(19)
(11) EP 1 529 869 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
14.01.2009 Bulletin 2009/03

(43) Date of publication A2:
11.05.2005 Bulletin 2005/19

(21) Application number: 04026161.2

(22) Date of filing: 04.11.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
D06F 37/26(2006.01)
D06F 23/06(2006.01)
 D06F 37/06(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL HR LT LV MK YU

(30) Priority: 07.11.2003 JP 2003378121

(71) Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
Kadoma-shi Osaka 571-8501 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Ida, Haruo
    Kishiwada-shi Osaka 596-0077 (JP)
  • Ishihara, Takayuki
    Ikeda-shi Osaka 563-0037 (JP)
  • Fukuda, Tsuyoshi
    Toyonaka-shi Osaka 561-0831 (JP)

(74) Representative: Turi, Michael et al
Samson & Partner Patentanwälte Widenmayerstrasse 5
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


(54) Drum type washing machine


(57) A drum type washing machine includes a housing (2), a water tub (3) disposed in a housing (2) and having a body (3a) with a base on one end and a lid (3b) for providing a laundry loading/unloading opening (11) on the other end, a rotary drum (5) disposed in the body (3a) of the water tub (3) and having a closed bottom and at its top a rotary drum opening, the rotary drum (5) opening being disposed on the same side as the lid (3b) of the water tub (3), and a door (8) installed in the housing. The central axis of the laundry loading/unloading opening (11) is positioned above a rotational axis of the rotary drum (5) and the diameter of the laundry loading/unloading opening (11) is smaller than that of the rotary drum opening. Further, the door (8) is disposed to be substantially concentric with the laundry loading/unloading opening (11).







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