Global Patent Index - EP 0665320 B1

EP 0665320 B1 19981014 - Device for reducing detergent wastage in a washing machine

Title (en)

Device for reducing detergent wastage in a washing machine

Title (de)

Vorrichtung zur Verminderung von Waschmittelverlust in einer Waschmaschine

Title (fr)

Dispositif pour réduire les pertes en produits lessiviels dans un lave-linge

Publication

EP 0665320 B1 19981014 (FR)

Application

EP 94118501 A 19941123

Priority

FR 9315546 A 19931223

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0665320A1] The waste extractor, e.g. for a top-loading washing machine, consists of a tunnel (21) connecting the chamber (3) surrounding the washing machine drum and formed between the lower wall (22) of the chamber and a deflector (23) on a second wall (24) of the chamber, located above the first. The deflector covers an outlet well (8) which can have a trap (51) in it for mechanical objects (51) which can be removed from the outside of the washing machine and emptied. The trap (51) has two apertures (53,54) in its opposite vertical walls, one linked to the tunnel and the other to the well (8), while mechanical objects remain in the bottom. The trap can be removed, for example, through an aperture in the inside of the drum.

IPC 1-7

D06F 39/08; D06F 37/26

IPC 8 full level

D06F 37/26 (2006.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01); D06F 39/10 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

D06F 37/267 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 39/086 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE ES FR GB IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

FR 2714400 A1 19950630; FR 2714400 B1 19960126; DE 69413943 D1 19981119; DE 69413943 T2 19990311; EP 0665320 A1 19950802; EP 0665320 B1 19981014; ES 2125390 T3 19990301; HK 1012032 A1 19990723

DOCDB simple family (application)

FR 9315546 A 19931223; DE 69413943 T 19941123; EP 94118501 A 19941123; ES 94118501 T 19941123; HK 98113252 A 19981214