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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2023
Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa, Dusseldorf, DE;
Antonio Di Maggio, Schwaigern, DE;
Arnd Kessler, Monheim/Rhein, DE;
Ingo Hardacker, Hamminkeln, DE;
Uwe Schaumann, Oberderdingen, DE;
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Duesseldorf, DE;
Abstract
A washing machine has a drum-receiving container with a round drum therein, wherein the inner shape of the drum-receiving container is not round cylindrical. The drum accordingly has a radial distance along the circumferential direction thereof from the drum-receiving container, wherein the latter is configured such that this distance continuously varies in places and/or has no discontinuity. The distance is smaller in the uppermost region of the drum than at the mid-vertical height of the drum, and the distance is at its greatest in a lower region of the drum between a lowermost point of drum and one third of the vertical height of the drum. At the lowermost region, a breakaway edge may be formed below the drum to enable removal of externally adhering water.