EP3725940A1 - Device for forming a set of textile items for washing and/or drying - Google Patents

Device for forming a set of textile items for washing and/or drying Download PDF

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EP3725940A1
EP3725940A1 EP19170372.7A EP19170372A EP3725940A1 EP 3725940 A1 EP3725940 A1 EP 3725940A1 EP 19170372 A EP19170372 A EP 19170372A EP 3725940 A1 EP3725940 A1 EP 3725940A1
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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
    • D06F95/00—Laundry systems or arrangements of apparatus or machines; Mobile laundries 
    • D06F95/008—Devices for keeping articles together during laundering, e.g. for keeping socks in pairs ; Devices for protecting or shielding certain parts of the articles during laundering, e.g. button protectors
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B9/00—Hat, scarf, or safety pins or the like
    • A44B9/12—Safety-pins
    • A44B9/18—Hinges; Locking devices

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  • the invention relates to the field of devices for constituting a set of textile articles.
  • Such devices are advantageously used in connection with any type of machine intended to receive textile articles, preferably but not limited to a machine of the washing machine and / or dryer type.
  • one of the objectives of said devices consists in keeping a set of integral textile articles, in particular during their treatment in the machine and / or their drying. Said devices thus make it possible to prevent the loss or mixing of textile articles during the sorting of the latter, their routing and their treatment by any machine intended to receive them, to offer a significant saving of time, in particular during the recovery of textile articles after machine treatment, drying and post sorting.
  • the invention is therefore a vector of daily improvements for its user.
  • the term “textile article” is understood to mean any element or object capable of being woven or knitted and capable of being able to be divided into fibers or textile threads, that is to say say composed of one or more materials, among which we find, by way of nonlimiting examples: cotton, hemp, linen, wool (known by the general term of organic textiles) or asbestos stone (known under the general term of mineral textile), or even with the evolutions of the technique, synthetic fibers.
  • the word textile can also be applied to the result after transformation.
  • certain current techniques use manufacturing processes by pressing or by agglomeration of textiles.
  • the invention cannot be limited to textile articles produced by conventional weaving and / or knitting processes.
  • the term “textile article” can denote linen. clothing and / or clothing in general, such as underwear, gloves, socks, t-shirts, sweaters, shirts, etc.
  • set of textile articles is understood to mean the integration of one or more textile articles within the device.
  • Each household performs on average nearly five laundry per week for its domestic use. This consumption may vary depending on the number of individuals present in the household, their ages or even their activities.
  • the pre- and / or post-washing sorting steps are all the more time-consuming as the number of individuals is high, as the textile articles, by virtue of their composition or their color, require different machine treatments, on the one hand during the washing step and on the other hand during the drying step.
  • certain textile articles may, by virtue of their textile compositions, require particular treatments during the various steps mentioned above.
  • the temperature employed in washing is often a factor involved in the discoloration of a textile article of bright or dark colors which may bleed onto lighter textile articles.
  • the use of a unsuitable temperature may further cause a shrinkage of the textile article during the washing and / or drying step, in particular when using a clothes dryer, the drying of which may also induce deterioration of the fiber if said textile article is said to be delicate, composed for example, without limitation, of cashmere, silk and cotton.
  • the spin speed also has an influence on certain textile fibers, very often causing said article to shrink when a spin speed is too high.
  • a first device for constituting a set of textile articles consisting of a laundry bag generally comprises a training element in the form of a polyester net, forming a bag, and reversible closure means such as, for example, a zipper or a drawstring. Tightening. Easy to use and generally able to accommodate up to two kilos of textile articles, such a laundry bag makes it possible, in particular, to sort said textile articles according to different purposes sought by a user responsible for washing and / or drying. As mentioned above, families of textile articles can thus be formed so as to be able to discriminate between textile articles by individual, by color or even according to the compositions of the textile articles.
  • such a first device in the form of a laundry bag has many drawbacks. Indeed, the mesh of the net composing such a laundry bag may be unsuitable for washing, or hamper its effectiveness because the circulation of water through the laundry bag during the washing cycle is not optimal and reduces the exchange surface between the textile articles and the cleaning agents present in the detergent used during washing. Such a phenomenon is all the more important when the user of the laundry bag does not respect the maximum capacity of said laundry bag, an overload inevitably leading to an agglomeration of the textile articles within the bag and consequently reducing the efficiency of the laundry bag. a wash cycle.
  • such a first device in the form of a laundry bag does not make it possible to reduce, in a satisfactory manner, the time spent by a user of said bag during the pre and post washing sorting phases.
  • the textile articles, once placed in the laundry bag will very probably and inevitably mix during the washing phase.
  • Such a first known device is therefore unsuitable for a large number of situations that a user may encounter, in particular when it is a question of constituting a set of matched textile articles or of maintaining, in a given configuration within the device, different textile articles possibly at first sight difficult to distinguish.
  • said first device is particularly unsuitable for the drying step. Indeed, the drying time increases considerably in the case of automatic drying in a tumble dryer type machine. This is because textile items trapped in the laundry bag tend to clump together, dramatically increasing drying time. Such drying time is further increased in the case of manual drying, typically on a clothesline.
  • a second example of a known device consists of an attachment pin for socks, stockings or gloves.
  • Said second known device also comprises a forming element composed of two arms cooperating with one another via a hinge arranged to hold textile articles by clamping, when the device is in the closed configuration.
  • Such a device has, at the respective ends of the two arms, reversible closing means mutually arranged to cooperate so as to keep the device in the closed configuration.
  • such a second device comprises attachment means present on one of the two arms making it possible to cooperate with a control member. attachment of the clothes peg type so that said device cooperates with a third-party support, of the clothesline or clothesline type.
  • Said second example of a known device also has numerous ventilation openings made within the arms, in particular to promote washing and / or drying of textile articles.
  • Said second known device in the form of an attachment pin, advantageously offers a time saving after the washing step by dispensing with an additional sorting step on the one hand, and by allowing on the other hand, to its user, to extend the textile articles present in said device in a single manipulation.
  • such a second example of a known device has many drawbacks. First of all, it is only suitable for textile articles of small dimensions, such as, for example, socks, gloves or stockings.
  • the maintenance of the textile articles depends in particular on the fact that the surface of the textile article (s), in contact with the articulated arms forming a clamp in the closed configuration, must be sufficient so that the textile article (s) do not become detached from said device. .
  • a textile article having too great a thickness prevents the locking means from cooperating to keep the device in the closed configuration.
  • said second known device can only contain a very small number of textile articles of limited thicknesses and / or sizes.
  • the attachment means present on one of the two arms are arranged so that a third-party holding member, typically a clothes peg, can hold said device on a clothes line. Such attachment means therefore do not make it possible to dispense with the use of a third-party holding member.
  • Said third known device comprises a forming element advantageously adopting a "pin" configuration to form two flexible plastic pins.
  • Each pin comprises a flexible plastic membrane having an opening, in which one or more textile articles, and more particularly small textile articles, such as, for example, underwear and more particularly socks, can be introduced and held. without being damaged.
  • Said third example of a known device in the form of a spindle also has attachment means, such as a transverse notch, arranged to embed a third-party support of the clothesline type. The third device thus makes it possible to facilitate the sorting of certain textile articles, by keeping them integral throughout the washing and drying steps.
  • said third known device is only intended to accommodate a certain category of textile articles, typically socks. It is also impossible to introduce more than one pair of socks within said device, making the latter quickly unsuitable for any user wishing to simultaneously wash a large number of textile articles, such as socks, but also for any user. wishing to constitute a set of textile articles greater than two articles.
  • a fourth example of sock clip type devices similar to the third device mentioned in particular in connection with the utility certificate ES 1052658 U have also emerged.
  • a fourth exemplary embodiment of a known device also takes the form of a flexible and elastic plastic disc within which two recesses are made, so that a textile article can be held within said device by pinching said textile article.
  • This fourth device is particularly suitable for holding a sock and generally has, at one of its ends, attachment means formed by a third recess making it possible to facilitate the attachment of the device to a clothes line for example.
  • Such a fourth example of a device although it facilitates the manual drying step, in particular by spreading, has the same drawbacks as the third device described above. In fact, the time saving resulting from easier sorting is offset by the fact that a user can only insert one sock per device.
  • the invention makes it possible to respond to all or part of the drawbacks raised by the known solutions.
  • the user can, according to the invention, form an assembly consisting of a single textile article, so as to identify after the washing step the article in question, for example to be the subject of a particular treatment or belonging to an individual that we would like to distinguish.
  • the user can, according to the invention, constitute one or more pairs of textile articles, such as by way of nonlimiting example, pairs of socks, and / or pairs of gloves, and / or of low. He can thus order within the device according to the invention the pairs in question, so that once the washing and / or drying step has been carried out, said textile articles remain paired and ordered.
  • pairs of textile articles such as by way of nonlimiting example, pairs of socks, and / or pairs of gloves, and / or of low. He can thus order within the device according to the invention the pairs in question, so that once the washing and / or drying step has been carried out, said textile articles remain paired and ordered.
  • the user can constitute a set comprising women's underwear. Indeed, it can happen that the female underwear is lost between the sorting step and the washing step. Part of the underwear can, for example, remain in the laundry basket, the user can thus end up wearing mismatched underwear. More generally, the user can constitute one or more groups of textile articles, such groups comprising more than two textile articles.
  • the invention has the advantage of being able to be used by visually impaired people so that they can gain autonomy. Said visually impaired people will be able to fit the textile articles used in order to be able to wash / dry them in an associated manner. Thus, the next time the textile articles are used, the visually impaired person will not require the help of a third party to find matching textile articles.
  • the invention cannot therefore be limited to the number of textile articles constituting said assembly, comprising at least one textile article.
  • a device for constituting a set of textile articles to be washed and / or dried, comprising an element for forming said set of textile articles and reversible closure means cooperating with said forming element according to a suitable mechanical connection.
  • the training element of the latter is substantially elongated, has two ends and is arranged to pass through said textile articles.
  • the forming element and the reversible closing means are mutually arranged so that the ends of said forming element cooperate with said reversible closing means respectively according to suitable mechanical connections, so that the forming element is attached to or detached from said set of textile articles.
  • a device according to the invention allows cooperation between the ends of the forming element and the reversible closure means which is improved. Also, during the washing and / or drying steps, a set of textile articles within such a device is held by means of closure means and locking means.
  • Said forming element is formed of at least one rigid section so that said rigid section makes it possible to guarantee an orderly separation of the textile articles within a device according to the invention and to allow optimum drying of the textile articles.
  • said forming element of a device may be made of a flexible material making it possible to hold said device according to l
  • the invention is in a closed configuration and may have a substantially U-shaped profile.
  • the flexible material constituting the forming element has a flexibility such that one end of a section of the forming element. formation can move away from a second end of the formation element thus allowing the introduction of the textile articles on said section.
  • one of the ends of said forming element may be tapered.
  • the body of the reversible closure means may also include means for limiting the travel of the locking element.
  • a device in accordance with the invention may include attachment means arranged to cooperate with a third-party support.
  • such attachment means can cooperate integrally with the forming element, thus forming one and the same physical entity.
  • the training element and / or the means of Reversible closure may be made from one or more chemically inert and / or stainless materials, preferably the forming element is formed from stainless steel.
  • said device may have dimensions (L23, L24, L25, L, w, e , d) determined to be inserted into a drum of said apparatus for washing and / or drying textile articles.
  • FIG. 1A, 1B and 1C schematize views of an embodiment non-limiting of a device for constituting a set of textile articles according to the invention.
  • Such a device 1 for constituting a set of textile articles to be washed and / or dried in accordance with the invention thus comprises an element 20 for forming said set of textile articles.
  • the forming element 20 consists mainly of a substantially elongated body comprising two ends.
  • the term “elongated body” is understood to mean any object or any part of an object having a thin and elongated part and making it possible to pass through said textile articles.
  • the forming element 20 can advantageously pass through a mesh of a textile article and / or pass through an opening made in the textile article.
  • One or more textile articles thus passed through can be held within the device 1 by the forming element 20, the ends of which cooperate with reversible closure means 10, so that said textile article or articles remain captive of the device 1, in the order in which they were entered.
  • the forming element 20 may consist of a rod having a section of any shape.
  • the rod may have a circular section, in order to facilitate passage through the meshes of the textile articles, said rod comprising two ends 21, 22 intended to pass through said textile articles.
  • Such a forming element 20 can advantageously have a tapered profile at at least one of its ends 21, 22, in order to facilitate the passage of the end 21, 22 through a textile article and in particular to prevent damage to said article. textile.
  • the forming element 20 may take the form of a needle and have a tapered end 22.
  • the tapered end 22 of the forming element 20 may have a substantially rounded shape, in order to prevent a user of such a device from injuring himself with it. said tapered end constituting a set of textile articles.
  • the forming element 20 may comprise two tapered ends 21, 22 cooperating in a reversible manner with the reversible closure means 10, so that the insertion of articles textiles is facilitated.
  • said forming element 20 can also and advantageously be made of a flexible material and have a substantially U-shaped profile.
  • flexible material is understood to mean any type of material whose breaking point is such that said material is capable of undergo an elastic and / or plastic deformation without breaking, such as, by way of nonlimiting examples, metal alloys, preferably steel or iron.
  • the substantially U-shaped profile given to the training element 20, in connection with the figures 1A and 1B thus allows it to undergo sufficient elastic deformation under the stress of a user, so that the end 22 cooperates with the reversible closure means 10.
  • Such a deformation of the forming element 20 makes it possible to facilitate the handling of the device 1 according to the invention, in particular for constituting a set of textile articles.
  • the use of a flexible material for the design of the forming element 20 having a U-shaped profile makes it possible in particular to dispense with the use of a return spring to maintain said device in the closed configuration, said spring preventing any material separation at both ends.
  • the forming element 20 comprises a rigid and rectilinear section 23, such that said section 23 has sufficient stiffness not to be deformed after the constitution of the set of textile articles within the device 1.
  • rectilinear section means a section having the shape of a straight line.
  • rigid section is understood to mean a section which may be made of a rigid material, that is to say having physicochemical characteristics such that under the action of a stress, said section undergoes little or no deformations, thus maintaining its rectilinear profile.
  • the constitution of an assembly of textile articles within the device can generate, by virtue of their weight, a stress on said section 23 which can cause its deformation when said device is in suspension.
  • the section 23 of the forming element 20 must have mechanical characteristics and suitable dimensions, allowing it to maintain its rectilinear profile, thus making it possible to keep the textile articles in order and ultimately to optimize the drying step if necessary. by means of third-party support.
  • reversible closing means 10 are advantageously adapted to the forming element 20, that is to say that said reversible closing means 10 are intended to cooperate with the end 21, 22 of the forming element 20, of so that at least one of the ends 21, 22 of said forming element 20 can cooperate in a reversible manner with said reversible closure means 10.
  • the device 1 according to the invention can therefore be reused as desired after a washing step and / or drying without inducing a rupture of the forming element 20 with the reversible closure means 10.
  • said reversible closure means 10 may comprise a body 11 within which a groove 12 may be formed.
  • a groove may consist of a groove, advantageously arranged to receive one of the ends 21, 22 of the forming element 20, so that the latter can be secured to and / or detached from said set of textile articles.
  • the body 11 of the reversible closure means 10 can thus have any suitable geometric shape, such a shape possibly being arranged according to the configuration, the material and / or the profile of the training element 20.
  • the forming element 20 advantageously having a U-shaped profile
  • the body 11 can advantageously be of substantially cubic shape or equivalent to a block.
  • the invention should not however be limited to these only examples of configuration, said body 11 being able, as a variant, to have a substantially cylindrical or spherical shape.
  • the reversible closure means 10 can comprise two bodies, within which are respectively formed two grooves or through holes, said grooves or through holes being arranged to accommodate one of the ends 21, 22 of the forming element 20, so that the latter is secured and / or detached from said set of textile articles.
  • a groove 12 can be made within the body 11, said groove being arranged to accommodate one of the ends 21. , 22 of the forming element 20.
  • said groove 12 may have dimensions adapted to the dimensions of the end 21, 22 of the forming element 20 accommodated within said groove 12.
  • the invention does not can however be limited to the number of grooves made within said body 11.
  • the invention provides that the body 11 can comprise a second groove, also arranged to receive the second end 21, 22 of the forming element 20.
  • the ends 21, 22 of the element of formation 20 cooperate with the body 11 in a reversible manner, so that the reversible closure means 10 can become detached from the formation element 20 in the open configuration and thus form two distinct physical entities.
  • the cooperation between the reversible closure means 10 and the formation 20 can be materialized by any connection capable of ensuring the association between the reversible closure means 10 and the formation element 20.
  • the invention provides that the reversible closure means 10 and the forming element 20 cooperate integrally together, permanently, according to a suitable mechanical connection.
  • a single groove 12 is formed within the body 11 of the reversible closure means 10, the end 22 of the forming element 20 being advantageously received in a reversible manner within said groove 12.
  • the invention then provides that the end 21 of the forming element 20 cooperates permanently with the body 11.
  • a recess is advantageously made in all or part of the body 11, so that the end 21 fits into the body 11 and is maintained permanently.
  • the groove 12 of the body 11 may be arranged to open out into a recess running through all or part of said body 11, so that one of the ends 21, 22 of the forming element 20 can remain captive of said body 11 once received by the body 11.
  • the body 11, or more generally the reversible closure means 10, can advantageously be customizable.
  • Such a personalization of the reversible closure means 10 or more generally of the device 1 according to the invention can advantageously consist of one or more inscriptions, colors, reliefs or any other type of information perceptible by one of the senses of a human.
  • Such a category may for example consist of a set of textile articles comprising articles composed of similar fabrics, for example more or less delicate, the segregation of which should be carried out before the washing and / or drying step.
  • the purpose of segregation is, for example, to separate textile articles requiring conventional manual drying, in particular textile articles not intended for automatic drying, from textile articles intended for machine drying.
  • the invention cannot however be limited to the means used to personalize a device according to the invention, such personalization means thus being able to be adapted and / or arranged according to the configuration and / or the structure of the means conveying such a marking. perceptible by humans.
  • the invention cannot, however, be limited to the only exemplary embodiments, more particularly the arrangement or the structure, of the reversible closure means mentioned above.
  • the invention thus provides that any closure means making it possible to ensure reversible cooperation with the forming element, so that the latter can be secured to and / or detached from said set of textile articles, may be used instead. .
  • the reversible closure means 10 of a device in accordance with the invention may further comprise locking means.
  • Said locking means make it possible in particular to maintain said device 1 in the closed configuration.
  • the forming element 20 could become detached from the closure means. reversible 10, thus releasing the textile articles within the drum and destroying all the sorting work carried out upstream by a user of said device 1.
  • such locking means may comprise a locking element 13 mounted to move, that is to say in translation and / or rotation on the body 11, and arranged so as to surround said body 11 and close the groove. 12 in a closed configuration, so that the end 22 of the forming element 20 remains captive of said body 11.
  • the body 11 and the locking element 13 are mutually arranged to cooperate in a mechanical connection suitable for carrying out a translational and / or rotational movement.
  • the locking element 13 consists of a sliding ring mounted movably in translation cooperating with the body 11 in a slide-type connection.
  • said locking element 13 may comprise a longitudinal protuberance arranged to cooperate with a corresponding groove made in said body 11 making it possible to close or not the groove 12 made within the body 11 and thus prevent the separation of the body 11. set of textile articles.
  • the locking element 13, optionally in the form of a ring can advantageously be threaded and arranged to cooperate with a corresponding thread made on the body 11 in a helical type connection, so as to close off the groove 12 and maintain the end 22 of the forming element 20 within said groove 12.
  • the reversible closure means 10 may further comprise means 14 for limiting the travel of the locking element 13.
  • the possible translational and / or rotational movement (s) of the locking element 13 relating to the body 11 may, if they are not held on the surface of the body 11, lead to the separation of said locking element 13 from said body 11 and cause an untimely opening of the device and consequently the separation of the assembly textile articles of the forming element 20.
  • the limiting means 14 may consist of one or more stops arranged at the ends of said body 11, so that the locking element 13 remains integral and limited in its mobility to the surface of said body 11.
  • the locking element 13 mounted movably may advantageously have dimensions smaller than the body 11, so that in the open configuration, the end 22 of the forming element 20 can be released from said body 11, and that the limiting means 14 block the stroke of the element lock 13.
  • a device 1 for constituting a set of textile articles in accordance with the invention may also include attachment means 30, arranged in particular to cooperate with any type of suitable third-party support.
  • attachment means 30, arranged in particular to cooperate with any type of suitable third-party support In fact, once a washing step is completed, the set of textile articles present within a device 1 according to the invention generally undergoes a drying step, which is carried out automatically and requires the use. a suitable drying device, or, as a variant, that this be carried out manually by hanging.
  • One of the aims of the invention is, as previously specified, to avoid as much as possible different manipulations of the set of textile articles, and more particularly the separation of the set, in particular during the drying step.
  • a “third party support” can consist of any type of support on which the device according to the invention can be fixed or suspended in order to carry out a manual drying step, such as By way of nonlimiting examples, a clothes line and / or a clothesline.
  • said attachment means 30 may be arranged to surround all or part of a fixed filiform support, such as, already mentioned by way of nonlimiting examples, a clothesline or a clothes line. .
  • a fixed filiform support such as, already mentioned by way of nonlimiting examples, a clothesline or a clothes line.
  • the attachment means 30 can cooperate integrally with the forming element 20.
  • said fastening means 30 are arranged to be crimped onto the forming element 20, possibly mounted to move in translation on said element.
  • the arrangement of said attachment means 30 on the forming element 20 will be such that the weight of the device 1 can be uniformly distributed when said device cooperates with a third-party support.
  • the forming element 20 has a U-shaped profile, that is to say comprises two sections consisting of arms 23, 24, the invention provides that the attachment means 30 can cooperate, more particularly enclose the 'one of the two arms.
  • the attachment means 30 can cooperate permanently with the forming element 20, preferably but not limitatively, so as not to form only one and the same physical entity.
  • attachment means 30 can cooperate with the reversible closure means 10.
  • the invention provides for the attachment means 30 to be able to cooperate reversibly with the training element 20 or more generally with the device 1.
  • Such a configuration proves to be particularly advantageous, since it allows a user to surround and / or fix the attachment means 30 on any section of the forming element 20.
  • the user can also decide not to use the attachment means 30, in particular in the case of where the use of a drying device is suitable and / or necessary.
  • the user opts for a manual drying mode, using a third-party support, he can directly fix the attachment means 30 on the forming element 20 prior to the drying step when the latter is carried out manually, thus making it possible to preserve said attachment means 30 from possible deterioration during the washing step.
  • the reversible cooperation of the attachment means 30 with the forming element 20 makes it possible to balance the device 1 comprising a set of textile articles once in cooperation with the third support. Indeed, textile articles of different weights can induce a non-uniform distribution of the total weight of the device 1.
  • the attachment means 30 are formed by a hook and any type of curved attachment making it possible to suspend the device 1 from a clothesline or a clothes line.
  • a section 23, 24 of the forming element 20 can advantageously be rigid and have a rectilinear profile, allowing said section to undergo substantially no deformation, in particular under the stress of the weight of a set of textile articles, when the latter are wet.
  • a poor distribution of the weight of said assembly within the device 1 may possibly lead to destabilization of the latter, once in cooperation with the third-party support.
  • the section 23 is substantially parallel to the third support, not shown in the figures for the sake of simplification, when the device 1 is fixed to said third support via the attachment means 30.
  • a destabilization of the device 1 would therefore result in 'affect this parallelism, thereby inducing the formation of a cluster of textile articles within the device 1, thus increasing the drying time of said textile articles.
  • the attachment means 30 can be fixed, such that the device remains stable, that is to say, in the case of the embodiment described in connection with the figure 1A substantially parallel to the device 1, once in cooperation with the third support.
  • a device 1 for constituting a set of textile articles in accordance with the invention may preferably consist of one or more chemically inert and / or stainless materials. Indeed, said device 1 is designed to be received by any type of washing and / or drying apparatus.
  • the temperatures employed during the washing and / or drying step for conventional household appliances generally vary from 30 ° C to 90 ° C.
  • a large number of detergents whose composition, in particular in detergents and other active principles differ, is available on the market.
  • the forming element 20 of the latter may be composed mainly of stainless steel.
  • the closure and / or locking means 10 may, for their part, be composed of plastic material such as, by way of nonlimiting examples, a compound of the family of thermoplastics, more particularly polyvinyl chloride, also known as the abbreviation PVC.
  • said device may have determined dimensions.
  • a device 1 comprises a forming element 20 in the form of a rod, advantageously made of stainless steel and having a U-shaped profile, reversible closure means 10 comprising a body 11 of substantially cubic shape, within which a groove 12 is formed, said body 11 integrally cooperating with one of the ends 21, 22 of the rod by means of a connection of the embedding type.
  • the reversible closure means 10 of said device 1 also comprise locking means in the form of a sliding ring acting as a locking element 13, said body 11 comprising stops 14 distributed at the ends of the body 11 arranged to limit the stroke. of the sliding ring 13.
  • the forming element 20, in the form of a rod comprises a first section 23 whose length L23 is between ten and twenty centimeters, preferably fourteen centimeters, a second section 24 whose length L24 is between ten and twenty centimeters twenty centimeters, preferably fourteen centimeters, a third section 25, providing the junction between the first and second sections 23, 24, the length L25 of which is between two and five centimeters, preferably three centimeters, a first end 21 succeeding the second section 24 and ensuring permanent cooperation with the body 11 and a second end 22 succeeding the first section 23 and designed to be inserted into the groove 12 made within said body 11.
  • the body 11 having a substantially cubic shape, cooperates with the end 21 of the forming element 20 by a connection of the embedding type, said connection being materialized on the figure 1B by dotted lines.
  • the groove 12 made within the body 11 can run through all or part of the body 11 so that said body 11 is substantially hollow. Such a groove 12 is advantageously arranged to receive the end 22, said end 22 remaining captive of the body 11 in the closed configuration, a situation illustrated by figure 1A .
  • the length L25 of the section 25 of the rod and the width w of the body 11 can be substantially the same.
  • the body 11, having a substantially cubic or equivalent geometric shape with a block has the following dimensions: a length L and a width w of between two and five centimeters, preferably three centimeters, as well as a thickness e of between one and three centimeters, preferably one and a half centimeters.
  • the forming element 20 depending on the type of set of textile articles that it constitutes, can be caused to pass through the stitches of said textile articles.
  • the section of the rod being substantially cylindrical and constituting the forming element 20 in the exemplary embodiment of a device according to the invention described in connection with the figures 1A and 1B , may have a diameter d greater than half a millimeter, preferably equal to one and a half millimeter, such a diameter being optimal, on the one hand to avoid deterioration of the device and / or of the textile articles during the washing phases and / or drying, on the other hand, to allow the tapered end 22 to pass through any type of textile article, so that, upon removal of the textile article, the latter is not damaged.

