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EP2481845B1
EP2481845B1 EP12161279.0A EP12161279A EP2481845B1 EP 2481845 B1 EP2481845 B1 EP 2481845B1 EP 12161279 A EP12161279 A EP 12161279A EP 2481845 B1 EP2481845 B1 EP 2481845B1
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Maurizio Del Pos
Alberto Pezzutto
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Electrolux Home Products Corp NV
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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
    • A47L15/4261—Connections of the door to the casing, e.g. door hinges
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F39/00—Details of washing machines not specific to a single type of machines covered by groups D06F9/00 - D06F27/00 
    • D06F39/12—Casings; Tubs
    • D06F39/14—Doors or covers; Securing means therefor
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24C—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F24C15/00—Details
    • F24C15/02—Doors specially adapted for stoves or ranges
    • F24C15/023—Mounting of doors, e.g. hinges, counterbalancing
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F37/00—Details specific to washing machines covered by groups D06F21/00 - D06F25/00
    • D06F37/42—Safety arrangements, e.g. for stopping rotation of the receptacle upon opening of the casing door

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  • the present invention relates to an electrical appliance with an improved door mechanism.
  • the present invention may be used to particular advantage in a washing machine, to which the following description refers purely by way of example.
  • Household and professional appliances have a common structure: a work environment in which the material to be processed (e.g. fabrics to be washed, food to be cooked, dishes to be washed, etc.) is loaded by the user through a loading/unloading opening; work components for the appliance to function (e.g. washing means or a heater to heat the environment); a cabinet housing both the work environment and the work components; and a door, which is fitted to the cabinet and closes the loading/unloading opening of the work environment to allow access to the work environment (door open) and to isolate the work environment from the external environment (door closed).
  • the material to be processed e.g. fabrics to be washed, food to be cooked, dishes to be washed, etc.
  • work components for the appliance to function e.g. washing means or a heater to heat the environment
  • a cabinet housing both the work environment and the work components
  • a door which is fitted to the cabinet and closes the loading/unloading opening of the work environment to allow access to the work environment (
  • door mechanisms comprise a hinge, which is located either on the side of the door (as in washing machines) or on the bottom of the door (as in dishwashers or ovens) and allows the door to rotate about a fixed axis of rotation.
  • these door mechanisms can be troublesome when the space around the machine is tiny (e.g. small apartments, kitchens or bathrooms), as the whole door is rotated about a fixed axis of rotation, regardless of the location of the machine or door.
  • a door hinged to rotate about a fixed axis of rotation requires a large amount of space in front of the appliance when the door is open (as in an oven) or being opened (as in a washing machine or tumble drier).
  • Patent application EP1333118A1 discloses a front-loading electrical household appliance comprising a supporting and containing structure with a front wall having a loading opening closed by a door.
  • the door is connected to the front wall by two closing links located near two opposite sides of the door and connected rotatably, by a first end, to the door and, by a second end, to the front wall to cause the door to move from the closed position to a sliding position; two tracks formed in the door and in sliding connection with said first ends of the closing links cause the door to slide parallel to the front wall from the sliding position to the open position.
  • Patent application EP2007103015.9 discloses an electrical appliance having: a casing; a work environment supported inside the casing and having a loading/unloading opening; a door supported by the casing to close the loading/unloading opening of the work environment; and connecting means for connecting the door to the casing so that the door can be moved between a closed position and an open position, and having at least one first guide formed on the casing, at least one first trolley sliding along the first guide and connected to the door, at least one second guide formed on the door and the same shape as the first guide, and at least one second trolley sliding along the second guide and connected to the casing; each guide has a curved first portion, along which the respective trolley slides when the door nears the closed position, and a second portion, which is longer than the first portion and is tangent to the first portion at a point of connection to the first portion.
  • Patent US6029649 discloses an oven including a body portion and a door that engages the body portion.
  • the body portion is cylindrical in shape and has two lateral sides, each of which has a circular groove and two vertical slots extending upwardly from the circular groove.
  • the door has two flanges at two ends, each provided, at an inner side, with two projections that slide inside the circular groove and the vertical slots.
