EP2918215A1 - Reinigungsmittelspender für Geschirrspülmaschine - Google Patents

Reinigungsmittelspender für Geschirrspülmaschine Download PDF

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EP2918215A1
EP2918215A1 EP14425028.9A EP14425028A EP2918215A1 EP 2918215 A1 EP2918215 A1 EP 2918215A1 EP 14425028 A EP14425028 A EP 14425028A EP 2918215 A1 EP2918215 A1 EP 2918215A1
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Eros Pinaroli
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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
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    • A47L15/4409—Devices for adding cleaning agents; Devices for dispensing cleaning agents, rinsing aids or deodorants by tipping containers or opening their lids, e.g. with the help of a programmer

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  • the present invention relates to dishwashing machines, and in particular to a detergent dispenser in which the tray containing the detergent is provided with means for the active dispensing of the detergent.
  • a dishwasher typically includes inside the door a dispenser substantially consisting of a tray which is closable by a cover that engages a latch, said cover being biased open by a spring.
  • a dispenser substantially consisting of a tray which is closable by a cover that engages a latch, said cover being biased open by a spring.
  • a typical example of a dispenser provided with a cover that slides linearly is described in EP 0780087 , but the cover can also be hinged to the tray along one side thereof so as to rotate about an axis disposed in the plane of the door, as illustrated in US 2012/090463 , or the cover can rotate in the plane of the door being keyed on a shaft perpendicular thereto, as shown in US 4149657 .
  • specific reference will be made to a dispenser with a sliding cover of the first type mentioned above, but it is clear that what is being said is applicable with obvious modifications to a dispenser with a cover of any other type.
  • this tray washing jet is made necessary by the fact that powder detergents tend to compact and stick to the tray due to the conditions of temperature, vibration and humidity in which they are stored in the tray in the initial stages of the cycle before releasing the latch. It may also happen that the user loads the detergent in the tray long before the start of the wash cycle, so that environmental humidity has time to cause the adhesion of the detergent to the tray being the detergent strongly hygroscopic. On the other hand, it is not advisable to use liquid detergents in dishwashers because they have the disadvantage of not providing the same washing performance as powders, since certain essential components cannot by liquefied and/or do not remain in suspension.
  • the dishwasher must be able to operate with any type of detergent, depending on the choice of the user, ensuring the same degree of washing effectiveness and using completely the dose of detergent loaded into the dispenser.
  • the purpose of the present invention is therefore to provide a detergent dispenser for dishwasher that is free from said drawbacks. Said object is achieved by means of a dispenser in which the tray is provided with means for the active dispensing of the detergent, whereby it is not necessary for the tray to be exposed to the washing action of the sprayer as in traditional dispensers.
  • Other advantageous features of the present dispenser are specified in the subsequent claims, in particular the use of a single actuator for both the unlocking of the latch and the activation of the means for the active dispensing of the detergent.
  • a first great advantage of the present dispenser is to reduce the water consumption of the dishwasher as well as its noise, being able to do without the water jet dedicated to washing the tray.
  • a second significant advantage of this dispenser is that of having a higher reliability, because even if the detergent compacts and sticks to the tray the mechanism for the active dispensing is not affected and the dispenser is able to introduce the detergent in the washing liquid, which is not always the case with the traditional tray washing jet if the jet is not strong enough.
  • a further advantage of said dispenser derives from the fact that the upper sprayer is simpler and can dedicate all its nozzles to washing the dishes with even stronger water jets, since it does not have a nozzle dedicated to washing the tray.
  • Still another advantage of this type of dispenser resides in the possibility of placing it in different positions in the door, since it is no longer necessary to place it in correspondence of the upper sprayer to be reached by the dedicated tray washing jet.
  • dispenser maintains the advantage of being usable with any type of detergent (powder, liquid or tablets) and that its size does not vary significantly thus allowing to fit it in the dishwasher door as a traditional dispenser. It follows that it is easily applicable to any model of dishwasher without requiring special modifications to the machine structure and/or to the arrangement of its components, since any small changes required affect only the door.
  • a dispenser conventionally includes a body 1 at one end of which there is inserted a tray 2 for the load of the detergent which is closable by a sliding cover 3 that is pushed open by a spring (not shown) when an actuator 4 unlocks a latch (not shown) that holds it in the closed position.
  • actuator 4 does not act directly on the latch but rather on a rotating lever 5 pivoted to body 1 through a pin 6 so as to rotate in the plane of the dishwasher door.
