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EP 0235786 B1 19891011 - DEVICE FOR DRYING LAUNDRY

Title (en)

DEVICE FOR DRYING LAUNDRY

Publication

EP 0235786 B1 19891011 (DE)

Application

EP 87102938 A 19870302

Priority

DE 3606840 A 19860303

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0235786A1] 1. Device for drying laundry, having at least two stays mounted on a support (1), between which bars (10, 14) to take the laundry to be dried are disposed in a sliding manner in or on a guideway, characterized in that the guideway comprises two tracks (4, 5) which are disposed one above the other and are connected through a 180 degrees angle (6), it being possible for the bars (10, 14) to be slid from the upper track (4) to the lower track (5).

IPC 1-7

D06F 57/12

IPC 8 full level

D06F 57/12 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

D06F 57/12 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT CH FR GB IT LI NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0235786 A1 19870909; EP 0235786 B1 19891011; AT E47167 T1 19891015; DE 3606840 A1 19870910; DE 3606840 C2 19950316

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 87102938 A 19870302; AT 87102938 T 19870302; DE 3606840 A 19860303