EP1002494A1 - Detergent dispensing device for dishwasher - Google Patents

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EP1002494A1
EP1002494A1 EP99402835A EP99402835A EP1002494A1 EP 1002494 A1 EP1002494 A1 EP 1002494A1 EP 99402835 A EP99402835 A EP 99402835A EP 99402835 A EP99402835 A EP 99402835A EP 1002494 A1 EP1002494 A1 EP 1002494A1
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Jean Thomson-CSF P.I.D. Brevets Jonchier
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  • the present invention relates to a product distributor for dishwashers.
  • the different detergents are generally arranged in product boxes attached to the door. These boxes are closed by a tilting or sliding shutter which opens automatically when the corresponding product is to be used.
  • the present invention relates to a product dispenser for dishwasher which does not occupy a large volume in the machine, which is easy to fill by the user and who delivers the products at the right time, in desired quantity and which is suitable simultaneously for several products in different forms (in lozenges, powder and liquid).
  • the distributor of the invention must be able to retain the pellets in a place regularly watered by water jets and deliver them while ensuring their homogeneous dilution.
  • the dispenser according to the invention is characterized in that it has a support body attached to the front of a dish basket, preferably the upper basket of the machine, this body having substantially a tube shape, inside which a drawer moves longitudinally for products comprising a housing for solid products, this housing being directly watered by one of the reels when the distributor is in place in the machine, and at least one housing for powdered products or liquids.
  • This dispenser is also characterized in that a device for reminder, disengageable in the open position of the drawer, hang this drawer for its closing stroke and forces it to complete closing.
  • a spring is fixed, on one side to the distributor body, and on the other side at one end of a tongue, end near which is fixed a first pin, a second pin being fixed to the tongue, near its other end, the tongue being disposed between the body and the drawer so that it cannot be move only in its own plane, the first spindle being guided less during the end of the drawer closing stroke in a first longitudinal groove formed on the drawer, the second spindle being guided, on one side, in the first longitudinal groove, and on the other, in a second longitudinal groove formed on the body, these two grooves are ending, at their end facing the user when the dispenser is in place, by a short lateral extension, these two extensions being directed in opposite directions, the extension of the first groove being substantially at the rear end of the second groove, and the extension of the second groove located in front of that of the first groove, when the drawer is closed.
  • the dispenser 1 is fixed to the upper basket 2 of the dishwasher, its front part for example under the bottom of this basket, which has in the fixing area a convex recess 3 (seen from above) to house this dispenser and isolate it from dishes that may be placed in the basket.
  • the distributor 1 essentially comprises a tubular body 4 in which a drawer 5 moves longitudinally (i.e. in a direction perpendicular to the dishwasher door when closed).
  • the cross section of the body 4 has an approximately elliptical shape in this example.
  • the drawer 5 has an operating handle 6 user operated.
  • the handle 6 is provided with a housing 7 for tablet products.
  • the axis of this accommodation is perpendicular to the direction drawer movement (i.e. vertical when the dispenser is attached to basket 2).
  • the housing 7 passes through the handle 6, is open to its part upper and lower part, the latter being provided with a grid 8 retaining the pellets, while letting the water pass.
  • the handle 6 comes apply against the front opening 9 of the body 4 which it closes when the drawer 5 is closed.
  • the distributor 1 is fixed to the basket 2 so that the door of the dishwasher is close to the handle 6 when the door is closed. This implies that even if the user forgets to close the drawer before starting the machine, closing the door provides the complete closing of the drawer by pushing it beyond the point where the reminder, described below, begins to hang the drawer to automatically cause its complete closure.
  • the position of the housing 7 is such that at least one of the water jets of the reel corresponding to basket 2 enters this housing and dissolves progressively the tablet (s) in this housing, if the user uses such tablets.
  • water jet enters the housing 7 directly rather than after having ricocheted, for example on a wall of the machine tank.
  • the body 10 of the drawer 5 comprises a compartment 11 intended to contain a liquid or powdered detergent.
  • This compartment 11 communicates, at its rear, with a water supply channel 12 (water product 11), this channel ending in a posterior line 13 formed integrally with the drawer and of which the mouthpiece is applied against a nozzle or an orifice (not shown) of a fixed water supply pipe when the drawer is closed.
  • a water supply channel 12 water product 11
  • One of the walls of the compartment 11 has an opening or notch 14 allowing the product contained in the compartment to be evacuated to the dishwasher tank when water is sent to this compartment, via line 13 and channel 12.
  • the body 4 has the form, its front part, of a sleeve 15 with approximately section elliptical, while at its central 16 and posterior 17, it does not include that an upper half-shell extending the upper part of the sleeve 15.
  • Part 17 is narrower than part 16.
  • Parts 16, 17 have pins 18 with holes for fixing the distributor 1 to corresponding rods 19 of basket 2.
  • the drawer 5 return device comprises a tongue 20 and a spring 21.
  • the tongue 20 is disposed between the underside of the drawer 5 and the lower part 22 of the sleeve 15.
  • the tongue 20 has a shape oblong and has a pin 23 at its rear end and a pin 24 at its anterior end (closest to the door of the machine), these pins being perpendicular to the plane of the tongue.
  • the pin 23 and pin 24 protrude from both sides of the tongue.
  • the pin 23 is intended for guiding the tongue 20 and for hooking one end of the spring 21, the other end of which is hooked to a lug 25 formed on the underside of part 16 of body 4.
  • Part lower pin 24 moves in a groove 26 formed in the part 22 of the sleeve 15.
  • the upper part (not visible in the drawing) of the pin 16 moves in a groove 27 formed on the underside of the drawer 5.
  • the groove 26 is straight and parallel to the direction of moving the drawer. It ends at its front with a short lateral extension 26 A whose axis makes an angle of just over 90 ° by relative to the axis of the groove 26. In addition, the groove 26 is offset laterally with respect to the groove 27, so that its extension 26A is located to the right of the groove 27.
  • the groove 27 can either be formed recessed relative to the underside of the drawer, or, preferably, as shown in the drawing, formed in relief relative to this underside. This groove 27 extends parallel to the longitudinal axis of the drawer, on the almost the entire length of the drawer, and ends at its front by a short lateral extension 27A which extends in one direction practically opposite that of the extension 26A with respect to the axis of the groove 27.
  • grooves 26 and 27 are slightly greater than the diameter of spindle 24.
  • the location of extension 27A is such that when drawer 5 is almost half closed (for example when it about 2 cm of travel until complete closure), area 27B of junction between the rectilinear groove 27 and the wall 27C of its extension lateral 27A arrives at the pin 24. The pin 24 is then still in the extension 26A.
  • the wall 27C forms with the wall of the groove 27 of which it is the continuation an angle slightly greater than 90 °.
  • pin 24 When, during the drawer closing movement (this movement being caused by the user pushing the handle 6, and / or by the dishwasher door pushing this handle), pin 24 starts beyond junction 27B (figure 3), it engages both in the extension 27A and in the groove 26, which allows the spring 21 to start moving tongue 20 backwards. Since at this point moment the pin 24 engages in the extension 27A, the tongue 20 pulls back the drawer 5 via the pin 24 which is applied against the wall 27C. Therefore, even if at this time the user releases the handle 6 of the drawer, the spring 21 pulls the drawer back until it is completely closed. Of course, so that the spring 21 exerts a pulling force on the drawer even when the latter is closed, the spring, the tongue 20 and the length of the groove 26 and the corresponding position is extension 27A and lug 25.

