WO2017190929A1

WO2017190929A1 - Domestic appliance with a cover

Info

Publication number: WO2017190929A1
Application number: PCT/EP2017/058824
Authority: WO
Inventors: Johannes Geyer; Manuel MILDE; Annette Roy
Original assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
Priority date: 2016-05-02
Filing date: 2017-04-12
Publication date: 2017-11-09
Also published as: DE102016207531A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a domestic appliance (100) with a main part (103), which has a main part opening (109), and a device door (111) for closing the main part opening (109). The device door (111) has a rear part (115) made of plastic, said rear part being positioned in the main part opening (109) in a closed position of the device door (111), and a circular window (113) made of plastic. A circumferential gap (123) is formed between the rear part (115) and the circular window (113). The device door (111) has a cover (125) made of plastic, said door being arranged on the circumference of the circular window (113), and the device door is designed to cover the gap (123) relative to an outer region (107) of the domestic appliance (100). The circular window (113) and the cover (125) are formed as a single piece.

Description

Household appliance with a cover

The present invention relates to a household appliance with a cover. In a conventional household appliance, the household appliance has a main body interior, which is limited by a base body. The main body of the household appliance has a main body opening, through which the device interior is accessible from outside the household appliance. Here, the base opening is closed by a door. So that a user of the household appliance can see the basic body interior, conventional appliance doors have a window ring for holding a viewing window.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a household appliance with a door that can be produced advantageously.

This object is achieved by an article having the features according to the independent claim. Advantageous embodiments are the subject of the dependent claims, the description and the drawings. According to one aspect, the object according to the invention is achieved by a domestic appliance having a base body, the base body having a base body opening, and a device door for closing the base body opening, wherein the appliance door has a rear part made of plastic, which is positioned in a closed position of the appliance door in the base body opening, and a circular window made of plastic, wherein between the rear part and the circular window, a circumferential gap is formed, wherein the appliance door has a cover made of plastic, which is arranged circumferentially on the circular window, and is formed, the gap with respect to an outer region of the Household appliance cover, and wherein the circular window and the cover are integrally formed. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that the manufacturing process of the door can be simplified by the integral formation of the circular window and the cover.

In conventional home appliances, appliance doors have a window ring for holding a viewing window, the window ring and the viewing window being made as separate components, which are then connected together, e.g. through a screw or plug connection. In the manufacture of different components of the door, an additional amount of plastic material is needed. Since the viewing window must be connected to the window ring in a further manufacturing step, thereby also increase the installation effort and thus the installation costs.

In the household appliance according to the invention, the circular window in particular comprises an at least partially light-transparent material, whereby the user is given the opportunity to look through the circular window in the device interior closed by the appliance door.

The present invention describes an integrally connected with the cover circular window, whereby a much easier to produce door of a household appliance can be obtained. The integral formation of the associated with the cover circular window in the door prevents the production of a gap between the circular window and the cover during manufacture, whereby a high precision in the manufacture of the door can be ensured. In addition, behind the cover fasteners can be hidden within the door. Further, the cover can be used by the use of different materials or different colors as a visual boundary against the circular window.

A household appliance is a device that is used for household management. This may be a large household appliance, such as a washing machine, a tumble dryer, a dishwasher. But this can also be a small household appliance, such as a water heater, a coffee machine, a food processor or a carpet cleaning machine. In an advantageous embodiment of the household appliance, the circular window and the cover are inseparably connected cohesively to each other.

As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that a particularly stable connection between the two components of the door is achieved by the inseparable cohesive connection between the circular window and the cover. In this case, the cover can not be detached from the circular window without damaging at least one of the components. In a further advantageous embodiment of the household appliance, the circular window is arranged on one of the main body opening facing away from the outside of the appliance door.

As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that the circular window for a user of the household appliance from an outdoor area of the household appliance is advantageously accessible by the arrangement of the circular window on one of the base body opening outside of the appliance door, in particular by the circular window in a main body interior of the household appliance to see. In a further advantageous embodiment of the household appliance, the rear part is arranged on one of the main body opening facing inside of the appliance door.

As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that a particularly effective attachment of the appliance door to the main body of the household appliance can be ensured by the arrangement of the back on one of the main body opening facing the inside of the appliance door.

In a further advantageous embodiment of the household appliance, the cover is arranged on an outside of the household appliance facing the outside of the appliance door.

As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that by the arrangement of the cover on the outside of the household appliance facing the outside of the door the cover is effectively viewable from the exterior of the household appliance, thereby allowing for advantageous visual demarcation between the cover and the circular window.

In a further advantageous embodiment of the household appliance, the plastic of the circular window and the plastic of the cover comprise the same plastics or different plastics, the plastic of the circular window in particular comprising plexiglass.

