EP1295980A1 - Haushaltwaschmaschine mit Wasserrückführung und niedrigem Wasserverbrauch - Google Patents
Haushaltwaschmaschine mit Wasserrückführung und niedrigem Wasserverbrauch Download PDFInfo
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- EP1295980A1 EP1295980A1 EP02016697A EP02016697A EP1295980A1 EP 1295980 A1 EP1295980 A1 EP 1295980A1 EP 02016697 A EP02016697 A EP 02016697A EP 02016697 A EP02016697 A EP 02016697A EP 1295980 A1 EP1295980 A1 EP 1295980A1
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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
- D06F39/00—Details of washing machines not specific to a single type of machines covered by groups D06F9/00 - D06F27/00
- D06F39/08—Liquid supply or discharge arrangements
- D06F39/083—Liquid discharge or recirculation arrangements
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- the present invention refers to an improved kind of clothes washing machine, preferably for home use, which is adapted to ensure a particularly low water usage.
- One of the home appliances that normally requires appreciable water amounts in each working cycle thereof is the clothes washing machine; such an appliance works by letting a first amount of water into a washing tub, together with the clothes to be washed and the detergent or washing product, and then appropriately processing such clothes until they are thoroughly washed.
- the liquor used to carry it out is discharged outside the machine by means of a drain pump via an appropriate siphon-shaped outlet hose.
- This is subsequently followed by a sequence of rinsing phases consisting of pre-determined amounts of water being let into the tub and related agitation and water-discharge steps being performed, so that detergent residues are gradually rinsed off the washed clothes.
- the discharge pipe is generally known to become filled with the liquor that was previously contained in the washing tub, and such a liquor so contained in the discharge pipe is in turn generally known to be retained there until the subsequent discharge phase takes place and, of course, it is heavily contaminated with detergent and soil particles.
- This liquor is then normally mixed with fresh water flowing in from the water distribution mains, but, owing to said liquor being rather heavily contaminated as already pointed out above, it unavoidably worsens the rinsing effectiveness of the resulting mixture to a considerable extent.
- This greater amount of fresh water needed in the rinsing phases must furthermore be multiplied by the number of all such rinses and, considering that no less than three rinses are usually provided in a washing programme of a clothes washing machine, the aggregate additional amount of fresh water, needed to adequately dilute the polluting substances contained in the liquor flowing back from the discharge pipe, ultimately bears heavily on the total water usage of the washing machine to complete a washing programme, so that it is becoming less and less acceptable.
- the clothes washing machine of the above cited kind shall be capable of being easily implemented through the use of readily available means and techniques; it shall in addition be competitive in its construction and convenient in its use; in particular, it shall be capable of being made with a minimum extent of modifications to be introduced with respect to clothes washing machine designs being currently produced.
- the new features so added to the washing machine shall furthermore be such as to avoid impairing or affecting the overall reliability of the machine itself.
- a clothes washing machine comprises a perforated drum 1 that is provided rotatably within an enclosed tub 2; an arrangement 3 for letting water from the mains into said tub comprises a dispenser and a conduit 3A connecting said dispenser with said tub.
- a discharge manifold 4 which is connected on one side to the discharge pipe 6 and, on the opposite intake side, to the sleeve 7 which is in turn connected, at the other end portion thereof, with an aperture 8 provided in the bottom of said tub.
- a suitable recirculation manifold 10 that is connected via an appropriate first conduit 11 to said discharge manifold and, via a second conduit 12, to per se known means 13 adapted to direct a water jet towards the interior of said drum.
- said recirculation manifold 10 is provided with a suitable pump 14 that is adapted to take in liquor from the discharge manifold and pump it towards said means 13 for letting the liquor into said drum.
- C f Q(fabrics) V(fabrics) where V(fabrics) is the amount of water retained in the clothes, so that the quantity of pollutants in the clothes will be:
- Q(fabrics) C f ⁇ V(fabrics)
- the two values of the concentrations C 1 and C 3 are homogeneous since they are obtained with equal amounts of water being used in the aggregate, even though the first value is referred to a traditional cycle, while the second value refers to a cycle according to the present invention.
