Global Patent Index - EP 2280108 A1

EP 2280108 A1 20110202 - Front-loading laundry washing machine

Title (en)

Front-loading laundry washing machine

Title (de)

Waschmaschine mit Fronteinschub

Title (fr)

Machine à laver à chargement frontal

Publication

EP 2280108 A1 20110202 (EN)

Application

EP 10170437 A 20100722

Priority

IT TO20090569 A 20090727

Abstract (en)

Front-loading laundry washing machine (1) having a drum (4) with a substantially cylindrical skirt (20) having one or more arrays of holes (21), a rear wall (22), and a front wall (23), formed in which is the front opening (4A) of the drum (4). The skirt (20) has a plurality of lifter elements (30,40) that extend in length in a direction of depth of the drum (4), among which at least one first lifter element (30) formed integrally with the skirt (20) and comprising at least one drawn indentation (31,32) of the skirt itself, and one second lifter element (40), each lifter element (30,40) having a front end region and a rear end region. The at least one first lifter element (30) and the second lifter element (40) have different heights, understood as the distance between the top of the lifter element (30,40) and the skirt (20), the height of the at least one first lifter element (30) being less than the height of the second lifter element (40). The front end region of the at least one first lifter element (30) is further away from the front wall (23) of the drum (4) than from the front end region of the second lifter element (40).

IPC 8 full level

D06F 37/04 (2006.01); D06F 37/06 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

D06F 37/04 (2013.01); D06F 37/06 (2013.01)

Citation (applicant)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL 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 SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME RS

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2280108 A1 20110202; EP 2280108 B1 20120711; IT 1394949 B1 20120727; IT TO20090569 A1 20110128; PL 2280108 T3 20130329

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 10170437 A 20100722; IT TO20090569 A 20090727; PL 10170437 T 20100722