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The drawer (5) comprises a body (4) that is enclosed within a retention cage (2) such that it can be mounted within a washing machine. The drawer comprises a recess (11) and a handle assembly (6). The recess is adapted to receive conventional washing powder and liquid but also tablets as well.

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La présente invention se rapporte à un distributeur de produits pour lave-vaisselle.The present invention relates to a product distributor for dishwashers.

Dans les lave-vaisselle actuels, les différents produits de lavage sont généralement disposés dans des boítes à produits fixées sur la contre-porte. Ces boítes sont fermées par un volet basculant ou coulissant qui s'ouvre automatiquement lorsque le produit correspondant doit être utilisé..In today's dishwashers, the different detergents are generally arranged in product boxes attached to the door. These boxes are closed by a tilting or sliding shutter which opens automatically when the corresponding product is to be used.

Les boítes à produits connues sont relativement encombrantes et diminuent donc de façon non négligeable le volume intérieur utile de la machine, d'autant plus que leur fixation sur la contre-porte nécessite de profiler celle-ci (en particulier pour des raisons esthétiques) de telle façon que sa partie profilée convexe entourant les boítes à produits diminue encore davantage ce volume intérieur. En outre, le fait de fixer les boítes à produits dans la contre-porte augmente les fuites acoustiques de la machine en fonctionnement et nécessite des moyens d'étanchéité autour de ces boítes. Le remplissage en produits de ces boítes se fait lorsque la porte est ouverte, presque horizontale, ce qui oblige l'utilisateur à se pencher presque jusqu'au sol, ce qui n'est pas ergonomique. De telles boítes ont un prix de revient non négligeable du fait de la présence de bobines d'électroaimant, de joints d'étanchéité, de vis, de fils électriques, de liaisons mécaniques, ....Known product boxes are relatively bulky and therefore significantly reduce the useful internal volume of the machine, especially since their fixing on the door requires profile it (especially for aesthetic reasons) in such a way that its convex profiled part surrounding the product boxes decreases even more this interior volume. In addition, the fact of fixing the boxes to products in the door increases the acoustic leaks from the machine in operation and requires sealing means around these boxes. The product filling of these boxes is done when the door is open, almost horizontal, which forces the user to lean almost to the ground, which is not ergonomic. Such boxes have a price of is not negligible due to the presence of electromagnet coils, seals, screws, electrical wires, mechanical connections, etc.