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Abstract

Dispositif pour constituer un ensemble d'articles textiles à laver et/ou à sécher L'invention concerne un dispositif (1) pour constituer un ensemble d'articles textiles à laver et/ou à sécher, comprenant un élément de formation (20) dudit ensemble d'articles textiles, des moyens de fermeture réversible (10) coopérant avec ledit élément de formation (20) selon une liaison mécanique adaptée. De manière à maintenir ordonnés et facilement identifiables des articles textiles, le dispositif peut comprendre un élément de formation (20) sensiblement longiligne, deux extrémités (21,22) et peut être agencé pour traverser lesdits articles textiles, l'élément de formation (20) et les moyens de fermeture réversible (10) peuvent mutuellement être agencés pour que les extrémités (21,22) dudit élément de formation (20) coopèrent avec lesdits moyens de fermeture réversible (10) respectivement selon des liaisons mécaniques adaptées, de sorte que l'élément de formation (20) est solidarisé et/ou désolidarisé dudit ensemble d'articles textiles.Device for constituting a set of textile articles to be washed and / or dried The invention relates to a device (1) for constituting a set of textile articles to be washed and / or dried, comprising an element (20) for forming said set of textile articles, reversible closure means (10) cooperating with said forming element (20) in a suitable mechanical connection. In order to maintain orderly and easily identifiable textile articles, the device may comprise a substantially elongated forming element (20), two ends (21,22) and may be arranged to pass through said textile articles, the forming element (20). ) and the reversible closure means (10) can be mutually arranged so that the ends (21,22) of said forming element (20) cooperate with said reversible closure means (10) respectively according to suitable mechanical connections, so that the forming element (20) is secured to and / or detached from said set of textile articles.

