(19)
(11) EP 0 874 078 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
03.03.1999 Bulletin 1999/09

(43) Date of publication A2:
28.10.1998 Bulletin 1998/44

(21) Application number: 98500050.4

(22) Date of filing: 18.02.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: D06F 37/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 19.02.1997 ES 9700352

(71) Applicant: Balay S.A.
50059 Zaragoza (ES)

(72) Inventor:
  • Gracia Boved, Ismael
    50059 Zaragoza (ES)

   


(54) Improvements introduced for the drum spindle of automatic washing machines


(57) Improvements introduced for the drum spindle of the automatic washing machines being of the kind of those where the spindle remains interlocked to the washing machine drum and crosses the tank body, for which it has a pair of bearings that allow the turn of the spindle with regard to the tank, so that the spindle (1), with a constant diameter, has an independent ferrule that claspes to the same in relationship to the external part of interlocked union to the drum body (2), which remains placed in collaboration with the o-ring seal (9) between the cited drum body (2) and the intemal bearing (6).






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