EP 1741822 A1 20070110 - Washing machine with door-covering panel
Title (en)
Washing machine with door-covering panel
Title (de)
Waschmaschine mit einem türartigen Frontabdeckpaneel
Title (fr)
Machine à laver avec un panneau de recouvrement en forme de porte
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 05425487 A 20050708
Abstract (en)
A washing machine includes a decorative panel P hinged along a vertical side of the base W of the machine so as to cover completely the front part of the latter thus hiding the porthole door D, the control panel C and the load drawer L, said panel P having a substantially increased thickness with respect to conventional decorative panels, indicatively at least 8 cm, and being provided with an internal recess R in which there are arranged a plurality of shelves S suitable to receive the items required to operate the washing machine such as the packages of detergent, softener or other additives, floor cloths and sponges, the instruction booklet, etc. In this way, the user has everything at hand and the presence of panel P is no longer a disturbance to the access to an adjacent piece of furniture containing said items, and furthermore the washing machine can be arranged as a stand-alone appliance, without any necessity to arrange external shelves and/or pieces of furniture.
IPC 8 full level
D06F 39/12 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
D06F 39/14 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
- [Y] DE 3301596 A1 19840719 - LEPPER WILHELM DR ING
- [Y] DE 2530561 A1 19770421 - LICENTIA GMBH
- [A] FR 2171084 A1 19730921 - SIEMENS ELEKTROGERAETE GMBH [DE]
- [A] DE 2034871 A1 19720120 - SIEMENS ELEKTROGERAETE GMBH
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
Designated extension state (EPC)
AL BA HR MK YU
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 05425487 A 20050708