Description

Domaine technique de l'inventionTechnical field of the invention

L'invention concerne le domaine des dispositifs pour constituer un ensemble d'articles textiles. De tels dispositifs sont avantageusement employés en lien avec tout type de machine destinée à accueillir des articles textiles, préférentiellement mais non limitativement dans une machine de type lave-linge et/ou sèche-linge. Plus particulièrement, l'un des objectifs desdits dispositifs consiste à maintenir un ensemble d'articles textiles solidaires, notamment lors de leur traitement en machine et/ou de leur séchage. Lesdits dispositifs permettent ainsi de prévenir la perte ou le mélange d'articles textiles lors du tri de ces derniers, de leur acheminement et de leur traitement par toute machine destinée à les recevoir, d'offrir un gain de temps important, notamment lors de la récupération des articles textiles après traitement en machine, de leur séchage et de leur tri a posteriori. L'invention est donc vecteur d'améliorations au quotidien pour son utilisateur.The invention relates to the field of devices for constituting a set of textile articles. Such devices are advantageously used in connection with any type of machine intended to receive textile articles, preferably but not limited to a machine of the washing machine and / or dryer type. More particularly, one of the objectives of said devices consists in keeping a set of integral textile articles, in particular during their treatment in the machine and / or their drying. Said devices thus make it possible to prevent the loss or mixing of textile articles during the sorting of the latter, their routing and their treatment by any machine intended to receive them, to offer a significant saving of time, in particular during the recovery of textile articles after machine treatment, drying and post sorting. The invention is therefore a vector of daily improvements for its user.

Au sens de l'invention et dans tout le document, on entend par « article textile », tout élément ou objet susceptible d'être tissé ou tricoté et susceptible de pouvoir se diviser en fibres ou en fils textiles, c'est-à-dire composé d'un ou plusieurs matériaux, parmi lesquels on retrouve, à titre d'exemples non limitatifs : le coton, le chanvre, le lin, la laine (connus sous le terme général de textiles organiques) ou la pierre d'amiante (connue sous le terme général de textile minéral), ou encore avec les évolutions de la technique, des fibres synthétiques. Par extension, le mot textile peut également s'appliquer au résultat après transformation. Cependant, certaines techniques actuelles mettent en oeuvre des procédés de fabrication par pressage ou par agglomération de textiles. L'invention ne saurait se limiter aux articles textiles élaborés par les procédés classiques de tissage et/ou de tricotage.For the purposes of the invention and throughout the document, the term “textile article” is understood to mean any element or object capable of being woven or knitted and capable of being able to be divided into fibers or textile threads, that is to say say composed of one or more materials, among which we find, by way of nonlimiting examples: cotton, hemp, linen, wool (known by the general term of organic textiles) or asbestos stone ( known under the general term of mineral textile), or even with the evolutions of the technique, synthetic fibers. By extension, the word textile can also be applied to the result after transformation. However, certain current techniques use manufacturing processes by pressing or by agglomeration of textiles. The invention cannot be limited to textile articles produced by conventional weaving and / or knitting processes.

A titre d'exemples non limitatifs, le terme « article textile » peut désigner du linge de maison et/ou des vêtements de manière générale, tels que des sous-vêtements, des gants, des chaussettes, des t-shirts, des pulls, des chemises, etc.By way of nonlimiting examples, the term “textile article” can denote linen. clothing and / or clothing in general, such as underwear, gloves, socks, t-shirts, sweaters, shirts, etc.

Au sens de l'invention et dans tout le document, on entend par « ensemble d'articles textiles », l'intégration d'un ou plusieurs articles textiles au sein du dispositif.For the purposes of the invention and throughout the document, the term “set of textile articles” is understood to mean the integration of one or more textile articles within the device.

Arrière-plan technologiqueTechnological background

Chaque foyer effectue en moyenne près de cinq lessives par semaine pour son usage domestique. Cette consommation peut varier en fonction du nombre d'individus présents au sein du foyer, de leurs âges ou encore de leurs activités.Each household performs on average nearly five laundry per week for its domestic use. This consumption may vary depending on the number of individuals present in the household, their ages or even their activities.

Comme évoqué précédemment, le déplacement des articles textiles, leur traitement en machine, leur séchage, et/ou leur tri visant à répartir lesdits articles textiles, entre le ou les différents individus d'un foyer ou de tout type de collectivités destinées à accueillir un ou plusieurs individus, constituent autant d'étapes au cours desquelles tous types d'articles textiles peuvent être égarés. En effet, les articles textiles, et plus particulièrement ceux de petites dimensions, ont tendance à échapper à la vigilance d'un individu en charge du traitement des articles textiles, également qualifié ci-après « utilisateur », lors des différentes étapes de traitement desdits articles textiles, éventuellement en machine. De plus, lors d'une étape de tri, après lavage, il est souvent compliqué et/ou très chronophage de regrouper certains articles textiles désirés par ensembles, d'étendre un à un lesdits articles textiles sur un étendoir pour séchage, de les répartir en fonction des individus auxquels ils appartiennent, ou encore de trier par paires certains articles éventuellement très similaires. Les étapes de tris pré et/ou post-lavage sont d'autant plus chronophages que le nombre d'individus est élevé, que les articles textiles, de par leur composition ou leur couleur, nécessitent des traitements différents en machine, d'une part lors de l'étape de lavage et d'autre part lors de l'étape de séchage. En effet, certains articles textiles peuvent, de par leurs compositions textiles, nécessiter des traitements particuliers lors des différentes étapes citées précédemment. Par exemple, la température employée lors du lavage est souvent un facteur impliqué dans la décoloration d'un article textile de couleurs vives ou foncées qui peuvent déteindre sur des articles textiles plus clairs. L'emploi d'une température inadaptée peut en outre entraîner un rétrécissement d'article textile lors de l'étape de lavage et/ou de séchage, notamment lors de l'utilisation d'un sèche-linge, dont le séchage peut également induire une détérioration de fibre si ledit article textile est dit délicat, composé par exemple, de manière non limitative, de cachemire, de soie et de coton.As mentioned previously, the movement of textile articles, their treatment in the machine, their drying, and / or their sorting aimed at distributing said textile articles, between the different individuals or individuals of a household or of any type of community intended to accommodate a or several individuals, constitute as many stages during which all types of textile articles can be lost. In fact, textile articles, and more particularly those of small dimensions, tend to escape the vigilance of an individual in charge of processing textile articles, also referred to below as “user”, during the various stages of treatment of said articles. textile articles, possibly machine-produced. In addition, during a sorting step, after washing, it is often complicated and / or very time-consuming to group certain desired textile articles into sets, to extend said textile articles one by one on a drying rack for drying, to distribute them. according to the individuals to which they belong, or to sort in pairs certain items which may be very similar. The pre- and / or post-washing sorting steps are all the more time-consuming as the number of individuals is high, as the textile articles, by virtue of their composition or their color, require different machine treatments, on the one hand during the washing step and on the other hand during the drying step. In fact, certain textile articles may, by virtue of their textile compositions, require particular treatments during the various steps mentioned above. For example, the temperature employed in washing is often a factor involved in the discoloration of a textile article of bright or dark colors which may bleed onto lighter textile articles. The use of a unsuitable temperature may further cause a shrinkage of the textile article during the washing and / or drying step, in particular when using a clothes dryer, the drying of which may also induce deterioration of the fiber if said textile article is said to be delicate, composed for example, without limitation, of cashmere, silk and cotton.

De même, pour un article textile délicat, la vitesse d'essorage a également une influence sur certaines fibres textiles, entrainant bien souvent un rétrécissement dudit article lorsqu'une vitesse d'essorage est trop élevée.Likewise, for a delicate textile article, the spin speed also has an influence on certain textile fibers, very often causing said article to shrink when a spin speed is too high.

Ainsi, face aux difficultés mentionnées ci-avant, des solutions ont été mises au point pour pallier à certains des inconvénients évoqués précédemment.Thus, faced with the difficulties mentioned above, solutions have been developed to overcome some of the drawbacks mentioned above.

Parmi les solutions existantes, nous pouvons citer un exemple connu d'un premier dispositif pour constituer un ensemble d'articles textiles consistant en un sac à linge. De conception très simple, un tel sac à linge comprend généralement un élément de formation sous la forme d'un filet en polyester, formant un sac, et des moyens de fermeture réversibles tels que, par exemple une fermeture à glissière ou encore un cordon de serrage. Facile d'utilisation et pouvant généralement accueillir jusqu'à deux kilos d'articles textiles, un tel sac à linge permet, notamment, de trier lesdits articles textiles selon différents buts recherchés par un utilisateur chargé du lavage et/ou séchage. Tel qu'évoqué précédemment, des familles d'articles textiles peuvent ainsi être constituées de manière à pouvoir discriminer des articles textiles par individu, par couleur ou encore selon les compositions des articles textiles. Cependant, un tel premier dispositif sous la forme d'un sac à linge présente de nombreux inconvénients. En effet, les mailles du filet composant un tel sac à linge peuvent être inadaptées au lavage, ou en obérer l'efficacité car la circulation d'eau au travers du sac à linge pendant le cycle de lavage n'est pas optimale et diminue la surface d'échange entre les articles textiles et les agents nettoyants présents dans la lessive employée lors du lavage. Un tel phénomène est d'autant plus important lorsque l'utilisateur du sac à linge ne respecte pas la contenance maximale dudit sac à linge, une surcharge entrainant inévitablement une agglomération des articles textiles au sein du sac et diminuant en conséquence l'efficacité d'un cycle de lavage.Among the existing solutions, we can cite a known example of a first device for constituting a set of textile articles consisting of a laundry bag. Very simple in design, such a laundry bag generally comprises a training element in the form of a polyester net, forming a bag, and reversible closure means such as, for example, a zipper or a drawstring. Tightening. Easy to use and generally able to accommodate up to two kilos of textile articles, such a laundry bag makes it possible, in particular, to sort said textile articles according to different purposes sought by a user responsible for washing and / or drying. As mentioned above, families of textile articles can thus be formed so as to be able to discriminate between textile articles by individual, by color or even according to the compositions of the textile articles. However, such a first device in the form of a laundry bag has many drawbacks. Indeed, the mesh of the net composing such a laundry bag may be unsuitable for washing, or hamper its effectiveness because the circulation of water through the laundry bag during the washing cycle is not optimal and reduces the exchange surface between the textile articles and the cleaning agents present in the detergent used during washing. Such a phenomenon is all the more important when the user of the laundry bag does not respect the maximum capacity of said laundry bag, an overload inevitably leading to an agglomeration of the textile articles within the bag and consequently reducing the efficiency of the laundry bag. a wash cycle.

De plus, un tel premier dispositif sous la forme d'un sac à linge ne permet pas de diminuer, de manière satisfaisante, le temps passé par un utilisateur dudit sac lors de phases de tris pré et post lavage. En effet, les articles textiles, une fois disposés au sein du sac à linge, vont très probablement et immanquablement se mélanger lors de la phase de lavage. Un tel premier dispositif connu est donc inadapté à un grand nombre de situations qu'est susceptible de rencontrer un utilisateur, notamment lorsqu'il s'agit de constituer un ensemble d'articles textiles appariés ou de maintenir, dans une configuration donnée au sein du dispositif, différents articles textiles éventuellement à première vue difficilement distinguables. Qui plus est, ledit premier dispositif est particulièrement inadapté à l'étape de séchage. En effet, le temps de séchage augmente considérablement dans le cas d'un séchage automatique en machine de type sèche-linge. En effet, les articles textiles captifs du sac à linge ont tendance à former un amas, augmentant le temps de séchage de manière considérable. Un tel temps de séchage est encore accru dans le cas d'un séchage manuel, typiquement sur une corde à linge.In addition, such a first device in the form of a laundry bag does not make it possible to reduce, in a satisfactory manner, the time spent by a user of said bag during the pre and post washing sorting phases. In fact, the textile articles, once placed in the laundry bag, will very probably and inevitably mix during the washing phase. Such a first known device is therefore unsuitable for a large number of situations that a user may encounter, in particular when it is a question of constituting a set of matched textile articles or of maintaining, in a given configuration within the device, different textile articles possibly at first sight difficult to distinguish. What is more, said first device is particularly unsuitable for the drying step. Indeed, the drying time increases considerably in the case of automatic drying in a tumble dryer type machine. This is because textile items trapped in the laundry bag tend to clump together, dramatically increasing drying time. Such drying time is further increased in the case of manual drying, typically on a clothesline.

Contrairement à un séchage automatique qui génère de la chaleur de sorte que l'eau présente dans les articles textiles s'évapore, à un séchage manuel nécessite que esdits articles textiles aient une surface en contact avec l'air ambiant la plus grande possible. Un tel sac à linge est donc peu adapté à un tel séchage manuel, la formation d'amas d'articles textiles entrainant une diminution de la surface d'échange entre les articles textiles et l'air ambiant, créant ainsi des problèmes d'humidité et éventuellement donnant une mauvaise odeur auxdits articles textiles.Unlike automatic drying which generates heat so that the water present in textile articles evaporates, manual drying requires that said textile articles have as large a surface area in contact with ambient air as possible. Such a laundry bag is therefore not very suitable for such manual drying, the formation of clusters of textile articles leading to a reduction in the exchange surface between the textile articles and the ambient air, thus creating humidity problems. and possibly giving a bad odor to said textile articles.

