(19)
(11) EP 1 162 300 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
19.03.2003 Bulletin 2003/12

(43) Date of publication A2:
12.12.2001 Bulletin 2001/50

(21) Application number: 01201905.5

(22) Date of filing: 21.05.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: D06F 39/10, D06F 39/08
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 05.06.2000 IT MI000346

(71) Applicant: CANDY S.p.A.
I-20052 Monza (Milano) (IT)

(72) Inventor:
  • Fumagalli, Silvano
    20052 Monza (IT)

(74) Representative: Mittler, Enrico 
c/o Mittler & C. s.r.l., Viale Lombardia, 20
20131 Milano
20131 Milano (IT)

   


(54) Discharge unit for washing machine


(57) A discharge unit for washing machine provided with a washing tank is described. The unit comprises a filter container (1) connected with the tank and in which a filter (2) for the filtering of the washing water coming from the tank is housed. The filter container (1) is fixedly mounted to a discharge pump container (100) provided with an impeller (9) for the conveying of the filtered washing water towards a discharge duct (7). Between the filter (2) and the impeller (9) a wall (4) is arranged that is provided with an opening (5) with which a non-return valve is associated (10, 20) which maintains said opening (5) open by means of action of the same washing water during a normal operation of discharge of the washing water and which maintains said opening (5) closed by the action of the back-flow water from the discharge pipe (7) at the end of the discharge operation.






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