Thereby, the technical advantage is achieved that the material properties of the circular window and the cover can be advantageously modified by the use of different or the same plastics. The use of Plexiglas as a plastic of the circular window ensures a particularly advantageous light transparency of the circular window, whereby the user of the household appliance from the outside of the household appliance can effectively look through the circular window in the main body interior of the household appliance.

In a further advantageous embodiment of the household appliance, the appliance door has a connecting element made of plastic, wherein the connecting element is connected within the appliance door with the rear part and the circular window and / or the cover, in particular positively connected.

As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that a particularly effective connection between the back and the circular window, or the cover is ensured by the connecting element, whereby the stability of the door can be improved. In addition, it is ensured by the connecting element that the circular window is positioned at a predetermined distance from the rear part in the appliance door.

In a further advantageous embodiment of the household appliance, the connecting element comprises an at least partially light-transparent material.

Thereby, the technical advantage is achieved that can be ensured by the use of an at least partially transparent material for the connecting element can that a user of the household appliance through the circular window and through the connecting element in the main body interior of the household appliance can see.

In a further advantageous embodiment of the household appliance, the rear part has a main body opening section which is positioned in the closed position of the appliance door in the main body opening of the domestic appliance, and the rear part has an outer section which is positioned on an outer side of the main body facing the outer region of the domestic appliance, wherein the base body opening portion and the outer portion are connected, in particular are positively connected.

Thereby, the technical advantage is achieved that the appliance door can be advantageously positioned in the main body opening of the household appliance by the main body opening portion of the rear part. The outside portion of the household appliance facing outer portion of the back allows an effective connection of the rear part with the circular window.

In a further advantageous embodiment of the household appliance, the rear part has a main body interior section, which is connected to the main body opening section, and which is positioned in a closed position of the appliance door in a main body interior of the domestic appliance.

Thereby, the technical advantage is achieved that the basic body interior section positioned in the main body interior of the household appliance ensures that the appliance door in the closed position of the appliance door extends through the main body opening from the outer region of the household appliance into the main body interior.

In a further advantageous embodiment of the household appliance, the outer portion of the rear part is arranged parallel to the circular window. This achieves the technical advantage that a particularly advantageous positioning of the circular window in the appliance door is ensured by the outer section of the rear part arranged parallel to the circular window. In a further advantageous embodiment of the household appliance, the cover is connected to the outer portion of the rear part, in particular by a locking connection positively connected.

Thereby, the technical advantage is achieved that it is ensured by the positive connection between the outer portion of the rear part and the cover that the cover and integrally formed with the cover one-piece window are effectively mounted in the door.

In a further advantageous embodiment of the household appliance, the cover and the circular window have the same color or different colors.

As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that a particularly cost-effective production of the door is made possible by the use of the same colored plastic for the cover and the circular window and a non-demarcated transition between the cover and the circular window is ensured. When plastics of different colors are used for the cover and the circular window, the cover is visually differentiated vis-a-vis the circular window, thereby enabling the user of the household appliance to recognize the cover or the circular window in a particularly advantageous manner.

In a further advantageous embodiment of the household appliance, the cover and / or the circular window comprise an at least partially light-transparent material, the circular window in particular comprising a completely light-transparent material, and wherein the cover in particular comprises an at least partially light-transparent material.

As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that, through the at least partially light-transparent material of the cover and / or the circular window, a user of the domestic appliance can advantageously look into a main body interior of the household appliance from outside the household appliance. The circular window in particular comprises a completely light-transparent material so that the user can look particularly effectively through the circular window. In particular, the cover comprises an at least partially light-transparent material, in particular a matt light-transparent material, so that the cover allows a particularly good visual demarcation with respect to the circular window. In a further advantageous embodiment of the household appliance, the appliance door has a door hinge for holding the appliance door on the base body.

As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that an effective attachment of the door to the body can be ensured by the door hinge. In this case, the appliance door is movably supported by the door hinge on the base body in order to effectively open or close the appliance door.

Further embodiments will be explained with reference to the accompanying drawings. Show it:

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a household appliance;

Figure 2 is a schematic view of a detail of a door with a circular window and a cover. and

Fig. 3 is a schematic view of a detail of a door with a circular window and a cover in a sectional view.

1 shows a schematic view of a general domestic appliance 100, such as a washing machine as an example of a domestic appliance 100. The household appliance 100 comprises an induction bowl 101, into which wash-care substance, for example detergent, can be introduced. The domestic appliance 100 comprises a main body 103, which delimits a main body interior 105, which is shown only schematically in FIG. 1, from an outer region 107 of the domestic appliance 100. In the base 103, a base opening 109 and a door 1 1 1 for closing the base opening 109 of the body 103 is arranged. Through the appliance door 1 1 1, the household appliance 100 can be loaded with laundry. Fig. 2 shows a schematic view of a section of a door with a circular window and a cover. In Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the appliance door is shown in a sectional view.