On connaít d'après le brevet US 3 333 739 un lave-vaisselle à cuve cylindrique sur le panier duquel est fixé un bac à produits dont le réservoir bascule sous l'effet des jets d'eau du moulinet, l'évacuation des produits contenus dans ce bac nécessitant l'installation d'une conduite d'eau spécifique, fixée sur la paroi de la cuve de la machine, ce qui complique la machine et la rend plus onéreuse. En outre, une telle installation est très difficile, voire impossible à réaliser avec les lave-vaisselle actuels à porte frontale basculante dans laquelle est généralement fixé le bac à produits.Known from US Patent 3,333,739 a dishwasher cylindrical tank on the basket of which is fixed a product container, the tank tilts under the effect of the water jets of the reel, the evacuation of products contained in this tank requiring the installation of a water pipe specific, fixed on the wall of the machine tank, which complicates the machine and makes it more expensive. In addition, such an installation is very difficult, if not impossible to achieve with current dishwashers tilting front in which the detergent drawer is generally fixed.

On connaít d'après le brevet britannique n° 2 321 590 un distributeur de produits lessiviels comprenant essentiellement un bol disposé au centre du panier supérieur d'un lave-vaisselle et directement alimenté en eau par la conduite alimentant le moulinet supérieur. Un tel distributeur est encombrant, et n'est pas ergonomique, car, pour le charger en produits, l'utilisateur doit sortir le panier correspondant de la machine.We know from British Patent No. 2,321,590 a detergent dispenser essentially comprising a bowl placed in the center of the upper basket of a dishwasher and directly supplied with water through the line supplying the upper reel. Such dispenser is bulky, and is not ergonomic, because to load it in products, the user must remove the corresponding basket from the machine.

De plus, tous les distributeurs mentionnés ci-dessus présentent l'inconvénient de ne pas maintenir en place les produits de lavage se présentant sous forme de pastilles ou de dosettes, qui tombent dans la cuve à un endroit que l'on ne peut pas maítriser, en particulier entre les couverts, ce qui peut provoquer une dégradation de l'état de surface de ces couverts du fait d'une surconcentration locale de ces produits, ou bien ces produits peuvent tomber dans le fond de cuve, en particulier dans le circuit de vidange, altérant ainsi l'efficacité du lavage par sous-concentration en produit.In addition, all the distributors mentioned above have the disadvantage of not holding the detergents in place in the form of pellets or pods, which fall into the tank in a place that you cannot control, especially between the cutlery, which can cause a deterioration of the surface finish of these cutlery due to local over-concentration of these products, or may fall into the tank bottom, especially in the circuit emptying, thus altering the effectiveness of washing by under-concentration in product.

On connaít également des paniers individuels destinés à recevoir les pastilles et vendus avec elles, et que l'utilisateur peut accrocher aux fils de l'un des paniers. Une telle solution n'est satisfaisante que si l'utilisateur accroche ces paniers dans des zones régulièrement arrosées par le moulinet correspondant, ce qui n'est pas toujours le cas.We also know individual baskets intended to receive the pellets and sold with them, and which the user can hang on the wires from one of the baskets. Such a solution is only satisfactory if the user hang these baskets in areas regularly watered by the corresponding reel, which is not always the case.

La présente invention a pour objet un distributeur de produits pour lave-vaisselle qui n'occupe pas un volume important dans la machine, qui soit facile à remplir par l'usager et qui délivre les produits au moment voulu, en quantité voulue et qui convienne simultanément pour plusieurs produits se présentant sous des formes différentes (en pastilles, en poudre et liquide). De plus, le distributeur de l'invention doit pouvoir retenir les produits en pastilles en un endroit régulièrement arrosé par les jets d'eau et les délivrer en assurant leur dilution homogène.The present invention relates to a product dispenser for dishwasher which does not occupy a large volume in the machine, which is easy to fill by the user and who delivers the products at the right time, in desired quantity and which is suitable simultaneously for several products in different forms (in lozenges, powder and liquid). In addition, the distributor of the invention must be able to retain the pellets in a place regularly watered by water jets and deliver them while ensuring their homogeneous dilution.

