Laundry drum
AssigneeBSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
InventorMatthias Salein
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Abstract
In a laundry drum, a liquid diverter includes a driver having a driver interior and a run-off ramp therein. The driver interior receives liquid scooped and lifted by the drum during rotation thereof. The driver discharges scooped liquid in its lifted position into the drum interior. The run-off ramp is oriented horizontally or has a descending gradient when the drum rotation axis is orientated in a direction deviating from horizontal and when the drum is in a rotary position in which the driver is in its highest position, and thereby, permits, in all of the drum's rotation directions, a flow of scooped liquid on the run-off ramp in a direction of a rising part of the rotation axis when in the driver's lifted position. The liquid is conducted into only part of the drivers in a case of low liquid level as a result of the inclination.
Claims9
In a substantially cylindrical laundry drum having a rotation axis, rotary positions, and rotation directions, the laundry drum scooping and lifting liquid into an interior of the laundry drum when rotated, a liquid diverter, comprising:
- at least one driver having a lifted position, a highest position, a driver interior, and at least one run-off ramp in said driver interior;
- said driver interior receiving liquid scooped and lifted by the laundry drum during rotation of the laundry drum;
- said at least one driver discharging scooped liquid in said lifted position into the interior of the laundry drum;
- and
- said at least one run-off ramp one of
- being oriented horizontally and
- having a descending gradient
- when the rotation axis is orientated in a direction deviating from horizontal and when the laundry drum is in a rotary position in which said at least one driver is in said highest position, and thereby, permits, in the rotation directions of the laundry drum, a flow of scooped liquid on said at least one run-off ramp in a direction of a rising part of the rotation axis when in said lifted position.
A liquid diverter for a substantially cylindrical laundry drum containing a liquid, comprising:
- at least one driver having a lifted position, a highest position, a driver interior, and at least one run-off ramp in said driver interior;
- said driver interior receiving liquid scooped and lifted by a laundry drum during rotation of the laundry drum about a rotation axis in rotation directions;
- said at least one driver discharging scooped liquid in said lifted position into the interior of the laundry drum;
- and
- said at least one run-off ramp one of
- being oriented horizontally and
- having a descending gradient
- when the rotation axis is orientated in a direction deviating from horizontal and when the laundry drum is in a rotary position in which said at least one driver is in said highest position, and thereby, permits, in the rotation directions of the laundry drum, a flow of scooped liquid on said at least one run-off ramp in a direction of a rising part of the rotation axis when in said lifted position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.