Simplified front loading laundry washing machine
AssigneeMerloni Elettrodomestici S.p.A.
InventorsDino Bongini, Sandro Duri, Andrea Stopponi
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Abstract
A front loading laundry washing machine, whereby the group constituted by the tub, the basket and by the balancing masses of the machine is suspended within the cabinet in a position being substantially higher than that of normal front loading washing machines, so as that at least the aperture of the frontal wall of the cabinet can be found at a height substantially higher than that of normal front loading washing machines.
Claims15
A front loading laundry machine, comprising:
- a housing having a median horizontal plane and formed with a front side, said front side being provided with a door opening delimited by an edge, at least a substantial part of said edge extending above the median horizontal plane of said housing;
- a door mounted on said front side and displaceable between closed and open positions thereof to close said opening in the closed position;
- a washing chamber mounted in said housing and formed with a front wall, said wall having a chamber opening and being juxtaposed with said front side of the housing:
- a laundry basket mounted in said chamber and rotatable about a horizontal axis and formed with a basket opening, the door, chamber and basket opening being aligned with one another;
- balancing means for reducing vibration of the laundry machine during the rotation of said laundry basket, said balancing means and said laundry basket forming an oscillating unit;
- restricting means for impeding exiting of the laundry from said basket in said open position of the door and formed on a lower edge of said chamber opening and protruding into said basket;
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- sealing means for preventing exit of a washing liquid from said chamber and extending between said respective openings of said basket and chamber and between said housing and restricting means.
A front loading laundry machine, comprising:
- an upright housing having a median horizontal plane and formed with a front side, said front side being provided with a door opening a substantial part of which is above the median horizontal plane of said housing;
- a door mounted on said front side and displaceable between closed and open positions thereof to close said opening in the closed position;
- a washing chamber mounted in said housing and formed with a front wall, said wall having a chamber opening and being juxtaposed with said front side of the housing:
- a laundry basket mounted in said chamber and rotatable about a horizontal axis and formed with a basket opening, the door, chamber and basket openings being aligned with one another and being at least in substantial part above said median horizontal plane of said housing;
- balancing means for reducing vibration of the laundry machine during the rotation of said laundry basket, said balancing means and said laundry basket forming an oscillating unit;
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- distributor means for delivering a washing agent into said basket and mounted on said front wall of said chamber and extending inwardly therefrom through a lower segment of said chamber opening into said basket.
The front loading machine defined in 5 wherein said distributor means is at least partially removable.
A front loading laundry machine, comprising:
- an upright housing having a median horizontal plane and formed with a front side, said front side being provided with a door opening a substantial part of which is formed above the median plane of said housing;
- a door mounted on said front side and displaceable between closed and open positions thereof to close said opening in the closed position;
- a washing chamber mounted in said housing and formed with a front wall, said wall having a chamber opening and being juxtaposed with said front side of the housing;
- a laundry basket mounted in said chamber and rotatable about a horizontal axis and formed with a basket opening, the door, chamber and basket openings being aligned with one another and above said median horizontal plane of said housing;
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- a support surface mounted on said front side below said door and swingable upwardly from a vertical rest position to a working position in which said support surface lies in a plane extending parallel to said horizontal median plane.
Front loading laundry washing machine, comprising a cabinet, a washing tub housed within said cabinet, a laundry basket, arranged in the tub and rotatable around a substantially horizontal axis, the cabinet, the tub and the basket each having a front aperture for allowing the loading and unloading of the laundry, a door being provided for closing the front aperture of the cabinet, the tub and the basket, whereby
- said door is located in the upper half of the front side of the cabinet,
- below said door a support surface is articulated, which allows said support surface to be raised, from a vertical rest position, to a horizontal work position, in both said positions said door being directly in view.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.