  • a return spring 7 is arranged between body 1 and lever 5 to operate in contrast to actuator 4, so as to bring lever 5 back to the initial rest position when actuator 4 is turned off (spring 7 is only shown schematically in Fig.2 and is omitted in Fig.3 ).
  • a first novel aspect of the present dispenser lies in the presence on tray 2 of means for the active dispensing of the detergent which essentially consist of a pusher 8, externally fixed on the bottom of tray 2, and a spring 9 compressed between body 1 and said pusher 8 so as to push it outwards in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the door.
  • pusher 8 is formed by a rectangular plate 8a shaped and dimensioned for attachment to the bottom of tray 2, by perpendicular uprights 8b that extend from the short sides of plate 8a and are provided with pegs 8c whose longitudinal axes are parallel to plate 8a, and by an L-shaped hook 8d which extends perpendicularly from the center of plate 8a on the same side of uprights 8b.
  • Pusher 8 is slidably mounted in body 1, as better shown in Fig.3 , through pegs 8c which slide along guides formed by pairs of ribs 1a perpendicular to the plane of the door, while hook 8d passing through a corresponding hole 1b protrudes to the rear of a wall 1c that supports spring 9.
  • the purpose of hook 8d is to act as a latch for the activation of the means for the active dispensing of the detergent, since once disengaged it allows spring 9 to push outwards pusher 8 and with it tray 2 which is formed by a flexible membrane fixed to body 1 only along its own perimeter.
  • the locking of hook 8d in its rest position and its subsequent release are preferably achieved using the same rotating lever 5 moved by actuator 4 and spring 7.
  • lever 5 extends up to hook 8d with an L-shaped arm 5a, whose end engages hook 8d thus keeping spring 9 compressed between wall 1c and plate 8a.
  • actuator 4 pushes lever 5 making it rotate around pin 6 against the resistance of spring 7, and in these first few millimeters of travel actuator 4 causes the unlocking of the latch of cover 3 that slides sideways under the push of its spring as it normally occurs in traditional dispensers. Note that at the end of this first release phase arm 5a still engages hook 8d ( Fig.7 ), as is also evident from Fig.8 that differs from Fig.5 only for the absence of cover 3.
  • actuator 4 performs a second release phase by continuing to rotate lever 5 until arm 5a disengages from hook 8d ( Fig.9 ) and thus releases plate 8a which kept spring 9 compressed.
  • spring 9 can push plate 8a outwards ( Fig.10 ) and with it the bottom of tray 2, so that the flexible membrane that acts as a detergent container is turned inside out allowing the complete emptying of the detergent ( Fig.11 ).
  • pegs 8c which slide in the guides of body 1 defined by ribs 1a, ensuring a smooth passage of hook 8d through hole 1b of wall 1c.
  • tray 2 is not only reversed from concave to convex, but it also protrudes toward the inside of the wash tank and is therefore subject to a certain washing action by water jets that bounce off from the dishes and by streams of water dripping down the door.
  • actuator 4 At the end of its operating phase, actuator 4 is deactivated and returns to its rest position, together with lever 5, under the push of the return spring 7 ( Fig.12 ) as normally occurs in traditional dispensers.
  • This position of the components 4, 5 and 7 corresponds to the initial position shown in Fig.2 , but in this condition arm 5a does not engage hook 8d which is on the other side of wall 1c.
  • FIG. 16 there is illustrated a second embodiment of a dispenser according to the invention which differs from the first embodiment in the tray with the related means for the active dispensing of the detergent.
  • Fig.16 being equal to Fig.1 only seen from another angle, and of actuator 4 which unlocks the latch thereof by acting on lever 5 which rotates around pin 6, with the return spring 7 arranged between body 1 and lever 5 to return the latter to its initial position when actuator 4 is turned off ( Fig. 17 ).
  • the means for the active dispensing of the detergent essentially consist of a scraper 10 shaped and dimensioned to extend along half of the perimeter of tray 2'.
  • the ends of scraper 10 are pivoted to tray 2' so that scraper 10 can rotate 180° around an axis X arranged in the plane of the door. In the path from a semi-perimeter to the other, scraper 10 scrapes the entire inner surface of tray 2' thus removing the detergent that may have stuck to it.
  • tray 2' will therefore have a semicircular shape in a section along a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation X ( Fig.18 ), but it can have any shape in a section along a plane perpendicular to said plane of section.
