Miele & Cie. Kg

Andreas Kratzsch

Matthias Hollenhorst

Antje Nieder

Benedikt Fechtel

Stefano Mancini

Martin Brinkmann

Egon Brockschmidt

Michael Krimpmann

Norbert Eckert

Matthias Knoke

Ralf Kretschmer

Wilhelm Sebeikat

Frank Jückemöller

Heinz Maaß

Elena Pieri

Christian Schrewe

Riccardo Scorcelletti

An aggregate for a washing machine provided with a substantially hollow cylindrical suds container of fiberglass reinforced polymeric material and consisting of two end walls and a shell, a hollow cylindrical washing drum disposed in the suds container for rotation on a shaft about a non-vertical axis, and a unitary support structure embedded substantially completely in one of the end walls and with a bearing support adapted to receive the shaft and at least one arm extending radially from the bearing support.

Aggregate for a washing machine with a plastic sudsing container

A suds container for a washing machine includes a cylindrical vessel surrounding a drum of the washing machine, the cylindrical vessel including a cylindrical wall and a front wall. A metallic hub for a drive shaft for the drum is integrated into a plastic compound of the front wall. Reinforcing plastic fiber strands are integrated into the plastic compound. The fiber strands extend from the hub outward toward the outer circumference of the front wall.

Suds container for a washing machine and method for making a suds container

A front loading washing machine with a housing, a sudsing container and a drum having openings in substantially coaxial alignment, the sudsing container and the housing being connected by a folding bellows surrounding marginal portions of their respective openings and provided with a crease. An extension protruding into a gap between the crease and the rim of the opening of the drum, with the rim, the upper end of the extension and a portion of the crease being in at least partial coaxial alignment.

Front-loading washing machine

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Bielefeld, Germany

Andreas Kratzsch