Global Patent Index - EP 4223921 A1

EP 4223921 A1 20230809 - WASHING MACHINE

Title (en)

WASHING MACHINE

Title (de)

WASCHMASCHINE

Title (fr)

LAVE-LINGE

Publication

EP 4223921 A1 20230809 (EN)

Application

EP 22315029 A 20220204

Priority

EP 22315029 A 20220204

Abstract (en)

There is disclosed a washing machine (100) comprising an outer drum (110) and an inner drum (120) configured to hold items to be washed, wherein the inner drum is rotatably arranged around a rotational axis R in the outer drum.The washing machine further comprises an outer drum opening (115) arranged in the outer drum for accessing the inner drum and a door (130) configured to seal the outer drum opening, wherein the door is arranged to be repeatably movable between a sealed position and an opened position. The transition between the sealed position and the opened position is divided into a sealing movement along a first axis A1 extending outwards from the outer drum and in a sliding movement along a second axis A2. The washing machine further comprises a door guiding means (140) configured to allow the door to move along the first axis and the second axis.

IPC 8 full level

D06F 37/28 (2006.01); D06F 23/02 (2006.01); D06F 39/14 (2006.01); D06F 103/40 (2020.01); D06F 105/44 (2020.01)

CPC (source: EP)

D06F 37/28 (2013.01); D06F 39/14 (2013.01); D06F 23/02 (2013.01); D06F 33/32 (2020.02); D06F 2103/40 (2020.02); D06F 2105/44 (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

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 4223921 A1 20230809; WO 2023148280 A1 20230810

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 22315029 A 20220204; EP 2023052585 W 20230202