Tub and drum of a washing-machine

A laundry washing and spin-drying machine having a high ratio of drum volume to housing width, comprising a housing, a tub, means for resiliently mounting said tub within said housing, a drum mounted within said tub for rotation about a horizontal axis, means for driving said drum at agitating speed for washing and at high speed for spin-drying, and means for obtaining access to the interior of the drum to insert and remove laundry, said tub comprising:

• a cylindrical part having two end edges;
• two flanks, each of said flanks comprising a truncated conical surface extending outward, said truncated surface having a large base edge and a small base edge, said base edges lying in parallel planes, the large base edge of each flank adjoining a respective end edge of the cylindrical part, each flank further comprising a substantially planar surface having an outer edge fixed to said small base edge;
• and means for fixing each large base edge to the respective end edge, said fixing means being entirely located inwardly of the plane in which said small base edge lies,
• whereby said fixing means has adequate clearance from said housing despite angular movements of said axis due to laundry unbalance during spin-drying.