Housing for a front-loading laundry appliance

US8083299B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MIELE & CIE. KG · DE

Inventors

• Florian Funcken · Vellmar, DE
• Holger Hoppe · Beckum, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 9, 2007
• Grant date: Dec 27, 2011
• Expiry date: Feb 10, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC D): Textiles; Paper
• CPC primary: D06F39/12
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A housing for a front-loading laundry appliance includes a front wall including a first surface and a first and a second lateral edge each having a respective second flange extending substantially parallel to the first surface. A first lateral load-bearing member abuts the first lateral edge of the front wall and a second lateral load-bearing member abuts the second lateral edge of the front wall. A supporting element is disposed in a lower portion of the housing. A respective forwardly projecting positioning element is disposed above the first supporting element at a front end of each of the first and second lateral load bearing members and has a form of a sleeve. Each of the respective second flanges of the front wall includes a respective opening configured to receive a respective one of the positioning elements.