Patent ID: 6502433
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
A drum-shaped container (10; 11) for a laundry washing or drying machine comprising a cylindrical sheet metal envelope (12; 24) and gables (13; 15) also made from sheet metal and fastened to said sheet metal envelope, at least one of said gables being provided with a centrally disposed rotative shaft (16) for the container or with a shaft support (17) for such rotative shaft (16), wherein the sheet metal gable (13; 15) provided with a rotative shaft (16) or a shaft support (17) has a conical shape in the direction toward the interior of the container, wherein the cone angle (2&agr;) is chosen so that the stress acting on the sheet metal gable (13; 15) mainly consists of a compressive stress (&dgr;H) and wherein the cone angle (2&agr;) is equal to or less than 150Â°.