EP2848727B1 - Front-loading-type washing machine - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP2848727B1
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: door body; loading port; loading; washing machine; port frame
Prior art date: 2013-08-27
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EP14172326.2A

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Takeshi Kando

Junya Sakamoto

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Panasonic Corp

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- 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
- 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

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the present invention relates to a front-loading-type washing machine including a door body which is openable and closeable in order to load and unload laundry such as clothes.
Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view when viewed from a side of front-loading-type washing machine 100 in the related art.
Fig. 6 is a perspective view illustrating a state where door body 105 is open in front-loading-type washing machine 100.
Rotary drum 110 for accommodating laundry such as clothes is formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape, and is rotatably arranged inside water tub 109.
Rotary shaft 108 is disposed in a rotational center of a bottom surface of rotary drum 110.
An axial direction of rotary drum 110 is arranged so as to be tilted downward from a front surface side to a rear surface side.
Laundry loading port 103 is disposed on an upward tilted surface of a front surface side (left side in Fig. 5 ) of housing 101. Laundry loading port 103 is covered by door body 105 so as to be openable and closeable. A user can load the laundry into or unload the laundry from rotary drum 110 through laundry loading port 103 by opening door body 105.
Door body 105 is connected to housing 101 so as to be pivotally movable by hinge 107 pivotally supporting door body 105.
Door body 105 is operated by the user holding handle portion 106, thereby pivotally moving between a closed position for closing laundry loading port 103 and an opened position for opening laundry loading port 103.
Hinge 107 is configured to be located inward from an outer periphery of door body 105.
Loading port frame 102 is formed in housing 101 near a periphery of door body 105.
Portion 104 of loading port frame 102 which opposes an outside surface of door body 105 is formed in a bowl shape or in a tilted shape so that the outer periphery of door body 105 near hinge 107 does not interfere with portion 104 when the door body 105 is opened.
gap d of approximately 25 mm maximum is disposed between door body 105 and loading port frame 102.
gap d is evenly disposed around overall door body 105 so that the vicinity of door body 105 is configured to have a concentric circle.
EP 2 402 499 A1 discloses a laundry processing apparatus including: a housing in which an opening for taking laundry in and out is formed; a door configured to rotate between a closing position where the door closes the opening and an opening position where the door opens the opening; and a handle used for rotating the door between the closing position and the opening position, wherein the handle includes a first piece pivotally supported by the door and a second piece protruding from the first piece and exposed outside the housing when the door is at the closing position, the door includes a restricting surface facing the housing when the door is at the closing position and restricting an angular motion of the first piece, and the first piece is positioned between the housing and the restricting surface when the door is at the closing position, and the first piece abuts the restricting surface when the door is rotated from the closing position to the opening position to restrict an angular motion of the handle.
EP 2 568 072 A1 discloses a clothing-processing device including a casting having an opening into and from which clothing is brought on a front surface, a lid body covering the opening, and a hinge for opening and closing the lid body, the hinge is provided with substantially L shape coupling members having first parts protruding forward with one ends fixed to an opening edge of the casing, and second parts protruding outward on the side from the other ends of the first parts, the second parts turnably supporting an end edge of the lid body at front ends, cutouts are formed in the end edge of the lid body, the front ends of the second parts of the coupling members are positioned in the cutouts, and the second parts are accommodated in the cutouts when the lid body is closed. Thereby, a gap between the end edge of the lid body and the casing can be reduced.
the present invention is made in view of the above-described circumstances, and aims to provide a front-loading-type washing machine having excellent design which does not cause a user to pinch his or her finger in a door body by mistake, when the user opens and closes the door body.
a front-loading-type washing machine of the present invention includes a rotary drum that is formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape and accommodates laundry, a water tub that rotatably includes the rotary drum, a motor that rotatably drives the rotary drum, and a housing that elastically supports the water tub so as to be swingable.
the front-loading-type washing machine includes a laundry loading port that is formed in the housing, a door body that opens and closes the laundry loading port, and a loading port frame that is formed in the housing near an outer periphery of the door body in a closed state of the door body.
