Patent ID: 6363756
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
A laundry appliance comprising:(a) a cabinet, (b) a laundry handling system moveably mounted within said cabinet in such a manner that it may be withdrawn out of said cabinet for access thereto, said laundry handling system including: (i) a structure moveably coupled within the interior of said cabinet in such a way as to allow at least the upper part of the structure to be moved outwardly from said cabinet, (ii) a vessel for accommodating said laundry rotatably supported within said structure such that the rotational axis of said vessel is horizontal, (iii) means for rotating said vessel, (iv) means for introducing fluid into said vessel, (v) means for evacuating fluid from said vessel, and (c) a front panel which forms part of said structure and which when the laundry handling system is retracted closes said cabinet to provide a fluid tight envelope about said vessel.