EP 2843123 A1 20150304 - Laundry machine with de-fluff filter
Title (en)
Laundry machine with de-fluff filter
Title (de)
Waschmaschine mit Entflusungsfilter
Title (fr)
Machine à laver le linge avec filtre à peluches
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 13182328 A 20130830
Abstract (en)
A laundry machine (100) adapted to dry laundry by means of a flow of drying air is proposed. The laundry machine (100) comprises a casing (110) for accommodating components necessary for the operation of the laundry machine (100). Inside the casing, a laundry treating chamber (105) adapted to contain the laundry to be dried is provided and a casing top element (125) incorporates at least part of an air circuit in fluid communication with the laundry treating chamber (105) through an inlet opening (210) and through an outlet opening (215), and defining an air-path for the flow of drying air between said inlet (210) and outlet (215) openings. Said casing top element (125) comprises a filter housing (217) for removably accommodating a de-fluff filter (218), said filter housing (217) being provided in the air-path and being accessible through a housing aperture (219) provided on the casing top element (125), a de-fluff filter (218) for trapping fluff and/or lint particles carried by the flow of drying air crossing said de-fluff filter (218), the de-fluff filter (218) comprising a filtering element (321) and a hollow chamber (361) accessible through an inlet aperture (330) and through an outlet portion (303d). In the solution according to an embodiment of the present invention, the de-fluff filter (218) further comprises at least one air guiding element (354, 363) having a shape that distributes homogenously the flow of drying air inside the hollow chamber (361) and along the outlet portion (303d) of the de-fluff filter (218).
IPC 8 full level
D06F 58/22 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
D06F 58/22 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 25/00 (2013.01 - EP)
Citation (applicant)
GB 1554725 A 19791031 - HOTPOINT LTD
Citation (search report)
- [XYI] GB 1554725 A 19791031 - HOTPOINT LTD
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- [XI] JP 2008099803 A 20080501 - MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD
- [A] US 5651188 A 19970729 - SWANSON EDWARD T [US], et al
- [YA] WO 2005090669 A2 20050929 - ARCELIK AS [TR], et al
- [A] CN 2808981 Y 20060823 - HAIER GROUP CO [CN]
- [YA] DE 3710615 A1 19881020 - BOSCH SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE [DE]
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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)
EP 2843123 A1 20150304; EP 2843123 B1 20220706; AU 2014314234 A1 20160310; AU 2014314234 B2 20190131; CN 105492685 A 20160413; CN 105492685 B 20180213; PL 2843123 T3 20221031; WO 2015028476 A1 20150305
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 13182328 A 20130830; AU 2014314234 A 20140826; CN 201480047620 A 20140826; EP 2014068105 W 20140826; PL 13182328 T 20130830