the door body is configured to have an opening and closing shaft on a further inner side than the outer periphery of the door body, and the door body has a convex portion protruding further outward than the outer periphery of the door body, on the outer periphery of the door body near the opening and closing shaft.
the loading port frame has a concave portion formed so as not to interfere with the convex portion.
Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view when viewed from a side of front-loading-type washing machine 50 according to an embodiment of the present invention
Fig. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a state where door body 11 of front-loading-type washing machine 50 is opened
Fig. 3 is a partial front view illustrating a state where door body 11 of front-loading-type washing machine 50 is closed
Fig. 4 illustrates a configuration near opening and closing shaft 26 in a state where door body 11 of front-loading-type washing machine 50 is opened, and illustrates a cross-sectional configuration when viewed from above at a position of line 4-4 in Fig. 3 .
rotary drum 12 which accommodates laundry is formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape.
Rotary drum 12 has multiple water passage holes 72 on an entire surface of a cylindrical portion, and is rotatably arranged inside water tub 13.
Tilted rotary shaft 74 (rotation center shaft) is disposed in a rotation center of rotary drum 12.
An axial direction of rotary drum 12 is arranged so as to be tilted downward from a front surface side to a rear surface side.
Motor 14 attached to a rear surface of water tub 13 is connected to rotary shaft 74.
Motor 14 rotatably drives rotary drum 12 in a forward direction and in a rearward direction.
a plurality of projection plates 76 for agitating the laundry is disposed on an inner wall surface of rotary drum 12.
Laundry loading port 16 is disposed on an upward tilted surface on the front surface side in housing 15.
Laundry loading port 16 is covered by door body 11 so as to be openable and closeable. A user can load the laundry into or unload the laundry from rotary drum 12 through laundry loading port 16 by opening door body 11.
laundry loading port 16 is disposed on the upward tilted surface in this way, the user can load and unload the laundry without largely bending over at his or her waist.
Water tub 13 is elastically supported so as to be swingable with respect to housing 15, being suspended by spring 80 and supported by damper 81.
One end of drain channel 17 is connected to a lower portion of water tub 13.
the other end of drain channel 17 is connected to drain valve 18, and washing water inside water tub 13 is drained in a timely manner.
Water supply valve 84 supplies water into water tub 13 through water supply pipe 19.
Water level detection unit 86 detects a water level inside water tub 13.
Control device 96 is arranged in a lower portion of the front surface inside housing 15. Cylindrical opening portion 20 is formed on an opening side of a front surface portion of water tub 13. Cylindrical and flexible seal member 21 is fitted to a portion between cylindrical opening portion 20 and opening end 16a of laundry loading port 16 in housing 15. Seal member 21 closes a gap between housing 15 and swinging water tub 13. In addition, seal member 21 seals a gap between door body 11 and laundry loading port 16, when door body 11 is closed.
operation panel 22 is disposed in an upper portion on the front surface of housing 15.
the user inputs an operation course mode or various functions through input unit 23 on operation panel 22.
control circuit unit 24 arranged inside operation panel 22 displays operation conditions on display unit 25 on operation panel 22 based on input information, and notifies the user of operation conditions.
rotary drum 12 has tilted rotary shaft 74 in the rotation center thereof.
the axial direction of rotary drum 12 (rotary shaft 74) is tilted downward from the front surface side to the rear surface side.
an embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this configuration.
the axial direction of rotary drum 12 may be a horizontal direction by disposing rotary shaft 74 set to be in the horizontal direction in the rotation center of rotary drum 12.
front-loading-type washing machine 50 may be configured to have a drying function in addition to a washing function.
door body 11 is formed in a substantially circular shape when viewed from the front surface.
Door body 11 is connected to housing 15 so as to be pivotally movable by opening and closing shaft 26 which is configured to be located further inward than the outer periphery of door body 11 and has a hinge structure.
Handle portion 27 having a locking mechanism is disposed on a side substantially opposite to opening and closing shaft 26 with respect to the center of the circular shape of door body 11.
Door body 11 is operated by the user holding handle portion 27. In this manner, door body 11 can be pivotally moved between a closed position for closing laundry loading port 16 and an opened position for opening laundry loading port 16.
Opening end 16a is formed in laundry loading port 16 of housing 15.
loading port frame 28 accommodating door body 11 on a surface having substantially the same height as that of door body 11 is configured to be located on the front surface of housing 15.
Loading port frame 28 may be molded integrally with housing 15, or may be configured to be incorporated in housing 15 as a separate member.
a separate member serving as a housing decorative plate is attached to loading port frame 28 concentrically with the outer periphery of door body 11.
