EP 0097483 A3 19851204 - WASH TUBS
Title (en)
WASH TUBS
Publication
Application
Priority
GB 8217437 A 19820616
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0097483A2] Wash tubs for domestic front loading washing machines, where rigidity of the back plate supporting the rotatable drum is an essential requisite, are made more rigid, quicker, stronger and cheaper as solid mouldings than as structural foam mouldings, the latter being the accepted norm for maximising panel stiffness. Preferred materials are fibre reinforced thermoplastic compositions free from blowing agents. The back plates are moulded in a Greek Fan configuration comprising a plurality of sectors adjacent ones of which are relatively displaced axially of the wash tub and are joined at their radial edges by axially extending webs, the sectors preferably being thicker than the webs.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
D06F 37/26 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
D06F 37/262 (2013.01); D06F 37/263 (2013.01); D06F 37/264 (2013.01); D06F 37/269 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [X] EP 0043429 A1 19820113 - ZANUSSI A SPA INDUSTRIE [IT]
- [A] GB 1033280 A 19660622 - SIEMENS ELEKTROGERAETE GMBH
- [A] DE 7320627 U 19730830
- [A] DE 6605244 U 19700506 - SIEMENS ELEKTROGERAETE GMBH [DE]
- [A] FR 1362919 A 19640605 - VER DEUTSCHE METALLWERKE AG
- [A] DESIGN ENGINEERING, mid-May 1980, pages 47-50, London, GB; "Specialised plastics & fabrication methods in white goods manufacture"
Designated contracting state (EPC)
BE DE FR IT LU NL
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0097483 A2 19840104; EP 0097483 A3 19851204; EP 0097483 B1 19880824; DE 3377802 D1 19880929; GB 2121834 A 19840104; GB 2121834 B 19851204; GB 8316199 D0 19830720; JP S5957699 A 19840403
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 83303432 A 19830614; DE 3377802 T 19830614; GB 8316199 A 19830614; JP 10601683 A 19830615