Global Patent Index - EP 3992346 A4

EP 3992346 A4 20220817 - FRONT-LOADING WASHING MACHINE

Title (en)

FRONT-LOADING WASHING MACHINE

Title (de)

FRONTLADERWASCHMASCHINE

Title (fr)

MACHINE À LAVER À CHARGEMENT FRONTAL

Publication

EP 3992346 A4 20220817 (EN)

Application

EP 20832111 A 20200619

Priority

  • CN 201910552596 A 20190625
  • CN 201910552434 A 20190625
  • CN 2020097065 W 20200619

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP3992346A1] A drum washing machine includes: an inner drum (17) with an inner drum opening; an inner drum door (6) mounted at the inner drum opening in an opened/closed manner; a position detection device, configured to detect whether the inner drum door (6) is locked; and a door closing hindering device (55), configured to apply force for hindering closing of the inner drum door (6). By means of the arranged door closing hindering device (55), force for hindering closing of the inner drum door (6) is generated when the inner drum door (6) is closed. When the inner drum door (6) is not locked, the inner drum door (6) is opened by a certain angle. The phenomenon that the position detection device misjudges that the inner drum door (6) is locked well due to the fact that the inner drum door (6) is not locked but still closed at a drum opening or the opening angle is very small is avoided.

IPC 8 full level

D06F 37/10 (2006.01); D06F 103/16 (2020.01); D06F 103/18 (2020.01)

CPC (source: EP)

D06F 23/025 (2013.01); D06F 34/20 (2020.02); D06F 37/10 (2013.01); D06F 34/14 (2020.02); D06F 2103/16 (2020.02); D06F 2103/18 (2020.02)

Citation (search report)

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 3992346 A1 20220504; EP 3992346 A4 20220817; WO 2020259405 A1 20201230

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 20832111 A 20200619; CN 2020097065 W 20200619