FR2485913A3 - DOOR FOR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES ESPECIALLY FOR A DISHWASHER THAT CAN BE RECOVERED IN A KITCHEN UNIT - Google Patents

Abstract

THE DOOR FOR APPLIANCES RECESSED IN A KITCHEN FURNITURE INCLUDES A BODY 4 ON WHICH IS MOUNTED AN EXTERIOR CLADDING PANEL. THIS DOOR IS CHARACTERIZED IN THAT THE BODY 4 AND THE PANEL 7 ARE CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER BY AT LEAST ONE UPPER ARM 8 AND AT LEAST ONE LOWER ARM 9 WHICH ARE SIMPLY DRIVED ON THE BODY AND ON THE PANEL AT THEIR CORRESPONDING EXTREMITIES AND THUS A PARALLELOGRAM JOINT. THE INVENTION ENABLES THE LOWER EDGE OF THE PANEL 7 TO BE PREVENTED FROM TAKING IN THE OPENING POSITION A POSITION WHICH REQUIRES CLEARANCE IN THE BASE 3 OF THE CABINET 1.

Description

The present invention relates to appliance doors

  household appliances, particularly for

  dishwashers of the type intended to be embedded in

cooking.

  As is well known, the technical solution

  of arranging household electrical appliances

  firmly embedded in kitchen furniture is spreading

  more and more. The solution requires for electronic devices

  a frontal covering composed of identical panels

  furniture, particularly wood panels.

  This requirement has been satisfied by the mounting of hinges and / or guides which allow a relative movement of the panel relative to the door of the apparatus during the

  opening and closing operations of the door.

  In one case, the panel is mounted to

  on the door at the lower edges of this panel and door and is subsequently connected to

  the door by elements of attachment and of inter-

  placed between the panel and the door.

  In another case, the panel is hingedly hinged to the door at the upper edges of this panel and this door and is guided at its lower part so as to deviate from the door in the open position. These solutions have various disadvantages due to the fact that they require the mounting of hinges specially provided and they require to make changes to the base furniture. In particular, it is necessary to provide a clearance in the base, since

  the panel must partially engage by its lower edge

  in a frontal void from the bottom of the machine when the door is open. The object of the invention is to provide a door for household appliances with a front panel coating that is easy to assemble and does not require assembly of delicate organs such as hinges

  nor modifications to the furniture.

  Another object of the invention is to provide a door of the aforementioned type whose front panel ensures, in

  closing position, a complete covering of the furniture, tan-

  that in the open position, it does not involve engagement in the front base void of the furniture and therefore does not require the formation of a clearance in the base pedestal. According to the invention, these objects are attained in a door for household appliances comprising a body on which is mounted an outer covering panel, characterized in that this body and this panel are connected between

  by at least one upper arm and at least one lower arm

  laughing that are simply journalled at their ends

  on the body and on the panel so as to form an article

  parallelogram type.

  The accompanying drawing, given by way of non-limiting example, will make it clear how the invention can be realized. Figure 1 shows schematically by a

  side view a household appliance, for example a washing machine

  dishware equipped with a door made according to the invention.

  Figure 2 illustrates a detail of Figure 1.

  The illustrated dishwasher comprises a piece of furniture 1 substantially parallelepiped and equipped at the front of a door 2 while the furniture in which the machine is intended to be anchored comprises a base base base 3. The door 2 is formed of a body 4 articulated at 5 on the furniture 1 in a known manner and not shown; to this body 4 is fixed,

  in the upper position, a table 6 including the

machine control systems.

  On the outside of the body 4 is mounted a

  coating surface 7, preferably of wood, which has the aesthetic and dimensional characteristics of the furniture

  to which the dishwasher is to be combined.

  The body 4 and the panel 7 are interconnected by at least one upper arm 8 and at least one lower arm 9 whose ends are simply

  journals on the body and the panel respectively.

  The upper arm 8 preferably has a slight length

  considerably larger than that of the lower arm 9 correspon-

  ing. This feature allows a faster removal of the upper edge of the panel 7 from Table 6 (which projects on the body 4) at the beginning of the opening movement of the door 2. During the opening of the door, the distance of the panel 7 from the

  door 4, which is effected with a parallel-type movement

  the logramme is ensured by the weight of the panel 7, that is to say

  simply by gravity. In the open position

  2 of the door 2, the panel 7 is simply suspended from the body 4, as indicated by dashed lines

on the drawing.

  The proposed solution, thanks to a

  ment and judicious positioning of arms 8 and 9 allows

  to prevent the lower edge of the panel 7 from taking

  opening a position which requires clearance in

  the base of the furniture. In this way, we eliminate the inconvenience

  previous solutions which required a change in

  cation of base 3, at the same time as we obtain the

  maximum freedom for the adaptation of the panel 7 to the

  adjacent machines and the possibility of obtaining a complete front coating of the machine, made by the panel 7 and the base, between which we can not see any slit

  unsightly seal. The description given above makes

  Obviously, the simplicity of construction and the practical advantages of the proposed solution are obvious and can naturally be modified without departing from the scope of the invention. For example, the arms 8 and 9 can be journalled on appropriate profiles, formed or fixed respectively on the body 4 and on the panel 7,

  in order to achieve a more precise alignment of the axes of

  corresponding culation. In addition, the movement of

  panel 7 relative to the body 4 during the opening

  Gate 2 can be facilitated by the adoption of kinematic chains (not shown) which add their effect to the action of the force of gravity.

Claims (2)

R E V E N D I C A T IO N S   1.- Door for household appliances   comprising a body on which is mounted an outer panel   characterized in that said body (4) and the panel (7) are interconnected by at least one upper arm (8) and at least one lower arm (9) which are simply journalled on said body and on said panel at their corresponding ends to form a   articulation of the parallelogram type.   2.- Door for household appliances   claim 1, characterized in that the upper arm   (8) is longer than the lower arm laughter (9).