Global Patent Index - EP 1270792 A1

EP 1270792 A1 20030102 - Improvements relating to clothes driers

Title (en)

Improvements relating to clothes driers

Title (de)

Verbesserungen bezüglich Wäschetrockner

Title (fr)

Améliorations concernant des séchoirs à linge

Publication

EP 1270792 A1 20030102 (EN)

Application

EP 02254511 A 20020627

Priority

GB 0115638 A 20010627

Abstract (en)

"Improvements Relating to Clothes Driers" A toggle 13 is pulled out to open up the arms of a drier. At first a mass 12 is pulled up to the top of column 1. Continued pull on the toggle now has the effect of a multi-part purchase over various sheaves 8, 5, 11, 5, 8 and 7 to draw a sleeve 2 and a collar 4 together and lift those elements up the column 1. Support arms carried by lugs 3 on the sleeve 2 are caused to be wedged away from the column 1 and their expansion continues as the sleeve 2 is raised up the column. By the time the sleeve 2 is secure at its uppermost position there is a long length of cord 9 leading from the sleeve to the toggle 13. However, once that toggle is released, the mass 12 is free to drop and it descends to about where the sleeve 2 was with the arms 3 folded before being arrested by the toggle 13 arriving at the sheave 8. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

D06F 57/04; A45B 25/14

IPC 8 full level

A45B 25/14 (2006.01); D06F 57/04 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A45B 25/14 (2013.01); D06F 57/04 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1270792 A1 20030102; EP 1270792 B1 20050105; AT E286551 T1 20050115; DE 60202506 D1 20050210; DE 60202506 T2 20060323; DK 1270792 T3 20050517; GB 0115638 D0 20010815

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 02254511 A 20020627; AT 02254511 T 20020627; DE 60202506 T 20020627; DK 02254511 T 20020627; GB 0115638 A 20010627