Global Patent Index - EP 2610396 B1

EP 2610396 B1 20181205 - Laundry drying domestic appliance having a liquid reservoir

Title (en)

Laundry drying domestic appliance having a liquid reservoir

Title (de)

Wäschetrockner-Haushaltsgerät mit Flüssigkeitsbehälter

Title (fr)

Appareil domestique pour sécher le linge doté d'un réservoir pour liquides

Publication

EP 2610396 B1 20181205 (EN)

Application

EP 11195955 A 20111228

Priority

EP 11195955 A 20111228

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP2610396A1] The invention relates to a laundry dryer (2) comprising: a laundry storing compartment (20) adapted to receive laundry to be treated, a front wall (8) of the dryer (2) having a loading opening (10) for loading laundry into the laundry storing compartment (20), a laundry treatment unit (140) for supplying additive to the laundry during at least one laundry treatment sequence of the dryer (2), and a liquid reservoir (60,62) mounted within the laundry dyer (2) at a position arranged behind the front wall (8) and adapted to provide liquid for the laundry treatment unit (140), wherein the liquid reservoir (60,62) has a transparent window or element (68) for visual user inspection of the liquid level in the reservoir (60),(62). According to the invention, the front wall (8) has an opening or a window (52) at a position such that the area of the front wall opening or window (52) at least partially coincides with the area of the transparent liquid reservoir window or element (68).

IPC 8 full level

D06F 34/28 (2020.01); D06F 58/20 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

D06F 34/28 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 58/203 (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 2610396 A1 20130703; EP 2610396 B1 20181205

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 11195955 A 20111228