DE4228469A1 - Household appliance, e.g. washing machine, for disabled people - has operating components in easily accessible positions - Google Patents

Abstract

A household appliance, e.g. a washing machine or a dryer, has operating components in positions which are easily accessible to wheelchair users, other disabled people or the elderly. The control buttons or the rotary switch, the chambers for liquid or non-liquid detergent or the collecting bowl for condensation water are located to the right or the left of the door opening or the porthole. ADVANTAGE - Enables disabled people to do their own washing.

Description

Household appliances, washing machine, washer-dryer and laundry Dryers of common design have a uniform Loading / emptying by washing. That means that Filling or emptying the laundry drum with laundry when

• - Front loader with porthole equipment, from the front,
• - TOP loader loading from above,
• - tumble dryer from the front,

must be made.

For disabled people in a wheelchair, this is in one way or another Case very difficult or hardly reasonable.

Other disabled people too, depending on the type of disability limited, with the uniform design of Household appliances, washing machines, washer-dryers and laundry Dryer your burden and effort.

Older people are in no way better off. They have also, by stooping, their trouble handling or loading / emptying with the aforementioned devices.  

According to the invention, this problem, according to Claim 1 as solved as follows:

Area washing machine

The washing machine is designed so that it is from Wheelchair off - with no extra effort - even for other handicapped and older people comfortably filled / can be emptied.

The center of the washing machine's porthole should be in right height between 90 and 100 cm.

The control buttons or rotary switches, as well as the chamber for liquid or non-liquid detergent, or for fabric softener should also be accessible from a wheelchair be easy to use. This means that the operating Instruments, to the right or left of the porthole, in height down or up, possibly shifted due to construction, are attached.

The lost empty space due to the height difference between the bottom of the appliance and the tub, is opened by one Rail-mounted, pull-out, laundry / Storage trolley used. This laundry / storage cart is equipped with double bottom according to the invention. The means that by pressing a button (switch for "up / down" on the Front, upper edge of the laundry trolley) double floor, can be raised or lowered electrically.  

Area dryer

According to the invention, the clothes dryer is constructed in such a way that that this is from the wheelchair - without additional effort - and also comfortably by other handicapped and elderly people can be filled / emptied.

The middle of the door opening, as well as the laundry drum, should installed at a fair height between 90 and 100 cm be.

The control buttons or rotary switches, as well as drawer / Drip tray for condensed water, should be on the right or left from the dryer door / laundry drum, possibly construction conditionally, be shifted up or down. This is the only way wheelchair-friendly operation of this device possible.

Furthermore, the lost empty space due to the heights difference between equipment bottom and vat, by one mounted on rails, pull-out, Laundry / storage trolley must be used. This laundry / Storage trolley is equipped with a double floor. The means that by pressing a button (switch for "up / down" on the Front, upper edge of the laundry / storage trolley) double Floor can be raised or lowered electrically.

In addition, according to the invention, can be used for household purposes, between Dryer drum and laundry / storage trolley, a pull-out or swiveling storage board (made of metal or veneered wood) installed.  

According to the invention, according to claim 1), the handling is Household appliances, washing machine, washer dryer and laundry This makes drying a wheelchair driver easier. He is no longer forced to sideways over the roll chair, or forward from the wheelchair difficult after bend down to the aforementioned machines with laundry too equip / empty. Even the laundry / storage trolley is according to the invention and due to construction by the switch attached to the front, top edge convenient and easy to use for a wheelchair user.

Also have other disabled people and the elderly this invention makes workflow easier, as well as a much more convenient washing day.  

Presentation of the invention

A model of the invention is shown in FIG 1 to FIG 5 and described..:

Fig. 1 wheelchair driver and disabled washer / washer-dryer with closed storage or laundry trolley;

Fig. 2 wheelchair driver and disabled washer / washer-dryer with open storage or laundry trolley;

Fig. 3 wheelchair driver and clothes dryer suitable for the disabled without an open storage or laundry trolley and without the storage board being pulled out or swung out;

Fig. 4 wheelchair driver and handicapped tumble dryer with the storage or laundry trolley open, but without the tray pulled out or swung out;

Fig. 5 wheelchair driver and disabled dryer with closed storage or laundry trolley, but with the storage board pulled out or swung out.

Find

Disclosure notice
DE 32 12 527 A1
Int. C1 3: D 06 F 37/26 - D 06 F 58/20
Case number: P 32 12 527.5
Filing date: April 3, 1982
Disclosure date: October 13, 1983
Applicant: Dr. Ing. Lepper, Wilhelm 5340 Bad Honnef, DE

comment

The invention I submitted, acc. Claim 1 in no way corresponds to the above Disclosure notice. On the contrary, the one described in the published specification Machine, has been on the washing machine and so far Tumble dryer market, as of March 31, 1982, Device placed higher on feet (without measurement). For a wheelchair user, other disabled people and older People even harder to use. Possibly empties a wheelchair user even when pouring liquid Detergent, the same, because of the too high Detergent dispenser (according to the picture), above itself. The Controls are also much worse and worse more difficult to use because this is at the top are attached.

All in all, in no way "wheelchair drivers and disabled people fair ", and even more difficult for older people operable.

Claims (4)

1. Household appliances, washing machine, washer-dryer and tumble dryer, characterized in that the installed operating elements, as well as the space created by the construction for wheelchair users, other handicapped people and the elderly are facilitated and can be operated without additional effort. 2. Household appliances, washing machine, washer dryer and tumble dryer, according to claim 1, characterized in that the control buttons or rotary switches, and the chambers for liquid or non-liquid detergent, or the drawer or the drip tray for condensation water, right or left of the porthole or the door opening are installed.
The porthole, or the drum opening of the washing machine / washer-dryer and the drum opening of the tumble dryer should be constructed at a height of 90-100 cm suitable for the disabled (center of the respective drum), measured from the floor. 3. Household appliances, washing machine, washer-dryer and Clothes dryer according to claim 1 and 2, characterized records that the lost white space Because of the constructional height difference between the bottom and the tub of the machine, with a mounted on rails, pull-out, Laundry / storage trolley is designed or built. The laundry or storage cart is designed be moderately equipped with double bottoms that at the push of a button (switch for "up / down" on the Front, top edge of the laundry / storage trolley) the double floor electrically lift or lets lower. 4. Household appliances, washing machine, washer dryer and Clothes dryer according to claim 1, 2 and 3, characterized in that between the laundry drum and the laundry / storage trolley swiveling or pull-out shelf (made of metal or veneered wood).