Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.v.

Pietro Rizzetto

Danny Buso

The invention relates to a home appliance, in particular washing and/or drying machine (), comprising a detergent feeding device () having at least one detergent storing compartment () for storing a detergent, the at least one detergent compartment () comprising: an outlet () for a detergent and water mixture, and a pivoted partition element () arranged in the detergent compartment (), wherein in a first position the partition element () separates a partial compartment () in the detergent compartment () from the outlet () for storing an amount of liquid detergent in the partial compartment, and wherein in a second position the partition element () provides passage from the partial compartment to the outlet (). According to the invention in the first position the partition element () is inclined with respect to the bottom () of the detergent compartment (), such that from the first position the partition element can be pivoted to the second position only in one pivoting direction and wherein the pivoting path of the partition portion () of the partition element () from the first to the second position is partially situated in the partial compartment (). According to another embodiment of the invention the pivoted partition element () has a single pivot rest () arranged at the bottom () of the detergent compartment ().

Home appliance having detergent compartment

A washing machine () has a washing tub () containing a rotary perforated drum (), and a washing/rinsing-liquid dispenser (), fluidly connectable to a water source. The liquid dispenser includes a housing () and a drawer (), removably associated to the housing (), provided with one or more compartments () adapted to be filled with washing and/or rinsing products. A water line () fluidly connects the washing/rinsing-liquid dispenser () and the tub (). The water line () has one or more single-piece elements () including a first conduit (), fluidly connecting the one or more compartments () and the tub (), and a second conduit (), fluidly separated from the first conduit (), fluidly connectable, upstream, with the water source, and fluidly connected, downstream, with the tub ()). The first and second conduits () are provided in a single-piece construction.

Washing machine with an improved washing/rinsing-liquid inlet circuit

Clothes washing machine comprising: a common water-distribution manifold (), a plurality of electromagnetic (B,B,B) valves provided downstream of said water-distribution manifold and connected on a respective inlet side thereof to said common water-distribution manifold, a plurality of outlet conduits () provided at the delivery orifices of said electromagnetic valves, a respective plurality of chambers (A,A,A) supplied via a respective one of said outlet conduits (), in which a cold-water inlet conduit () directly connects the low-temperature water delivery system to said water-distribution manifold, a hot-water inlet conduit () connects the high-temperature water delivery system to a pre-determined one of said outlet conduits downstream of the respective electromagnetic valve, and a further electromagnetic valve (B) is provided in said hot-water inlet conduit. Inside a pre-determined outlet conduit, and downstream of the respective electromagnetic valve, there is provided a temperature sensor ().

Clothes washing machine with an integrated arrangement of electromagnetic valves

Clothes washing machine comprising: a common water-distribution manifold, a plurality of electromagnetic valves provided downstream of said water-distribution manifold and connected on respective outlet conduits, a plurality of chambers supplied via a respective one of said outlet conduits, a further chamber supplied with a water flow generated by the intersection of said outlet conduits, wherein a nozzle lodged in a bellows is supplied with a water flow in a fifth conduit having a respective air-gap and starting upstream of said intersection; the initial portions of said outlet conduits and of the fifth conduit, upstream the air-gaps, are a single enbloc body, which is connected to the assembly of the water flat conveyors and of said fifth conduit downstream the air-gaps.

Clothes washing machine with an integrated arrangement of water dispensers

Clothes washing machine comprising: a common water-distribution manifold, a plurality of electromagnetic valves provided downstream of said water-distribution manifold and connected on respective outlet conduits, a plurality of chambers supplied via a respective one of said outlet conduits, a further chamber supplied with a water flow generated by the intersection of said outlet conduits, wherein a nozzle lodged in a bellows is supplied with a water flow a fully separated fifth conduit having a respective air-gap and starting from one of said valves; the initial portions of said outlet conduits, upstream the air-gaps, are a single en bloc body, which is realized in a single item together with the assembly of the water flat conveyors downstream the air-gaps.

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