  • Number 1 in Figure 1 indicates as a whole a washing machine comprising a casing 2 resting on a floor on a number of feet (not shown).
  • Casing 2 supports a work environment 3 (in particular, a cylindrical wash tub) in which the material to be processed (i.e. fabrics to be washed) is loaded/unloaded by the user through a loading/unloading opening 4 of casing 2.
  • a loading/unloading opening 4 of casing 2 Access to loading/unloading opening 4 of casing 2 is closed by a door 5 supported by casing 2.
  • connecting means 6 are provided to connect door 5 to casing 2, so that door 5 can be moved between a closed position (shown in Figure 1 ) and an open position (shown in Figure 3 ).
  • Connecting means 6 comprise two guides 7 (only one shown in Figure 9 ) formed on casing 2, both the same shape, and located on two opposite sides of door 5; and two followers 8 (only one shown in Figure 4 ), each of which slides along a respective guide 7 and projects from door 5.
  • Connecting means 6 also comprise two guides 9 (only one shown in Figure 5 ) formed on door 5, both the same shape, and located on two opposite sides of door 5; and two trolleys 10 (only one shown in Figures 4-8 ), each of which slides along a respective guide 9 and is connected to casing 2 by means of a hinge 11.
  • each hinge 11 has a fixed end portion 12 connected rigidly to casing 2; and a movable end portion 13 opposite fixed end portion 12 and connected rigidly to trolley 10.
  • movable end portion 13 rotates with respect to fixed end portion 12, about a horizontal axis of rotation 14 substantially parallel to door 5 and perpendicular to relative guide 9, between an inside position (shown in Figure 5 ) and an outside position (shown in Figure 6 ).
  • each hinge 11 comprises three arms 15, each of which is hinged to both fixed end portion 12 and movable end portion 13 to connect the two portions 12 and 13 to each other. By comprising three arms 15, each hinge 11 prevents any undesired movement of door 5; i.e. door 5 can only rotate about axis of rotation 14.
  • Each hinge 11 also comprises at least one spiral spring 16, which has a first end connected to fixed end portion 12, and a second end opposite the first end and connected to a central portion of an inner arm 15, so that each spring 16 is of minimum length when hinge 11 is in one of its two limit positions (inside position and outside position shown in Figures 5 and 6 ) defined by its stops, and is of maximum length when hinge 11 is in an intermediate position between its two limit positions.
  • each spring 16 has to be extended to move hinge 11 out of each of its two limit positions; thus, spring 16 pulls hinge 11 into each of its two limit positions and so tends to keep hinge 11 in each of its two limit positions.
  • fixed end portion 12 and the inner arm 15 of each hinge 11 have respective eyelets 17 for receiving the ends of spring 16.
  • hinges 11 When hinges 11 are in the inside position (shown in Figures 1 and 5 ), i.e. when hinges 11 are in the inside limit position, door 5 is in the closed position and vice versa; on the contrary, when hinges 11 are in the outside position (shown in Figures 2 , 3 and 6 ), i.e. when hinges 11 are in the outside limit position, door 5 can slide towards the fully open position of Figure 3 and thus door 5 can be in any position comprised between the partially open position of Figure 2 and the fully open position of Figure 3 .
  • each guide 9 is curved with a fixed radius, but, in a different embodiment, may vary in radius.
  • each guide 7 has a curved top portion 18 with a fixed radius substantially equal to the radius of rotation of hinges 11; and a curved bottom portion 19, which is longer than curved top portion 18, has a fixed radius, and is the same shape (i.e. has the same radius) as guides 9.
  • curved bottom portions 19 of the two guides 7 are the same shape as guides 7.
  • Curved bottom portions 19 of the two guides 9 may, of course, differ in shape from the two guides 7, but only to a minor extent, since guides 7 and 9 all guide the movement of the same rigid object: door 5.
  • door 5 is guided by guides 7 and 9 and by hinges 11, which allow two combined movements: door 5 moves (rotates) initially out of its closed position (from the closed position in Figure 1 to the partially open position in Figure 2 ), and then slides down (from the partially open position in Figure 2 to the open position in Figure 3 ) to allow access to work environment 3.
