Miele & Cie. Kg

Holger Hoppe

Hartmut Linnemann

Dominik Holz

Matthias Hollenhorst

Joerg Kempe

Dirk Dahlke

Alfons Eblenkamp

Markus Behr

Florian Funcken

Andreas Bextermoeller

Rainer Lenzen

Jürgen Bonen

Jörg Kempe

Kathrin Fortkort

Waldemar Kaftan

Christian Bronold

Viktor Eichwald

Franz Aring

Sven Krumbiegel

Andreas Bextermöller

A porthole door for a front-loading laundry appliance includes a door glass, a frame and a centering device. The door glass is curved inward toward an inside of the appliance. The frame includes an inner ring and a cover ring. The centering device is disposed on the frame and configured to bear resiliently against a peripheral edge of the door glass so as to provide a radial force acting on the door glass via the peripheral edge at various locations. The radial force brings the door glass into a centered position within the frame.

Porthole door for a front-loading laundry appliance, such as a washing machine, a washer-dryer machine, or a laundry dryer

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.

Housing for a front-loading laundry appliance

A front-loading machine for treating laundry includes a loading opening, a hinged door, a locking mechanism and an operating device. The loading opening is disposed on a front wall of the machine. The hinged door is receivable by a receiving area on the front wall so as to close the loading opening. The locking mechanism is configured to hold the door in a closed position. The operating device is configured to activate and deactivate the locking mechanism. The operating device includes a sensor configured to detect a contact or a contact-free incursion into a detection zone thereof. The sensor is disposed on at least one of the door and the receiving area on the front wall.

Front-loading machine for treating laundry

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Beckum, Germany

Holger Hoppe