(19)
(11) EP 0 768 422 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
11.06.1997 Bulletin 1997/24

(43) Date of publication A2:
16.04.1997 Bulletin 1997/16

(21) Application number: 96114328.6

(22) Date of filing: 06.09.1996
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: D06F 37/22
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR GB IT SE

(30) Priority: 13.10.1995 IT PN950052

(71) Applicant: ELECTROLUX ZANUSSI ELETTRODOMESTICI S.p.A.
33170 Pordenone (IT)

(72) Inventor:
  • Crosina, Paolo
    39100 Bolzano (IT)

(74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät 
Maximilianstrasse 58
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


(54) A laundry washer with improved dynamic equilibration system


(57) A laundry washer for domestic use having a drum with a dynamic equilibration system comprising a plurality of annular hollow bodies fixedly connected to the drum and a plurality of movable bodies of cylindrical shaped disposed for free displacement within the hollow bodies. A fluid is contained in the hollow bodies and adapted to distribute itself along the circumference of the hollow bodies. The fluid has a viscosity between 40 and 130 mPa.s. The cylindrical movable bodies have a diameter between 10 and 18 mm, a length which is less than the internal width of said hollow bodies by an amount of between 1 and 2 mm, and an outer diameter less than the internal height of said hollow bodies by an amount not exceeding 0.75 mm.






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