(19)
(11) EP 0 791 676 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
01.04.1998 Bulletin 1998/14

(43) Date of publication A2:
27.08.1997 Bulletin 1997/35

(21) Application number: 97100441.1

(22) Date of filing: 14.01.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6D06F 39/12, D06F 37/20
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 21.02.1996 IT PN960010

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

(72) Inventor:
  • Valent, Lucio
    33170 Pordenone (IT)

(74) Representative: Giugni, Valter et al
PROPRIA Protezione Proprietà Industriale S.r.L. Via Mazzini 13
33170 Pordenone
33170 Pordenone (IT)

   


(54) Improvement in the base of a washing machine with shock and vibration damping capabilities


(57) Base structure for home appliances, in particular clothes and similar washing machines, which, although made as a single piece in an integral construction, has the peculiarity of being able to disengage those among its portions which are most heavily stressed dynamically from the remaining portions of the base which complete the structure and the casing of the washing machine and carry it statically.
This is obtained by simply sectioning some of the sides or portions of said portions from the rest of the base, in such a manner that said base portions become elastic with respect to the rest of the base, and anchoring the shock-absorber struts therein.







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