  • tray 2' shown in the drawings occupies the same space of the rectangular tray 2 of the first embodiment, therefore it does not have a hemispherical shape which however it could have if it were wider.
  • the rotation of scraper 10 is preferably achieved by using the same rotating lever 5 moved by actuator 4 and spring 7, so as not to require other electrical components for the activation of the means for the active dispensing of the detergent.
  • lever 5 is provided on its front face with a protrusion 5b which engages with play a toothed sector 11, in correspondence of a cavity 11a, which is pivoted to body 1 through a pin 12 so as to rotate in a plane perpendicular to the dishwasher door ( Fig.19 ).
  • This toothed sector 11 engages in turn a toothed wheel 13 coaxial with the axis of rotation X and integral with a shaft (not shown) on which is keyed the inner end of scraper 10.
  • a return spring 14 is also preferably arranged between body 1 and the toothed sector 11 to help spring 7 return the toothed sector 11 to the initial position when actuator 4 is turned off.
  • actuator 4 pushes lever 5 making it rotate around pin 6 against the resistance of spring 7.
  • actuator 4 causes the unlocking of the latch of cover 3 that slides sideways under the push of its spring as it normally occurs in traditional dispensers ( Fig.20 ).
  • protrusion 5b has moved only within cavity 11 a and has not yet caused any rotation of the toothed sector 11 ( Fig.23 ), as is also evident from Fig.22 that differs from Fig.18 only for the position of cover 3.
  • actuator 4 continues to rotate lever 5 ( Fig.24 ) so that projection 5b drives into rotation the toothed sector 11 around pin 12 against the resistance of the return spring 14.
  • This rotation of the toothed sector 11, clockwise in the view of Fig.26 in turn causes an opposite rotation (counterclockwise in Fig.26 ) of the toothed wheel 13 around axis X which results in a corresponding rotation of scraper 10 in tray 2' ( Fig.25 ).
  • actuator 4 is deactivated and returns to its rest position, together with lever 5, under the push of the return spring 7 as it normally occurs in traditional dispensers. Consequently, also projection 5b returns to its rest position of Fig.19 causing, with the aid of spring 14 which has reached the maximum extension ( Fig.29 ), the reverse rotation of the toothed sector 11 and toothed wheel 13 which in turn brings scraper 10 back to its rest position of Fig.18 . Therefore also the return travel of scraper 10 is useful for scraping tray 2' in the opposite direction, to better guarantee the total removal of the detergent from the inner surface thereof.
  • FIG. 30 there is illustrated a third embodiment of the dispenser that differs from the previous ones always in the tray with the related means for the active dispensing of the detergent.
  • the means for the active dispensing of the detergent essentially consist of a vibrating motor 15 fixed externally on the bottom of tray 2" by means of a plate 16, in a similar way to plate 8a of the first embodiment.
  • Tray 2" is substantially rectangular and preferably also made as tray 2 of the first embodiment, i.e. a flexible membrane fixed to body 1 only along its own perimeter.
  • tray 2" The only difference of tray 2" resides in the lower side more inclined than the upper side, said sides being so defined in the operating position of Fig.32 , so as to facilitate the dispensing by gravity of the detergent.
  • the simple operation of this dispenser consist in activating, after the opening of cover 3, the vibrating motor 15 which generates the vibration of plate 16 and therefore of tray 2" allowing the detachment and complete dispensing of the detergent.
  • tray 2" might also have a rigid structure as tray 2', provided that it is flexibly attached to body 1 so as to allow the vibrating motor 15 to shake it effectively without transmitting excessive vibrations to body 1 which would make noisy the dispenser operation.
  • the activation of the means for the active dispensing of the detergent is independent from actuator 4 that releases cover 3, since the vibrating motor 15 is already in itself an electrical component that is switched on and off directly by the control unit of the dishwasher same as actuator 4.
  • the embodiments of the dispenser according to the invention described and illustrated above are just examples susceptible of various modifications.
  • the shape, size and arrangement of the tray for the load of the detergent can be varied according to the needs, as well as the means for moving cover 3 and for the activation of the means for the active dispensing of the detergent.
  • a specific electrical or mechanical component for said activation such as a second actuator or a second lever driven by actuator 4.
  • actuator 4 rather than unlocking the latch of the spring-loaded cover 3 might directly control the movement of cover 3, which would therefore not be spring-loaded.

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