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EP 0715016 B1 19980610 - Laundry drier

Title (en)

Laundry drier

Title (de)

Wäschetrockner

Title (fr)

Sèche linge

Publication

EP 0715016 B1 19980610 (DE)

Application

EP 95810526 A 19950822

Priority

CH 366294 A 19941202
CH 390394 A 19941222

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0715016A1] A clothes drier is attached to a radiator (1) consisting of several horizontal pipes (4,5). The clothes drier has sliding telescopic arms which hold several clothes supports. The last slide has vertical arms (19) with grooves (20) wide enough to slide over the radiator pipes (4,5). The distance between the bottom of the upper groove (20) and the end of the lower arm is arranged to ensure that the drier is held when in the mounted position.

IPC 1-7

D06F 57/12

IPC 8 full level

D06F 57/12 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

D06F 57/127 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0715016 A1 19960605; EP 0715016 B1 19980610; AT E167245 T1 19980615; DE 59502494 D1 19980716

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 95810526 A 19950822; AT 95810526 T 19950822; DE 59502494 T 19950822