door body 11 and loading port frame 28 are configured to be located on surfaces having substantially the same height.
gap D is configured to be located between the outer periphery of door body 11 and loading port frame 28.
Gap D (refer to Fig. 3 ) has such a width that an adult's finger is unlikely to enter, and is configured to have the dimensions (for example, 3 mm to 10 mm) which are smaller than the dimensions in the related art. Accordingly, excellent design is achieved.
opening and closing shaft 26 is configured to be located further inward than the outer periphery of door body 11. This configuration may cause a possibility that the outer periphery (left side in Fig. 3 ) of door body 11 near opening and closing shaft 26 interferes with loading port frame 28 when door body 11 is opened.
concave portion 29 having a predetermined length is formed in loading port frame 28, in an arcuate shape which is concentric with the outer periphery of door body 11. This can prevent the interference between door body 11 and loading port frame 28 (refer to Fig. 4 ).
convex portion 30 which protrudes outward from the outer periphery of door body 11 and corresponds to a shape of concave portion 29 of loading port frame 28, is disposed on the outer periphery (left side in Fig. 3 ) of door body 11 near opening and closing shaft 26.
Concave portion 29 and convex portion 30 are configured so as not to interfere with each other (so as not to come into physical contact with each other). That is, a shape of concave portion 29 in a depth direction is configured to be a shape taken along a locus of a pivotal movement of convex portion 30.
Door body decorative plate 31 having a color tone equal to that of loading port frame 28 serving as the housing decorative plate is attached to the front surface side of convex portion 30. This allows door body decorative plate 31 and loading port frame 28 to have matching texture.
the vertical end surfaces of door body 11 and door body decorative plate 31 when viewed from the front surface are concentric with loading port frame 28 serving as the housing decorative plate, and are formed on the surface having the same height as that of loading port frame 28. In this manner, a sense of unity is achieved in design, and thus, it is possible to realize front-loading-type washing machine 50 having excellent design.
a forming method may be used in which the same material of loading port frame 28 is used in convex portion 30 or overall door body 11. Methods are not limited to the above-described method.
concave portion 29 disposed in loading port frame 28 enables front-loading type washing machine 50 of the present embodiment to avoid the interference between door body 11 and loading port frame 28. In this manner, it is no longer necessary to dispose the large gap in loading port frame 28 in order to prevent the interference with door body 11. Accordingly, it is possible to improve the design characteristic.
the shape of concave portion 29 of loading port frame 28 in the depth direction is formed to be the shape taken along the locus of the pivotal movement of convex portion 30 of door body 11. In this manner, even when door body 11 is opened and closed, it is possible to prevent the gap from being broadened between door body 11 and loading port frame 28. Therefore, since a small gap which does not allow a finger to enter can be maintained, it is possible to prevent the finger from being pinched therein.
front-loading-type washing machine 50 of the present embodiment includes rotary drum 12 that is formed in the bottomed cylindrical shape and accommodates the laundry, water tub 13 that rotatably includes rotary drum 12, motor 14 that rotatably drives rotary drum 12, and housing 15 that elastically supports water tub 13 so as to be swingable.
front-loading-type washing machine 50 includes laundry loading port 16 that is formed in the housing 15, door body 11 that opens and closes laundry loading port 16, and loading port frame 28 that is formed in housing 15 near the outer periphery of door body 11 in the closed state of door body 11.
door body 11 is configured to have opening and closing shaft 26 on the further inner side than the outer periphery of door body 11, and door body 11 has convex portion 30 protruding further outward than the outer periphery of door body 11, on the outer periphery of door body 11 near opening and closing shaft 26.
Loading port frame 28 has concave portion 29 formed so as not to interfere with convex portion 30.
concave portion 29 disposed in loading port frame 28 can avoid the interference between door body 11 and loading port frame 28. Therefore, it is no longer necessary to dispose the large gap between the outer periphery of door body 11 and loading port frame 28 by forming loading port frame 28 in the bowl shape, for example. Accordingly, it is possible to provide front-loading-type washing machine 50 having excellent design.
convex portion 30 and the loading port frame 28 are configured by using the same material. In this manner, door body 11 and loading port frame 28 are able to have a sense of unity in design, and thus, it is possible to provide the member having excellent design.
shape of concave portion 29 of loading port frame 28 in the depth direction may be configured to be the shape taken along the locus of the pivotal movement of convex portion 30 of door body 11.
an embodiment of the present invention is useful as the front-loading-type washing machine including the door body which is openable and closeable in order to load and unload the laundry.

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