CN1656996A

CN1656996A - Device for distributing cleaning agent

Info

Publication number: CN1656996A
Application number: CN2005100517822A
Authority: CN
Inventors: G·马罗内
Original assignee: Elbi International SpA
Current assignee: Elbi International SpA
Priority date: 2004-01-29
Filing date: 2005-01-28
Publication date: 2005-08-24
Anticipated expiration: 2025-01-28
Also published as: CN1656996B; DE102005004098B4; ITTO20040041A1; DE102005004098A1

Abstract

A dispenser comprises a shaped object (11), wherein a cavity (17) for receiving some cleaning agent is defined, a cover (20) moving between an open position and a closed position of the cavity (17). The cover (20) is mounted relative to the shaped object (11), the sliding is along an arc track in guidance mode, substantially along an axis and a column surface, the axis extends to the outside of the cover (20) and has a preset limited distance with the said cover.

Description

The device that distributes cleaning agent

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of device that is used to distribute cleaning agent, be specially adapted to the device of dish-washing machine.

Summary of the invention

More specifically, the present invention relates to a kind of distributor, comprising:

A formed body wherein defines a container that is substantially basin shape that can receive a certain amount of cleaning agent, and

A lid removablely is installed on the described formed body and can moves between a release position of described container and a closed position.

An object of the present invention is to provide a kind of distributor of top type, this distributor has on human engineering and improves and creative aspect aesthetic, wherein, described lid can move between described release position and described closed position, and without any with plate and/or be used for containing the basket of plate or the danger that container disturbs mutually.

This and other purpose can realize according to the distributor of type that front of the present invention limits, described distributor is characterised in that, described lid can be installed slidably with respect to described formed body, it slides with guidance mode along an arc track, come down to around an axis along a periphery, described axis extends to described lid outside and with described lid one section predetermined limited distance is arranged.

Description of drawings

Further feature and advantage of the present invention will become clear by with reference to the accompanying drawings detailed description subsequently, and more detailed description only provides nonrestrictive example subsequently, wherein

Fig. 1 is the perspective view that has according to the dish-washing machine of distributor of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the detailed enlarged perspective of label II among Fig. 1, has represented according to distributor of the present invention in the mode of clearer understanding;

Fig. 3 is the fragmentary, perspective view similar to Fig. 2, has represented the part perspective view of distributor according to the present invention when lid is opened;

Fig. 4 has represented the zoomed-in view of distributor according to the present invention when lid is opened, and is that the direction shown in the label IV is seen from Fig. 3;

Fig. 4 a is a perspective view, and expression is according to the bottom surface or the inner face of the lid of distributor of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is the front view of distributor according to the present invention when lid is opened;

Fig. 6 and Fig. 7 are line VI-VI in Fig. 5 and the partial cross section figure of line VII-VII;

Fig. 8 is the enlarged drawing of the details shown in the label VIII of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is the front view according to distributor of the present invention, has represented the lid of almost closing;

Figure 10 and 11 is line X-X in Fig. 9 and the fragmentary cross-sectional view of line XI-XI;

Figure 12 is the enlarged drawing of the details shown in the label XII of Figure 10;

Figure 13 is the front view of part similar to FIG. 10, the distributor when having represented cover closing;

Figure 14 and 15 is line XIV-XIV in Figure 13 and the fragmentary cross-sectional view of line XV-XV;

Figure 16 is the enlarged drawing of the details shown in the label XVI of Figure 15.

The specific embodiment mode

In Fig. 1, Reference numeral 1 expression itself is a dish-washing machine of known type.

Dish-washing machine 1 generally includes has a shell 2 that is substantially parallelepiped shape, defines the chamber 3 of washing the dishes in it, can enter the chamber of washing the dishes by opening face 4 before the shell 2, and the chamber of washing the dishes has a related with it door 5 of closing.Described door is articulated with dishwasher structure near the lower horizontal front side of dish-washing machine around a trunnion axis.Therefore door 5 can present a upright position and a lowered position shown in Figure 1, and its chamber 3 of will washing the dishes is closed in the upright position, and it can use the device that is used to distribute cleaning agent that is referred to by Reference numeral 10 usually at lowered position.

By known methods, distributor 10 is installed on door 5 the inner surface of dish-washing machine 1.In the one exemplary embodiment in the accompanying drawings, distributor 10 is so-called one types, that is to say it is to comprise an independent supporting construction or supporter 11, have a cleaning agent dispenser 12 and an irrigation distributor 13 on it, cleaning agent can be liquid or powder.

Yet the present invention is not limited in cleaning agent dispenser with a contiguous with it integrally formed embodiment of irrigation distributor.

