EP 2241669 A1 20101020 - Washing machine with an improved washing/rinsing-liquid inlet circuit
Title (en)
Washing machine with an improved washing/rinsing-liquid inlet circuit
Title (de)
Waschmaschine mit verbessertem Wasch-/Spülflüssigkeitseinlasskreis
Title (fr)
Machine à laver avec un circuit d'entrée de liquide de nettoyage/rinçage amélioré
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 09005228 A 20090409
Abstract (en)
Washing machine (1) comprising: - a washing tub (5) containing a rotary perforated drum (6); - a washing/rinsing-liquid dispenser (8) comprising a housing (9) and a drawer (10), removably associated to the housing (9), provided with one or more compartments (11a,11b) adapted to be filled with washing and/or rinsing products, the washing/rinsing-liquid dispenser (8) comprising a water distributor (14) provided with at last two inlet connectors (15a,15b), connectable, upstream, to a water source, and fluidly connected, downstream, to an air-gap (16) from which at least two ducts (17a,17b) branch off, the at least two ducts (17a,17b) being fluidly connected to the inlet connectors (15a,15b) and adapted for conveying water to the compartments (11a,11b); - a water line (13), fluidly connecting said washing/rinsing-liquid dispenser (8) and said tub (5). The washing/rinsing-liquid dispenser (8) comprises a by-pass line (20), fluidly connected, upstream, to at least one of the inlet connectors (15a,15b), and extending substantially from said air-gap (16), the by-pass line (20) being fluidly separated from the ducts (17a,17b) and from the compartments (11a,11b), and being adapted to allow the flow of clean water from the washing/rinsing-liquid dispenser (8) to the tub (5).
IPC 8 full level
D06F 39/02 (2006.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
D06F 39/028 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 39/088 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (applicant)
- EP 0597274 A1 19940518 - ZANUSSI ELETTRODOMESTICI [IT]
- EP 1568814 A1 20050831 - WHIRLPOOL CO [US]
- EP 0719884 A1 19960703 - BOSCH SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE [DE]
Citation (search report)
- [YD] EP 0719884 A1 19960703 - BOSCH SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE [DE]
- [Y] EP 1595991 A1 20051116 - ELECTROLUX HOME PROD CORP [BE]
- [A] EP 1600546 A1 20051130 - ELECTROLUX HOME PROD CORP [BE]
- [A] WO 03014453 A1 20030220 - BSH BOSCH SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE [DE]
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 MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
AL BA RS
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 2241669 A1 20101020; EP 2241669 B1 20140618; CN 102449228 A 20120509; RU 2011145336 A 20130520; RU 2541501 C2 20150220; US 2012060568 A1 20120315; WO 2010115622 A1 20101014
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 09005228 A 20090409; CN 201080022656 A 20100408; EP 2010002193 W 20100408; RU 2011145336 A 20100408; US 201013263271 A 20100408