EP 1426478 A1 20040609 - Improvements relating to clothes driers
Title (en)
Improvements relating to clothes driers
Title (de)
Verbesserungen bezüglich Wäschetrockner
Title (fr)
Améliorations concernant des séchoirs à linge
Publication
Application
Priority
GB 0227994 A 20021202
Abstract (en)
When a cord 9 is pulled, this draws a collar 6 down past a leaf spring 8 towards a sleeve 2. As the collar passes over the leaf spring, lugs 7 on the collar are pushed by the leaf spring against wedges 5 on arms 4 of a rotary drier. The lug 7 is pushed firmly by the leaf spring against the wedge at its lower slope and, as the collar 6 is drawn down the column 1, the lugs slide against the increasingly sloping surface of the wedges, thereby pushing the arms 4 outwards. The act of pushing the arms 4 outwards lifts the sleeve 2 towards the collar 6, so that the collar 6 and sleeve 2 are brought into abutting relationship. The use of the leaf spring plus the wedge arrangement on the arms which controls movement of the collar on the column, can reduce the force needed to lift the sleeve 2. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
D06F 57/04 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
D06F 57/04 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [AD] WO 0114626 A1 20010301 - HILLS INDUSTRIES LTD [GB], et al
- [A] US 5492232 A 19960220 - OHM HEINZ J [DE]
- [A] EP 0898006 A2 19990224 - WUESTER HEINRICH [AT]
- [A] DE 3249358 A1 19840426 - LEIFHEIT INTERNATIONAL [DE]
- [A] GB 2012579 A 19790801 - ASS SPRAYERS LTD
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 1426478 A1 20040609; EP 1426478 B1 20070124; AT E352656 T1 20070215; DE 60311393 D1 20070315; DE 60311393 T2 20071011; GB 0227994 D0 20030108
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 03257487 A 20031127; AT 03257487 T 20031127; DE 60311393 T 20031127; GB 0227994 A 20021202