances, the valuable resources including fresh water, electrical energy and detergent are unnecessarily wasted. In general, in a prior at dishwasher, most of the energy is needed for heating and circulating the wash liquor. To improve customer convenience, the dishwashers are usually provided with a half load function. Dishwashers with the half load function are commonly known. In such a dishwasher the user can choose to conduct the washing with only one of the upper rack and the lower rack, and its associated rotating spray arm.
  • EP 1 726 246 A1 discloses a prior art domestic dishwasher which has the half load function.
  • An objective of the present invention is to provide a dishwasher which overcomes the drawbacks of the prior art in a cost effective way and which enables and an improved energy and water use efficiency.
  • the dishwasher of the present invention comprises a partition plate which is releasably mountable between the upper part of the tub and the lower part of the tub.
  • the partition plate has a surface area which is slightly smaller than the horizontal cross section of the tub.
  • the dishwasher of the present invention further comprises a mounting means for releasably mounting the partition plate into the tub.
  • the upper pull-out rack and the upper spray means are disposed into the upper part of the tub.
  • the lower pull-out rack and the lower spray means are disposed into the lower part of the tub.
  • the user is enabled to adapt the tub for use in accordance the half load function.
  • the washing can be confined to the upper part or the lower part of the tub which is to be mainly used in combination with the half load function.
  • the partition plate prevents the water sprayed by the lower spray means from intruding into the upper part of the washing tub.
  • the thermal energy of the wash liquor is prevented from being lost to the upper part of the tub, in particular to the upper sections of the tub surface and the other functional components disposed therein.
  • the partition plate reflects the water sprayed by the upper spray means back into the upper part of the washing tub, but allows by virtue of the size of the partition plate, the wash liquor to drain along the surface of the tub into the sump.
  • a denser environment for washing the dishes is set up in the upper part of the tub.
  • the user has been enabled to flexibly wash the dishes in either of the upper pull-out rack and the lower pull-out rack when the dishwasher is not full.
  • the energy and water use efficiency of the dishwasher has been improved, and thus, the washing cycle has been shortened.
  • the dishwasher has been rendered more environment-friendly.
  • the customer satisfaction can be increased.
  • the partition plate has an additional spray means for spraying wash liquor onto the lower pull-out rack.
  • the supply means also selectively supplies the additional spray means with wash liquor.
  • the dishes in the lower pull-out rack can be sprinkled from above with wash liquor.
  • the additional spray means of the partition plate has nozzles, and a duct for conveying the supplied wash liquor to the nozzles.
  • the partition plate has a rail on each of its sides which moves along a railway formed by a plurality of rollers disposed within the tub. The user can release the partition plate for stowing outside the tub.
  • the rails and the rollers form the aforementioned mounting means.
  • the upper pull-out rack has also a rail on each of its sides which moves along a railway formed by a plurality of rollers.
  • the rollers which engage with the rail of the partition plate from above also bear the adjacent rail of the upper pull-out rack.
  • the dishwasher has a stowage compartment for the partition plate.
  • the partition plate is made from a plastic material.
  • the partition plate is made from PMMA (Polymethylmethacrylat).
  • control unit has a plurality of modes which can be selected through the control panel.
  • the washing is conducted in the entire tub, namely both in the upper part and the lower part of the tub.
  • both the upper spray means and the lower spray means are utilized to spray wash liquor.
  • the washing is conducted only in the upper part of the tub. In this mode only the upper spray means is utilized.
  • the washing is conducted only in the lower part of the tub. In this mode either only the lower spray means or only both of the lower spray means and the additional spray means is utilized.
  • the upper and the lower spray means each comprises at least one rotating spray arm.
  • Figure 1 – is a schematic perspective view of a dishwasher which has a releasable partition plate according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • Figure 2 – is a schematic exploded partial perspective view of the dishwasher according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 3 – is a schematic bottom view of the releasable partition plate according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the dashed lines show the duct inside the releasable partition plate.
  • Spray arm 6 Spray means
  • the dishwasher (1) comprises a single tub (2a), a single pivotable door (2b) for accessing the entire tub (2a), an upper pull-out rack (3), a lower pull-out rack (4), an upper spray means (5) for spraying wash liquor to the upper pull-out rack (3), a lower spray means (6) for spraying wash liquor to the lower pull-out rack (4), a supply means (7) for selectively supplying one or both of the upper spray means (5) and the lower spray means (6) with wash liquor, a control panel (not shown) and a control unit (not shown) (Fig. 1 to 3).
  • the dishwasher (1) of the present invention comprises a partition plate (8) which is releasably mounted between the upper part (9) of the tub (2) and the lower part (10) of the tub (2) and a mounting means (11) for releasably mounting the partition plate (8) into the tub (2).
  • the upper pull-out rack (3) and the upper spray means (5) are disposed into the upper part (9) of the tub (2).
  • the lower pull-out rack (4) and the lower spray means (6) are disposed into the lower part (10) of the tub (2a).
  • the partition plate (8) has a surface area which is slightly smaller than the horizontal cross section of the tub (2a) so as to allow the wash liquor inside the upper part (9) to drain along the surface of the tub (2a) into the lower part (10).
  • the partition plate (8) comprises an additional spray means (12) for spraying wash liquor onto the lower pull-out rack (4).
  • the additional spray means (12) is further adapted to be fluidly connected with or disconnected from the supply means (7) when the partition plate (8) is mounted into or released from the tub (2a) respectively.
  • the supply means (7) is further adapted to selectively supply the additional spray means (12) with wash liquor.
