Patent ID: 7438076
Filing Date: 2008-10-21
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A washing agents dispenser device for dishwashing machines, comprising: a body, a compartment in said body for containing a washing agent, a cover associated to said compartment, being movable from a closed position to an open position of said compartment, restraining means adapted to restrain said cover to the body, so that said cover is capable of moving according to a plane motion from said open position to a position adjacent said closed position, a locking/release system of said cover with respect to the body, comprising actuating means, first sealing means associated to said compartment, second sealing means operatively connected to said cover, wherein said restraining means are further adapted to maintain, said first sealing means and said second sealing means out from their mutual contact during the most of the operation path of said cover, and wherein said cover in its closed position is adapted to ensure a mutual compression between said first and second sealing means, said mutual cooperation or compression identifying and delimiting a seal on part of the compartment, wherein, said second sealing means is partially inclined with respect to the plane identifying said plane motion of said cover and said restraining means are shaped such in a way to ensure said plane motion until said first sealing means and said second sealing means reach a position where they undergo mutual compression producing a seal on part of the compartment said first sealing means and/or said second sealing means comprising edges and/or gaskets and/or relieves and/or any arrangements of means adapted to obtain a suitable sealing in mutual cooperation, said gasket having an outer surface for getting a compression with said edges of said compartment when said cover is in its closed condition, and wherein said compression between said first and second sealing means in said closed position is caused by said restraining means, and wherein said restraining means comprises guides extending lengthwise on at least two sides of said compartment and further comprising cooperating relieves engaged inside said guides, so as to allow said first and said second sealing means to undergo mutual compression when said cover is in its closed position, and wherein said cover in its movement between said open position and said position adjacent to said closed position moves substantially parallel to itself, keeping said second sealing means inclined with respect to said planar movement, and wherein said first sealing means have a front part and a rear part, and said second sealing means have a front portion and a rear portion, said front part of said first sealing means being in touch with said front portion of said second sealing means when the cover is in said closed position, and said rear part of said first sealing means being in touch with said rear portion of said second sealing means when the cover is in said closed position, said front portion of said second sealing means protruding less from the inner side of the cover than said rear portion of said second sealing means, and said front part of said first sealing means protruding more from the compartment than said rear part of said first sealing means, and wherein during said cover motion between said open position and said closed position said front portion of the second sealing means overcome completely said rear part of said first sealing means without coming in contact with it.