Abstract: A dispensing device (1) for a door of a dishwasher, includes a support body (2) having first and second, longitudinally adjacent, dispensers (5-7; 9, 10), for a washing agent and a rinse agent, respectively; and an electrically controlled actuator device (13), having a stationary structure (15) and a mobile member (18), coupled to the first dispenser (5-7) such that when the door is closed a first energization of the actuator device (13) causes the dispensing of the washing agent, and coupled to the second dispenser (9, 10) through a transmission mechanism including an interconnecting member (30) which makes the mechanism operative after a first energization of the actuator device (13) after the door is closed, to allow dispensing of the rinse agent by a subsequent energization of the actuator device (13). The interconnecting member (30) has an inactive position in which the mechanism is inoperative when the door is opened.

Abstract: A dispensing device for a dishwashing machine, including: a body mounted to a door of the dishwashing machine; a receptacle formed in the body to receive a quantity of a washing or rinsing agent; a lid associated with the receptacle and displaceable in a manner constrained to the body against the action of a spring from an open position into a closed position, wherein the lid comprises an outer face which faces away from the receptacle when the lid is in closed position; a latching apparatus having a striker member assuming a deactivated configuration, in which the striker member is configured to be engaged by the latching member when the lid is closed, and an activated configuration, in which the striker member releases the latching element allowing the lid to pass into the open position; and an opening member which disengages the latching member from the striker element in deactivated configuration, allowing the lid to open.

Abstract: A connecting device for coupling a tubular member having on one end an outer shoulder or flange, in particular an inlet piping of a water supply electric control valve for a washing machine, to a threaded tubular port, in particular an outlet port of a water supply line or tap. The device includes a nut and a coupling ring interposed between the tubular member and the second end portion of the nut for connecting them to one another. The coupling ring is resiliently deformable in a radial direction mounted around the tubular member, in proximity of the end shoulder or flange thereof, such as to be prevented by the end shoulder or flange from being moved away from the tubular member, but to be allowed to freely rotate around the tubular member.

Abstract: An actuator device which includes a fixed support structure, an actuation member movable, a biasing member tending to maintain the actuation member in a rest position, a shape-memory wire connected to the structure and to the actuation member, and an electric circuit for supplying an electric current to the shape-memory wire. The circuit includes a pair of terminals. One end of the shape-memory wire is connected to a first terminal. The circuit includes further an electric switch, including a first conducting member electrically connected with the second terminal, and a second conducting member carried by the actuation member and electrically connected with the other end of the shape-memory wire. The switch is closed when the actuation member is in the rest position, and remains closed until when the actuation member reaches a working position, and opens when the actuation member passes beyond the working position.

Abstract: A dispensing device (1) for a door of a dishwasher, includes a support body (2) having first and second, longitudinally adjacent, dispensers (5-7; 9, 10), for a washing agent and a rinse agent, respectively; and an electrically controlled actuator device (13), having a stationary structure (15) and a mobile member (18), coupled to the first dispenser (5-7) such that when the door is closed a first energisation of the actuator device (13) causes the dispensing of the washing agent, and coupled to the second dispenser (9, 10) through a transmission mechanism including an interconnecting member (30) which makes the mechanism operative after a first energisation of the actuator device (13) after the door is closed, to allow dispensing of the rinse agent by a subsequent energisation of the actuator device (13). The interconnecting member (30) has an inactive position in which the mechanism is inoperative when the door is opened.

Abstract: An actuator device which includes a fixed support structure, an actuation member movable, a contrast member tending to maintain the actuation member in a rest position, a shape-memory wire connected to the structure and to the actuation member, and an electric circuit for supplying an electric current to the shape-memory wire. The circuit includes a pair of terminals. One end of the shape-memory wire is connected to a first terminal. The circuit includes further an electric switch, including a first conducting member electrically connected with the second terminal, and a second conducting member carried by the actuation member and electrically connected with the other end of the shape-memory wire. The switch is closed when the actuation member is in the rest position, and remains closed until when the actuation member reaches a working position, and opens when the actuation member passes beyond the working position.