CASING FOR A HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE WITH NOISE INSULATION

• US 20070175907A1
• Filed: 01/30/2007
• Published: 08/02/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Miele & CIE KG (The Miele Group)
• Original Assignee: Miele & CIE KG (The Miele Group)
• Inventors: Kempe, Joerg, Nagel, Georg, Landeck, Andreas
• Application Number:
  US11/668,547
• Publication Number:
  US 20070175907A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 220/639
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 39/12 Casings; Tubs

Abstract

A housing for a household appliance includes a bottom part, a support frame including a supporting bar, and a sheet-metal panel forming a wall. The wall is attached to the support frame. A sound insulation element is provided between the supporting bar and an inner side of the sheet-metal panel. The sound insulation element includes an elastic material having substantially a form of an elastic bead.

Claims

1. A housing for a household appliance, the housing comprising:

a bottom part;

a support frame including at least one supporting bar;

a sheet-metal panel forming a wall, the wall being attached to the support frame; and

a sound insulation element disposed between the at least one supporting bar and an inner side of the sheet-metal panel, the sound insulation element including an elastic material having substantially a form of an elastic bead.

2. The housing as recited in claim 1 wherein the household appliance includes at least one of a washing machine, a laundry dryer, a washer-dryer machine and a dishwasher.

3. The housing as recited in claim 1 wherein the bead is fixed on the at least one supporting bar in at least one region of the support frame or around an entire periphery thereof.

4. The housing as recited in claim 1 wherein the bead is fixed on the sheet-metal panel in an edge region thereof in at least one region of the sheet-metal panel or around an entire periphery thereof.

5. The housing as recited in claim 3 wherein the bead is fixed around an entire periphery of the sheet-metal panel, and wherein the sound insulation element includes a second elastic bead extending in parallel to the bead in at least one region thereof.

6. The housing as recited in claim 4 wherein the bead is fixed around an entire periphery of the sheet-metal panel, and wherein the sound insulation element includes a second elastic bead extending in parallel to the bead in at least one region thereof.

7. The housing as recited in claim 3 wherein the bead includes a first and a second portion, the first portion having a larger cross-sectional area than a cross-sectional area of the second portion.

8. The housing as recited in claim 4 wherein the bead includes a first and a second portion, the first portion having a larger cross-sectional area than a cross-sectional area of the second portion.

9. The housing as recited in claim 5 wherein the bead includes a first and a second portion, the first portion having a larger cross-sectional area than a cross-sectional area of the second portion.

10. The housing as recited in claim 6 wherein the bead includes a first and a second portion, the first portion having a larger cross-sectional area than a cross-sectional area of the second portion.

11. The housing as recited in claim 1 wherein the bead is disposed on at least one of the sheet-metal panel and the at least one supporting bar in a self-adhesive manner.

12. The housing as recited in claim 1 wherein the bead is configured, in at least a first region thereof, to provide a liquid-tight connection between the sheet-metal panel and the at least one supporting bar.