Patent ID: 9637856
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: D06F

Claim:
1. A laundry washing machine comprising an outer casing provided with a front wall, two side walls, a rear wall and a top wall, a washing tub arranged inside said casing directly facing a laundry loading/unloading opening realized in the front wall of said casing, a rotatable drum arranged in an axially rotating manner inside the washing tub and structured for receiving the laundry to be washed, a detergent dispenser which is housed inside the casing between the washing tub and the top wall of the casing and is structured for supplying detergent into the washing tub, and a water softening device which comprises water softening agents for reducing a hardness degree of water to be supplied to the washing tub, and a regeneration-agent reservoir which is housed inside the casing and is structured for receiving salt or other regeneration agent for regenerating a water softening function of said water softening agents; the detergent dispenser being provided with a first inlet which is exposed or exposable to the outside on the front wall of said casing; wherein said regeneration-agent reservoir is housed inside the casing between the detergent dispenser and one of the side walls of said casing, and is provided with a second inlet which is exposed or exposable to the outside of the casing; wherein said water softening device comprises a water-softening agent container which is filled with water-softening agents and is fluidly connected to said regeneration-agent reservoir.