Global Patent Index - EP 1647624 A1

EP 1647624 A1 20060419 - Front-loading clothes washing machine with gutter arrangement on top

Title (en)

Front-loading clothes washing machine with gutter arrangement on top

Title (de)

Frontlader-Waschmaschine mit einer darauf angeordneten Gerinnvorrichtung

Title (fr)

Machine à laver à chargement frontal avec une gouttière sur le dessus

Publication

EP 1647624 A1 20060419 (EN)

Application

EP 04105038 A 20041014

Priority

EP 04105038 A 20041014

Abstract (en)

Front-loading clothes washing or drying machine comprising an outer casing, a worktop delimiting said outer casing at the top, a facia or control panel arranged on the upper front portion of said outer casing, in which said worktop and said control panel delimitate each other along respective edges that define a juncture, under which there are arranged gutter-like means having an upward open convexity facing said juncture extending thereabove, said gutter-like means extending in turn substantially over the whole length of said juncture. Said gutter-like means are provided as a unitary piece, i.e. integral with said worktop or, alternatively, as a unitary piece, i.e. integral with said control panel, or they may be provided by suitably forming an internal upper front crosspiece of the machine into a corresponding shape.

IPC 8 full level

D06F 39/12 (2006.01); D06F 34/34 (2020.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

D06F 34/34 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 39/12 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1647624 A1 20060419; AU 2005205815 A1 20060504; BR PI0504200 A 20060627; JP 2006110352 A 20060427; US 2006081015 A1 20060420

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 04105038 A 20041014; AU 2005205815 A 20050905; BR PI0504200 A 20050926; JP 2005298083 A 20051012; US 22554505 A 20050913