Global Patent Index - EP 3199693 B1

EP 3199693 B1 20200527 - FRONT-LOADING WASHING MACHINE

Title (en)

FRONT-LOADING WASHING MACHINE

Title (de)

WASCHMASCHINE MIT FRONTEINSCHUB

Title (fr)

MACHINE À LAVER À CHARGEMENT FRONTAL

Publication

EP 3199693 B1 20200527 (EN)

Application

EP 16199206 A 20161116

Priority

  • CN 201620086084 U 20160128
  • CN 201610059069 A 20160128

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP3199693A1] The present disclosure discloses a front-loading washing machine (1) including a cabinet (100) having a front panel (110), wherein the front panel (110) is provided with an opening (111); a tub having an access port for loading and unloading clothes, wherein the tub is disposed in the cabinet (100) and configured in such a manner that the access port is capable of being moved up and down in the opening; a rotatable drum disposed in the tub; a door unit (300) mounted to the tub and configured to cover the access port; and a driving mechanism configured to drive the tub to rotate, wherein the driving mechanism is provided in the cabinet (100) and coupled with the tub. Compared with a front-loading washing machine having an access port disposed in a front surface in the related art, the front-loading washing machine according to embodiments of the present disclosure can make the access port move to a suitable position for a user to load clothes or unload them, and make the access port move to a suitable position for washing the clothes, such that the clothes can be loaded or unloaded, and washed conveniently.

IPC 8 full level

D06F 95/00 (2006.01); D06F 37/04 (2006.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

D06F 37/10 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 37/302 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 39/085 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 95/00 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 37/04 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 39/083 (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 3199693 A1 20170802; EP 3199693 B1 20200527; US 2017218553 A1 20170803

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 16199206 A 20161116; US 201615348021 A 20161110