  • the first part of the movement of door 5 is a rotation and is guided by top portions 19 of guides 7 and by hinges 11; over the first part of the movement of door 5, each follower 8 slides along top portion 19 of the relative guide 7, while hinge 11 rotates about the respective axis of rotation 14.
  • the second part of the movement of door 5 is guided by bottom portions 19 of guides 7 and by guides 9; over the second part of the movement of door 5, each follower 8 slides along bottom portion 19 of relative guide 7, while each trolley 10 slides along relative guide 9.
  • door 5 moves substantially away from casing 2, at least up to a point at which the space requirements for door 5 to move parallel to casing 2 no longer interfere with casing 2; whereas, over the second part of the movement of door 5, door 5 moves substantially parallel to casing 2.
  • springs 16 pull hinges 11 into each of their limit positions and so tend to keep hinges 11 in each of their limit positions.
  • Springs 16 therefore have two functions: keeping door 5 pulled against a door gasket fitted about loading/unloading opening 4 to prevent water leakage during the wash cycle; and moving door 5 smoothly into the open and closed position.
  • This second function in particular is very important, in that springs 16 keep hinges 11 in the outside position (shown in Figure 6 ) as trolleys 10 slide along guides 9, thus preventing hinges 11 from rotating into the inside position (shown in Figure 5 ) as trolleys 10 slide along guides 9. It is important to note that rotation of hinges 11 into the inside position (shown in Figure 5 ) as trolleys 10 slide along guides 9 results in undesired stoppage of trolleys 10 along guides 9.
  • the bottom parts of guides 9 slope towards casing 2 so that, over the last portion of its opening movement, door 5 moves towards casing 2, and, in its lowest (open) position shown in Figure 3 , the bottom edge 20 of door 5 is right next to the bottom portion of casing 2, safely out of range of the user's feet.
  • one arm 15 of at least one hinge 11 supports a stop 21, which limits downward slide of trolley 10 along guide 9, i.e. defines the lowest (open) position of door 5 shown in Figure 3 .
  • casing 2 comprises two vertical appendixes 22, which are located on opposite sides of loading/unloading opening 4, have respective vertical walls 23 facing relative vertical walls 24 of door 5, and completely surround door 5 when door 5 is in the closed position (shown in Figure 1 ).
  • Guides 7 are defined on vertical walls 23 of appendixes 22, and followers 8 project from vertical walls 24 of door 5.
  • bottom portions 19 of guides 7 are shorter than guides 9, so that followers 8 disengage guides 9 at the end of the opening movement of door 5, and engage guides 9 at the start of the closing movement of door 5.
  • Each guide 9 obviously has an opening, through which the respective follower 8 disengages or engages guide 9.
  • bottom portions 19 of guides 7 are the same length as guides 9, so followers 8 never disengage guides 7.
  • connecting means 6 only comprise one guide 7 formed on casing 2, one follower 8 sliding along guide 7, one guide 9 formed on door 5, and one trolley 10 sliding along guide 9.
  • connecting means 6 only comprise guides 9 and trolleys 10, and so comprise no guides 7 and no followers 8.
  • Washing machine 1 may comprise locking means for locking door 5 in the closed position; and braking and/or damping means for attenuating the sliding movement of door 5 between the closed position and the open position.
  • guides 7 and 9 are located on both casing 2 and door 5 (guides 7 on casing 2, and guides 9 on door 5). In a different embodiment not shown, guides 7 and 9 are located either on door 5 only, or on casing 2 only.
  • the sliding part 25 which engages relative guide 9 i.e. slides inside guide 9) may be covered with antifriction material (for example, Teflon or similar) to reduce the force necessary to move trolley 10 along guide 9.
  • antifriction material for example, Teflon or similar
  • washing machine 1 comprises a detergent dispenser 26 mounted in casing 2 to slide between a stowed position (not shown), in which detergent dispenser 26 is fully inserted inside casing 2, and an extracted position (shown in Figure 3 ), in which detergent dispenser 26 is partially extracted from casing 2.
  • detergent dispenser 26 is located through a front panel 27 of casing 2, which is closed by a top panel 28 of door 5 when door 5 is in the closed position (shown in Figure 1 ).
