Global Patent Index - EP 3461942 B1

EP 3461942 B1 20210428 - WASHING MACHINE AND METHOD OF COOLING A WASHING MACHINE DOOR SEAL

Title (en)

WASHING MACHINE AND METHOD OF COOLING A WASHING MACHINE DOOR SEAL

Title (de)

WASCHMASCHINE UND VERFAHREN ZUM KÜHLEN EINER WASCHMASCHINENTÜRDICHTUNG

Title (fr)

MACHINE À LAVER ET PROCÉDÉ DE REFROIDISSEMENT D'UN JOINT DE PORTE DE MACHINE À LAVER

Publication

EP 3461942 B1 20210428 (EN)

Application

EP 17193890 A 20170928

Priority

EP 17193890 A 20170928

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP3461942A1] A washing machine (100) has a door seal (106) and an arrangement (108) for detecting heating of the door seal. Water is directed at the door seal (106) to cool the door seal (106) if the detected heating indicates that a temperature of the door seal is above a threshold.

IPC 8 full level

D06F 37/26 (2006.01); D06F 33/47 (2020.01); D06F 34/14 (2020.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

D06F 37/266 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 33/47 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 34/14 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 39/08 (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 3461942 A1 20190403; EP 3461942 B1 20210428; TR 201714660 A2 20190422

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 17193890 A 20170928; TR 201714660 A 20170929