Le distributeur conforme à l'invention est caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte un corps-support fixé à l'avant d'un panier à vaisselle, de préférence le panier supérieur, de la machine, ce corps ayant sensiblement une forme de tube, à l'intérieur duquel se déplace longitudinalement un tiroir à produits comportant un logement pour produits solides, ce logement étant directement arrosé par l'un des moulinets lorsque le distributeur est en place dans la machine, et au moins un logement pour produits en poudre ou liquides. Ce distributeur est également caractérisé en ce qu'un dispositif de rappel, débrayable en position ouverte du tiroir, accroche ce tiroir pendant sa course de fermeture et le force à la fermeture complète. The dispenser according to the invention is characterized in that it has a support body attached to the front of a dish basket, preferably the upper basket of the machine, this body having substantially a tube shape, inside which a drawer moves longitudinally for products comprising a housing for solid products, this housing being directly watered by one of the reels when the distributor is in place in the machine, and at least one housing for powdered products or liquids. This dispenser is also characterized in that a device for reminder, disengageable in the open position of the drawer, hang this drawer for its closing stroke and forces it to complete closing.

Selon un mode de réalisation de l'invention, un ressort est fixé, d'un côté au corps du distributeur, et de l'autre côté à une extrémité d'une languette, extrémité près de laquelle est fixée une première broche, une deuxième broche étant fixée à la languette, près de son autre extrémité, la languette étant disposée entre le corps et le tiroir de façon à ne pouvoir se déplacer que dans son propre plan, la première broche étant guidée au moins pendant la fin de la course de fermeture du tiroir dans une première rainure longitudinale formée sur le tiroir, la deuxième broche étant guidée, d'un côté, dans la première rainure longitudinale, et de l'autre, dans une seconde rainure longitudinale formée sur le corps, ces deux rainures se terminant, à leur extrémité tournée vers l'utilisateur lorsque le distributeur est en place, par un court prolongement latéral, ces deux prolongements étant dirigés en sens opposés, le prolongement de la première rainure se trouvant sensiblement au niveau de l'extrémité postérieure de la deuxième rainure, et le prolongement de la deuxième rainure se trouvant en avant de celui de la première rainure, lorsque le tiroir est fermé.According to one embodiment of the invention, a spring is fixed, on one side to the distributor body, and on the other side at one end of a tongue, end near which is fixed a first pin, a second pin being fixed to the tongue, near its other end, the tongue being disposed between the body and the drawer so that it cannot be move only in its own plane, the first spindle being guided less during the end of the drawer closing stroke in a first longitudinal groove formed on the drawer, the second spindle being guided, on one side, in the first longitudinal groove, and on the other, in a second longitudinal groove formed on the body, these two grooves are ending, at their end facing the user when the dispenser is in place, by a short lateral extension, these two extensions being directed in opposite directions, the extension of the first groove being substantially at the rear end of the second groove, and the extension of the second groove located in front of that of the first groove, when the drawer is closed.

La présente invention sera mieux comprise à la lecture de la description détaillée d'un mode de réalisation, pris à titre d'exemple non limitatif et illustré par le dessin annexé, sur lequel :

  • la figure 1 est une vue en perspective d'un distributeur de produits conforme à l'invention, dont le tiroir est ouvert,
  • la figure 2 est une vue de dessous du distributeur de la figure 1, son tiroir étant ouvert,
  • la figure 3 est une vue de dessous partielle du distributeur de la figure 1, lorsque le dispositif de rappel de son tiroir commence à agir, et
  • la figure 4 est une vue de dessous partielle du distributeur de la figure 1, son tiroir étant fermé.
The present invention will be better understood on reading the detailed description of an embodiment, taken by way of nonlimiting example and illustrated by the appended drawing, in which:
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a product dispenser according to the invention, the drawer of which is open,
  • FIG. 2 is a bottom view of the dispenser of FIG. 1, its drawer being open,
  • FIG. 3 is a partial bottom view of the dispenser of FIG. 1, when the return device of its drawer begins to act, and
  • Figure 4 is a partial bottom view of the dispenser of Figure 1, its drawer being closed.

L'invention est décrite ci-dessous en référence à un distributeur de produits pour lave-vaisselle, dont le tiroir comporte un seul compartiment pour produits liquides ou en poudre, mais il est bien entendu que ce tiroir peut avoir plusieurs tels compartiments, chacun d'eux ayant sa propre canalisation d'amenée d'eau d'évacuation de produits et sa propre ouverture d'évacuation de ces produits.The invention is described below with reference to a distributor of dishwasher products, the drawer of which has a single compartment for liquid or powder products, but it is understood that this drawer may have several such compartments, each of which has its own product discharge water supply line and its own opening disposal of these products.

