Plastic receptacle for domestic washing machines
AssigneeBSH Bosch und Siemens
InventorsMiguel Angel Gomez Caudevilla, Ismael Gracia Bobed, Alberto Manas Molina
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Abstract
A plastic container for domestic washing machines comprising a bearing shell (1) that accommodates a plastic member (3) in an injection moulding process, said plastic member being more solid and of better quality than the plastic forming the container (5). The metal bearing shell (1) and the plastic member (3) that is injection-moulded thereinto form a structural unit onto which the corresponding plastic container (5) is injection-moulded.
Claims20
1-9. (canceled)
A plastic container for domestic washing machines which internally receives a rotary drum whose axes are mounted on bearings arranged in a bearing shell made of metallic material, wherein at least one plastic member is accommodated on at least one section of the surface of the bearing shell before the remainder of the plastic container is injection-molded onto the structural unit formed by the bearing shell and the plastic member.
A container for a washing machine having a rotary drum disposed within the container and being mounted for rotation with respect to the container, the container comprising:
- a bearing shell having a substantially cylindrical shape;
- a plastic member formed on the bearing shell;
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- the container being formed on the plastic member and retaining liquids during operation of the washing machine.
A method for making a container for retaining liquids within a washing machine having a rotary drum mounted for rotation with respect to the container, the method comprising the acts of:
- providing a bearing shell;
- applying a plastic member formed on the bearing shell with an injection molding process;
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- then applying the container formed on the plastic member with an injection molding process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.