The appliance door 1 1 1 has a circular window 1 13, which may be made of an at least partially light transparent glass or plastic, and in particular comprises Plexiglas. Through the at least partially light-transparent circular window 1 13 of the appliance door 1 1 1, the user of the household appliance 100 in the main body interior 105 of the household appliance 100 see, for example, in the washing drum of a laundry care device to see and to follow the progress of the laundry care operation. The circular window 1 13 consists in particular of a plastic, whereby a particularly advantageous production of the circular window 1 13 is ensured.

The appliance door 1 1 1 further comprises a rear part 1 15 made of plastic, which is positioned in the main body opening 109 of the household appliance 100, not shown in FIG. 2. Here, the rear part 1 15 has a main body opening portion 1 17, which is positioned in the closed position of the appliance door 1 1 1 in the base opening 109, and the rear part 1 15 on an outer portion 1 19, which on one of the outer region 107 of the household appliance 100 facing Outside of the base body 103 is positioned. Here, the outer portion 1 19 19 is arranged approximately parallel to the circular window 1. The main body opening portion 1 17 and the outer portion 1 19 of the rear part 1 15 are in particular positively connected to each other. The appliance door 1 1 1 further comprises a connecting element 121 made of plastic, which connects the rear part 1 15 with the circular window 1 13. The connecting element 121 is connected to the main body opening portion 1 17 and the outer portion 1 19 of the rear part 1 15, and the circular window 1 13, in particular form-fitting manner. The connecting element 121 thus ensures that the circular window 1 13 is positioned at a predetermined distance from the rear part 1 15 in the appliance door 1 1 1. Between the circular window 1 13 and the rear part 1 15, in particular the outer portion 1 19 of the rear part 1 15, a circumferential gap 123 is formed. In order to cover the gap 123 with respect to the outer region 107 of the domestic appliance 100, a cover 125 made of plastic is arranged between the circular window 1 13 and the rear part 1 15, in particular the outer portion 1 19 of the rear part 1 15. The cover 125 is positively connected to the outer portion 1 19 of the rear part 1 15 in particular by a latching connection.

The cover 125 and the circular window 1 13 are integrally formed, the cover 125 and the circular window 1 13 are in particular inseparably cohesively connected. Here, the one-piece design of the cover 125 and the circular window 1 13 can be ensured in particular by a two-component injection molding process in the manufacture of the appliance door 1 1 1. The cover 125 may comprise an at least partially light-transparent material, in particular a matt material, and the same color or a different color compared to the circular window 1.

Fig. 3 shows a schematic view of a section of a door with a circular window and a cover in a sectional view. The appliance door 1 1 1 has a circular window 1 13 made of plastic, which is inseparably materially connected to a cover 125 made of plastic the appliance door 1 1 1, whereby the circular window 1 13 and the cover 125 are integrally formed. The cover 125 is positively connected to a rear part 1 15 made of plastic and covers a gap 123 between the rear part 1 15 and the circular window 1 13 from.

The rear part 1 15 has a main body opening portion 1 17, an outer portion 1 19, and a Grundkorperinnenraumabschnitt 127, wherein the main body opening portion 1 17 with the outer portion 1 19 and the Grundkorperinnenraumabschnitt 127 is connected. The outer portion 1 19 is arranged on an outside of the base body 103, which is not shown in FIG. 3 and faces the outer region 107 of the household appliance 100. Of the The basic body interior section 127 is arranged in a basic body interior 105 of the domestic appliance 100, not shown in FIG. 3.

The appliance door 1 1 1 further comprises a connecting element 121 made of plastic, which connects the rear part 1 15 with the circular window 1 13. The connecting element 121 is connected to the main body opening portion 1 17 and the outer portion 1 19 of the rear part 1 15, and the circular window 1 13, in particular form-fitting manner. The connecting element 121 thus ensures that the circular window 1 13 is positioned at a predetermined distance from the rear part 1 15 in the appliance door 1 1 1.

Thus, the device door according to the invention 1 1 1 of three components, a rear part 1 15 made of plastic, consisting of a particular matte material connecting element 121 made of plastic, and a one-piece component, which in turn the circular window 1 13 and the cohesively connected cover 125th includes. Here, the circular window 1 13 and the cover 125 are produced in a two-component injection molding process, wherein the circular window 1 13 in particular comprises a light-transparent material, and wherein the cover 125 in particular at least partially light transparent material, in particular a matt material comprises. The one-piece component consisting of the circular window 1 13 and the cover 125 is positively connected, in particular by a snap-in connection or by clipping, with the rear part 1 15, and the connecting element 121.