Un deuxième exemple de dispositif connu consiste en une épingle d'attache pour chaussettes, bas ou gants. Ledit deuxième dispositif connue comprend également un élément de formation composé de deux bras coopérant l'un avec l'autre via une charnière agencée pour maintenir des articles textiles par pinçage, lorsque le dispositif se trouve en configuration fermée. Un tel dispositif présente aux extrémités respectives des deux bras, des moyens de fermeture réversible mutuellement agencés pour coopérer de manière à maintenir le dispositif en configuration fermée. En outre, un tel deuxième dispositif comporte des moyens d'attache présents sur l'un des deux bras permettant de coopérer avec un organe de fixation de type pince à linge de sorte que ledit dispositif coopère avec un support tiers, de type corde à linge ou étendoir. Ledit deuxième exemple de dispositif connu présente également de nombreuses ouvertures de ventilation pratiquées au sein des bras, pour favoriser notamment le lavage et/ou le séchage des articles textiles. Ledit deuxième dispositif connu, sous la forme d'une épingle d'attache, offre de manière avantageuse, un gain de temps après l'étape de lavage en s'affranchissant d'une étape de tri additionnelle d'une part, et en permettant d'autre part, à son utilisateur, d'étendre les articles textiles présents dans ledit dispositif en une seule manipulation. Cependant, un tel deuxième exemple de dispositif connu présente de nombreux inconvénients. Tout d'abord, il est uniquement adapté aux articles textiles de petites dimensions, tels que, par exemple des chaussettes, des gants ou des bas. En effet, le maintien des articles textiles dépend notamment du fait que la surface du ou des articles textiles, en contact avec les bras articulés formant une pince en configuration fermée, doit être suffisante pour que le ou les articles textiles ne se désolidarisent pas dudit dispositif. De plus, un article textile présentant une épaisseur trop importante empêche les moyens de verrouillage de coopérer pour maintenir le dispositif en configuration fermée. De ce fait, ledit deuxième dispositif connu ne peut contenir qu'un nombre très restreint d'articles textiles d'épaisseurs et/ou de tailles limitées. Enfin, les moyens d'attache présents sur l'un des deux bras sont agencés de sorte qu'un organe de maintien tiers, typiquement une pince à linge, puisse maintenir ledit dispositif sur un étendoir. De tels moyens d'attache ne permettent donc pas de s'affranchir de l'utilisation d'organe de maintien tiers.A second example of a known device consists of an attachment pin for socks, stockings or gloves. Said second known device also comprises a forming element composed of two arms cooperating with one another via a hinge arranged to hold textile articles by clamping, when the device is in the closed configuration. Such a device has, at the respective ends of the two arms, reversible closing means mutually arranged to cooperate so as to keep the device in the closed configuration. In addition, such a second device comprises attachment means present on one of the two arms making it possible to cooperate with a control member. attachment of the clothes peg type so that said device cooperates with a third-party support, of the clothesline or clothesline type. Said second example of a known device also has numerous ventilation openings made within the arms, in particular to promote washing and / or drying of textile articles. Said second known device, in the form of an attachment pin, advantageously offers a time saving after the washing step by dispensing with an additional sorting step on the one hand, and by allowing on the other hand, to its user, to extend the textile articles present in said device in a single manipulation. However, such a second example of a known device has many drawbacks. First of all, it is only suitable for textile articles of small dimensions, such as, for example, socks, gloves or stockings. Indeed, the maintenance of the textile articles depends in particular on the fact that the surface of the textile article (s), in contact with the articulated arms forming a clamp in the closed configuration, must be sufficient so that the textile article (s) do not become detached from said device. . In addition, a textile article having too great a thickness prevents the locking means from cooperating to keep the device in the closed configuration. As a result, said second known device can only contain a very small number of textile articles of limited thicknesses and / or sizes. Finally, the attachment means present on one of the two arms are arranged so that a third-party holding member, typically a clothes peg, can hold said device on a clothes line. Such attachment means therefore do not make it possible to dispense with the use of a third-party holding member.

Un autre troisième exemple de dispositif pour maintenir des articles textiles par paires est notamment décrit en lien avec le certificat d'utilité ES 1052658 U . Ledit troisième dispositif connu comprend un élément de formation adoptant avantageusement une configuration en « broche » pour former deux goupilles en plastique flexible. Chaque goupille comprend une membrane plastique flexible présentant une ouverture, dans laquelle un ou plusieurs articles textiles, et plus particulièrement des articles textiles de petites dimensions, tels que, par exemple, des sous-vêtements et plus particulièrement des chaussettes, peuvent être introduits et maintenus sans être endommagés. Ledit troisième exemple de dispositif connu en forme de broche présente en outre des moyens d'attache, telle qu'une encoche transversale, agencée pour enchâsser un support tiers de type corde à linge. Le troisième dispositif permet ainsi de faciliter le tri de certains articles textiles, en les maintenant solidaires tout au long des étapes de lavage et de séchage.Another third example of a device for holding textile articles in pairs is described in particular in connection with the utility certificate. ES 1052658 U . Said third known device comprises a forming element advantageously adopting a "pin" configuration to form two flexible plastic pins. Each pin comprises a flexible plastic membrane having an opening, in which one or more textile articles, and more particularly small textile articles, such as, for example, underwear and more particularly socks, can be introduced and held. without being damaged. Said third example of a known device in the form of a spindle also has attachment means, such as a transverse notch, arranged to embed a third-party support of the clothesline type. The third device thus makes it possible to facilitate the sorting of certain textile articles, by keeping them integral throughout the washing and drying steps.

Néanmoins, ledit troisième dispositif connu n'est prévu que pour accueillir une certaine catégorie d'articles textiles, typiquement des chaussettes. Il est de plus impossible d'introduire plus d'une paire de chaussettes au sein dudit dispositif, rendant ce dernier rapidement inadapté pour tout utilisateur désireux de laver simultanément un grand nombre d'articles textiles, tels que des chaussettes, mais également pour tout utilisateur désireux de constituer un ensemble d'articles textiles supérieur à deux articles.However, said third known device is only intended to accommodate a certain category of textile articles, typically socks. It is also impossible to introduce more than one pair of socks within said device, making the latter quickly unsuitable for any user wishing to simultaneously wash a large number of textile articles, such as socks, but also for any user. wishing to constitute a set of textile articles greater than two articles.

Un quatrième exemple de dispositifs de type pince à chaussettes, similaires au troisième dispositif évoqué notamment en lien avec le certificat d'utilité ES 1052658 U ont également vu le jour. Un quatrième exemple de réalisation d'un dispositif connu prend aussi la forme d'un disque de plastique flexible et élastique au sein duquel deux évidements sont pratiqués, de sorte qu'un article textile puisse être maintenu au sein dudit dispositif par pincement dudit article textile. Ce quatrième dispositif est particulièrement adapté au maintien d'une chaussette et présente généralement à une de ses extrémités, des moyens d'attache formés par un troisième évidement permettant de faciliter la fixation du dispositif sur un étendoir par exemple. Un tel quatrième exemple de dispositif, bien que facilitant l'étape de séchage manuelle, notamment par étendage, présente les mêmes inconvénients que le troisième dispositif décrit précédemment. En effet, le gain de temps découlant d'un tri facilité est contrebalancé par le fait qu'un utilisateur ne puisse introduire qu'une seule chaussette par dispositif.A fourth example of sock clip type devices, similar to the third device mentioned in particular in connection with the utility certificate ES 1052658 U have also emerged. A fourth exemplary embodiment of a known device also takes the form of a flexible and elastic plastic disc within which two recesses are made, so that a textile article can be held within said device by pinching said textile article. . This fourth device is particularly suitable for holding a sock and generally has, at one of its ends, attachment means formed by a third recess making it possible to facilitate the attachment of the device to a clothes line for example. Such a fourth example of a device, although it facilitates the manual drying step, in particular by spreading, has the same drawbacks as the third device described above. In fact, the time saving resulting from easier sorting is offset by the fact that a user can only insert one sock per device.

Ainsi, aucune des solutions existantes ne permet de résoudre tous les inconvénients précédemment mentionnés de manière satisfaisante.Thus, none of the existing solutions makes it possible to solve all the aforementioned drawbacks in a satisfactory manner.

Objectifs de l'inventionObjectives of the invention

L'invention permet de répondre à tout ou partie des inconvénients soulevés par les solutions connues.The invention makes it possible to respond to all or part of the drawbacks raised by the known solutions.

Parmi les nombreux avantages apportés par un dispositif pour constituer un ensemble d'articles textiles selon l'invention, nous pouvons mentionner que celui-ci permet :

  • d'offrir un gain de temps considérable, en facilitant et en diminuant notamment les étapes de tri pré et/ou post lavage des articles textiles et en permettant à l'utilisateur de catégoriser et/ou d'ordonner ces derniers selon son bon vouloir ;
  • de maintenir ordonnés et/ou identifiés les articles textiles au sein d'un dispositif ;
  • de faciliter l'étendage des articles textiles lors de l'étape de séchage, en réduisant drastiquement le nombre de manipulations à effectuer par un utilisateur ;
  • de s'affranchir de tout moyen de fixation tiers, tels que par exemple une ou plusieurs pinces à linges.
Among the many advantages provided by a device to constitute a set of textile articles according to the invention, we can mention that this allows:
  • to offer a considerable saving of time, by facilitating and reducing in particular the stages of sorting pre and / or post washing of the textile articles and by allowing the user to categorize and / or order the latter as he wishes;
  • to keep the textile articles ordered and / or identified within a device;
  • to facilitate the hanging of textile articles during the drying step, by drastically reducing the number of operations to be carried out by a user;
  • to dispense with any third-party fixing means, such as for example one or more clothespins.

Exposé de l'inventionDisclosure of the invention

L'utilisateur peut, selon l'invention, former un ensemble constitué d'un seul article textile, de manière à identifier après l'étape de lavage l'article en question, devant par exemple faire l'objet d'un traitement particulier ou appartenant à un individu que l'on souhaiterait distinguer.The user can, according to the invention, form an assembly consisting of a single textile article, so as to identify after the washing step the article in question, for example to be the subject of a particular treatment or belonging to an individual that we would like to distinguish.

En variante, l'utilisateur peut, selon l'invention, constituer une ou plusieurs paires d'articles textiles, telles que à titre d'exemple non limitatifs, des paires de chaussettes, et/ou des paires de gants, et/ou de bas. Il peut ainsi ordonner au sein du dispositif selon l'invention les paires en question, de sorte qu'une fois l'étape de lavage et/ou séchage effectuée, lesdits articles textiles demeurent appariés et ordonnés.As a variant, the user can, according to the invention, constitute one or more pairs of textile articles, such as by way of nonlimiting example, pairs of socks, and / or pairs of gloves, and / or of low. He can thus order within the device according to the invention the pairs in question, so that once the washing and / or drying step has been carried out, said textile articles remain paired and ordered.

Également, l'utilisateur, peut constituer un ensemble comprenant des sous-vêtements féminins. En effet, il peut arriver que les dessous féminins soient égarés entre l'étape de tri et l'étape de lavage. Une partie des dessous peut, par exemple, demeurer dans la panière à linge sale, l'utilisateur peut ainsi se retrouver à porter des sous-vêtements dépareillés. Plus généralement, l'utilisateur peut constituer un ou plusieurs groupes d'articles textile, de tels groupes comprenant plus de deux articles textiles.Also, the user can constitute a set comprising women's underwear. Indeed, it can happen that the female underwear is lost between the sorting step and the washing step. Part of the underwear can, for example, remain in the laundry basket, the user can thus end up wearing mismatched underwear. More generally, the user can constitute one or more groups of textile articles, such groups comprising more than two textile articles.

En outre, l'invention présente l'avantage de pouvoir être utilisée par des personnes malvoyantes afin qu'elles puissent gagner en autonomie. Lesdites personnes malvoyantes pourront appareiller les articles textiles utilisés afin de pouvoir les laver/sécher de manière associée. Ainsi, lors de la prochaine utilisation des articles textiles, la personne malvoyante ne nécessitera pas l'aide d'une personne tierce pour trouver des articles textiles appareillés. L'invention ne saurait ainsi être limitée au nombre d'articles textiles constituant ledit ensemble, comprenant a minima un article textile.In addition, the invention has the advantage of being able to be used by visually impaired people so that they can gain autonomy. Said visually impaired people will be able to fit the textile articles used in order to be able to wash / dry them in an associated manner. Thus, the next time the textile articles are used, the visually impaired person will not require the help of a third party to find matching textile articles. The invention cannot therefore be limited to the number of textile articles constituting said assembly, comprising at least one textile article.

A cette fin, il est notamment prévu un dispositif pour constituer un ensemble d'articles textiles à laver et/ou à sécher, comprenant un élément de formation dudit ensemble d'articles textiles et des moyens de fermeture réversible coopérant avec ledit élément de formation selon une liaison mécanique adaptée.To this end, a device is in particular provided for constituting a set of textile articles to be washed and / or dried, comprising an element for forming said set of textile articles and reversible closure means cooperating with said forming element according to a suitable mechanical connection.

Pour notamment maintenir et/ou identifier un ensemble d'un ou plusieurs articles textiles appartenant par exemple à un individu, une fois triés et/ou ordonnés au sein d'un dispositif conforme à l'invention, l'élément de formation de ce dernier est sensiblement longiligne, présente deux extrémités et est agencé pour traverser lesdits articles textiles.In order in particular to maintain and / or identify a set of one or more textile articles belonging for example to an individual, once sorted and / or ordered within a device according to the invention, the training element of the latter is substantially elongated, has two ends and is arranged to pass through said textile articles.

Selon l'invention, l'élément de formation et les moyens de fermeture réversible sont mutuellement agencés pour que les extrémités dudit élément de formation coopèrent avec lesdits moyens de fermeture réversible respectivement selon des liaisons mécaniques adaptées, de sorte que l'élément de formation est solidarisé ou désolidarisé dudit ensemble d'articles textiles.According to the invention, the forming element and the reversible closing means are mutually arranged so that the ends of said forming element cooperate with said reversible closing means respectively according to suitable mechanical connections, so that the forming element is attached to or detached from said set of textile articles.

Le dispositif selon l'invention est caractérisé en ce que les moyens de fermeture réversible comportent :

  • un corps et une gorge pratiquée au sein dudit corps, agencée pour accueillir une des extrémités de l'élément de formation,
  • des moyens de verrouillage comprenant un élément de verrouillage monté mobile sur ledit corps, agencé pour ceindre ledit corps et obturer ladite gorge de sorte que le dispositif puisse présenter une configuration fermée dans laquelle l'extrémité de l'élément de formation soit accueillie au sein de la gorge et demeure captive de ladite gorge,
et en ce que ledit élément de formation est principalement constitué d'un matériau flexible permettant de maintenir ledit dispositif dans la configuration fermée, et en ce qu'il présente un profil sensiblement en « U » qui comporte au moins un tronçon rigide et rectiligne.The device according to the invention is characterized in that the reversible closure means comprise:
  • a body and a groove formed within said body, arranged to receive one of the ends of the training element,
  • locking means comprising a locking element movably mounted on said body, arranged to surround said body and close said groove so that the device can have a closed configuration in which the end of the forming element is received within throat and remains captive of said throat,
and in that said forming element is mainly made of a flexible material making it possible to maintain said device in the closed configuration, and in that it has a substantially "U" profile which comprises at least one rigid and rectilinear section.

