Laundry washing machine with detergent drawer comprising a control panel

A laundry washing machine comprising an outer casing, a washing tub which is arranged inside the casing with its opening or mouth directly facing a laundry loading/unloading opening realized on a front wall of the casing, a detergent dispensing assembly which is structured for supplying detergent into the washing tub, a main fresh-water supply circuit which is structured for being connected to a water mains and for selectively channelling a flow of fresh water from the water mains to the detergent dispensing assembly and/or to the washing tub, and an appliance control panel which is structured for allowing the user to manually select the desired washing-cycle;

• wherein the detergent dispensing assembly comprises an autodosing detergent dispenser which is structured for automatically dosing, on the basis of the selected washing cycle, the suitable amount of detergent, softener and/or other washing agent to be used during the selected washing cycle, and which comprises:
• one or more detergent reservoirs each of which is structured for receiving a quantity of detergent, softener or other washing agent for performing a plurality of washing cycles;
• and
• for each detergent reservoir, a respective detergent feeding pump which is structured to selectively suck, from the corresponding detergent reservoir, the amount of the detergent, softener or other washing agent for performing the selected washing cycle, and to pump/channel said specific amount of detergent, softener or other washing agent into a detergent collecting chamber fluidly communicating with the washing tub;
• wherein the laundry washing machine comprises a drawer-like supporting structure which is fitted/inserted in extractable manner into a corresponding drawer housing that extends inside the casing underneath an upper worktop or top wall of the casing, and communicates with the outside via a front entrance or opening provided at the front wall of the casing;
• the appliance control panel being incorporated on a front side of the drawer-like supporting structure;
• the one or more detergent reservoirs of the autodosing detergent dispenser being located/housed on the drawer-like supporting structure behind the appliance control panel, and said drawer-like supporting structure being movable between a retracted position in which the drawer- like supporting structure is completely recessed/inserted into the drawer housing , and an extracted position in which the drawer-like supporting structure partly juts out from the front wall of the casing so as to arrange the loading inlets or mouths of the one or more detergent reservoirs outside of the casing;
• wherein each detergent feeding pump permanently communicates with one between the corresponding detergent reservoir and the detergent collecting chamber regardless of the position of the drawer-like supporting structure;
• and
• the laundry washing machine furthermore comprises a movable connecting device which is structured to put in fluid communication each detergent feeding pump to the detergent collecting chamber and the corresponding detergent reservoir,
• wherein said connecting device is movable together with the drawer-like supporting structure and is structured to fluidly couple each detergent feeding pump to the corresponding detergent collecting chamber when the drawerlike supporting structure is arranged in the retracted position, and to fluidly uncouple each detergent feeding pump from the corresponding detergent collecting chamber when the drawer-like supporting structure is arranged in the extracted position;
• wherein each detergent feeding pump comprises a pumping assembly and an electric-motor assembly which are separate from one another, and are structured to reciprocally couple so as to allow the electric-motor assembly to drive the pumping assembly,
• wherein the pumping assembly is located on the drawer-like supporting structure so as to suck the detergent, softener or other washing agent from the corresponding detergent reservoir, and fluidly coupled to the detergent collecting chamber via the movable connecting device, and
• wherein the electric-motor assembly is fixed inside the casing so as to couple with the corresponding pumping assembly through the collecting chamber via the movable connecting device when the drawer-like supporting structure is arranged in the retracted position.