The present invention relates to an angular support element for a dish-washing machine.
Dish-washing machines generally comprise angular supports, which have a wall defining a right angle facing the inside of the machine.
The presence of these portions defining a right angle entails a drawback regarding the cleanliness of the portion itself because of the accumulation of dirt that is deposited in the corner and because of the difficulty of removing it.
In particular, in a dish-washing machine, the accumulation of dirt occurs in an area corresponding to the compartment in which washing and rinsing of the dishes takes place. In fact, in this area the dirt of the dishes can easily reach the walls in so far as it is carried there by the jet of washing water.
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an angular support element for a dish-washing machine, the technical characteristics of which are able to solve the problems of the known art in a simple and economically advantageous way.
The subject of the present invention is an angular support element for a dish-washing machine; said angular element being characterized in that it comprises at least one tubular portion, which includes a concave wall without sharp corners or edges, which faces the inside of the dish-washing machine.
According to a preferred embodiment, said tubular portion comprises a longitudinal external rolled section and a longitudinal internal rolled section coupled together, said internal rolled section having said concave wall.
The example presented in what follows has a purely illustrative and non-limiting purpose in order to enable a better understanding of the invention, with the aid of the annexed plate of drawings, in which:
In
The dish-washing machine 1 comprises a supporting structure 2, which divides the dish-washing machine 1 itself into a top compartment 3, in which the operations of washing and rinsing are carried out, and a bottom compartment 4, in which a tank 5 is housed for collecting the washing and rinsing waters in such a way that the waters themselves may be set in circulation again.
The dish-washing machine 1 comprises two angular support elements 6, each of which is fixed to the supporting structure 2. In a position corresponding to the top compartment 3, as is highlighted by the enlarged detail of
The tubular portion 7 is defined laterally by: two plane external walls 8 arranged at right angles to one another; two plane fixing walls 9, each of which extends at right angles from a respective external wall 8; and a concave internal wall 10 extending from between the two fixing walls 9.
As is illustrated in
The external rolled section 11 comprises the two external walls 8 and at least part of the two fixing walls 9, in the form of external section plane fixing wall portions 9a, to enable overlapping and fixing with the internal rolled section 12.
The internal rolled section 12 comprises the concave wall 10 and part of the fixing walls 9, in the form of external section plane fixing wall portions 9b. In other words, whilst the external walls 8 and the internal concave wall 10 are supported, respectively, by the external rolled section 11 and by the internal rolled section 12, the fixing walls 9 derive from the overlapping of the wall portions 9a of the external rolled section 11 with the wall portions 9b of the internal rolled section 12.
Furthermore, whilst the external rolled section 11 extends throughout the height of the dish-washing machine 1, the internal rolled section 12 is coupled to the external rolled section 11 only in a position corresponding to the top compartment 3.
The angular element of the present invention makes available an internal surface without sharp edges, with the consequence that it is much easier to prevent the dirt from accumulating, thus at the same time preventing the problems set forth above.
It should moreover be pointed out that the fact that the angular element is obtained by coupling together an external rolled section and an internal rolled section renders the element itself modular, with the possibility of modifying it and of adapting it to particular requirements.
Finally, a further advantage of the angular element of the present invention is that the fixing of the two rolled sections is obtained by means of screws and not by means of welds, thus eliminating all the disadvantages that welding entails.
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