Miele & Cie. Kg

Egon Brockschmidt

Rainer Bicker

Matthias Hollenhorst

Andreas Kratzsch

Martin Brinkmann

Barbara Blomberg

Thorsten Kuka

Matthias Knoke

Ralf Kretschmer

Wilhelm Sebeikat

A washing fluid tub of a washing machine for accommodating a rotatably driven laundry drum and provided with electrical components in its vicinity, the tub being provided at its outer surface with a plurality of rib structures for diverting any leaking water from the electrical components, at least some of the rib structures being provided with V-shaped drip-off sites for controlling the direction of flow of the water.

Washing fluid tub for a washing machine

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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Guetersloh, Germany

Egon Brockschmidt