Global Patent Index - EP 0725179 A1

EP 0725179 A1 19960807 - Improvement in the unbalance preventing arrangement of the drum of a clothes washing machine

Title (en)

Improvement in the unbalance preventing arrangement of the drum of a clothes washing machine

Title (de)

Vorrichtung zum Vermeiden der Unwucht einer Waschmaschinetrommel

Title (fr)

Dispositif pour éviter le balourd du tambour d'une machine à laver

Publication

EP 0725179 A1 19960807 (EN)

Application

EP 96100061 A 19960104

Priority

IT PN950006 U 19950201

Abstract (en)

Clothes washing machine comprising a washing tub and a perforated cylindrical drum adapted to rotate about its own axis, and provided with a dynamic unbalance preventing arrangement consisting essentially of a plurality of annular, ring-shaped hollow bodies (8) whose axes coincide with the axis of said drum, said hollow bodies having a sealed construction and being firmly attached to said cylindrical drum, and a plurality of movable balancing weights (11) that are arranged in a free slidable manner inside said hollow bodies which are grouped into two distinct assemblies (6,7), the hollow bodies of said two assemblies being provided to respectively adhere against the opposite bases (2,3) of said drum. Said hollow bodies are made by joining together two substantially symmetrical parts (9,10), each one of which is formed by a plurality of circular, coplanar, concentric, open grooves that are integrally connected to each other. The assemblies (6,7) are secured against their respective drum bases by means of a plurality of brackets (15) which are provided on the outer surface of the drum and are capable of mutually engaging respective zones of the outer edge of said assemblies. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

D06F 37/22

IPC 8 full level

D06F 35/00 (2006.01); D06F 37/02 (2006.01); D06F 37/12 (2006.01); D06F 37/22 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

D06F 37/225 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE ES FR GB IT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0725179 A1 19960807; EP 0725179 B1 20000705; CA 2168385 A1 19960802; DE 69609090 D1 20000810; DE 69609090 T2 20010315; ES 2150023 T3 20001116; IT 238832 Y1 20001115; IT PN950006 U1 19960801; IT PN950006 V0 19950201; JP H08252391 A 19961001

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 96100061 A 19960104; CA 2168385 A 19960130; DE 69609090 T 19960104; ES 96100061 T 19960104; IT PN950006 U 19950201; JP 1688596 A 19960201