Global Patent Index - EP 2559801 B1

EP 2559801 B1 20161012 - Washing machine with a tub in a housing with drainage ball valve

Title (en)

Washing machine with a tub in a housing with drainage ball valve

Title (de)

Waschmaschine mit einem in einem Gehäuse angeordneten Laugenbehälter mit Ablaufkugelventil

Title (fr)

Lave-linge doté d'une cuve agencé dans un boîtier et doté d'une soupape sphérique d'écoulement

Publication

EP 2559801 B1 20161012 (DE)

Application

EP 11401575 A 20110818

Priority

EP 11401575 A 20110818

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP2559801A1] The machine (1) has a caustic solution container (3) arranged in a housing (2), and a drum (4) rotatably mounted in the container. The caustic solution container comprises a caustic solution container outlet (5), where wash liquor is pumped out over the container outlet by a discharge pump (6). A lifting body seal comprises a spherical hollow body (7), where the spherical hollow body has a partial inner space filled with flowable material e.g. liquid or pourable powder material. Ball halves are welded with one another. The liquid is water or oil.

IPC 8 full level

D06F 39/08 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

D06F 39/086 (2013.01 - EP US)

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 RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2559801 A1 20130220; EP 2559801 B1 20161012

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 11401575 A 20110818