The cover 125 covers the gap 123 between the rear part 1 15 and the circular window 1 13 and allows fasteners, in particular clip hooks are effectively covered by the cover 125 and can not be viewed by the user of the household appliance 100. In addition, through the cover 125, which can be designed in particular color, on a visual enhancement, such. a partial chrome plating, be waived.

Due to the one-piece design of the circular window 1 13 and the cover 125 occur in the production between the two elements of the one-piece component no gaps, whereby a high precision in the production can be achieved. Due to the circular window 1 13, which consists in particular of an at least partially light transparent material, can be dispensed with a conventionally used window ring for holding a viewing window in the door 1 1 1. This achieves a visual floating effect of the circular window 13. In addition, 1 13 installation costs can be saved by the use of the circular window.

In addition, by using different materials and / or colors of the circular window 13 and the cover 125, the cover 125 can be used as an optical differentiation element to ensure a visual demarcation with respect to the circular window 13.

All features explained and shown in connection with individual embodiments of the invention may be provided in different combinations in the article according to the invention, in order to simultaneously realize their advantageous effects.

The scope of the present invention is given by the claims and is not limited by the features illustrated in the description or shown in the figures.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

100 home appliance

101 induction bowl

103 basic body

105 basic body interior

107 Exterior of the household appliance

109 basic body opening

1 1 1 appliance door

1 13 Circular window

1 15 back

1 17 basic body opening section

1 19 outer section

121 connecting element

123 gap

125 cover

127 basic body interior section

Claims

1 . Domestic appliance (100) having a base body (103), wherein the base body (103) has a base opening (109), and a door (1 1 1) for closing the base opening (109), wherein the appliance door (1 1 1) has a back part (1 15) made of plastic, which is positioned in a closed position of the appliance door (1 1 1) in the base opening (109), and a circular window (1 13) made of plastic, wherein between the rear part (1 15) and the circular Window (1 13) a circumferential gap (123) is formed, characterized in that

the appliance door (1 1 1) comprises a cover (125) made of plastic, which is arranged circumferentially on the circular window (1 13), and is designed to cover the gap (123) relative to an outer region (107) of the household appliance (100) , and that

the circular window (1 13) and the cover (125) are integrally formed.

2. Household appliance (100) according to claim 1, characterized in that the circular window (1 13) and the cover (125) are inseparably cohesively connected to each other.

3. Household appliance (100) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the circular window (1 13) on one of the base body opening (109) facing away from the outside of the appliance door (1 1 1) is arranged.

4. Household appliance (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the rear part (1 15) on one of the base body opening (109) facing the inside of the appliance door (1 1 1) is arranged.

5. Household appliance (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cover (125) on one of the outer region (107) of the household appliance (100) facing the outside of the appliance door (1 1 1) is arranged. Domestic appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the plastic of the circular window (1 13) and the plastic of the cover (125) comprise the same plastics or different plastics, wherein the plastic of the circular window (1 13) in particular Plexiglas includes.

Domestic appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the appliance door (1 1 1) comprises a connecting element (121) made of plastic, wherein the connecting element (121) within the appliance door (1 1 1) with the rear part (1 15 ) And the circular window (1 13) or the cover (125) connected, in particular positively connected, is.

Domestic appliance (100) according to claim 7, characterized in that the

Connecting element (121) comprises an at least partially light transparent material.

Domestic appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the rear part (1 15) has a main body opening section (1 17) which in the closed position of the appliance door (1 1 1) in the main body opening (109) of the household appliance (100). is positioned, and that the rear part (1 15) has an outer portion (1 19) which is positioned on an outside of the main body (103) facing the outer region (107) of the household appliance (100), wherein the main body opening portion (1 17) and the outer portion (1 19) are connected, in particular are positively connected.

Domestic appliance (100) according to claim 9, characterized in that the

Rear part (1 15) has a main body interior portion (127) which is connected to the main body opening portion (1 17), and which is positioned in the closed position of the appliance door (1 1 1) in a main body interior (105) of the household appliance (100).

1 1. Domestic appliance (100) according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that the outer portion (1 19) of the rear part (1 15) parallel to the circular window (1 13) is arranged.

12. Household appliance (100) according to any one of claims 9 to 1 1, characterized in that the cover (125) with the outer portion (1 19) of the

Rear part (1 15) is connected, in particular by a latching connection is positively connected.

13. Household appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cover (125) and the circular window (1 13) have the same color or different colors.

14. Household appliance (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cover (125) or the circular window (1 13) comprise an at least partially light transparent material, wherein the circular window (1 13) comprises in particular a completely light transparent material , and wherein the cover (125) in particular comprises an at least partially light-transparent material.

15. Household appliance (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the appliance door (1 1 1) has a door hinge for holding the appliance door (1 1 1) on the base body (103).