Global Patent Index - EP 3719195 B1

EP 3719195 B1 20210922 - TOP-LOADING LAUNDRY WASHING MACHINE

Title (en)

TOP-LOADING LAUNDRY WASHING MACHINE

Title (de)

TOPLADERWASCHMASCHINE

Title (fr)

MACHINE À LAVER À CHARGEMENT PAR LE DESSUS

Publication

EP 3719195 B1 20210922 (EN)

Application

EP 19167598 A 20190405

Priority

EP 19167598 A 20190405

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP3719195A1] A laundry washing machine (1) comprising: a boxlike casing (2) structured for resting on the floor; a substantially vertically-oriented, hopper (3) which is located on the top wall of said casing (2); a washing tub (4) which is arranged inside the casing (2) beneath the hopper (3), and is superiorly provided with a large access opening (5) that directly communicates with a lower mouth of the hopper (3) for allowing insertion and extraction of the laundry in/from the washing tub (4) via said hopper (3); and an overflow assembly (30) for draining out of the hopper (3) the exceeding water; said overflow assembly (30) comprising: an upwards-extending overflow duct (32) which is located on a sidewall (31) of said hopper (3), so that a lower mouth (32a) of the overflow duct (32) is located roughly on the perimeter edge/rim of the lower mouth of the hopper (3) and that an upper mouth (32b) of the overflow duct (32) is located on the outer face of the same sidewall (31) of the hopper (3), spaced above the lower mouth of hopper (3); and an outwards-extending, tubular member (33) which is associated to the upper mouth (32b) of the overflow duct (32) so as protrude from the sidewall (31) of the hopper (3) towards the facing wall of the casing (2), forming an extension of said overflow duct (32).

IPC 8 full level

D06F 39/12 (2006.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

D06F 39/12 (2013.01); D06F 39/081 (2013.01); D06F 39/087 (2013.01)

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 3719195 A1 20201007; EP 3719195 B1 20210922; PL 3719195 T3 20220207

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 19167598 A 20190405; PL 19167598 T 20190405