(19)
(11) EP 2 161 364 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
12.01.2011 Bulletin 2011/02

(43) Date of publication A2:
10.03.2010 Bulletin 2010/10

(21) Application number: 09165986.2

(22) Date of filing: 21.07.2009
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
D06F 39/14(2006.01)
 D06F 37/10(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA RS

(30) Priority: 09.09.2008 JP 2008230777

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

(72) Inventors:
  • Maeda, Kazunori
    Osaka-shi Osaka 540-6207 (JP)
  • Kajihara, Hiroshi
    Osaka 540-6207 (JP)

(74) Representative: Schwabe - Sandmair - Marx 
Patentanwälte Stuntzstraße 16
81677 München
81677 München (DE)

   


(54) Drum-type washing machine


(57) Lid cover (9) includes first engaging tabs (9a) formed on its rear face and protruding rearward along the outer circumference. Lid unit (8) includes first tab holes (8b) with which the tabs (9a) are engaged by using first stopper (8a) provided on an inner face of lid unit (8), thereby fixing lid cover (9) to lid unit (8). Lid cover (9) includes surface in-parts on its surface and in a range corresponding to at least first tab holes (8b). The light coming from the inside of the lid cover disperses and transmits through the surface in-parts. This structure allows extending a transparent area as far as the outer rim, where the lid cover is engaged with the lid unit, of the lid cover, and yet, the engaging section is not seen from the outside, so that a quality look and a fine appearance of the lid can be improved.







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