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US 5,699,682 AGranted
Washing tub of a clothes washing machine
AssigneeElectrolux Zanussi Elettrodomestici S.p.A.
InventorPiero Durazzani
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AssigneeElectrolux Zanussi Elettrodomestici S.p.A.
InventorPiero Durazzani
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Clothes washing machine provided with a washing tub made of plastic material and comprising a rear wall (2), a passing-through hub provided at the center of said rear wall and inserted in its central hub-holding portion (4) for supporting the bearing (7) used to support the central shaft (5) of the drum (6), wherein said hub includes a first perimetral sleeve (8) adapted to be inserted from inside the tub, the outer cylindrical edge thereof being adapted to engage against the inner edge of said cylindrical central hub-holding portion (4), a second sleeve (9) capable of being inserted from outside the tub into the inner cylindrical cavity of said first sleeve, the outer edge thereof being adapted to engage, preferably in a screw-like manner, against the inner edge of said first perimetral sleeve (8). Said first perimetral sleeve is provided with a flange (10) having its projecting rim abutting against the inner wall of the tub, while said second sleeve (9) is provided with a flange (11) having its projecting rim abutting against the outer wall of the tub.
A domestic clothes washing machine having a washing tub made of plastic material, the washing tub having a cylindrically shaped peripheral envelope, a rear wall (2) defining a cylindrically shaped central portion (4) with an inner rim, a circular front wall, and a passing-through hub arranged at the center of said rear wall and inserted in the central portion (4) of said rear wall, said hub carrying a bearing (7) provided to support a central shaft (5) of a drum (6), characterized in that said hub comprises a first perimetral sleeve (8) having an inner rim, an outer cylindrical rim and an inner cylindrical cavity, which is capable of being inserted from outside the tub and whose outer cylindrical rim engages the inner rim of said cylindrically shaped central portion (4), a second sleeve (9) having an outer rim, which is capable of being inserted from inside the tub into the inner cylindrical cavity of said first sleeve and whose outer rim engages the inner rim of said first perimetral sleeve (8), said second sleeve (9) being adapted to support said bearing (7).
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