Global Patent Index - EP 2251477 A1

EP 2251477 A1 20101117 - Washing machine

Title (en)

Washing machine

Title (de)

Waschmaschine

Title (fr)

Machine à laver

Publication

EP 2251477 A1 20101117 (EN)

Application

EP 09006394 A 20090512

Priority

EP 09006394 A 20090512

Abstract (en)

Washing machine comprising: - a washing tub containing a rotary drum; - a draining sump fluidly communicating to the internal of the tub and fluidly connected to a draining circuit; - a housing, provided in the draining sump, for a filter adapted to impede the passage of bodies of fixed dimensions from the tub to the draining circuit; - an opening, obtained in a lateral surface of the drum, adapted, when facing the housing, to allow the access to the filter; - a closing device adapted for selectively closing the opening; the washing machine comprising locking means adapted to selectively lock the rotation of the drum with respect to the tub when the opening faces the housing (11), and/or locking means adapted to impede the opening of the closing device when the opening doesn't face the housing and to allow the opening of the closing device when the opening faces the housing.

IPC 8 full level

D06F 37/06 (2006.01); D06F 39/10 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

D06F 37/06 (2013.01 - EP); D06F 39/10 (2013.01 - 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 MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

AL BA RS

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2251477 A1 20101117; EP 2251477 B1 20120314; AT E549445 T1 20120315

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 09006394 A 20090512; AT 09006394 T 20090512