Le distributeur 1 est fixé au panier supérieur 2 du lave-vaisselle, à sa partie antérieure par exemple sous le fond de ce panier, qui présente dans la zone de fixation un renfoncement 3 convexe (en vue de dessus) permettant de loger ce distributeur et de l'isoler de la vaisselle pouvant être placée dans le panier.The dispenser 1 is fixed to the upper basket 2 of the dishwasher, its front part for example under the bottom of this basket, which has in the fixing area a convex recess 3 (seen from above) to house this dispenser and isolate it from dishes that may be placed in the basket.

Le distributeur 1 comporte essentiellement un corps tubulaire 4 dans lequel se déplace longitudinalement un tiroir 5 (c'est-à-dire dans une direction perpendiculaire à la porte du lave-vaisselle lorsqu'elle est fermée). La section transversale du corps 4 a une forme approximativement elliptique dans le présent exemple. Le tiroir 5 comporte une poignée de manoeuvre 6 actionnable par l'utilisateur. La poignée 6 est pourvue d'un logement 7 pour produits en pastilles. L'axe de ce logement est perpendiculaire à la direction de déplacement du tiroir (c'est-à-dire vertical lorsque le distributeur est fixé au panier 2). Le logement 7 traverse la poignée 6, est ouvert à sa partie supérieure et à sa partie inférieure, cette dernière étant munie d'une grille 8 retenant les pastilles, tout en laissant passer l'eau. La poignée 6 vient s'appliquer contre l'ouverture frontale 9 du corps 4 qu'elle obture lorsque le tiroir 5 est fermé. Le distributeur 1 est fixé au panier 2 de façon que la contre-porte du lave-vaisselle soit proche de la poignée 6 lorsque la porte est fermée. Ceci implique que même si l'utilisateur oublie de fermer le tiroir avant la mise en marche de la machine, la fermeture de la porte procure la fermeture complète du tiroir en poussant celui-ci au-delà du point où le dispositif de rappel, décrit ci-dessous, commence à accrocher le tiroir pour en provoquer automatiquement la fermeture complète. De plus, la position du logement 7 est telle que l'un au moins des jets d'eau du moulinet correspondant au panier 2 pénètre dans ce logement et dissolve progressivement la ou les pastilles se trouvant dans ce logement, si l'utilisateur emploie de telles pastilles. Bien entendu, il est préférable que ce jet d'eau pénètre directement dans le logement 7 plutôt qu'après avoir ricoché, par exemple sur une paroi de la cuve de la machine.The distributor 1 essentially comprises a tubular body 4 in which a drawer 5 moves longitudinally (i.e. in a direction perpendicular to the dishwasher door when closed). The cross section of the body 4 has an approximately elliptical shape in this example. The drawer 5 has an operating handle 6 user operated. The handle 6 is provided with a housing 7 for tablet products. The axis of this accommodation is perpendicular to the direction drawer movement (i.e. vertical when the dispenser is attached to basket 2). The housing 7 passes through the handle 6, is open to its part upper and lower part, the latter being provided with a grid 8 retaining the pellets, while letting the water pass. The handle 6 comes apply against the front opening 9 of the body 4 which it closes when the drawer 5 is closed. The distributor 1 is fixed to the basket 2 so that the door of the dishwasher is close to the handle 6 when the door is closed. This implies that even if the user forgets to close the drawer before starting the machine, closing the door provides the complete closing of the drawer by pushing it beyond the point where the reminder, described below, begins to hang the drawer to automatically cause its complete closure. In addition, the position of the housing 7 is such that at least one of the water jets of the reel corresponding to basket 2 enters this housing and dissolves progressively the tablet (s) in this housing, if the user uses such tablets. Of course, it is preferable that water jet enters the housing 7 directly rather than after having ricocheted, for example on a wall of the machine tank.

