Global Patent Index - EP 2113605 A1

EP 2113605 A1 20091104 - Household laundry washing and/or drying appliance and relative operating method

Title (en)

Household laundry washing and/or drying appliance and relative operating method

Title (de)

Haushaltswasch- und/oder Trocknungsgerät und entsprechendes Betriebsverfahren

Title (fr)

Lave et/ou séche linge domestique et son procédé de fonctionnement

Publication

EP 2113605 A1 20091104 (EN)

Application

EP 08154989 A 20080423

Priority

EP 08154989 A 20080423

Abstract (en)

A household appliance (1) comprising an outer casing (2) having inside a laundry storage compartment (4, 10) for housing the clothing to be cleaned, and an ultraviolet light source (3) for illuminating, on command, said laundry storage compartment (4) to activate the photocatalyst chemical reactions that dissolve organic stains on any fabric stored therein and which has photocatalyst self-cleaning capabilities.

IPC 8 full level

D06F 58/20 (2006.01); D06F 35/00 (2006.01); D06F 58/14 (2006.01); D06F 58/30 (2020.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

D06F 58/14 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 58/203 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 58/30 (2020.02 - EP US)

Citation (applicant)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

AL BA MK RS

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2113605 A1 20091104; EP 2113605 B1 20131106

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 08154989 A 20080423