  • the supply means (7) can selectively supply one or both of the lower spray means (6) and the additional spray means (12) with wash liquor.
  • the supply means (7) has a port (13) for supplying wash liquor.
  • the port (13) is disposed onto the rear surface of the tub (2a).
  • the additional spray means (12) comprises a plurality of nozzles (14) for spraying the wash liquor, a duct (15) for conveying the wash liquor to the plurality of nozzles (14) and a facing port (16) for receiving the wash liquor from the port (13) of the supply means (7).
  • the facing port (16) is fluidly connected with or disconnected from the port (13) when the partition plate (8) is mounted into or released from the tub (2a) respectively.
  • the nozzles (14) and the duct (15) are formed into the body of the partition plate (8).
  • the duct (15) comprises a plurality of branches (15a) for conveying the wash liquor to the nozzles (15).
  • the mounting means (11) has two upper rails (17) which are slidably disposed to the left and right sides of the upper pull-out rack (3) respectively, two lower rails (18) which are respectively fixed to the left and right sides of the partition plate (8) and two groups of rollers (19) which are rotatably disposed onto the left and right surfaces of the tub (2a) respectively.
  • Each group of rollers (19) comprises: one or more than one upper roller (19a) which slidably supports the adjacent upper rail (17) from above, one or more than one lower roller (19b) which slidably supports the adjacent lower rail (18) from below and one or more than one common roller (19c) which simultaneously supports the adjacent upper rail (17) from below and the adjacent lower rail (18) from above.
  • the mounting means (11) has one or more than one pair of supports (20) which are fixed onto the left and right surfaces of the tub (2a) respectively.
  • Each support (20) rotatably bears one or more than one adjacent upper roller (19a), one or more than one adjacent lower roller (19b), and one or more than one adjacent common roller (19c).
  • the dishwasher (1) comprises a stowage compartment (not shown) for manually stowing the partition plate (8) outside the tub (2a).
  • the dishwasher (1) comprises an upper panel (21).
  • the stowage compartment (not shown) is underneath the upper panel (21).
  • the partition plate (8) is made from a heat-resistant transparent durable plastic material.
  • the partition plate (8) is made from PMMA (Polymethylmethacrylat).
  • control unit has at least three user selectable modes. In the first mode the control unit is adapted to conduct washing in both the upper part (9) and the lower part (10) of the tub (2a). In the second mode the control unit is adapted to conduct washing only in the upper part (9) of the tub (2a). In the third mode the control unit is adapted to conduct washing only in the lower part (10) of the tub (2a).
  • control unit in the third mode is adapted to conduct washing in the lower part (10) of the tub (2a) by concurrently or sequentially spraying the wash liquor through the lower spray means (6) and the additional spray means (12).
  • the upper spray means (5) comprises an upper rotating spray arm (5a).
  • the lower spray means (6) comprises a lower rotating spray arm (6a).
  • the upper rotating spray arm (5a) is disposed on an underside of the upper pull-out rack (3).
  • the lower rotating spray arm (6a) is disposed onto the bottom of the tub (2a).
  • the user has been enabled to flexibly wash the dishes in either of the upper pull-out rack (3) and the lower pull-out rack (4) even when the dishwasher (1) is not full.
  • the present invention particularly by virtue of the releasable partition plate (8), the user is enabled to adapt the tub for use in accordance the half load function.
  • the energy and water consumption of the dishwasher (1) has been reduced, and the washing cycles have been shortened. Thereby, the dishwasher (1) has been rendered more environment-friendly. With the present invention, a customer satisfaction can be increased.

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La présente invention concerne un lave-vaisselle (1) comprenant une cuve (2a), une porte pivotante (2b), des paniers extractibles supérieur et inférieur (3, 4), des moyens de pulvérisation supérieur et inférieur (5, 6) et un moyen d'alimentation (7) permettant d'alimenter de manière sélective les moyens de pulvérisation supérieur et inférieur (5, 6) en liquide de lavage. Le lave-vaisselle (1) selon la présente invention comprend en outre une plaque de séparation (8) qui est montée amovible entre les parties supérieure et inférieure (9, 10) de la cuve (2a).
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FR2640487A1 (fr) * 1988-12-16 1990-06-22 Esswein Sa Machine a laver la vaisselle et les ustensiles
JPH07329A (ja) * 1993-06-21 1995-01-06 Fuji Kogyo Kk 食器洗い乾燥機
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EP1723890A1 (fr) * 2005-05-19 2006-11-22 Brandt Industries Machine à laver la vaisselle à plusieurs zones de lavage
DE102011006213A1 (de) * 2011-03-28 2012-10-04 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH Geschirrspülmaschine
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FR2640487A1 (fr) * 1988-12-16 1990-06-22 Esswein Sa Machine a laver la vaisselle et les ustensiles
JPH07329A (ja) * 1993-06-21 1995-01-06 Fuji Kogyo Kk 食器洗い乾燥機
WO2003035961A2 (fr) * 2001-10-24 2003-05-01 Arçeli̇k A. Ş. Plan de travail pour appareils electromenagers
EP1723890A1 (fr) * 2005-05-19 2006-11-22 Brandt Industries Machine à laver la vaisselle à plusieurs zones de lavage
DE102011006213A1 (de) * 2011-03-28 2012-10-04 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH Geschirrspülmaschine
DE102012016762A1 (de) * 2012-08-27 2014-03-20 Haier Deutschland GmbH Geschirrspülmaschine

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