Le corps 10 du tiroir 5 comporte un compartiment 11 destiné à contenir un produit de lavage liquide ou en poudre. Ce compartiment 11 communique, à sa partie postérieure, avec un canal 12 d'amenée d'eau (eau d'évacuation du produit du compartiment 11), ce canal se terminant par une conduite postérieure 13 formée intégralement avec le tiroir et dont l'embouchure vient s'appliquer contre une buse ou un orifice (non représentés) d'une conduite fixe d'amenée d'eau lorsque le tiroir est fermé. L'une des parois du compartiment 11 comporte une ouverture ou échancrure 14 permettant au produit contenu dans le compartiment d'être évacué vers la cuve du lave-vaisselle lorsque de l'eau est envoyée vers ce compartiment, via la conduite 13 et le canal 12.The body 10 of the drawer 5 comprises a compartment 11 intended to contain a liquid or powdered detergent. This compartment 11 communicates, at its rear, with a water supply channel 12 (water product 11), this channel ending in a posterior line 13 formed integrally with the drawer and of which the mouthpiece is applied against a nozzle or an orifice (not shown) of a fixed water supply pipe when the drawer is closed. One of the walls of the compartment 11 has an opening or notch 14 allowing the product contained in the compartment to be evacuated to the dishwasher tank when water is sent to this compartment, via line 13 and channel 12.

Dans le mode de réalisation représenté, le corps 4 a la forme, à sa partie antérieure, d'un manchon 15 à section approximativement elliptique, tandis qu'à sa partie centrale 16 et postérieure 17, il ne comporte qu'une demi-coquille supérieure prolongeant la partie supérieure du manchon 15. La partie 17 est moins large que la partie 16. Les parties 16, 17 comportent des tétons 18 à trous permettant la fixation du distributeur 1 à des tiges correspondantes 19 du panier 2.In the embodiment shown, the body 4 has the form, its front part, of a sleeve 15 with approximately section elliptical, while at its central 16 and posterior 17, it does not include that an upper half-shell extending the upper part of the sleeve 15. Part 17 is narrower than part 16. Parts 16, 17 have pins 18 with holes for fixing the distributor 1 to corresponding rods 19 of basket 2.

Le dispositif de rappel du tiroir 5 comprend une languette 20 et un ressort 21. La languette 20 est disposée entre la face inférieure du tiroir 5 et la partie inférieure 22 du manchon 15. La languette 20 a une forme oblongue et comporte une broche 23 à son extrémité postérieure et une broche 24 à son extrémité antérieure (la plus proche de la porte de la machine), ces broches étant perpendiculaires au plan de la languette. La broche 23 et la broche 24 font saillie des deux côtés de la languette. La broche 23 est destinée au guidage de la languette 20 et à l'accrochage de l'une des extrémités du ressort 21, dont l'autre extrémité est accrochée à un ergot 25 formé sur la face inférieure de la partie 16 du corps 4. La partie inférieure de la broche 24 se déplace dans une rainure 26 formée dans la partie 22 du manchon 15. La partie supérieure (non visible sur le dessin) de la broche 16 se déplace dans une rainure 27 formée sur la face inférieure du tiroir 5.The drawer 5 return device comprises a tongue 20 and a spring 21. The tongue 20 is disposed between the underside of the drawer 5 and the lower part 22 of the sleeve 15. The tongue 20 has a shape oblong and has a pin 23 at its rear end and a pin 24 at its anterior end (closest to the door of the machine), these pins being perpendicular to the plane of the tongue. The pin 23 and pin 24 protrude from both sides of the tongue. The pin 23 is intended for guiding the tongue 20 and for hooking one end of the spring 21, the other end of which is hooked to a lug 25 formed on the underside of part 16 of body 4. Part lower pin 24 moves in a groove 26 formed in the part 22 of the sleeve 15. The upper part (not visible in the drawing) of the pin 16 moves in a groove 27 formed on the underside of the drawer 5.

