Patent ID: 9422660
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: D06F

Claim Text:
1. A laundry washing machine comprising: an outer casing; inside said outer casing, a washing tub arranged inside the casing, the washing tub having an opening directly facing a laundry loading/unloading opening which is realized in a front wall of the outer casing substantially astride of a vertical center-plane of the outer casing; a rotatable drum arranged in an axially rotating manner inside the washing tub and structured for receiving laundry to be washed; a detergent dispensing assembly configured for supplying detergent into the washing tub; a main fresh-water supply circuit configured for selectively channeling a flow of fresh water from water mains towards the detergent dispensing assembly and/or the washing tub; and a water softening device arranged along the main fresh-water supply circuit so as to be crossed by the flow of fresh water flowing from the water mains to the detergent dispensing assembly and/or the washing tub, the water softening device being configured for reducing a hardness degree of fresh water supplied to the washing tub, wherein the detergent dispensing assembly and the water softening device are each provided with respective loading inlets exposable to an outside surface on the front wall of casing, and wherein the loading inlets are located on the front wall of the casing, on opposite sides of the vertical center-plane of the casing.