Global Patent Index - EP 0740716 B1

EP 0740716 B1 19980708 - IMPROVEMENT IN THE DYNAMIC BALANCING ARRANGEMENT OF A CLOTHES WASHING MACHINE

Title (en)

IMPROVEMENT IN THE DYNAMIC BALANCING ARRANGEMENT OF A CLOTHES WASHING MACHINE

Title (de)

DYNAMISCHE AUSWUCHTVORRICHTUNG EINER WÄSCHEWASCHMASCHINE

Title (fr)

AMELIORATION APPORTEE A L'AGENCEMENT D'EQUILIBRAGE DYNAMIQUE D'UN LAVE-LINGE

Publication

EP 0740716 B1 19980708 (EN)

Application

EP 95905617 A 19950110

Priority

  • EP 9500068 W 19950110
  • IT PN940005 A 19940128

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9520702A1] Clothes washing machine provided with an outer casing, a wash tub, a cylindrically shaped perforated drum housed in said wash tub and capable of rotating within said wash tub, said rotating drum being provided with a plurality of sealed hollow annular bodies that are integrally arranged in correspondence of the side walls of said cylindrical drum, and with a plurality of movable balancing weights that are capable of sliding freely within said hollow bodies, wherein said annular hollow bodies are shaped to show prominent lobes arranged regularly along the perimeter of said hollow bodies. At least one of the side walls of said drum is adjacent to a plurality of said hollow bodies, which are coaxially centered with the axis of the drum and have different radii so as to avoid any mutual interference.

IPC 1-7

D06F 37/22

IPC 8 full level

D06F 37/22 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

D06F 37/225 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

CH DE ES FR GB IT LI SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9520702 A1 19950803; CA 2173471 A1 19950803; DE 69503356 D1 19980813; DE 69503356 T2 19981119; EP 0740716 A1 19961106; EP 0740716 B1 19980708; ES 2121341 T3 19981116; IT PN940005 A0 19940128; IT PN940005 A1 19950728; JP H09508044 A 19970819

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 9500068 W 19950110; CA 2173471 A 19950110; DE 69503356 T 19950110; EP 95905617 A 19950110; ES 95905617 T 19950110; IT PN940005 A 19940128; JP 51985595 A 19950110