La rainure 26 est rectiligne et est parallèle à la direction de déplacement du tiroir. Elle se termine, à sa partie antérieure par un court prolongement latéral 26 A dont l'axe fait un angle d'un peu plus de 90° par rapport à l'axe de la rainure 26. En outre, la rainure 26 est décalée latéralement par rapport à la rainure 27, de façon que son prolongement 26A se trouve au droit de la rainure 27. La rainure 27 peut soit être formée en creux par rapport à la face inférieure du tiroir, soit, de préférence, comme représenté sur le dessin, formée en relief par rapport à cette face inférieure. Cette rainure 27 s'étend parallèlement à l'axe longitudinal du tiroir, sur la presque totalité de la longueur du tiroir, et se termine à sa partie antérieure par un court prolongement latéral 27A qui s'étend dans un sens pratiquement opposé de celui du prolongement 26A par rapport à l'axe de la rainure 27. La largeur des rainures 26 et 27 est légèrement supérieure au diamètre de la broche 24. L'emplacement du prolongement 27A est tel que lorsque le tiroir 5 est à peu près à moitié fermé (par exemple lorsqu'il lui reste environ 2 cm de course jusqu'à la fermeture complète), la zone 27B de jonction entre la rainure rectiligne 27 et la paroi 27C de son prolongement latéral 27A arrive au niveau de la broche 24. La broche 24 se trouve alors encore dans le prolongement 26A. La paroi 27C forme avec la paroi de la rainure 27 dont elle est la continuation un angle légèrement supérieur à 90°.The groove 26 is straight and parallel to the direction of moving the drawer. It ends at its front with a short lateral extension 26 A whose axis makes an angle of just over 90 ° by relative to the axis of the groove 26. In addition, the groove 26 is offset laterally with respect to the groove 27, so that its extension 26A is located to the right of the groove 27. The groove 27 can either be formed recessed relative to the underside of the drawer, or, preferably, as shown in the drawing, formed in relief relative to this underside. This groove 27 extends parallel to the longitudinal axis of the drawer, on the almost the entire length of the drawer, and ends at its front by a short lateral extension 27A which extends in one direction practically opposite that of the extension 26A with respect to the axis of the groove 27. The width of grooves 26 and 27 is slightly greater than the diameter of spindle 24. The location of extension 27A is such that when drawer 5 is almost half closed (for example when it about 2 cm of travel until complete closure), area 27B of junction between the rectilinear groove 27 and the wall 27C of its extension lateral 27A arrives at the pin 24. The pin 24 is then still in the extension 26A. The wall 27C forms with the wall of the groove 27 of which it is the continuation an angle slightly greater than 90 °.

Le fonctionnement du dispositif décrit ci-dessus est le suivant, en partant de l'état ouvert du tiroir (figure 2). La broche 24, guidée d'un côté par la rainure 27, et de l'autre par la rainure 26, se trouve dans le prolongement 26A car, comme précisé ci-dessus, la rainure 26 est sensiblement parallèle à la rainure 27, mais décalée latéralement dans le même sens que le prolongement 27A par rapport à la rainure 27. Il en résulte que tant que la broche 24 n'arrive pas au niveau de la jonction 27B, elle reste immobilisée dans le prolongement 26A, qui est au droit de la rainure 27.The operation of the device described above is as follows, in starting from the open state of the drawer (figure 2). Pin 24, guided on one side by the groove 27, and on the other by the groove 26, is located in the extension 26A because, as specified above, the groove 26 is substantially parallel to groove 27, but laterally offset in the same direction as the extension 27A relative to the groove 27. It follows that as long as the pin 24 does not arrive at junction 27B, it remains immobilized in the extension 26A, which is in line with the groove 27.

Lorsque, au cours du mouvement de fermeture du tiroir (ce mouvement étant provoqué par l'utilisateur poussant la poignée 6, et/ou par la porte du lave-vaisselle poussant cette poignée), la broche 24 commence à dépasser la jonction 27B (figure 3), elle s'engage à la fois dans le prolongement 27A et dans la rainure 26, ce qui permet au ressort 21 de commencer à déplacer vers l'arrière la languette 20. Étant donné qu'à ce moment la broche 24 s'engage dans le prolongement 27A, la languette 20 sollicite vers l'arrière le tiroir 5 par l'intermédiaire de la broche 24 qui est appliquée contre la paroi 27C. Par conséquent, même si à cet instant l'utilisateur lâche la poignée 6 du tiroir, le ressort 21 tire vers l'arrière le tiroir jusqu'à fermeture complète de celui-ci. Bien entendu, pour que le ressort 21 exerce une force de traction sur le tiroir même lorsque ce dernier est fermé, on dimensionne de façon appropriée le ressort, la languette 20 et la longueur de la rainure 26 et on positionne de façon correspondante le prolongement 27A et l'ergot 25.When, during the drawer closing movement (this movement being caused by the user pushing the handle 6, and / or by the dishwasher door pushing this handle), pin 24 starts beyond junction 27B (figure 3), it engages both in the extension 27A and in the groove 26, which allows the spring 21 to start moving tongue 20 backwards. Since at this point moment the pin 24 engages in the extension 27A, the tongue 20 pulls back the drawer 5 via the pin 24 which is applied against the wall 27C. Therefore, even if at this time the user releases the handle 6 of the drawer, the spring 21 pulls the drawer back until it is completely closed. Of course, so that the spring 21 exerts a pulling force on the drawer even when the latter is closed, the spring, the tongue 20 and the length of the groove 26 and the corresponding position is extension 27A and lug 25.