  • a front panel 29 of door 5 supports a user interface 30 having a display and a number of buttons.
  • User interface 30 communicates with an electronic control unit (not shown) of washing machine 1, housed inside casing 2, by means of a wireless communication device 31 (e.g. employing infrared or radio signals) having two communication means 32 (shown in Figure 3 ), one of which is located inside door 5, and the other inside casing 2.
  • a wireless communication device 31 e.g. employing infrared or radio signals
  • two communication means 32 shown in Figure 3
  • one communication means 32 may be located on top panel 28 of door 5, and the other communication means 32 may be located on front panel 27 of casing 2, so that the two communication means 32 face each other when door 5 is in the closed position (shown in Figure 1 ).
  • the fact that the two communication means 32 face each other is important when the two communication means 32 communicate using infrared signals.
  • work environment 3 is a cylindrical wash tub having a central axis 33 parallel to loading/unloading opening 4 of casing 2, and encloses a revolving perforated drum 34 having two access doors 35 to the inside of perforated drum 34.
  • Access doors 35 are hinged to perforated drum 34 and can be fixed to one another by means of hooks and slots (not shown).
  • One of access doors 35 is equipped with a safety lock to prevent undesired opening of access doors 35.
  • Central axis 33 of wash tub 3 being parallel to loading/unloading opening 4 provides for more efficient use of the space inside casing 2, thus greatly increasing the rated capacity of washing machine 1, i.e.
  • central axis 33 of the cylindrical wash tub (and thus of perforated drum 34) is perpendicular to loading/unloading opening 4 of casing 2.
  • door 5 has a curved cross section and varies in thickness, which is maximum at top panel 28 and minimum at a bottom edge 36. In other words, door 5 tapers gradually in thickness from top panel 28 to bottom edge 36.
  • Washing machine 1 as described above has numerous advantages, by being easy to implement, by allowing door 5 to open without too much space needed, and so being suitable for use in confined spaces. It is important to note that in its lowest (open) position shown in Figure 3 , bottom edge 20 of door 5 is right next to the bottom portion of casing 2, and so safely out of range of the user's feet.
  • the above connecting means 6 of door 5 also apply to any other kind of electrical appliance, such as a drier, washer-drier, refrigerator, conventional oven, microwave oven, or dishwasher.

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  1. Appareil électrique (1) comprenant :
    une carrosserie (2) ;
    un environnement de travail (3) reçu à l'intérieur de la carrosserie (2) et ayant une ouverture de chargement/déchargement (4) ;
    une porte (5) montée sur la carrosserie (2) pour fermer l'ouverture de chargement/déchargement (4) de l'environnement de travail (3) ; et
    des moyens de liaison (6) pour relier la porte (5) à la carrosserie (2) de telle sorte que la prote (5) peut être déplacée entre une position fermée et une position ouverte,
    et comprenant au moins un premier guide (9) formé sur la porte (5), au moins un chariot (10) coulissant le long du premier guide (9), et au moins une charnière (11) reliant le chariot (10) à la carrosserie (2) pour permettre une rotation autour d'un axe de rotation horizontal (14) ;
    l'appareil électrique (1) étant caractérisé par le fait que des parties inférieures respectives des premiers guides (9) sont inclinées vers la carrosserie (2) de telle sorte que,
    sur la dernière partie de son mouvement d'ouverture, la porte (5) se déplace vers la carrosserie (2).
  2. Appareil électrique (1) selon la revendication 1 et comprenant un distributeur de détergent (26), qui est monté dans la carrosserie (2) pour coulisser entre une position rangée, dans laquelle le distributeur de détergent (26) est entièrement introduit à l'intérieur de la carrosserie (2), et une position extraite, dans laquelle le distributeur de détergent (26) est partiellement extrait de la carrosserie (2) ; le distributeur de détergent (26) situe à travers un panneau avant (27) de la carrosserie (2), qui est fermé par un panneau supérieur (28) de la porte (5) lorsque la porte (5) est dans la position fermée.
