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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Giovanni Colombera, Pordenone, IT;
Assignee:
Electrolux Zanussi S.p.A., Pordenone, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
68 231 ; 68 232 ; 242638 ; 210144 ;
Abstract
A household-type washing machine or similar appliance in which the washing assembly (3) is anchored to the stationary structure (1) by one or more anchoring devices (2). Each anchoring device includes at least two elastic elements (10, 20) arranged in series. Firmly secured to each elastic element is a rigid element (15, 25) whose free end portion (15) protrudes beyond the other elastic element (20). The elastic elements (10, 20) work in this manner as compression elastic means and the elastic constant of the anchoring devices (2) readily and automatically adapts to the different conditions that happen to prevail during a washing cycle.