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Title:
LAUNDRY APPLIANCE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2006255436
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a laundry appliance which is designed to at least somewhat contribute to overcoming defects in conventional skills, or at least offer useful usage options to the public.

This laundry appliance comprises: a cabinet, a base part, or a surrounding structure, including fittings for a removable front panel; the removable front panel that can be attached to the cabinet, the base part, or the surrounding structure; a drum; a drum support structure for supporting the drum so that it can rotate; and a movement interface between the drum support structure and the surrounding structure, which helps move the drum support structure during the time between an action state in which the drum support structure is positioned inside the cabinet or the surrounding structure and behind the removable front panel and maintenance state in which the removable front panel is removed. The drum and the drum support structure is at least substantially disposed outside an envelope formed by the cabinet or the surrounding structure.


Inventors:
GUINIBERT ALLEN J
JACKSON RUSSELL J
JOHNSON HUGH G
ESKILDSEN HOJLAND ADRIAN OLAF
GRAMADA RADU
FRAZERHURST SIMON GEOFFREY
VELANDIA MORLES ARMANDO
HILGERS ANDY A
HIRST DARYL L
Application Number:
JP2006134120A
Publication Date:
September 28, 2006
Filing Date:
May 12, 2006
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
FISHER & PAYKEL APPLIANCES LTD
International Classes:
D06F25/00; D06F33/02; D06F37/30; D06F39/12; D06F39/14; D06F58/02; D06F58/04; D06F58/06; D06F58/08; D06F58/20; D06F58/22; D06F58/26; D06F58/28; F16H35/00; F26B11/02; F16H7/08; F16H25/20
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Sadao Kumakura
Fumiaki Otsuka
Shishido Kaichi
Disciple Maru Ken
Ino Sato