Washing Machine Wherein the Unbalanced Load is Balanced
AssigneeArcelik Anonim Sirketi
InventorsAli Levent Hasan-Reisoglu, Ersin Donmez, Mehmet Durmaz, Mehmet Uzuner
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a washing machine (1) comprising one or more than one receptacle (12) placed on the drum (2) wherein a sufficient amount of water delivered for counterbalancing the unbalanced load is stored when there is an unbalanced load.
Claims11
A washing machine (1) comprising a rotating drum (2) wherein the laundry to be washed is placed, which has a rear wall (11), a tub (3) wherein the drum (2) moves, a motor which provides the rotation of the drum (2), a shaft (4) which delivers the movement received from the motor to the drum (2) and which is borne to the tub (3) and one or more than one receptacle (12) situated on the drum (2), in which fluid is transferred to meet the unbalanced load when unbalanced load occurs, a stationary cylindrical protrusion (5) situated on the tub (3), a cylindrical housing (16) situated on the rear wall (11), surrounding the protrusion (5) concentrically such that a distance remains therebetween, rotating together with the drum (2), at least one supply line (6) situated on the tub (3), having an inlet connected to the mains and an outlet situated on the surface of the protrusion (5) facing the housing (16) and at least one distribution line (7) situated on the rear wall (11), rotating together with the drum (2), one end of which is connected to the receptacle (12), the other end opening to the surface of the housing (16) facing the protrusion (5),—characterized by an insert (18) which has—a hollow cylindrical body (19),—more than one ring-shaped sealing element (13) arranged one behind the other, almost parallel to each other on the inner surface (I) or the outer surface (D) of the body (19)—more than one compartment (10) remaining between the sealing elements (13), into each one of which one distribution line (7) inlet and one supply line (6) outlet open and—at least one opening (20) situated on the body (19) and in each compartment (10), providing the connection between the supply and distribution lines (6 and 7),—which is fixed onto the protrusion (5) or into the housing (16) such as to remain between the protrusion (5) and the housing (16).
A washing machine (1) as in any one of the claims above, characterized by the body (19) produced by injecting elastomer material over the sealing elements (13) placed into the injection mould.
A washing machine (1) as in any one of the claims above, characterized by the opening (20) having a diameter significantly bigger than the distribution line (7) inlet and/or the supply line (6) outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.