With reference to figs. 2 to Fig. 5, distribute the formed body 11 of the device 12 of cleaning agent to have two and relative face the wall and meditate 14 and 15, have protruding bow profile.Define a recessed region 16 (seeing that Fig. 3 is to Fig. 5) between 14,15 described facing the wall and meditating, define a recessed container 17 therebetween, the shape of this container is basin shape substantially, has a mouth 8 that is centered on by marginal texture protruding upward 19.

Container 17 is used to receive a certain amount of cleaning agent, and these cleaning agents were allocated out in the stage of washing the dishes of the operation cycle of dish-washing machine.

Distributor 12 further comprises a lid 20, lid 20 is slidably mounted between the described

wall

14 and 15 of formed body 11, it slides with guidance mode along an arc track, come down to around an axis along a periphery, this axis extends to lid 20 outsides and parallel with it, and described axis extends a predetermined limited distance from lid.

Lid 20 especially can move to a closed position from a release position, and it is opened container 17 or unlids in the release position, and to shown in Figure 5, it closes described container 17 in the closed position, as Fig. 2 and shown in Figure 13 as Fig. 3.

As seeing in Fig. 4, lid 20 has a recess 20a in its outside, and this recess can be used to receive a certain amount of cleaning agent, to use in the stage of washing the dishes in advance of the operation cycle of dish-washing machine.

As described above; and by Fig. 5,6 and Figure 13,14 more as can be seen; when passing through to arrive the closed position from the release position, lid 20 slides along a cylinder track substantially, and this track has towards the convex surface of 3 inside, chamber of washing the dishes of dish-washing machine.

In an exemplary embodiment, when the door 5 of dish-washing machine was closed, close and the release position of lid 20 were to be positioned on the different vertical heights.Especially when passing through to arrive the closed position from the release position, lid 20 comes down to rotate from top to bottom.

As shown in special among Fig. 4 a, lid 20 has a pair of

slide construction

23,24 respectively on two relative edges 21,22, and slide construction is interlaced with respect to the direction of displacement of formed body 11 along lid.

The

slide construction

23,24 of lid 20 is meshed with corresponding guiding groove on the

sidewall

14 and 15 that is preset in formed body 11.In Fig. 4, the guiding groove of slide construction on limit 21 that is used for lid 20 is represented by 25 and 26 respectively.

In accompanying drawing subsequently, also represented by

Reference numeral

25 and 26 with the guiding groove that the slide construction on the limit 22 of lid 20 combines.

Groove 25 and 26 has arc, makes them can allow lid 20 to be subjected to displacement along an arc cylinder track described above substantially.

On the lower side of the lid 20 that in Fig. 4 a, can see, have a recess shape or channel shaped annular seating 27, it is along describing that with basin limit protruding upward 19 corresponding lines of device 17 extend, and are used for receiving cleaning agent substantially.In present 27 a seal is installed, this seal is not shown in Fig. 4 a, but known type, for example an elastic sealing element.Easily, described seal protrudes with respect to the lower side of lid, and when lid arrived the closed position, it was flexibly pressing the edge 19 that basin describes the mouth of device 17.

For not overslaugh lid 20 slides from the release position to the closed position, guiding

groove

25,26 suitable shapings like this, so that when lid 20 was carried out the initial part of shutoff strokes, the seal that combines with its lower side can not disturb with the cocked bead 19 of container 17.Just in the final stage of shutoff stroke, the seal of lid 20 just is applied on the edge 19 of container 17, and is flexibly pressing edge 19, and this will in the end more clearly describe.

Guiding groove

25,26 is shaped like this, so that in the passage of the lid from the release position to the closed position 20, especially in final stage near the closed position, at first be the

mouth

18,19 that the rear end of lid puts on container 17, be its front end or guide end then.

As in Figure 10 and Figure 15, seeing in detail, and as seeing in the corresponding enlarged drawing in Figure 12 and Figure 16, the guiding groove 26 that combines with the back slide construction 24 of lid can cause the afterbody of lid 20 to describe device 17 near basin suddenly in its last end, the last end of guiding groove has the skew of direction 26a, such as a slope.

By comparison, the guiding groove 25 that combines with the preceding of lid 20 or guide's slide construction 23 has the skew of a unexpected direction 25a in its decline.

When this layout makes the moving structure 23 of slide guide in the ban through the skew of the direction 25a of corresponding guiding groove 25, the end 30a of described slide construction 23 beginnings and structure 30 meshes and closes the end 30a of formed body 30, and structure 30 is separated guiding groove 25 (for example referring to Figure 12 and Figure 16) with 26.

For lid 20, it is combined with a torsion spring 31 (Fig. 5,9,13), and an end of torsion spring is fixed in formed body 11, and the other end has the opposite effect to the rear side of described lid.Spring 31 trends towards pushing lid 20 to release position shown in Figure 5.

