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EP 0995829 B1 20020904 - Clothes drying stand

Title (en)

Clothes drying stand

Title (de)

Wäschetrockenständer

Title (fr)

Séchoir à linge

Publication

EP 0995829 B1 20020904 (DE)

Application

EP 98118800 A 19981005

Priority

EP 98118800 A 19981005

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0995829A1] The yokes (1,2) are joined via articulated caps (4) and the drying grids (5-7) are tiltable. Each drying grid (5) consists of two grid strips (8,9) and drying rods and is mounted on the fixed yoke (1) by means of a bearing bore (14) so that it tilts round an axis (15). The grid (5) is mounted on the tilting yoke (2) via an articulated tube (16) and tilted and shifted out of a drying position.

IPC 1-7

D06F 57/08

IPC 8 full level

D06F 57/08 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

D06F 57/08 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0995829 A1 20000426; EP 0995829 B1 20020904; AT E223529 T1 20020915; DE 59805436 D1 20021010

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 98118800 A 19981005; AT 98118800 T 19981005; DE 59805436 T 19981005