Patent ID: 9506179
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: D06F

Claim Text:
1. A modular system of laundry care devices including washing machines and/or driers, the modular system comprising: a plurality of drums, the plurality of drums including a first drum and a second drum; a plurality of different functional parts, each functional part having a different function, the plurality of different functional parts including: wherein each functional portion has a specific laundry function that is different from a laundry function of the other functional portions, wherein the base body of the first functional part is removably attached to the first drum, and the base body of the second functional part is removably attached to the second drum, wherein each identically configured interchangeable base body while being attached to a respective drum of a laundry care device is configured for individual mounted receipt of each functional portion, with each functional portion being interchangeable on a respective one of the identically configured interchangeable base bodies while the respective identically configured interchangeable base body is attached to the respective drum, wherein the functional portion of the first functional part is detachably mounted on the base body of the first functional part, and the functional portion of the second functional part is detachably mounted on the base body of the second functional part, and wherein the specific laundry function of each functional portion causes a respective functional part, when attached to a respective drum of a laundry care device, to function differently than the other functional parts would function when attached to respective drums of laundry care devices, during operation of the laundry care device.