Un dispositif selon l'invention permet la coopération entre les extrémités de l'élément de formation et les moyens de fermeture réversible qui est améliorée. Aussi, pendant les étapes de lavage et/ou de séchage un ensemble d'articles textiles au sein d'un tel dispositif est maintenu par le biais des moyens de fermeture et des moyens de verrouillage. Ledit élément de formation est formé d'au moins un tronçon rigide de sorte que ledit tronçon rigide permette de garantir une séparation ordonnée des articles textiles au sein d'un dispositif selon l'invention et de permettre un séchage optimal des articles textiles.A device according to the invention allows cooperation between the ends of the forming element and the reversible closure means which is improved. Also, during the washing and / or drying steps, a set of textile articles within such a device is held by means of closure means and locking means. Said forming element is formed of at least one rigid section so that said rigid section makes it possible to guarantee an orderly separation of the textile articles within a device according to the invention and to allow optimum drying of the textile articles.

En outre, afin de faciliter la coopération entre les moyens de fermeture réversible et l'une des extrémités de l'élément de formation, ledit élément de formation d'un dispositif peut être constitué d'un matériau flexible permettant de maintenir ledit dispositif selon l'invention dans une configuration fermée et peut présenter un profil sensiblement en U. En d'autres termes, le matériau flexible constituant l'élément de formation présente une souplesse de manière à ce qu'une extrémité d'un tronçon de l'élément de formation puisse s'écarter d'une seconde extrémité de l'élément de formation permettant ainsi l'introduction des articles textiles sur ledit tronçon.Furthermore, in order to facilitate the cooperation between the reversible closure means and one of the ends of the forming element, said forming element of a device may be made of a flexible material making it possible to hold said device according to l The invention is in a closed configuration and may have a substantially U-shaped profile. In other words, the flexible material constituting the forming element has a flexibility such that one end of a section of the forming element. formation can move away from a second end of the formation element thus allowing the introduction of the textile articles on said section.

En variante ou en complément, afin de faciliter le passage de l'élément de formation au travers d'un ensemble d'articles textiles, une des extrémités dudit élément de formation peut être effilée.As a variant or in addition, in order to facilitate the passage of the forming element through a set of textile articles, one of the ends of said forming element may be tapered.

Afin notamment de prévenir la désolidarisation des moyens de verrouillage des moyens de fermeture réversible, le corps des moyens de fermeture réversible peut également comporter des moyens limiteurs de la course de l'élément de verrouillage.In order in particular to prevent the separation of the locking means from the reversible closure means, the body of the reversible closure means may also include means for limiting the travel of the locking element.

De manière avantageuse mais non limitative, afin de réduire le nombre de manipulations lors de l'étendage des articles textiles sur tout type de support adapté, un dispositif conforme à l'invention peut comporter des moyens d'attache agencés pour coopérer avec un support tiers.Advantageously but not limitingly, in order to reduce the number of manipulations during the spreading of the textile articles on any type of suitable support, a device in accordance with the invention may include attachment means arranged to cooperate with a third-party support.

En variante ou un complément, afin d'améliorer l'accroche d'un dispositif selon l'invention au support tiers, de tels moyens d'attache peuvent coopérer solidairement avec l'élément de formation, formant ainsi une seule et même entité physique.As a variant or as a complement, in order to improve the attachment of a device according to the invention to the third-party support, such attachment means can cooperate integrally with the forming element, thus forming one and the same physical entity.

Préférentiellement mais non limitativement, afin d'éviter toute détérioration d'un dispositif conforme à l'invention ou des articles textiles lors du lavage et/ou séchage et assurer une utilisation pérenne dudit dispositif, l'élément de formation et/ou les moyens de fermeture réversible peuvent être constitués d'un ou plusieurs matériaux inertes chimiquement et/ou inoxydables, de préférence l'élément de formation est formé en acier inoxydable.Preferably but not restrictively, in order to avoid any deterioration of a device according to the invention or of the textile articles during washing and / or drying and to ensure long-lasting use of said device, the training element and / or the means of Reversible closure may be made from one or more chemically inert and / or stainless materials, preferably the forming element is formed from stainless steel.

Afin de permettre l'accueil d'un dispositif selon l'invention au sein d'un appareil de lavage et/ou séchage d'un article textile, ledit dispositif peut présenter des dimensions (L23, L24, L25, L, w, e, d) déterminées pour être inséré dans un tambour dudit appareil de lavage et/ou séchage d'articles textiles.In order to allow the reception of a device according to the invention within an appliance for washing and / or drying a textile article, said device may have dimensions (L23, L24, L25, L, w, e , d) determined to be inserted into a drum of said apparatus for washing and / or drying textile articles.

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D'autres caractéristiques et avantages apparaîtront plus clairement à la lecture de la description qui suit et à l'examen des figures qui l'accompagnent parmi lesquelles :

  • la figure 1A présente une vue de face d'un mode de réalisation non limitatif d'un dispositif pour constituer un ensemble d'articles textiles conforme à l'invention en configuration fermée ;
  • la figure 1B présente une vue de face d'un mode de réalisation non limitatif d'un dispositif pour constituer un ensemble d'articles textiles conforme à l'invention en configuration ouverte ;
  • la figure 1C présente une vue de côté d'un mode de réalisation non limitatif d'un dispositif pour constituer un ensemble d'articles textiles conforme à l'invention.
Other characteristics and advantages will emerge more clearly on reading the following description and on examining the accompanying figures, including:
  • the figure 1A presents a front view of a nonlimiting embodiment of a device for constituting a set of textile articles according to the invention in closed configuration;
  • the figure 1B presents a front view of a nonlimiting embodiment of a device for constituting a set of textile articles according to the invention in open configuration;
  • the figure 1C shows a side view of a non-limiting embodiment of a device for constituting a set of textile articles according to the invention.

Description détaillée d'un mode de réalisation de l'inventionDetailed description of an embodiment of the invention

Les figures 1A, 1B et 1C schématisent des vues d'un mode de réalisation non limitatif d'un dispositif pour constituer un ensemble d'articles textiles conforme à l'invention.The figures 1A, 1B and 1C schematize views of an embodiment non-limiting of a device for constituting a set of textile articles according to the invention.

Un tel dispositif 1 pour constituer un ensemble d'articles textiles à laver et/ou à sécher conforme à l'invention comprend ainsi un élément de formation 20 dudit ensemble d'articles textiles. L'élément de formation 20 consiste principalement en un corps sensiblement longiligne comprenant deux extrémités. On entend par « corps longiligne », tout objet ou toute partie d'objet présentant une partie mince et allongée et permettant de traverser lesdits articles textiles.Such a device 1 for constituting a set of textile articles to be washed and / or dried in accordance with the invention thus comprises an element 20 for forming said set of textile articles. The forming element 20 consists mainly of a substantially elongated body comprising two ends. The term “elongated body” is understood to mean any object or any part of an object having a thin and elongated part and making it possible to pass through said textile articles.

L'élément de formation 20 peut avantageusement traverser une maille d'un article textile et/ou traverser une ouverture pratiquée au sein de l'article textile. Un ou plusieurs articles textiles ainsi traversés peuvent être maintenus au sein du dispositif 1 par l'élément de formation 20 dont les extrémités coopèrent avec des moyens de fermeture réversible 10, de manière à ce que le ou lesdits articles textiles demeurent captifs du dispositif 1, dans l'ordre dans lequel ils ont été introduits.The forming element 20 can advantageously pass through a mesh of a textile article and / or pass through an opening made in the textile article. One or more textile articles thus passed through can be held within the device 1 by the forming element 20, the ends of which cooperate with reversible closure means 10, so that said textile article or articles remain captive of the device 1, in the order in which they were entered.

Selon un mode de réalisation d'un dispositif conforme à l'invention, décrit en lien avec les figures 1A et 1B, l'élément de formation 20 peut consister en une tige présentant une section de forme quelconque.According to one embodiment of a device according to the invention, described in connection with the figures 1A and 1B , the forming element 20 may consist of a rod having a section of any shape.

Préférentiellement, la tige peut présenter une section circulaire, afin de faciliter le passage au travers des mailles des articles textiles, ladite tige comprenant deux extrémités 21,22 destinées à traverser lesdits articles textiles.Preferably, the rod may have a circular section, in order to facilitate passage through the meshes of the textile articles, said rod comprising two ends 21, 22 intended to pass through said textile articles.

Un tel élément de formation 20 peut avantageusement présenter un profil effilé en au moins une de ses extrémités 21, 22, afin de faciliter le passage de l'extrémité 21,22 au travers d'un article textile et notamment empêcher l'endommagement dudit article textile.Such a forming element 20 can advantageously have a tapered profile at at least one of its ends 21, 22, in order to facilitate the passage of the end 21, 22 through a textile article and in particular to prevent damage to said article. textile.

Selon un mode de réalisation d'un dispositif conforme à l'invention décrit en lien avec les figures 1A et 1B, l'élément de formation 20 peut prendre la forme d'une aiguille et présenter une extrémité 22 effilée.According to one embodiment of a device according to the invention described in connection with the figures 1A and 1B , the forming element 20 may take the form of a needle and have a tapered end 22.

En outre, de manière avantageuse, à titre d'exemple non limitatif, l'extrémité 22 effilée de l'élément de formation 20 peut présenter une forme sensiblement arrondie, afin d'éviter à un utilisateur d'un tel dispositif de se blesser avec ladite extrémité effilée en constituant un ensemble d'articles textiles.In addition, advantageously, by way of non-limiting example, the tapered end 22 of the forming element 20 may have a substantially rounded shape, in order to prevent a user of such a device from injuring himself with it. said tapered end constituting a set of textile articles.

Selon un autre mode de réalisation, à titre d'exemple non limitatif, l'élément de formation 20 peut comprendre deux extrémités 21,22 effilées coopérant de manière réversible avec les moyens de fermeture réversible 10, de sorte que l'insertion d'articles textiles est facilitée.According to another embodiment, by way of nonlimiting example, the forming element 20 may comprise two tapered ends 21, 22 cooperating in a reversible manner with the reversible closure means 10, so that the insertion of articles textiles is facilitated.

Préférentiellement mais non limitativement, selon un mode de réalisation d'un dispositif conforme à l'invention décrit en lien avec les figures 1A et 1B, ledit élément de formation 20 peut également et avantageusement être constitué d'un matériau flexible et présenter un profil sensiblement en U. On entend par « matériau flexible », tout type de matériaux dont le point de rupture est tel que ledit matériau est capable de subir une déformation élastique et/ou plastique sans rompre, tels que, à titre d'exemples non limitatifs les alliages métalliques, préférentiellement l'acier ou le fer.Preferably but not restrictively, according to one embodiment of a device in accordance with the invention described in connection with the figures 1A and 1B , said forming element 20 can also and advantageously be made of a flexible material and have a substantially U-shaped profile. The term “flexible material” is understood to mean any type of material whose breaking point is such that said material is capable of undergo an elastic and / or plastic deformation without breaking, such as, by way of nonlimiting examples, metal alloys, preferably steel or iron.

En effet, le profil sensiblement en U donné à l'élément de formation 20, en lien avec les figures 1A et 1B, lui permet ainsi de subir une déformation élastique suffisante sous la contrainte d'un utilisateur, de sorte que l'extrémité 22 coopère avec les moyens de fermeture réversible 10. Une telle déformation de l'élément de formation 20 permet de faciliter la manipulation du dispositif 1 selon l'invention, notamment pour constituer un ensemble d'articles textiles. L'utilisation d'un matériau flexible pour la conception de l'élément de formation 20 présentant un profil en U, permet notamment de s'affranchir de l'utilisation d'un ressort de rappel pour maintenir ledit dispositif en configuration fermée, ledit ressort prévenant tout écartement matériel des deux extrémités.In fact, the substantially U-shaped profile given to the training element 20, in connection with the figures 1A and 1B , thus allows it to undergo sufficient elastic deformation under the stress of a user, so that the end 22 cooperates with the reversible closure means 10. Such a deformation of the forming element 20 makes it possible to facilitate the handling of the device 1 according to the invention, in particular for constituting a set of textile articles. The use of a flexible material for the design of the forming element 20 having a U-shaped profile makes it possible in particular to dispense with the use of a return spring to maintain said device in the closed configuration, said spring preventing any material separation at both ends.

En effet, l'utilisation d'un dispositif comprenant un tel ressort de rappel au sein d'un dispositif conforme à l'invention s'avère peu appropriée puisqu'elle présente un certain nombre d'inconvénients. Lors de leur insertion au sein du dispositif conforme à l'invention et/ou pendant les étapes de lavage et/ou séchage, des articles textiles pourraient par exemple être « pincés » par ledit ressort de rappel, occasionnant alors des déchirures desdits articles textiles.Indeed, the use of a device comprising such a return spring within a device according to the invention proves to be unsuitable since it has a certain number of drawbacks. When they are inserted into the device according to the invention and / or during the washing and / or drying steps, textile articles could for example be "pinched" by said return spring, then causing tearing of said textile articles.

L'élément de formation 20 comporte un tronçon 23 rigide et rectiligne, tel que ledit tronçon 23 présente une raideur suffisante pour ne pas se déformer après la constitution de l'ensemble d'articles textiles au sein du dispositif 1. On entend par « tronçon rectiligne », un tronçon ayant la forme d'une droite. On entend par « tronçon rigide », un tronçon pouvant être constitué d'un matériau rigide, c'est-à-dire présentant des caractéristiques physico-chimiques telles que sous l'action d'une contrainte, ledit tronçon ne subit que peu ou pas de déformations, conservant ainsi son profil rectiligne. En effet, la constitution d'ensemble d'articles textiles au sein du dispositif peut engendrer, de par leur poids, une contrainte sur ledit tronçon 23 pouvant entraîner sa déformation lorsque ledit dispositif est en suspension.The forming element 20 comprises a rigid and rectilinear section 23, such that said section 23 has sufficient stiffness not to be deformed after the constitution of the set of textile articles within the device 1. This is understood to mean the term "rectilinear section" means a section having the shape of a straight line. The term “rigid section” is understood to mean a section which may be made of a rigid material, that is to say having physicochemical characteristics such that under the action of a stress, said section undergoes little or no deformations, thus maintaining its rectilinear profile. Indeed, the constitution of an assembly of textile articles within the device can generate, by virtue of their weight, a stress on said section 23 which can cause its deformation when said device is in suspension.

