Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.v.

Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag

Daniele Striato

Alessandro Vian

Sergio Pillot

Calum Armstrong

Marco Santarossa

Luca Pradal

Luca Gruppo

Levente Szabo

A laundry machine () having cabinet () housing a chamber () for treating laundry having a rotation axis (RR), a porthole () for providing access to and tightly closing the chamber (), a hinge () to pivot the porthole () to the cabinet (), an electromechanical lock () having a first member () on the porthole () and a matching member () on the cabinet (), and a grip-only handle (). The porthole () has at least one frame (), and a glass () secured to the at least one frame (). The electromechanical lock () is configured to be released by applying a force beyond a threshold onto the porthole () away from the cabinet (). The grip-only handle () and the first member () of the electromechanical lock () may be arranged in such a way that, when the porthole () is closed, the center of mass of the grip-only handle () and the center of mass of the first member () of the electromechanical lock () are located, with respect to the rotation axis (RR), at different angular positions. The grip-only handle () may be configured to be alternatively positionable in one of at least two prefixed positions with respect to the frame assembly.

Laundry treatment machine

A washer-dryer is provided with at least one condenser for condensing moisture-laden air exiting the laundry during a drying cycle. The washer-dryer includes a washing tub () comprising a cylindrical lateral wall () and a rear wall () and a rotatable laundry drum () arranged or arrangeable inside the washing tub (). An inlet () of the condenser is arranged at or connected to the rear wall of the washing tub (). An outlet of the condenser is connected to the washing tub (). The rear wall () of the washing tub () comprises a duct () fluidly connected to the inlet () of the condenser, so that the air stream from the laundry drum () to the inlet () of the condenser passes the duct (). At least one sensor () is arranged inside the duct ().

Washer-dryer with at least one condenser

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San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy

Daniele Striato