Patent ID: 11866870
Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC D | IPC D

Claim 0:
1. A laundry treatment machine (10) comprising:
a cabinet (30);
a tub (40) within said cabinet;
a horizontal axis fluid pervious drum (50) within said tub rotatable about a horizontal axis (H), wherein said drum has a diameter (D) orthogonal to said horizontal axis and an average width (W) in line with said horizontal axis and a ratio of diameter to average width from 1.5:1 to 3.25:1;
a circumferential entry section (60) in said cabinet that spans at least across an intermediate range of from 30 degrees to 60 degrees above said horizontal axis and rotationally about said horizontal axis and is bounded within a front position of said cabinet of more than 2 degrees above said horizontal axis and rotationally about said horizontal axis and a top position of said cabinet less than 90 degrees above said horizontal axis and rotationally about said horizontal axis;
a door (70) in said cabinet, said door sealingly engaged with said entry section; and
wherein said drum has a circumferential opening (110) spanning at least from 20 degrees to 40 degrees rotationally about said horizontal axis and having a circumferential opening area rotationally about said horizontal axis; and
wherein said circumferential entry section has a circumferential entry section area greater than said circumferential opening area.