EP 1321558 A1 20030625 - Bellow for front-loading washing machine
Title (en)
Bellow for front-loading washing machine
Title (de)
Faltenbalg für eine frontbeschickbare Waschmaschine
Title (fr)
Soufflet pour machine à laver à chargement frontal
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 01830785 A 20011220
Abstract (en)
Front-loading clothes washing machine comprising a container having a front wall with a loading aperture (111), a removable door (121) able to close the loading aperture, a washing tub (112) mounted inside the container and having an aperture (117) facing towards the front wall of the container, a loading drum (15) for the clothes to be washed, the drum being mounted in the washing tub (112) in such a way that it can rotate about a horizontal axis and having an aperture (16) aligned with the aperture of the tub (117) and with the loading aperture (111), a connecting duct (120) between the aperture (117) of the washing tub and the loading aperture (111) comprising a bellows-like elastic joint (120a). The machine can take a larger load because of the fact that the space comprised within the connecting duct (120) can be used as an extension of the loading space because it includes at least one basically rigid annular band (120b) that at least partly covers the elastic joint (120a). <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
D06F 37/26 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
D06F 37/266 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [XA] US 5860300 A 19990119 - VALENT LUCIO [IT]
- [A] DE 9202138 U1 19921022
- [A] GB 2296018 A 19960619 - ELECTROLUX ZANUSSI ELETTRODOME [IT]
- [A] EP 1069228 A2 20010117 - CANDY SPA [IT]
- [A] DE 4220018 A1 19931223 - MIELE & CIE [DE]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE ES FR GB IT
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 1321558 A1 20030625; DE 60230108 D1 20090115; ES 2317986 T3 20090501
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 01830785 A 20011220; DE 60230108 T 20020607; ES 02425373 T 20020607