Cette contrainte augmente après l'étape de lavage avec le poids des articles textiles dont les fibres sont toujours imprégnées d'eau. Ainsi, le tronçon 23 de l'élément de formation 20 doit présenter des caractéristiques mécaniques et des dimensions adaptées, lui permettant de conserver son profil rectiligne, permettant ainsi de maintenir les articles textiles ordonnés et in fine d'optimiser l'étape de séchage éventuellement au moyen d'un support tiers.This stress increases after the washing step with the weight of the textile articles, the fibers of which are still impregnated with water. Thus, the section 23 of the forming element 20 must have mechanical characteristics and suitable dimensions, allowing it to maintain its rectilinear profile, thus making it possible to keep the textile articles in order and ultimately to optimize the drying step if necessary. by means of third-party support.

Pour maintenir un ensemble d'articles textiles captifs, voire éventuellement solidaires au sein de l'élément de formation 20 et plus généralement au sein d'un dispositif 1 conforme à l'invention, ce dernier comporte des moyens de fermeture réversible 10. De tels moyens de fermeture réversible 10 sont avantageusement adaptés à l'élément de formation 20, c'est-à-dire que lesdits moyens de fermeture réversible 10 sont destinés à coopérer avec l'extrémité 21,22 de l'élément de formation 20, de sorte qu'au moins une des extrémités 21,22 dudit élément de formation 20 puisse coopérer de manière réversible avec lesdits moyens de fermeture réversible 10. Le dispositif 1 selon l'invention peut donc être réutilisé à souhait après une étape de lavage et/ou de séchage sans induire une rupture de l'élément de formation 20 avec les moyens de fermeture réversible 10.To keep a set of captive textile articles, or even possibly integral within the forming element 20 and more generally within a device 1 according to the invention, the latter comprises reversible closure means 10. reversible closing means 10 are advantageously adapted to the forming element 20, that is to say that said reversible closing means 10 are intended to cooperate with the end 21, 22 of the forming element 20, of so that at least one of the ends 21, 22 of said forming element 20 can cooperate in a reversible manner with said reversible closure means 10. The device 1 according to the invention can therefore be reused as desired after a washing step and / or drying without inducing a rupture of the forming element 20 with the reversible closure means 10.

Selon un mode de réalisation particulier d'un dispositif 1 conforme à l'invention décrit notamment en lien avec les figures 1A et 1B, lesdits moyens de fermeture réversible 10 peuvent comporter un corps 11 au sein duquel une gorge 12 peut être pratiquée. Une telle gorge peut consister en une rainure, avantageusement agencée pour accueillir une des extrémités 21,22 de l'élément de formation 20, de sorte que ce dernier peut être solidarisé et/ou désolidarisé dudit ensemble d'articles textiles. Le corps 11 des moyens de fermeture réversible 10 peut ainsi présenter toute forme géométrique adaptée, une telle forme pouvant être éventuellement agencée en fonction de la configuration, du matériau et/ou du profil de l'élément de formation 20.According to a particular embodiment of a device 1 in accordance with the invention described in particular in connection with the figures 1A and 1B , said reversible closure means 10 may comprise a body 11 within which a groove 12 may be formed. Such a groove may consist of a groove, advantageously arranged to receive one of the ends 21, 22 of the forming element 20, so that the latter can be secured to and / or detached from said set of textile articles. The body 11 of the reversible closure means 10 can thus have any suitable geometric shape, such a shape possibly being arranged according to the configuration, the material and / or the profile of the training element 20.

Toujours selon l'exemple de réalisation décrit en lien avec les figures 1A à 1C, l'élément de formation 20 présentant avantageusement un profil en U, le corps 11 peut être avantageusement de forme sensiblement cubique ou équivalente à un pavé.Still according to the embodiment described in connection with the figures 1A to 1C , the forming element 20 advantageously having a U-shaped profile, the body 11 can advantageously be of substantially cubic shape or equivalent to a block.

L'invention ne saurait toutefois être limitée à ces seuls exemples de configuration, ledit corps 11 pouvant, en variante, présenter une forme sensiblement cylindrique ou sphérique.The invention should not however be limited to these only examples of configuration, said body 11 being able, as a variant, to have a substantially cylindrical or spherical shape.

L'invention ne saurait toutefois être limitée à ces seuls exemples de réalisation et prévoit notamment que les moyens de fermeture réversible 10 puissent comporter deux corps, au sein desquels sont respectivement pratiqués deux gorges ou trous débouchant, lesdits gorges ou trous débouchant étant agencés pour accueillir une des extrémités 21,22 de l'élément de formation 20, de sorte que ce dernier est solidarisé et/ou désolidarisé dudit ensemble d'articles textiles.The invention cannot however be limited to these exemplary embodiments alone and provides in particular that the reversible closure means 10 can comprise two bodies, within which are respectively formed two grooves or through holes, said grooves or through holes being arranged to accommodate one of the ends 21, 22 of the forming element 20, so that the latter is secured and / or detached from said set of textile articles.

Comme d'ores et déjà mentionné, pour assurer une coopération réversible entre l'élément de formation 20 et les moyens de fermeture réversible 10, une gorge 12 peut être pratiquée au sein du corps 11, ladite gorge étant agencée pour accueillir une des extrémités 21,22 de l'élément de formation 20. A cet effet, ladite gorge 12 peut présenter des dimensions adaptées aux dimensions de l'extrémité 21, 22 de l'élément de formation 20 accueillie au sein de ladite gorge 12. L'invention ne saurait toutefois se limiter au nombre de gorges pratiquées au sein dudit corps 11.As already mentioned, to ensure reversible cooperation between the forming element 20 and the reversible closure means 10, a groove 12 can be made within the body 11, said groove being arranged to accommodate one of the ends 21. , 22 of the forming element 20. For this purpose, said groove 12 may have dimensions adapted to the dimensions of the end 21, 22 of the forming element 20 accommodated within said groove 12. The invention does not can however be limited to the number of grooves made within said body 11.

En variante, l'invention prévoit que le corps 11 puisse comprendre une deuxième gorge, agencée également pour accueillir la deuxième extrémité 21,22 de l'élément de formation 20. Selon cet exemple de réalisation, les extrémités 21,22 de l'élément de formation 20 coopèrent avec le corps 11 de manière réversible, de sorte que les moyens de fermeture réversible 10 puissent se désolidariser de l'élément de formation 20 en configuration ouverte et ainsi former deux entités physiques distinctes.As a variant, the invention provides that the body 11 can comprise a second groove, also arranged to receive the second end 21, 22 of the forming element 20. According to this exemplary embodiment, the ends 21, 22 of the element of formation 20 cooperate with the body 11 in a reversible manner, so that the reversible closure means 10 can become detached from the formation element 20 in the open configuration and thus form two distinct physical entities.

La coopération entre les moyens de fermeture réversible 10 et l'élément de formation 20 peut être matérialisée par toute liaison capable d'assurer l'association entre les moyens de fermeture réversible 10 et l'élément de formation 20. Préférentiellement mais non limitativement, afin de faciliter l'emploi d'un dispositif 1 conforme à l'invention, en évitant la perte d'un ou plusieurs éléments le composant, l'invention prévoit que les moyens de fermeture réversible 10 et l'élément de formation 20 coopèrent solidairement ensemble, de manière permanente, selon une liaison mécanique adaptée.The cooperation between the reversible closure means 10 and the formation 20 can be materialized by any connection capable of ensuring the association between the reversible closure means 10 and the formation element 20. Preferably but not restrictively, in order to facilitate the use of a device 1 in accordance with the invention, while avoiding the loss of one or more elements composing it, the invention provides that the reversible closure means 10 and the forming element 20 cooperate integrally together, permanently, according to a suitable mechanical connection.

Pour ce faire, selon un mode de réalisation particulier d'un dispositif 1 conforme à l'invention, décrit notamment en lien avec les figures 1A et 1B, une seule gorge 12 est pratiquée au sein du corps 11 des moyens de fermeture réversible 10, l'extrémité 22 de l'élément de formation 20 étant avantageusement accueillie de manière réversible au sein de ladite gorge 12. L'invention prévoit alors que l'extrémité 21 de l'élément de formation 20 coopère de façon permanente avec le corps 11. Pour ce faire, un évidement est avantageusement pratiqué dans tout ou partie du corps 11, de manière à ce que l'extrémité 21 s'insère dans le corps 11 et soit maintenue de façon permanente.To do this, according to a particular embodiment of a device 1 according to the invention, described in particular in connection with the figures 1A and 1B , a single groove 12 is formed within the body 11 of the reversible closure means 10, the end 22 of the forming element 20 being advantageously received in a reversible manner within said groove 12. The invention then provides that the end 21 of the forming element 20 cooperates permanently with the body 11. To do this, a recess is advantageously made in all or part of the body 11, so that the end 21 fits into the body 11 and is maintained permanently.

Selon une autre variante de réalisation, non représentée sur les figures à des fins de simplification, la gorge 12 du corps 11 peut être agencée pour déboucher sur un évidement parcourant tout ou partie dudit corps 11, de sorte que l'une des extrémités 21, 22 de l'élément de formation 20 puisse demeurer captive dudit corps 11 une fois accueillie par le corps 11.According to another variant embodiment, not shown in the figures for the sake of simplification, the groove 12 of the body 11 may be arranged to open out into a recess running through all or part of said body 11, so that one of the ends 21, 22 of the forming element 20 can remain captive of said body 11 once received by the body 11.

En outre, afin de permettre à un utilisateur d'un dispositif selon l'invention d'identifier l'appartenance d'un ensemble d'articles textiles à une catégorie particulière ou à un membre d'un foyer ou d'une collectivité s'adressant particulièrement aux personnes de premier ou de troisième âge.In addition, in order to allow a user of a device according to the invention to identify the belonging of a set of textile articles to a particular category or to a member of a household or a community s' addressed particularly to people of first or third age.

Le corps 11, ou plus généralement les moyens de fermeture réversible 10, peuvent avantageusement être personnalisables. Une telle personnalisation des moyens de fermeture réversible 10 ou plus généralement du dispositif 1 selon l'invention, peut avantageusement consister en une ou plusieurs inscriptions, couleurs, reliefs ou tout autre type d'informations perceptibles par l'un des sens d'un humain permettant à un utilisateur d'un dispositif selon l'invention de distinguer rapidement un ensemble d'articles textiles captifs d'un dispositif 1 selon l'invention correspondant à une catégorie donnée et/ou un membre d'un foyer. Une telle catégorie peut par exemple consister en un ensemble d'articles textiles comprenant des articles composés de tissus similaires, par exemple plus ou moins délicats, dont la ségrégation devrait être opérée avant l'étape de lavage et/ou de séchage. La ségrégation vise, par exemple à séparer des articles textiles nécessitant un séchage manuel classique, notamment les articles textiles non destinés à un séchage automatique, des articles textiles destinés à un séchage en machine.The body 11, or more generally the reversible closure means 10, can advantageously be customizable. Such a personalization of the reversible closure means 10 or more generally of the device 1 according to the invention can advantageously consist of one or more inscriptions, colors, reliefs or any other type of information perceptible by one of the senses of a human. allowing a user of a device according to the invention to quickly distinguish a set of captive textile articles of a device 1 according to the invention corresponding to a given category and / or a member of a household. Such a category may for example consist of a set of textile articles comprising articles composed of similar fabrics, for example more or less delicate, the segregation of which should be carried out before the washing and / or drying step. The purpose of segregation is, for example, to separate textile articles requiring conventional manual drying, in particular textile articles not intended for automatic drying, from textile articles intended for machine drying.

L'invention ne saurait toutefois être limitée aux moyens employés pour personnaliser un dispositif selon l'invention, de tels moyens de personnalisation pouvant ainsi être adaptés et/ou agencés en fonction de la configuration et/ou de la structure des moyens véhiculant un tel marquage perceptible par l'humain.The invention cannot however be limited to the means used to personalize a device according to the invention, such personalization means thus being able to be adapted and / or arranged according to the configuration and / or the structure of the means conveying such a marking. perceptible by humans.

L'invention ne saurait toutefois être limitée aux seuls exemples de réalisation, plus particulièrement l'agencement ou la structure, des moyens de fermeture réversible précédemment mentionnés.The invention cannot, however, be limited to the only exemplary embodiments, more particularly the arrangement or the structure, of the reversible closure means mentioned above.

L'invention prévoit ainsi que tout moyen de fermeture permettant d'assurer une coopération réversible avec l'élément de formation, de sorte que ce dernier puisse être solidarisé et/ou désolidarisé dudit ensemble d'articles textiles, pourra être en lieu et place employé.The invention thus provides that any closure means making it possible to ensure reversible cooperation with the forming element, so that the latter can be secured to and / or detached from said set of textile articles, may be used instead. .

De manière avantageuse, les moyens de fermeture réversible 10 d'un dispositif conforme à l'invention peuvent en outre comprendre des moyens de verrouillage. Lesdits moyens de verrouillage permettent notamment de maintenir en configuration fermée ledit dispositif 1. En effet, pendant les étapes de lavage et/ou séchage en l'absence de tels moyens de verrouillage, l'élément de formation 20 pourrait se désolidariser des moyens de fermeture réversible 10, libérant ainsi les articles textiles au sein du tambour et anéantissant tout le travail de tri effectué en amont par un utilisateur dudit dispositif 1.Advantageously, the reversible closure means 10 of a device in accordance with the invention may further comprise locking means. Said locking means make it possible in particular to maintain said device 1 in the closed configuration. In fact, during the washing and / or drying steps in the absence of such locking means, the forming element 20 could become detached from the closure means. reversible 10, thus releasing the textile articles within the drum and destroying all the sorting work carried out upstream by a user of said device 1.

Pour ce faire, de tels moyens de verrouillage peuvent comprendre un élément de verrouillage 13 monté mobile, c'est-à-dire en translation et/ou rotation sur le corps 11, et agencé de manière à ceindre ledit corps 11 et obturer la gorge 12 en configuration fermée, de sorte que l'extrémité 22 de l'élément de formation 20 demeure captive dudit corps 11.To do this, such locking means may comprise a locking element 13 mounted to move, that is to say in translation and / or rotation on the body 11, and arranged so as to surround said body 11 and close the groove. 12 in a closed configuration, so that the end 22 of the forming element 20 remains captive of said body 11.

Le corps 11 et l'élément de verrouillage 13 sont mutuellement agencés pour coopérer selon une liaison mécanique adaptée pour réaliser un mouvement de translation et/ou de rotation.The body 11 and the locking element 13 are mutually arranged to cooperate in a mechanical connection suitable for carrying out a translational and / or rotational movement.