When the front or guide's slide construction 23 when being enclosed in below the end 30a of structure 30 of described

wall

14 and 15, the seal of lid 20 is pressing the edge 19 of the container 17 of cleaning agent.The compression of described seal will be tending towards lid is pushed away formed body 11, cause

slide construction

23 and 24 to align with corresponding guiding

groove

25 and 26 once more.Yet this situation can prevent by such fact, that is, lid 20 with one movably locking piece 32 combine, locking piece 32 can be round an axis that is referred to by label 33 with respect to formed body 11 rotations.Locking piece has an arm 32a, arm 32a has the end tooth 32b (for example seeing Fig. 4) that an energy is meshed with a seat 35 that is arranged on lid 20 forward edge, so that lid is blocked in the closed position, opposite with the progradation that seal by combination there is applied on the lid.

Removable locking piece 32 is preferably controlled by a corresponding actuator of known type, formed body 11 by distributor supports (in a not shown manner), and can be triggered by the instruction from control system subsequently, control system is in the operation of the scheduled time of the cycle period of washing the dishes inner control dish-washing machine, allowing lid 20 to be unblanked and open, and distribute to the chamber of washing the dishes subsequently and be contained in basin and describe cleaning agent in the device 17.

Naturally, principle of the present invention remains unchanged, do not breaking away under the situation as the desired scope of claims of the present invention, embodiment and make details can be only more described and the wide ranges of the example explained by non-limiting example than those.

Claims

1. one kind is used to distribute cleaning agent, is particularly useful for the device (12) of dish-washing machine (1), comprising:

A formed body (11) wherein defines a container (17) that is used to receive the shape of basin substantially of a certain amount of cleaning agent,

A lid (20) can be installed by described relatively formed body (11) movably, and can move between release position of described container (17) and a closed position,

It is characterized in that, described lid (20) can be installed slidably with respect to described formed body (11), it slides with guidance mode along an arc track, come down to center on an axis along a periphery, this axis extends to described lid (20) outside and with described lid one section predetermined limited distance is arranged.

2. distributor according to claim 1, wherein said lid (20) is installed on the described formed body (11), its mounting means makes by an independent displacement, described lid (20) can pass through from its described position of opening described container (17), arrives the latched position that it closes described container (17).

3. distributor according to claim 1, wherein said formed body (11) is fixed on the boundary wall (5) of the chamber of washing the dishes (3) of dish-washing machine (1), and described lid (20) can slide with respect to described formed body (11) along a periphery substantially, and described periphery has the convex surface that points to described dish-washing machine (3) inboard.

4. distributor according to claim 1, wherein said lid (20) can slide with respect to described formed body (11) between a release position and a closed position, when the chamber of washing the dishes (3) of described dish-washing machine (1) when closing, these two positions are not on a vertical height.

5. distributor according to claim 1, wherein said lid (20) has at least one slide construction (23,24) on each limit of two relative edges (21,22), described slide construction (23,24) is meshed with guiding device (25,26) on the relative wall that is preset in described formed body (11) (14,15).

6. distributor according to claim 5, wherein said lid (20) has first and second slide constructions (23,24) on each limit of two relative edges (21,22), described slide construction (23,24) is interlaced on the direction of displacement of described lid (20) with respect to described formed body (11), and with the described relative wall that is preset in described formed body (11) (14,15) on separately separation guiding device (25,26) be meshed.

7. distributor according to claim 6, wherein said guiding device comprise the arcuate slots (25,26) on the described relative wall (14,15) that is preset in described formed body (11).

8. distributor according to claim 7, wherein said guiding groove (25,26) is shaped like this, so that when described lid (20) arrives described closed position through described release position, they at first be the mouth (19) of the rearward end of described lid (20), and the leading section of after this described lid (20) is near described mouthful (19) near described container (17).

9. distributor according to claim 8, wherein the guiding groove (26) that combines with the back slide construction (24) of described lid (20) has a direction (26a) skew in its last end, and the guiding groove (25) that combines with the leading slide construction (23) of described lid (20) has a direction (25a) skew in its end.

10. distributor according to claim 9, the lip ring that wherein said lid (20) has a resiliency compressible, when described lid (20) arrived described closed position, it was suitable for pressing described mouthful edge (19) of described container (17).

11. distributor according to claim 10, wherein for described lid (20), it is combined with a flexible member (31), described flexible member trends towards pushing described lid (20) to described release position, and wherein, when described lid (20) when being in described closed position, its seal elasticity is pressing described mouthful (18 of described container (17), 19) for described lid (20), it is combined with a movably locking piece (32), described locking piece (32) can remain on described closed position with described lid (20), is resisting the progradation that is applied on the described lid (20) by the seal of combination with it.

12. according to the described distributor of any claim in front, wherein said lid (20) has a recess (20a) at its outer surface, described recess is suitable for receiving a certain amount of cleaning agent, is used to the initial period of washing the dishes and circulating.