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(11) EP 0 168 593 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
03.06.1987 Bulletin 1987/23

(43) Date of publication A2:
22.01.1986 Bulletin 1986/04

(21) Application number: 85106177

(22) Date of filing: 20.05.1985
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 19.06.1984 IT 3403784

(71) Applicant: Zanussi Elettrodomestici S.p.A.
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(72) Inventors:
  • Cimetta, Silvano
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  • Piai, Dino
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  • Regazzo, Olindo
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(54) A laundry washing machine having a composite carrying structure


(57) in a laundry washing machine of the top-loading type having a housing mounted on a bottom structure and closed on top by a hinged cover, and a tub and drum assembly enclosed in said housing together with further operative components, the improvement of said housing being composed of at least two shell sections adapted to be releasably secured to one another and to said bottom structure, and at least two brackets releasably secured to upper portions of said shell sections so as to interconnect them, and provided with engagement means for suspending said tub and drum assembly from above, the lower portion of said tub and drum assembly being connected to vibration dempeners or the like mounted on said bottom structure. Each shell section is individually demountable for giving access to the operative components of the machine.







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