  3. Appareil électrique (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 ou 2, comprenant :
    une interface utilisateur (30) montée sur un panneau avant (29) de la porte (5) ;
    une unité de commande électronique reçue à l'intérieur de la carrosserie (2) ; et
    un dispositif de communication sans fil (31) ayant un premier moyen de communication (32) situé à l'intérieur de la porte (5) et relié à l'interface utilisateur (30) ; et
    un second moyen de communication (32) situé à l'intérieur de la carrosserie (2) et relié à l'unité de commande électronique.
  4. Appareil électrique (1) selon la revendication 4, dans lequel le premier moyen de communication (32) est situé sur un panneau supérieur (28) de la porte (5), et le second moyen de communication (32) est situé sur un panneau avant (27) de la carrosserie (2), de telle sorte que les deux moyens de communication (32) se font face lorsque la porte (5) est dans la position fermée.
  5. Appareil électrique (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, dans lequel l'appareil électrique (1) est un lave-linge, et l'environnement de travail (3) est une cuve de lavage cylindrique ayant un axe central (33) parallèle à l'ouverture de chargement/déchargement (4) de la carrosserie (2).
  6. Appareil électrique (1) selon la revendication 5, dans lequel l'environnement de travail (3) reçoit un tambour perforé tournant (34) ayant deux portes d'accès (35) à l'intérieur du tambour perforé (34).
  7. Appareil électrique (1) selon la revendication 6, dans lequel les portes d'accès (35) sont reliées par charnière au tambour perforé (34) et peuvent être fixées l'une à l'autre au moyen de crochets et de fentes ; et l'une des portes d'accès (35) est équipée d'un verrou de sécurité pour empêcher une ouverture non souhaitée des portes d'accès (35).
  8. Appareil électrique (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, dans lequel la porte (5) a une section transversale incurvée et varie en épaisseur, laquelle est maximale au niveau d'un panneau supérieur (28) et minimale au niveau d'un bord inférieur (36).
  9. Appareil électrique (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, dans lequel la charnière (11) comprend au moins un ressort (16), qui tire la charnière (11) dans chacune de ses deux positions limites et tend ainsi à maintenir la charnière (11) dans chacune de ses deux positions limites.
  10. Appareil électrique (1) selon la revendication 9, dans lequel le ressort (16) a une longueur minimale lorsque la charnière (11) est dans l'une de ses deux positions limites, et a une longueur maximale lorsque la charnière (11) est dans une position intermédiaire entre ses deux positions limites.
  11. Appareil électrique (1) selon l'une des revendications 9 ou 10, dans lequel la charnière (11) a une partie d'extrémité fixe (12) reliée rigidement à la carrosserie (2) et une partie d'extrémité mobile (13) opposée à la partie d'extrémité fixe (12), reliée rigidement au chariot (10), et tournant par rapport à la partie d'extrémité fixe (12) autour de l'axe de rotation (14) ; et la charnière (11) comprend au moins un bras (15) relié par charnière à la fois à la partie d'extrémité fixe (12) et à la partie d'extrémité mobile (13) pour relier les deux parties d'extrémité (12, 13) l'une à l'autre.
  12. Appareil électrique (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 9 à 11, dans lequel le premier guide (9) est incurvé.
  13. Appareil électrique (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 9 à 12, dans lequel les moyens de liaison (6) comprennent au moins un second guide (7) formé sur la carrosserie (2) ; et au moins un galet (8) qui coulisse le long du second guide (7) et est relié à la porte (5).
  14. Appareil électrique (1) selon la revendication 13, dans lequel le second guide (7) a une partie supérieure incurvée (18) ayant un rayon fixe sensiblement égal au rayon de rotation de la charnière (11) ; et une partie inférieure incurvée (19), qui est plus longue que la partie supérieure incurvée (18) et a la même forme que le premier guide (9).
  15. Appareil électrique (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 9 à 14, dans lequel la carrosserie (2) comprend deux appendices verticaux (22), qui sont situés sur des côtés opposés de l'ouverture de chargement/déchargement (4), ont des parois verticales respectives (23) faisant face à des parois verticales relatives (24) de la porte (5) et entourent entièrement la porte (5) lorsque la porte (5) est dans la position fermée.
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