EP 2719817 A1 20140416 - Improved laundry treating appliance
Title (en)
Improved laundry treating appliance
Title (de)
Verbesserte Wäschebehandlungvorrichtung
Title (fr)
Appareil de traitement de linge amélioré
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 12187788 A 20121009
Abstract (en)
The present invention generally relates to household and/or professional laundry treating appliances configured for performing drying operations. A laundry treating appliance (100) according to the invention comprises a cabinet (105) formed by panels (105 F , 105 S 105 T ), an air passage (130 IN , 130 OUT ) provided on a front face of a cabinet panel (105 F , 105 S 105 T ) for allowing ambient air (A F,IN A F,OUT ) to enter or exit the appliance, said appliance being characterized in that a bottom face (135) of said cabinet panel (105 F , 105 S 105 T ) further comprises at least one auxiliary air passage ( 130 INaux , 130 OUTaux ) for allowing auxiliary ambient air ( A F,INaux , A F,OUTaux ) to enter or exit the appliance from below.
IPC 8 full level
D06F 58/02 (2006.01); D06F 58/04 (2006.01); D06F 58/20 (2006.01); D06F 58/30 (2020.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
D06F 58/20 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 58/30 (2020.02 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
- [XI] EP 2423376 A1 20120229 - ELECTROLUX HOME PROD CORP [BE]
- [A] JP 2001070697 A 20010321 - SANYO ELECTRIC CO
- [A] GB 2145206 A 19850320 - TI DOMESTIC APPLIANCES LTD
- [A] US 2742708 A 19560424 - HOWARD MCCORMICK FRANCIS
- [A] EP 1103648 A2 20010530 - ELECTROLUX ZANUSSI ELETTRODOME [IT]
- [A] EP 1508636 A2 20050223 - LG ELECTRONICS INC [KR]
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
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 12187788 A 20121009