Patent ID: 9624618
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: D06F

Claim:
1. A laundry washing machine comprising an outer casing and, inside said outer casing, a washing tub, a rotatable drum housed in axially rotatable manner inside the washing tub and structured for housing the laundry to be washed, a detergent dispensing assembly which is structured for supplying detergent into the washing tub, a fresh-water supply circuit which is structured for selectively channeling a flow of fresh water from the water mains towards the detergent dispensing assembly and/or the washing tub, and a water softening device which is arranged/located along the fresh-water supply circuit and is structured for reducing the hardness degree of the fresh water channeled to the detergent dispensing assembly and/or the washing tub; the water softening device comprising a water-softening agent container which is arranged/located along the fresh-water supply circuit and is filled with a water softening agent able to reduce the hardness degree of the fresh water flowing through the same water-softening agent container, and a regeneration-agent reservoir which is fluidly connected to the water-softening agent container and is structured to receive a consumable regeneration agent for performing a regeneration of the water softening function of the water softening agent stored into the water-softening agent container; the laundry washing machine further comprising an appliance control panel which is structured for allowing the user to manually select the desired washing-cycle and is located on a front wall of the casing, and