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EP 0 144 679 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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25.03.1987 Bulletin 1987/13 |
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19.06.1985 Bulletin 1985/25 |
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Date of filing: 24.10.1984 |
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AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE |
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08.11.1983 IT 3405383
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Applicant: INDUSTRIE ZANUSSI S.p.A. |
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Drum for laundry washing machine |
(57) In conventional laundry washing machines of the top- . loading type, the mounting
elements of a rotatable drum housed in the washing tub are accessible only from the
interior of the drum, rendering repair and maintenance operations rather cumbersome.
In a drum for a laundry washing machine of the above described type, provided with
journals for its support in the tub, each journal being mounted on one side in a bearing
housed in a corresponding seat of a first support releasably secured to the respective
lateral wall of the tub with at least one sealing element being interposed therebetween,
and connected, on the other side, to a second support secured to the respective lateral
wall of said drum and cooperating with at least one further resilient sealing element
concentric therewith, the invention overcomes the above noted drawbacks by providing
that between said first and second supports there is disposed a further rigid support
element of annular shape, provided with at least two separate cylindrical seats concentric
with one another for mounting the resilient sealing elements thereon, said further
support elements being further provided with respective cylindrical rim portions adapted
to cooperate with said bearings for preventing axial displacement thereof.