(19)
(11) EP 0 719 517 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
07.05.1997 Bulletin 1997/19

(43) Date of publication A2:
03.07.1996 Bulletin 1996/27

(21) Application number: 95118952.1

(22) Date of filing: 01.12.1995
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: A47L 15/44
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR GB IT SE

(30) Priority: 06.12.1994 IT MI942478

(71) Applicant: TECNOPLASTICA PREALPINA S.p.A.
I-21049 Tradate Varese (IT)

(72) Inventor:
  • Borroni, Giuseppe
    I-21040 Origgio, Varese (IT)

(74) Representative: Petruzzelli, Antonio European Patent Attorney 
C.so Italia, No. 43
20122 Milano
20122 Milano (IT)

   


(54) Metering drawer for dishwasher machines which can be used as a double or single-release metering device


(57) A metering device for dishwasher machines of the type comprising a tub for the detergent and a chamber for containing polish, provided with a control lever mechanism for the selective release of detergent and of polish to the washing drum. Said lever mechanism comprises a first control lever (40) for opening the detergent tub (22) and a second lever (44) for actuating release of the polish, connected to the first lever (40) by means of an intermediate lever (54) attached tiltingly to a corresponding end of said second lever (44) and which can be hooked at its opposite end to said first control lever (40). According to the invention, in order to define said metering device as a double-release metering device, a spacer or interposition element (58) is provided, arranged between the internal face of said intermediate lever (54) and the external face of said first control lever (40). Said spacer can be removed from the metering device to define a single-release metering device.






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