Dans un mode de réalisation particulier d'un dispositif conforme à l'invention décrite en lien avec les figures 1A et 1B, l'élément de verrouillage 13 consiste en une bague coulissante montée mobile en translation coopérant avec le corps 11 selon une liaison de type glissière.In a particular embodiment of a device according to the invention described in connection with the figures 1A and 1B , the locking element 13 consists of a sliding ring mounted movably in translation cooperating with the body 11 in a slide-type connection.

Avantageusement mais non limitativement, ledit élément de verrouillage 13 peut comporter une protubérance longitudinale agencée pour coopérer avec une rainure correspondante pratiquée dans ledit corps 11 permettant d'obturer ou non la gorge 12 pratiquée au sein du corps 11 et ainsi empêcher la désolidarisation de l'ensemble des articles textiles.Advantageously but not limited to, said locking element 13 may comprise a longitudinal protuberance arranged to cooperate with a corresponding groove made in said body 11 making it possible to close or not the groove 12 made within the body 11 and thus prevent the separation of the body 11. set of textile articles.

Selon un autre mode de réalisation, l'élément de verrouillage 13, éventuellement sous la forme d'une bague peut avantageusement être taraudé et agencé pour coopérer avec un filetage correspondant pratiqué sur le corps 11 selon une liaison de type hélicoïdale, de manière à obturer la gorge 12 et maintenir l'extrémité 22 de l'élément de formation 20 au sein de ladite gorge 12.According to another embodiment, the locking element 13, optionally in the form of a ring, can advantageously be threaded and arranged to cooperate with a corresponding thread made on the body 11 in a helical type connection, so as to close off the groove 12 and maintain the end 22 of the forming element 20 within said groove 12.

En complément, les moyens de fermeture réversible 10 peuvent en outre comporter des moyens limiteurs 14 de la course de l'élément de verrouillage 13. En effet, le ou les éventuels mouvements en translation et/ou en rotation de l'élément de verrouillage 13 relatifs au corps 11 peuvent, s'ils ne sont pas maintenus à la surface du corps 11, aboutir à la désolidarisation dudit élément de verrouillage 13 dudit corps 11 et entraîner une ouverture intempestive du dispositif et par voie de conséquence la désolidarisation de l'ensemble des articles textiles de l'élément de formation 20.In addition, the reversible closure means 10 may further comprise means 14 for limiting the travel of the locking element 13. In fact, the possible translational and / or rotational movement (s) of the locking element 13 relating to the body 11 may, if they are not held on the surface of the body 11, lead to the separation of said locking element 13 from said body 11 and cause an untimely opening of the device and consequently the separation of the assembly textile articles of the forming element 20.

Dans un mode de réalisation particulier non limitatif d'un dispositif 1 conforme à l'invention décrit en lien avec les figures 1A et 1B, les moyens limiteurs 14 peuvent consister en une ou plusieurs butées agencées aux extrémités dudit corps 11, de sorte que l'élément de verrouillage 13 demeure solidaire et limité dans sa mobilité à la surface dudit corps 11. L'élément de verrouillage 13 monté mobile peut avantageusement présenter des dimensions inférieures au corps 11, de sorte qu'en configuration ouverte, l'extrémité 22 de l'élément de formation 20 puisse être libérée dudit corps 11, et que, les moyens limiteurs 14 bloquent la course de l'élément de verrouillage 13.In a particular non-limiting embodiment of a device 1 in accordance with the invention described in connection with the figures 1A and 1B , the limiting means 14 may consist of one or more stops arranged at the ends of said body 11, so that the locking element 13 remains integral and limited in its mobility to the surface of said body 11. The locking element 13 mounted movably may advantageously have dimensions smaller than the body 11, so that in the open configuration, the end 22 of the forming element 20 can be released from said body 11, and that the limiting means 14 block the stroke of the element lock 13.

En variante ou en complément, un dispositif 1 pour constituer un ensemble d'articles textiles conforme à l'invention peut également comporter des moyens d'attache 30, agencés notamment pour coopérer avec tout type de support tiers adapté. En effet, une fois une étape de lavage terminée, l'ensemble d'articles textiles présent au sein d'un dispositif 1 selon l'invention, subit généralement une étape de séchage, que celle-ci soit réalisée automatiquement et requiert l'emploi d'un appareil de séchage adapté, ou, en variante, que celle-ci soit effectuée manuellement par étendage. L'un des buts de l'invention est, comme précédemment précisé, d'éviter au maximum différentes manipulations de l'ensemble d'articles textiles, et plus particulièrement la désolidarisation de l'ensemble, notamment durant l'étape de séchage. Dans tout le document et au sens de l'invention, un « support tiers », peut consister en tout type de support sur lequel le dispositif selon l'invention peut être fixé ou suspendu afin de réaliser une étape de séchage manuel, tel que à titre d'exemples non limitatifs, un étendoir et/ou une corde à linge.As a variant or in addition, a device 1 for constituting a set of textile articles in accordance with the invention may also include attachment means 30, arranged in particular to cooperate with any type of suitable third-party support. In fact, once a washing step is completed, the set of textile articles present within a device 1 according to the invention generally undergoes a drying step, which is carried out automatically and requires the use. a suitable drying device, or, as a variant, that this be carried out manually by hanging. One of the aims of the invention is, as previously specified, to avoid as much as possible different manipulations of the set of textile articles, and more particularly the separation of the set, in particular during the drying step. Throughout the document and within the meaning of the invention, a “third party support” can consist of any type of support on which the device according to the invention can be fixed or suspended in order to carry out a manual drying step, such as By way of nonlimiting examples, a clothes line and / or a clothesline.

Préférentiellement mais non limitativement, lesdits moyens d'attache 30 peuvent être agencés pour enceindre tout ou partie d'un support fixe filiforme, tel que, d'ores et déjà mentionné à titre d'exemples non limitatifs, une corde à linge ou un étendoir. Dans un mode de réalisation particulier d'un dispositif 1 conforme à l'invention décrit notamment en lien avec les figures 1A et 1B, les moyens d'attache 30 peuvent coopérer solidairement avec l'élément de formation 20.Preferably but without limitation, said attachment means 30 may be arranged to surround all or part of a fixed filiform support, such as, already mentioned by way of nonlimiting examples, a clothesline or a clothes line. . In a particular embodiment of a device 1 in accordance with the invention described in particular in connection with the figures 1A and 1B , the attachment means 30 can cooperate integrally with the forming element 20.

Pour ce faire, lesdits moyens d'attache 30 sont agencés pour être sertis sur l'élément de formation 20, éventuellement montés mobiles en translation sur ledit élément.To do this, said fastening means 30 are arranged to be crimped onto the forming element 20, possibly mounted to move in translation on said element.

Préférentiellement, l'agencement desdits moyens d'attache 30 sur l'élément de formation 20 sera tel, que le poids du dispositif 1 puisse être uniformément répartie lorsque ledit dispositif coopère avec un support tiers. A titre d'exemples non limitatifs, selon les figures 1A et 1B, lorsque l'élément de formation 20 présente un profil en U, c'est-à-dire comporte deux tronçons consistant en des bras 23, 24, l'invention prévoit que les moyens d'attache 30 puisse coopérer, plus particulièrement enceindre l'un des deux bras.Preferably, the arrangement of said attachment means 30 on the forming element 20 will be such that the weight of the device 1 can be uniformly distributed when said device cooperates with a third-party support. As examples non-limiting, according to figures 1A and 1B , when the forming element 20 has a U-shaped profile, that is to say comprises two sections consisting of arms 23, 24, the invention provides that the attachment means 30 can cooperate, more particularly enclose the 'one of the two arms.

En outre, de manière à réduire les coûts de production d'un dispositif 1 selon l'invention, les moyens d'attache 30 peuvent coopérer de manière permanente avec l'élément de formation 20, préférentiellement mais non limitativement, de manière à ne former qu'une seule et même entité physique.In addition, so as to reduce the production costs of a device 1 according to the invention, the attachment means 30 can cooperate permanently with the forming element 20, preferably but not limitatively, so as not to form only one and the same physical entity.

L'invention ne saurait toutefois être limitée à ce seul exemple de structure et d'agencement des moyens d'attache 30. En variante, l'invention prévoit que de tels moyens d'attache 30 puissent coopérer avec les moyens de fermeture réversible 10.The invention cannot however be limited to this single example of the structure and arrangement of the attachment means 30. As a variant, the invention provides that such attachment means 30 can cooperate with the reversible closure means 10.

En variante, l'invention prévoit que les moyens d'attache 30 puissent coopérer de manière réversible avec l'élément de formation 20 ou plus généralement avec le dispositif 1. Une telle configuration s'avère particulièrement avantageuse, puisqu'elle permet à un utilisateur de ceindre et/ou fixer les moyens d'attache 30 sur n'importe quel tronçon de l'élément de formation 20. Par ailleurs, l'utilisateur peut également décider de ne pas utiliser les moyens d'attache 30, notamment dans le cas où l'utilisation d'un appareil de séchage s'avère adaptée et/ou nécessaire. Dans le cas où l'utilisateur opte pour un mode de séchage manuel, à l'aide d'un support tiers, il pourra fixer directement les moyens d'attache 30 sur l'élément de formation 20 préalablement à l'étape de séchage lorsque cette dernière est réalisée manuellement, permettant ainsi de préserver lesdits moyens d'attache 30 d'une détérioration éventuelle lors de l'étape de lavage. En effet, au cours des cycles de lavage, les chocs répétés d'un dispositif 1 conforme à l'invention, avec le tambour d'un appareil de lavage par exemple, peuvent entrainer une détérioration des différents éléments composant ledit dispositif 1. De plus, les risques que lesdits différents éléments d'un tel dispositif se détériorent sont plus importants dans le cas de l'utilisation d'un appareil de séchage, ce mode de séchage entrainant également des chocs répétés entre le tambour de l'appareil de séchage et le dispositif 1.As a variant, the invention provides for the attachment means 30 to be able to cooperate reversibly with the training element 20 or more generally with the device 1. Such a configuration proves to be particularly advantageous, since it allows a user to surround and / or fix the attachment means 30 on any section of the forming element 20. Furthermore, the user can also decide not to use the attachment means 30, in particular in the case of where the use of a drying device is suitable and / or necessary. In the event that the user opts for a manual drying mode, using a third-party support, he can directly fix the attachment means 30 on the forming element 20 prior to the drying step when the latter is carried out manually, thus making it possible to preserve said attachment means 30 from possible deterioration during the washing step. In fact, during the washing cycles, the repeated impacts of a device 1 in accordance with the invention, with the drum of a washing apparatus for example, can lead to deterioration of the various elements making up said device 1. In addition , the risks that said different elements of such a device deteriorate are greater in the case of the use of a drying apparatus, this drying method also causing repeated shocks between the drum of the drying apparatus and device 1.

Par ailleurs, la coopération réversible des moyens d'attache 30 avec l'élément de formation 20 permet d'équilibrer le dispositif 1 comprenant un ensemble d'articles textiles une fois en coopération avec le support tiers. En effet, des articles textiles de poids différents peuvent induire une répartition non uniforme du poids total du dispositif 1.Furthermore, the reversible cooperation of the attachment means 30 with the forming element 20 makes it possible to balance the device 1 comprising a set of textile articles once in cooperation with the third support. Indeed, textile articles of different weights can induce a non-uniform distribution of the total weight of the device 1.

Selon un mode de réalisation, les moyens d'attache 30 sont formés par un crochet et tout type d'attache recourbée permettant de suspendre le dispositif 1 à une corde à linge ou un étendoir.According to one embodiment, the attachment means 30 are formed by a hook and any type of curved attachment making it possible to suspend the device 1 from a clothesline or a clothes line.

Comme nous l'avons vu précédemment, dans un mode de réalisation particulier d'un dispositif 1 pour constituer un ensemble d'articles textiles conforme à l'invention, un tronçon 23, 24 de l'élément de formation 20 peut avantageusement être rigide et présenter un profil rectiligne, permettant audit tronçon de ne subir sensiblement aucune déformation, notamment sous la contrainte du poids d'un ensemble d'articles textiles, lorsque ceux-ci sont mouillés. Une mauvaise répartition du poids dudit ensemble au sein du dispositif 1 peut éventuellement entrainer une déstabilisation de ce dernier, une fois en coopération avec le support tiers.As we have seen above, in a particular embodiment of a device 1 for constituting a set of textile articles according to the invention, a section 23, 24 of the forming element 20 can advantageously be rigid and have a rectilinear profile, allowing said section to undergo substantially no deformation, in particular under the stress of the weight of a set of textile articles, when the latter are wet. A poor distribution of the weight of said assembly within the device 1 may possibly lead to destabilization of the latter, once in cooperation with the third-party support.

En effet, selon un mode de réalisation particulier d'un dispositif 1 conforme à l'invention décrit en lien avec la figure 1A, le tronçon 23 est sensiblement parallèle au support tiers, non représenté sur les figures à des fins de simplification, lorsque le dispositif 1 est fixé sur ledit support tiers via les moyens d'attache 30. Une déstabilisation du dispositif 1 aurait donc pour conséquence d'affecter ce parallélisme, induisant de ce fait la formation d'un amas d'articles textiles au sein du dispositif 1, augmentant ainsi la durée de séchage desdits articles textiles. Par l'emploi de tels moyens d'attache 30, l'utilisateur peut, de manière avantageuse, optimiser le temps de séchage mais également le temps de tri. En effet, les moyens d'attache 30 peuvent être fixés, tels que, le dispositif demeure stable, c'est-à-dire, dans le cas de l'exemple de réalisation décrit en lien avec la figure 1A sensiblement parallèle au dispositif 1, une fois en coopération avec le support tiers.Indeed, according to a particular embodiment of a device 1 according to the invention described in connection with the figure 1A , the section 23 is substantially parallel to the third support, not shown in the figures for the sake of simplification, when the device 1 is fixed to said third support via the attachment means 30. A destabilization of the device 1 would therefore result in 'affect this parallelism, thereby inducing the formation of a cluster of textile articles within the device 1, thus increasing the drying time of said textile articles. By using such fastening means 30, the user can advantageously optimize the drying time but also the sorting time. Indeed, the attachment means 30 can be fixed, such that the device remains stable, that is to say, in the case of the embodiment described in connection with the figure 1A substantially parallel to the device 1, once in cooperation with the third support.