- the reduced concentration obtained in this manner may be used to advantage also in the opposite way, i.e. by accepting a normal concentration, but reducing the amount of fresh water used in the rinsing phase accordingly.
- An improvement of the present invention can be easily obtained considering that the water of the last rinse cycle is usually clean enough as to be capable of being re-used without any problem; as a result, the just described mode of operation is avoided and, through the pressure switch 9, the water discharge phase is interrupted as soon as the water head in the sleeve and, possibly, even in the lower portion of the tub reaches down to a level L lying just below the lowest level of the drum, so as to avoid hindering the spin-extraction phase.
- Exhaustive tests carried out on average-performance clothes washing machines have demonstrated that it is possible for approx. 2 litres of fresh water to be saved in this manner per washing programme.
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IT2001PN000067A ITPN20010067A1 (it) | 2001-09-20 | 2001-09-20 | Lavabiancheria domestica a ricircolo a basso consumo d'acqua. |
ITPN20010067 | 2001-09-20 |
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EP1295980A1 true EP1295980A1 (de) | 2003-03-26 |
EP1295980B1 EP1295980B1 (de) | 2004-10-13 |
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EP02016697A Expired - Lifetime EP1295980B1 (de) | 2001-09-20 | 2002-07-26 | Haushaltwaschmaschine mit Wasserrückführung und niedrigem Wasserverbrauch |
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EP (1) | EP1295980B1 (de) |
AT (1) | ATE279566T1 (de) |
DE (1) | DE60201565T2 (de) |
IT (1) | ITPN20010067A1 (de) |
Cited By (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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EP2559803A1 (de) | 2011-08-18 | 2013-02-20 | Miele & Cie. KG | Waschmaschine mit einem Laugenbehälter und Umflutpumpe |
EP3382087A1 (de) * | 2017-03-29 | 2018-10-03 | Miele & Cie. KG | Verfahren zum betreiben eines wasserführenden reinigungsgeräts und wasserführendes reinigungsgerät |
US11168434B2 (en) | 2019-01-23 | 2021-11-09 | Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc. | Valve manifold with auxiliary inlet for a washing machine appliance |
Citations (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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FR1372338A (fr) * | 1962-11-17 | 1964-09-11 | Bosch Gmbh Robert | Machine à laver |
EP0030602A1 (de) * | 1979-12-18 | 1981-06-24 | Bosch-Siemens HausgerÀ¤te GmbH | Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Spülen von in einer programmgesteuerten Waschmaschine gewaschener Wäsche |
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- 2002-07-26 DE DE60201565T patent/DE60201565T2/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2002-07-26 EP EP02016697A patent/EP1295980B1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2002-07-26 AT AT02016697T patent/ATE279566T1/de not_active IP Right Cessation
Patent Citations (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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FR1372338A (fr) * | 1962-11-17 | 1964-09-11 | Bosch Gmbh Robert | Machine à laver |
EP0030602A1 (de) * | 1979-12-18 | 1981-06-24 | Bosch-Siemens HausgerÀ¤te GmbH | Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Spülen von in einer programmgesteuerten Waschmaschine gewaschener Wäsche |
Cited By (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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EP2559803A1 (de) | 2011-08-18 | 2013-02-20 | Miele & Cie. KG | Waschmaschine mit einem Laugenbehälter und Umflutpumpe |
EP3382087A1 (de) * | 2017-03-29 | 2018-10-03 | Miele & Cie. KG | Verfahren zum betreiben eines wasserführenden reinigungsgeräts und wasserführendes reinigungsgerät |
US11168434B2 (en) | 2019-01-23 | 2021-11-09 | Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc. | Valve manifold with auxiliary inlet for a washing machine appliance |
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DE60201565T2 (de) | 2005-10-27 |
EP1295980B1 (de) | 2004-10-13 |
ATE279566T1 (de) | 2004-10-15 |
ITPN20010067A1 (it) | 2003-03-20 |
DE60201565D1 (de) | 2004-11-18 |
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