Miele & Cie. Kg

Martin Brinkmann

Andreas Kratzsch

Egon Brockschmidt

Matthias Knoke

Ralf Kretschmer

Wilhelm Sebeikat

A front-loading drum-type washing machine with a housing having a front wall and a housing wall opening disposed in the front wall. A suds container is disposed in the housing, the suds container having a suds container opening. A drum is rotatably mounted in the suds container. the drum has a drum opening with an edge. A bellows seal is disposed between the suds container and the housing wall opening. A laundry deflector is disposed in an upper area of the suds container opening, the laundry deflector being directed toward the drum and extending over the drum opening edge so as to form a gap with the drum opening edge. The laundry deflector is configured such that the extent to which it extends and a corresponding dimension of the gap is variable. The variable gap dimension is controllable and adjustable as a function of a speed of the drum.

Front-loading drum-type washing machine having a laundry deflector

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.

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Rietberg, Germany

Martin Brinkmann