En variante ou en complément, un dispositif 1 pour constituer un ensemble d'articles textiles conforme à l'invention peut préférentiellement être constitué d'un ou plusieurs matériaux inertes chimiquement et/ou inoxydables. En effet, ledit dispositif 1 est prévu pour être accueilli par tout type d'appareils de lavage et/ou de séchage. Les températures employées lors d'étape de lavage et/ou de séchage pour des appareils domestiques classiques varient généralement de 30°C à 90°C. De même, un grand nombre de lessives dont la composition, notamment en détergents et autres principes actifs diffère, est disponible sur le marché. Afin d'éviter une éventuelle détérioration d'un dispositif 1 conforme à l'invention, d'un ensemble d'articles textiles et/ou éventuellement de l'appareil de lavage et/ou de séchage, il est préférable qu'aucune réaction chimique ne puisse avoir lieu entre le dispositif 1 et le solvant utilisé.As a variant or in addition, a device 1 for constituting a set of textile articles in accordance with the invention may preferably consist of one or more chemically inert and / or stainless materials. Indeed, said device 1 is designed to be received by any type of washing and / or drying apparatus. The temperatures employed during the washing and / or drying step for conventional household appliances generally vary from 30 ° C to 90 ° C. Likewise, a large number of detergents whose composition, in particular in detergents and other active principles differ, is available on the market. In order to avoid possible deterioration of a device 1 in accordance with the invention, of a set of textile articles and / or possibly of the washing and / or drying apparatus, it is preferable that no chemical reaction cannot take place between device 1 and the solvent used.

De nombreux matériaux présentant les propriétés désirées peuvent être utilisés. Dans un mode de réalisation particulier d'un dispositif 1 conforme à l'invention, l'élément de formation 20 de ce dernier peut être composé principalement d'acier inoxydable. Les moyens de fermeture 10 et/ou de verrouillage peuvent être, quant à eux, composés de matière plastique telle que, à titre d'exemples non limitatifs, un composé de la famille des thermoplastiques, plus particulièrement le polychlorure de vinyle, également connus sous l'abréviation PVC.Many materials with the desired properties can be used. In a particular embodiment of a device 1 according to the invention, the forming element 20 of the latter may be composed mainly of stainless steel. The closure and / or locking means 10 may, for their part, be composed of plastic material such as, by way of nonlimiting examples, a compound of the family of thermoplastics, more particularly polyvinyl chloride, also known as the abbreviation PVC.

L'invention ne saurait toutefois être limitée à ces seuls exemples de matériaux. En variante ou en complément, d'autres matériaux pourraient être choisis et/ou employés en lieu et place, notamment en fonction des contraintes relatives à la destination d'un dispositif 1 selon l'invention, voire encore des coûts de fabrication pour réaliser un tel dispositif 1.The invention cannot however be limited to these examples of materials alone. As a variant or in addition, other materials could be chosen and / or used instead, in particular depending on the constraints relating to the destination of a device 1 according to the invention, or even the manufacturing costs for producing a such device 1.

Par ailleurs, en variante ou en complément, pour permettre l'insertion d'un dispositif 1 conforme à l'invention, au sein d'un tambour d'un appareil de lavage et/ou séchage d'articles textiles, ledit dispositif peut présenter des dimensions déterminées.Moreover, as a variant or in addition, to allow the insertion of a device 1 according to the invention, within a drum of an appliance for washing and / or drying textile articles, said device may have determined dimensions.

Pour illustrer de telles dimensions, le dispositif selon l'invention sera décrit au travers d'un exemple non limitatif, en lien avec les figures 1A et 1B. Dans un tel mode de réalisation, un dispositif 1 conforme à l'invention comprend un élément de formation 20 sous la forme d'une tige, avantageusement constituée d'acier inoxydable et présentant un profil en U, des moyens de fermeture réversible 10 comprenant un corps 11 de forme sensiblement cubique, au sein duquel une gorge 12 est pratiquée, ledit corps 11 coopérant solidairement avec une des extrémités 21,22 de la tige au moyen d'une liaison de type encastrement. Les moyens de fermeture réversible 10 dudit dispositif 1 comprennent également des moyens de verrouillage sous la forme d'une bague coulissante en guise d'élément de verrouillage 13, ledit corps 11 comprenant des butées 14 réparties aux extrémités du corps 11 agencées pour limiter la course de la bague coulissante 13.To illustrate such dimensions, the device according to the invention will be described through a non-limiting example, in connection with the figures 1A and 1B . In such an embodiment, a device 1 according to the invention comprises a forming element 20 in the form of a rod, advantageously made of stainless steel and having a U-shaped profile, reversible closure means 10 comprising a body 11 of substantially cubic shape, within which a groove 12 is formed, said body 11 integrally cooperating with one of the ends 21, 22 of the rod by means of a connection of the embedding type. The reversible closure means 10 of said device 1 also comprise locking means in the form of a sliding ring acting as a locking element 13, said body 11 comprising stops 14 distributed at the ends of the body 11 arranged to limit the stroke. of the sliding ring 13.

Selon un exemple de réalisation avantageux mais non limitatif d'un dispositif conforme à l'invention décrit notamment en lien avec les figures 1A et 1B, l'élément de formation 20, sous la forme d'une tige, comprend un premier tronçon 23 dont la longueur L23 est comprise entre dix et vingt centimètres, préférentiellement quatorze centimètres, un deuxième tronçon 24 dont la longueur L24 est comprise entre dix et vingt centimètres, préférentiellement quatorze centimètres, un troisième tronçon 25, assurant la jonction entre les premier et deuxième tronçons 23, 24, dont la longueur L25 est comprise entre deux et cinq centimètres, préférentiellement trois centimètres, une première extrémité 21 succédant au deuxième tronçon 24 et assurant une coopération permanente avec le corps 11 et une deuxième extrémité 22 succédant au premier tronçon 23 et agencée pour être insérée dans la gorge 12 pratiquée au sein dudit corps 11.According to an advantageous but non-limiting example embodiment of a device in accordance with the invention described in particular in connection with the figures 1A and 1B , the forming element 20, in the form of a rod, comprises a first section 23 whose length L23 is between ten and twenty centimeters, preferably fourteen centimeters, a second section 24 whose length L24 is between ten and twenty centimeters twenty centimeters, preferably fourteen centimeters, a third section 25, providing the junction between the first and second sections 23, 24, the length L25 of which is between two and five centimeters, preferably three centimeters, a first end 21 succeeding the second section 24 and ensuring permanent cooperation with the body 11 and a second end 22 succeeding the first section 23 and designed to be inserted into the groove 12 made within said body 11.

Comme mentionné précédemment, le corps 11, présentant une forme sensiblement cubique, coopère avec l'extrémité 21 de l'élément de formation 20 par une liaison de type encastrement, ladite liaison étant matérialisée sur la figure 1B par des traits en pointillé. La gorge 12 pratiquée au sein du corps 11 peut parcourir tout ou partie du corps 11 de sorte que ledit corps 11 est sensiblement creux. Une telle gorge 12 est avantageusement agencée pour accueillir l'extrémité 22, ladite extrémité 22 demeurant captive du corps 11 en configuration fermée, situation illustrée par la figure 1A.As mentioned above, the body 11, having a substantially cubic shape, cooperates with the end 21 of the forming element 20 by a connection of the embedding type, said connection being materialized on the figure 1B by dotted lines. The groove 12 made within the body 11 can run through all or part of the body 11 so that said body 11 is substantially hollow. Such a groove 12 is advantageously arranged to receive the end 22, said end 22 remaining captive of the body 11 in the closed configuration, a situation illustrated by figure 1A .

Préférentiellement mais non limitativement, la longueur L25 du tronçon 25 de la tige et la largeur w du corps 11 peuvent être sensiblement les mêmes. Aussi, conformément à l'exemple de réalisation décrit en lien avec les figures 1A à 1C, le corps 11, présentant une forme géométrique sensiblement cubique ou équivalente à un pavé, présente les dimensions suivantes : une longueur L et une largeur w comprise entre deux et cinq centimètres, préférentiellement trois centimètres, ainsi qu'une épaisseur e comprise entre un et trois centimètres, préférentiellement un centimètre et demi. Enfin, comme d'ores et déjà mentionné, l'élément de formation 20, selon le type d'ensemble d'articles textiles qu'il constitue, peut être amené à traverser les mailles desdits articles textiles.Preferably but without limitation, the length L25 of the section 25 of the rod and the width w of the body 11 can be substantially the same. Also, in accordance with the exemplary embodiment described in connection with the figures 1A to 1C , the body 11, having a substantially cubic or equivalent geometric shape with a block, has the following dimensions: a length L and a width w of between two and five centimeters, preferably three centimeters, as well as a thickness e of between one and three centimeters, preferably one and a half centimeters. Finally, as already mentioned, the forming element 20, depending on the type of set of textile articles that it constitutes, can be caused to pass through the stitches of said textile articles.

L'un des buts de l'invention consiste en conséquence à prévenir tout endommagement desdits articles textiles. Pour ce faire, la section de la tige, étant sensiblement cylindrique et constituant l'élément de formation 20 dans l'exemple de réalisation d'un dispositif conforme à l'invention décrit en lien avec les figures 1A et 1B, peut présenter un diamètre d supérieur à un demi millimètre, préférentiellement égal à un millimètre et demi, un tel diamètre étant optimal, d'une part pour éviter une détérioration du dispositif et/ou des articles textiles lors des phases de lavage et/ou de séchage, d'autre part, pour permettre à l'extrémité effilée 22 de traverser tout type d'article textile, de sorte que, lors du retrait de l'article textile, ce dernier ne soit pas endommagé.One of the aims of the invention therefore consists in preventing any damage to said textile articles. To do this, the section of the rod, being substantially cylindrical and constituting the forming element 20 in the exemplary embodiment of a device according to the invention described in connection with the figures 1A and 1B , may have a diameter d greater than half a millimeter, preferably equal to one and a half millimeter, such a diameter being optimal, on the one hand to avoid deterioration of the device and / or of the textile articles during the washing phases and / or drying, on the other hand, to allow the tapered end 22 to pass through any type of textile article, so that, upon removal of the textile article, the latter is not damaged.

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Dispositif (1) pour constituer un ensemble d'articles textiles à laver et/ou à sécher, comprenant : - un élément de formation (20) dudit ensemble d'articles textiles, ledit élément de formation (20) étant sensiblement longiligne, présentant deux extrémités (21,22) et étant agencé pour traverser lesdits articles textiles, - des moyens de fermeture réversible (10) qui coopèrent avec ledit élément de formation (20) selon une liaison mécanique adaptée, l'élément de formation (20) et les moyens de fermeture réversible (10) étant mutuellement agencés pour que les extrémités (21,22) dudit élément de formation (20) coopèrent avec lesdits moyens de fermeture réversible (10) respectivement selon des liaisons mécaniques adaptées, de sorte que l'élément de formation (20) puisse être solidarisé ou désolidarisé dudit ensemble d'articles textiles,
caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens de fermeture réversible comportent : ∘ un corps (11) et une gorge (12) pratiquée au sein dudit corps (11), agencée pour accueillir une des extrémités (22) de l'élément de formation (20), ∘ des moyens de verrouillage comprenant un élément de verrouillage (13) monté mobile sur ledit corps (11), agencé pour ceindre ledit corps (11) et obturer ladite gorge (12) de sorte que le dispositif (1) puisse présenter une configuration fermée dans laquelle l'extrémité (22) de l'élément de formation (20) soit accueillie au sein de la gorge (12) et demeure captive de ladite gorge (12), et en ce que ledit élément de formation (20) est principalement constitué d'un matériau flexible permettant de maintenir ledit dispositif dans la configuration fermée, et en ce qu'il présente un profil sensiblement en « U » qui comporte au moins un tronçon (23) rigide et rectiligne.Device (1) for constituting a set of textile articles to be washed and / or dried, comprising: - a forming element (20) of said set of textile articles, said forming element (20) being substantially elongated, having two ends (21,22) and being arranged to pass through said textile articles, - reversible closure means (10) which cooperate with said forming element (20) in a suitable mechanical connection, the forming element (20) and the reversible closure means (10) being mutually arranged so that the ends ( 21,22) of said forming element (20) cooperate with said reversible closure means (10) respectively according to suitable mechanical connections, so that the forming element (20) can be secured or detached from said set of textile articles ,
characterized in that said reversible closure means comprise: ∘ a body (11) and a groove (12) formed within said body (11), arranged to receive one of the ends (22) of the forming element (20), ∘ locking means comprising a locking element (13) movably mounted on said body (11), arranged to surround said body (11) and close said groove (12) so that the device (1) can have a closed configuration in which the end (22) of the forming element (20) is received within the groove (12) and remains captive of said groove (12), and in that said forming element (20) is mainly made of a flexible material making it possible to maintain said device in the closed configuration, and in that it has a substantially "U" profile which comprises at least one section ( 23) rigid and rectilinear. Dispositif (1) selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé en ce qu'une des extrémités (22) de l'élément de formation (20) est effilée.Device (1) according to the preceding claim, characterized in that one of the ends (22) of the forming element (20) is tapered. Dispositif (1) selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé en ce que ledit corps (11) comprend en outre des moyens limiteurs de la course (14) de l'élément de verrouillage (13).Device (1) according to the preceding claim, characterized in that said body (11) further comprises means for limiting the stroke (14) of the locking element (13). Dispositif (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte en outre des moyens d'attache (30) agencés pour coopérer avec un support tiers.Device (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it further comprises attachment means (30) arranged to cooperate with a third support. Dispositif selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend des moyens d'attache (30) qui coopèrent solidairement avec l'élément de formation (20), formant une seule et même entité physique.Device according to Claim 4, characterized in that it comprises attachment means (30) which cooperate integrally with the forming element (20), forming one and the same physical entity. Dispositif (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de formation (20) et/ou les moyens de fermeture réversible (10) sont constitués d'un ou plusieurs matériaux inertes chimiquement et/ou inoxydables.Device (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the forming element (20) and / or the reversible closure means (10) consist of one or more chemically inert and / or stainless materials . Dispositif (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de formation (20) est formé en acier inoxydable.Device (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the forming element (20) is formed of stainless steel. Dispositif (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il présente des dimensions (L23, L24, L25, L, w, e, d) déterminées pour permettre son insertion dans un tambour d'un appareil de lavage et/ou séchage d'articles textiles.Device (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it has dimensions (L23, L24, L25, L, w, e, d) determined to allow its insertion into a drum of an appliance. washing and / or drying of textile articles.
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