EP 1626116 B1 20091202 - Device and method for closing and opening the door of a drum
Title (en)
Device and method for closing and opening the door of a drum
Title (de)
Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Schliessen und Öffnen einer Trommeltür
Title (fr)
Système de porte de cuve et procédé de fermeture et d'ouverture d'une porte de cuve
Publication
Application
Priority
FR 0408586 A 20040803
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP1626116A1] The system has a tub door panel (15) to close an opening (13a) in a wall (16) of a tub (13), and an actuating unit (17) to actuate the panel between an open position and a closed position. Guide rails (18) guide an edge (15a) of the panel along a path tangential to the wall of the tub, and a lever and a guide rail guide another edge (15b) of the panel opposite to the edge (15a) along a path extending closer to the wall of the tub. Independent claims are also included for the following: (A) a washing machine including a revolving drum mounted inside a washing tub (B) a method for opening a tub door of a washing machine (C) a method for closing a tub door of a washing machine.
IPC 8 full level
D06F 37/10 (2006.01); D06F 34/20 (2020.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
D06F 34/20 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 37/10 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 37/28 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 2103/40 (2020.02 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 1626116 A1 20060215; EP 1626116 B1 20091202; AT E450643 T1 20091215; DE 602005017987 D1 20100114; ES 2337587 T3 20100427; FR 2874029 A1 20060210; FR 2874029 B1 20061027; PL 1626116 T3 20100531
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 05291590 A 20050726; AT 05291590 T 20050726; DE 602005017987 T 20050726; ES 05291590 T 20050726; FR 0408586 A 20040803; PL 05291590 T 20050726