Lorsque le tiroir 5 est fermé (figure 4), la broche 24 se trouve au fond du prolongement 27A. Lorsque l'on ouvre ce tiroir, la paroi oblique 27C fait glisser la broche 24 vers la rainure 27, ce qui l'entraíne simultanément vers le prolongement 26A. La broche 24 glisse alors simultanément dans le prolongement 26A (dans lequel elle reste prisonnière) et dans la rainure 27, et le tiroir 5 n'est plus sollicité par le ressort 21 et peut s'ouvrir librement.When the drawer 5 is closed (Figure 4), the pin 24 is located bottom of extension 27A. When this drawer is opened, the oblique wall 27C slides the pin 24 towards the groove 27, which drives it simultaneously towards the extension 26A. Pin 24 then slides simultaneously into the extension 26A (in which it remains trapped) and in groove 27, and the drawer 5 is no longer stressed by the spring 21 and can open freely.

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Distributeur de produits pour lave-vaisselle, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte un corps-support (4) fixé à un panier à vaisselle (2) de la machine, ce corps ayant sensiblement une forme de tube, à l'intérieur duquel se déplace longitudinalement un tiroir à produits (5) comportant un logement (7) pour produits solides, ce logement étant directement arrosé par l'un des moulinets lorsque le distributeur est en place dans la machine, et au moins un logement pour produits en poudre ou liquides.Dispenser for dishwasher products, characterized in that it comprises a support body (4) fixed to a dish basket (2) of the machine, this body having substantially the shape of a tube, inside from which a product drawer (5) longitudinally moves comprising a housing (7) for solid products, this housing being directly watered by one of the reels when the dispenser is in place in the machine, and at minus a housing for powder or liquid products. Distributeur selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'il est fixé au panier supérieur du lave-vaisselle, à sa partie antérieure.Dispenser according to claim 1, characterized in that it is attached to the upper basket of the dishwasher, at its front. Distributeur selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce qu'un dispositif de rappel (20, 21), débrayable en position ouverte du tiroir, accroche ce tiroir pendant sa course de fermeture et le force à la fermeture complète.Dispenser according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a return device (20, 21), disengageable in the open position of the drawer, hooks this drawer during its closing stroke and forces it to close complete. Distributeur selon la revendication 1, 2 ou 3, caractérisé en ce qu'un ressort (21) est fixé, d'un côté au corps du distributeur (25), et de l'autre côté à une extrémité d'une languette (20), extrémité près de laquelle est fixée une première broche, une deuxième broche (24) étant fixée à la languette, près de son autre extrémité, la languette étant disposée entre le corps et le tiroir de façon à ne pouvoir se déplacer que dans son propre plan, la première broche étant guidée au moins pendant la fin de la course de fermeture du tiroir dans une première rainure longitudinale (27) formée sur le tiroir, la deuxième broche étant guidée, d'un côté, dans la première rainure longitudinale, et de l'autre, dans une seconde rainure longitudinale (26) formée sur le corps, ces deux rainures se terminant, à leur extrémité tournée vers l'utilisateur lorsque le distributeur est en place, par un court prolongement latéral (27A, 26A), ces deux prolongements étant dirigés en sens opposés, le prolongement de la première rainure se trouvant sensiblement au niveau de l'extrémité postérieure de la deuxième rainure, et le prolongement de la deuxième rainure se trouvant en avant de celui de la première rainure, lorsque le tiroir est fermé. Dispenser according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that a spring (21) is fixed, on one side to the body of the distributor (25), and the other side at one end of a tab (20), end near which is fixed a first pin, a second pin (24) being fixed to the tab, near its other end, the tab being disposed between the body and drawer so that it can only move in its own plan, the first spindle being guided at least during the end of the race for closing the drawer in a first longitudinal groove (27) formed on the drawer, the second spindle being guided, on one side, in the first longitudinal groove, and on the other, in a second longitudinal groove (26) formed on the body, these two grooves ending at their end facing the user when the dispenser is in place, by a short lateral extension (27A, 26A), these two extensions being directed in opposite directions, the extension of the first groove being substantially at the rear end of the second groove, and the extension of the second groove located in front of that of the first groove, when the drawer is closed. Distributeur selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le tiroir comporte au moins un compartiment à produits (11) communiquant par une conduite (13) correspondante formée intégralement avec le tiroir dont l'embouchure vient s'appliquer contre une buse ou un orifice d'une conduite d'amenée d'eau lorsque le tiroir est fermé.Distributor according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the drawer has at least one product compartment (11) communicating via a corresponding pipe (13) formed integrally with the drawer whose mouth comes to rest against a nozzle or hole in a water supply line when the drawer is closed. Distributeur selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que le compartiment comporte une ouverture ou échancrure (14) d'évacuation de produits.Dispenser according to claim 5, characterized in that the compartment has an opening or notch (14) for discharging products.
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