Laundry treatment device having a control panel assembly

Abstract

A laundry treatment device (100) includes a casing (2) housing a laundry treatment chamber (12) and including a front wall (4) defining an outward-facing continuous-wall front surface (4a), the front wall (4) having a laundry opening (3a) to load and/or unload said laundry treatment chamber (12), a panel aperture (15) and a drawer aperture (60). The panel aperture (15) and the drawer aperture (60) are separated one from the other by a crosspiece (66). The crosspiece has an outward-facing crosspiece front surface (66a). A control panel assembly (1) is provided for controlling operation of the laundry treatment device (100). The control panel assembly (1) includes an outer dashboard (11) which is structured to be coupled to the front wall (4) at the panel aperture (15) and to be operated by a user. A drawer (63) is provided as well as a drawer seat (61) to house the drawer (63). The drawer seat is fixed or fixable to the front wall (4) at the drawer aperture (60) so that the drawer (63) is coupled in a retractable manner to the front wall (4). Outer dashboard (11) and/or the drawer seat (61) includes a cover surface (101a) located externally to the casing (2) in front of the crosspiece front surface (66a), so as to cover the latter when the laundry treatment device (100) is in an assembled configuration.

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